The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-13

HAkLESION. DAILY
direct its course into better channels; and each
has heen trampled down as 1uthIessly as q herd OF
maddened bufaloes tread out the lives OF thor LEAD
ere il they stop their speed or swerve from thelr
course. Each Of these men Of brains, who thought
they were ggiding events have had to PICK nom
bled because they dared to speak, out an honest
opinion which did not chime with the COARSE pas
sfons aud marrow, views with the mass OF their lei
party. The rough-hewn, vigorous editor OF the
the political fight against tho South until ne may
partly claim to have done most Of all to nncle the
flames Of civil war--saW, in it's bloody course
that wise craftsmanship could save the Union ana
attempt, and the wild herd behind him trod him
down. An eloquent Clergyman, who pllded hlm,
self upon bold1loss and darng felt that he owed
something to religion as well as to party. he
tried to teach men that, as our Saviour ca1no m TO
save us while we were in open rebellion + to y; yno 9a
gi7eness Of ollr daily sins, should at least have
pity upon our brethren who had laid down their
arlns but the believing crowds drowned the
words OF charity, and tho frightened divine dsro
not To-day preach words OF love and peaee s rom IN
PHILOSOPHER, whose journal is read by the educated
and thinking portion OF society, onoe yent1lred to
soy that Congress was corrupt its Legislation de-
structive to the interests Of the country, that ts
tariffs oppressed honest industry and filled with
dish nest gains the pockets Of speculators and
swindlers; but they mover dared to face the
threatening crowd. They know that the Southern
States aro Kept ont Of the Union BECAUSE as agr-
cultural States, they would be represented by those
and for the interes Of agriculture in the North
west. There was meaning in Mr. Wendell Phil
lips statement in the hall when he said South Ca
r0lina would hayo representation in Congress
when it acted in accord with Massachusetts.
Another editor who trusted to his dexterty to ride
upon many animals, at once tried to turn the bru-
tal throng by the bait of office and he has beon 30
tossed upon the horns tat M neither g nor We
of others as vol as these, who have learned the
hunlilatng truth that their abilities govern less
than the blood rage and stentorian lungs of men
they despise in their hearts, and that they only
have their leadership by ouFrunning in an ignoble
race brutal and stupid bgots.
Such is the nature of this power, syinced in
radical organization at the North It is de-
structive of our political system. Justly con-
sidered, it is fearful and fatal disease upon the
body politic-thc embodied principle of dissolu-
ton; as without forbearance or mercy as the
pestilence, as without moderation or measure
as the storm; and rolling on from such sources,
through such agencies, it becomes US to realize
the fearful fact, and make such preparations as
we may for the dreaded conaummasiou Of its
course.
1t is said that prudent people at the North,
when aware Of the evils Of this movement, will
resistit But when aware Of its fatal nature,
they cannot resist it. Mr.. WEBsTEnZ would
have stenmed the current with his giant
strength, but only died in time to escape On
ignominious defeat. Mr.. SEWARD finds the Wis
age of his incantaiions too appalling, and takes
at least temporary shelter in the Government.
Mr.. RAYMOND has yentured efforts to arrest the
current, and has been thrown upon the beach
Mr.. JOHNSON, no longer willing for its work,
is driven to the capital, and is scarcely safe
behind, the ramparts Of the army and his
powers VAJLAND1oHAH, VoRHEEs, and Mr.
PIERCE, have been swept from the track. The
Herald, the Times, the Tribune, and other. or
gans Of opinion, quiver as reedS in the current,
and are only safe when they drift upon its
surface. The moneyed men and Institutions are
powerless as bubbles to do mere than indicate its
course, and vain and visionary is the hope that
men Of prudence at the North, however in
structed of the fearful tendencies Of this pop
ular outpouring, will be able to arrest it. The
wisest man, perceptiye Of the progress Of dis
case upon his Wtals cannot, of any mental
effort, turn it back and it is in this organized
and developed form OF this disease upon the
yitals of state that the especial peril comes, and
men are sanguine who believe that Of its sober
sense and better judgment that state can heal
md re-erect itself
If this be so, it may be asked why then dis
turb the subject? Why agitatc ourselves to
why irrtate this party at the North by indica-
tions Of its tendencies and nature, while we
may yet become the helpless victims of its pow
er? TO this we have to answer, merely, we
prefer to doso. we prefer to realize the fact.
We find no security or pleasure in illusions.
And with respect to the feeling Of this party,
we have no concern. its own course it has
no control. 1t rolls on Of forces which arc in
tlepenaen. g the feeling Of thcse assuming to
direct it, Whether it will spare or still further
subiugatc the South, are matters dependent
solely on the question whether it can be arrest
cd by the Government, or preserve its organi-
cation in the hour Of triumph The promise or
the purpose OF its leaders to spare willno avail
us, If there shall be tho power and motive TO
oppreBs us further; and as we have interest in
its further aotion-as there arc questions still