The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-17
The Elections North, md theirTcach-
inGs.

Ihe Elections North n nd fheIrTcach
ings.
The October and November cleo
tlons III the Northern States have re
suited disastrously for the country
They have determined the complexion
of Congress for the remainder of tbC
present Presidential term, which !,
against the views of the President
and his supporters. OF course, the
President will DO deluged by flood
OF disinterested and patriotic advice
from all quarters, as to their teach
lnSs and his duties in the premises.
He will receive it in good part, con.
slider it, and then do Just as his supc.
rlor Judgment shall dictate.
The issues, true and real, which
arc now before the American peoplc
have not been deliberately and i'm,
partially passed upon. The time has
not come for such decision. The
South has had no voice. The repre-,
sentatlons, the testimony and argu-
ments have been all on one side.
They have been partially and untrnly
presented. The South is condv mned
without hearing. Yet they have not
sought exclusive privileges, nor as
sumed anything unwarranted by the
Constitution and laws. They were
made the hobby and the scapc-goat.
The Constitution and laws were placed
in the same category with ''rebellion," Z"
and it was falsely aud wickedly con
tended that any system of Govern
| ment in which rebellious or revolu-
tlonary strife could or did occur, needs
radical change, Thorough modifica-
tlon-even to the Uprooting of the
principles upon which it rests for So
lidity and durability.
Such change cannot be made by
a partial popular vote, such as has
Just been given. 1t requires the voice
Of all the people, through the pre-
| scribed State machinery, to effect
such modification of the organic
law of the land. The Constitution
remains the same, Notwithstanding
the recent State elections. Neither
is the position of the South changed
by them. The duty of the Southern
States and people is made still more
plain and imperative by these exhi-
bltlons OF the madness of the hour
Excluded from voice in natioral
| affairs-far removed from the per
sonal excitement attending heated
party contests, they ale only the bet
ter prepared TO Judge deliberately and
nationally Of the dangers Which
threaten the liberties and institutions
| of the entire Union, and to resist the
| tnndnt, f.A 11,oL
fully near and palpable. Let them
stand calmly but observantly in view
of the tumults that surround them
and the entire country alike.
Because the Northern States have
voted the revolutionary ticket, affords
no reason why the South should fall
in with them, aud carry the county
into the vortex of common and IT.
retrievable ruin. The principles at
issue are precisely the same they were
at The adjournment of Congress.
they Will remain so until they are
finally decided, and the discussion
ceases altogether. The South has.
therefore, but one path to pursue
and that the one III which she has
hitherto walkod-obedience to the
laws passed in pursuance Of the Con-
stltutlon-refusal to adopt any mea-
sure which directly or indirectly looks
to the destruction OF the principles
upon which alone the popular rights
and liberties can be preserved-anda a
firm and fearless support of the vital
attributes of q free Government.
There is but one pending PROPOSE
tion in which she can display herself
IN this lofty attitude, and that is the
proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition. Let the vote in all the States
be unanimous against it. Let us have
no lot or part i'll its adoption, but LET
1t be wholly the work of the madmen
who framed it, and the misguided
people who temporarily support them.
AS for the President, he will doubt
less be guided by his great under
standing in the best course for the
whole country, now and in the future.
We are willing to trust him in all re-
spects. .-NdshciNe Union.
NEGRO LABOR IN THE SoUru.
are informed by an observer, who
hoe ho1