The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-01-12
VIE HOBILE THEATRE.
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I'M. ..o1srnn ANp ADVERTISER Oh ''rHE SITUATION

tNC 1OIlOW1u arllCc, bi'ls S sIN'cirH VI 'i'i u'i
fortunate occurrence at the Mobile theatre, on
Wednesday and Thursday nights Of last week, and
the comments Of the editor upon them:
| The Mobile theatre was the scene Of 4 very nm
| pleasant occurrence on Thursday e1cnln%-an oc,
| currcnce which would have been avoided had
| there been proper understanding OF the true re-
atons of position apd feeling between the citizens
and s0't tho o. military. ur readers will bear us wit
ness that from the moment that we resumed the
editorial pen of this paper after the defeat OF the
! Southern cause in the field, VIC have been the
steady and earnest advocate of submission to the
decree of the war, and have held that both wisdom
and duty enjoned renewal of allegiance to the
Government Of ths United States. Having taken
tho oath ourselves, we have been faithful to 1t.
No did not, however, take an oath of allegiance
to any party, especially such party as the
| Radical Disunionists, which is now opposing the
noble efforts of the President to restore tranqul-
ty to the country, by reuniting its broken frag-
ments under one protecting governmenis. i inis +; Is
Of the South for its policy looks to rayishng from
the lips Of the North the fruits of that triumph OF
! arm. which il paid for in hecatombs OF lives and
! mountains Of trsasure-that fruit Was 4 restored
and unbroksn Union. When We attack the policy
and principles Of this obno1loas party, let no
Union man. more ardent than thoughtful mistake
our zeal against these enemies OF the American
people for . vestigc or taint OF the old "Kebel
eayon. It is in this same spirit of an earnest de-
sire to smooth the way to reunion OF broken
country, in heart as well o, in political interest and
fact that we approach the subject Of the unseem-
ly and unnecessary row that occurred IN the Inca
tre 1t opens an opportunity to say to tho officers
OF the United States, and especially to the younger
gentlemen among them, who arc moro likely to be
carried away from sound Judgment by the ardor
Of their feelings, something's that have. been on
our mind, and which, perhaps, they have not
thought OF. With few and rare exceptions, the
hospitable doors of Southern houses have not been
opened to these officers. With ample leisure on
their hands, which young mon love to devote to 80
cety; feeling that, as gentlemen residing IN South
ern communities, belonging to an honorable pro-
fcssion and the soldiers of n powerful Govern
ment thcy arc entitled to the hospitablc civiltcs
of the citizens, they are naturally not pleased at
an exclusion, hich they incorrectly attribute to q
rebellious insinccrty in Southern professions OF
allegiance 10 the Government. Now, gentlemen
oficers-we address ourselves only to the gentle
| men among them, for we have long since found
that reason is thrown away upon all who q C smlt-
ten with the Radical nania-relect a little. You
hold that if people keep alOof from you social
", or show some signs of restivcness when "ian-
| kcc Doodle" is played for their entertainment at
the theatre they give tokens of dlsloyalty to tho
Government, and in your opinion, their rencllious
spirit is not qucnchcd, and requires little more
| chastiscment and bayonet argument. Now, rs to
tho first, do you remember that there is scarcely
domestic circle i'll this land in which your pre-
sence would not pulsatc painful reminder on
bruised hearts not yet scrcd by tho healing hand
!
husband, or lover, or n rcvercd father, the stay
of that household, was made vacant by the
power of your arms? Do You suppose because
this people is conquered and has shown every
manifestation OF O sincere and earnest purpose to
return to and be faithful to the renewed ale
glance to which it has sworn, that, therefore, the
natural feelings of the human heart have been
cradicatcd? Though beaten in the great political
conflict of thirty years brcwinS and at last sub
mitted to the arbitrament of the sword, do you
| fDrOpt that vet men and women ! Nc
should be angels to feel otherwise Rut iii were
only the remembrance of kindred bloodshed, the
difficulty we mention would not be insurmount-
ablc. There are others. wcigltier4 still. Let us
'in what capacity are you here? Is it i'll that OF
soldier of the United States, on United States
soil, as you would be in New York or Philadcl-
phia ?" Were it SO, the doors of Southern hos
hero to keep watch and ward" over n
conquered people? Are You not, in some
sense, our jailors, jealously watching our
words and actions, and kccnly cxpectant. of
reT rebelous ' feeling % which has has no existence
II q drunken fellow. with his brain not his
own, cries "hurrah for jeff Davis! " do you not
mako great 'to do about it, and clap him in
military PRISON. Do you not contiscatc and fine
for arms found on Il, white citizen? Do you not
scrutinize and interfere with our laws, and watch
the proceedings of our courts with nervous sensi-
bility, lest We should act like brutcs to the poor
and cvcr-to-bc-pitied freedmen? Hyou say ''yca,"
then, in what senso arc We your fellow citizens!
You order "Yankce Doodle" to be played as o
'sNational air" (Which it is notl, and then arc in
dignant because We do not applaud. Where is tho
nationality that you require us to stand by, and
love and adore? We hace none. Having done all
We could to secure it, shaped our laws according
to your wislcs, and contrary to our own judgment
and principles, to please y0u-ace hare no 'dti0ndl
Iy. We arc without country. We cannot thrill
under the tones and the inspiring poetry of the
"Star Spapglod Banner" because your Congress
has just decided, by ignominiousiJ e1clud- @
is not for ns, except to pin US down
with its bayonets, and make slaves OF US under
it's folds, consccratcd by our common ances-
tors to liberty. That Congress has decided
that are not States, nor citizens OF the United
States, but rebels and territorial subjects. Shall
VIC then rejoice for what we do not possess? Shall
we CRY Hallelujah, when our humbled circumstan-
ces force lamentations from our lips Give us
the right to rejoice in our freedom to thrill when
the national airs OF our country yibrate III our
souls to feel that VIC live under government
that is just to our rights and respects our man.
hood, and you will find tho old time returned,
when the South was always foremost in the field at
the countrys call, as Washington and his Virginl-
ans were on the heights OF Boston, This is the
way to encourage and to assure loyalty that Is
bursting for development in the Southern heart,
and is ever reprcsscd by acts that remind us Of our
condition--a people without country. And now,
having triumphcd over us, is it honorable in brave
men, especially OF those who wear the uniform Of
the profession OF honor to add to the humiliation
Of people who at least are Americans of your
blood? Is this the way to sustain the poll
cy, tho grand policy, OF restored fraternity and
political reconstruction 20 wisely shaped by the
President OF the United States and the Com
mander- -in-C Chief ofits armies? or the disturbance
in the theatrc4hcrc is little to say except Of re-
grct that it sl'rang from the mistaken views we
have been considering. Yankee Doodle =" has
been played in tho theatre dozen times before
without lute comment. On Wednesday, rs VIC
advised, little knot OF tipsy boys Missed when
it struck up. This was replied TO by others with
applause, and 90 the housc in all instant t-
vidcd bctween those WHO Missed and those who
approved. We are free to admit that it ought not
to lave been hss9d but surely it was not polite,
by paying it, to run tic risk of making the thea