The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-28


view of what they have lost and suf-
tered, and the ordeal they are pass
ing through. But they must not for
get that the North has some reason.
also, to feel sore at their conduct in
forcing the issue Of war. The hun
dreds of thousands Of lives lost, the
manned about our streets, the enor-
nous debt we have to bear and the
shock that has been given to the Go
vernment, are things to feel sore
about. Those who spent SO much
blood and treasure on this side for
the integrity, unity and grandeur of
the Government, were certainly ami
mated by motives as elevated as those
which actuated the men who fought
for separate existence. The latter
were rebels at first, and the results of
the war placed them, rs such, at the
mercy of their conquerors. These
are facts that ought not to be lost
sight of, and should make the South
erners more patient under the suffer
lngs they may endure or the disabili-
ties they may labor under. If they
have reason to complain that every
thing has not gone on as smoothly as
they desired, they should remember
that it is only year since actual hos
tilities ceased, and that much has
been done since then in relieving
them from the penalties they incur
red and in bringing them on the way
to restoration. Congress is acting
nnw1sely, perhaps, in not promptly
closing up the war by admitting their
representatives, and thus healing the
wounds that have been made and
bringing about better state of feel
ing. 1t would be true statesmanship
to do so. The harmony aud welfare
OF the country onght to be considered
before sectional feeling or party pur-
poses; but if this is not the case at
present, the South ought to remain
patient till time and better state of
things bring the remedy. What are
4 few months or few years in the
life of Il nation?
The majority of the people North
are disposed to be forgiving and gen
erous, and want to live in harmony
with those Of the South, rs i'm former
days. The President. with his large
heart and broad, statesman-like views,
Is DONG all he can to restore them to
union and friendship with their fell
low-cltizens of this section. The
question, then, for them to consider,
Is whether they will sustain the ef-
forts of the President and their
friends here by manifesting q proper
spirit. or strengthen those of their
eneries by their misconduct. In
the feverlsh state of public sentiment
at the North, it would not take much
t" ALLEVIATE very many of their friends
from them should they show bitter,
lrreconsilable, sectional feeling. We
give them friendly warming not to
provoke the conservative people of
the North against them We advise
them to frown down the mischievous
old hunken press that begins to rear
its head again. Firing the South
ern heart" now against Yankees"
can do no good. but will do an i'm
mense amount of injury to the South.
All these fire-eating editors should he
squelched at once. They are danger
Gus tire-hrands. The fate of the
Southern people is indissolubly fixed
with the fate of the people of the
North. That is settled beyond all
peradvcnture, however much the Go
vcrnment may become modified or
changed. Is it not madness, then,
to nurse hatred or i'll feeling? We
say, therefore, to the sensible, con-
servative people Of the South, frown
down these clustering demagogues,
shallow, tirebrand editors, and silly
women who tlrn up their noses at or
backs on the Yankees. We are
not 10y nature separate people We
are from the same stock, speak the
same language, have the same nature,
and if we manifest proper disposi-
ton on both sides to heal up the
wounds of the war, we shall in time
become more united than ever. We
trust this may be So But, in the
meantime, and to this end, it is es-
pecially necessary that the Southern
people should subdue their preiudices,
and cultivate an amicable feeling
towards their fellow citizens of the
North.-Ner York Herald, 23d.
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