The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-01
Noble Sentiments.

NOOie sentiments.
The Wilmington Dispatch is q live
paper, and its editorials are marked
with good taste and ability. While
favoring the purposes and objects of
the Philadelphia Convention, it is
not disposed to forget the memories
OF the past. We quote from an ar
ticle, ON this topic, the following
paragraphs:
'The intense desire which we
cherish for peace and good will-the
sincere wish which inspires us for the
reconstruction of the Government on
the broad foundation of the old Con-
stitution, unaltered and without mo-
dification-the knowledge that prin-
ciple must be held sacred at the
sacrifice of somewhat Of material ad-
vantage; none of these things have
weight with us-we will not turn our
back on the noble comrades who
sleep beneath the historic sod of vir-
ginia's glorious battle-lelds; we will
not say that these men were traitors;
we will not endorse any reflection on
the honor of the sons of the South,
which alleges that secession was re-
bellion, although followed in its
efforts for assertion by overwhelming
defeat; we will not give in our adhe-
sion to the lie which some would
have proclaimed, that Success alone
can make the patriot, misfortune al
ways makes the REBEL
We look around us and consider
the disastrous results of the issue,
and receive the whisper that, perhaps
1t were best that we had submitted;
but when the glories that have been
ours loom up-when the form of
jackson energies from the darkness
of the gloom, his face radiant with
that knowledge Of victory achieved,
which it always bore amid the light
nings Of the battle, as the shouts of
his followers told in admiring enthu-
slasm where he wus-when Il thou
sand stirring memories, ~ thousand
associations, which connected us with
the cause, come back on us, like a
bright dream of happy days, that,
alas. we may not live again, we are
confident that it was better to enjoy
these for moment, though followed
by blghting, crushing tlisappoint-
mcnt. than to have endured, in hu-
initiating, patient submission, all that
we feared would befall us; all that we
now know, from the results which
stare MS in the face, we would have
been called upon to accept with un-
murmuring silence-against which
we might not have dared raise even a
voice of petition for justice-mere
naked justice.
We are willing to do as the dele
gates of the South at Philadelphia
promised we would do: We will give
up slavery; we will repudiate our
debt; we will pledge the payment of
their debt; we will insure Justice to
the negro through our courts; we will
be true and loyal to the Constitution;
we will say that hereafter we do not
claim the right of secession. rs Q con-
stltutional remedy; we will offer no
objection to any arrangement made
In regard to the territorial interests of
the country, and, so far as justice and
the Constitution demands, perform
our duty as citizens, bravely and with
faithful devotion to our pledged
words; aye, with II devotion which
will have no parallel. But we will
not be your tools; we will not crawl
In the dust, and in miserable, abject
fear, renounce the opinions which
have been wrought into our very
souls-opinions which are part of
the sacred inheritance bequeathed us
by our ancestors fact. all of the
patrimony bequeathed us that has
been left untouched by "bummers"
all that has escaped the clutches Of
brave generals and colonels in search
OF trophies
ANOTHER FALsEHooD Exposed