The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-05
The Principles OF Free Government

IaeS, q lew days ago, writing upon
the subject of Gold and it's Uses.
introduced the following paragraph
In his Introductory:
81 don't believe it is at all neces-
sary that the rebel States should 90
vern this country. 1 don't mean
myself to help them to that result. I
don't mean to say anything about it.,
except this: In my opinion, if tie
rebel 'St,tfeS 't'e "ot represented in Con-
g'ess during The nert ten uea,.s. The
co'tad.y 'riN be II great deal better. off
for H." -
The Times, on the next day, re-
torted by saying, the s'rebel States
contain some 10000, 900 of people.
They belong to nation professedly
Republic, governed by a written
Constitution, which secures to all
who are required to obey its laws and
pay its taxes, the right of represen-
tatlon. Possibly it was IL mistake to
adopt such Il Constitution or to en-
graft such Il principle upon it. Pos
sibly it would have been better. ut
the outset, if we had provided that
nobody should be represented in
Congress, except New England, or
the Western States, or the Northern
States, or States that had never re-
belled, or such States as Congress
might designate. Such theory of
government has always had its advo-
Gates. Generally those who hare the
power, are Of opinion that the coun-
try would be good deal '.better off,
II nobody else We're ever permitted to
share 1t. Louis Napoleon thinks that
he can rule France great deal better
than the French people could through
representatives
The English Tories are quite conf
dent that England is great deal
better off than it would be if more
of her people were admitted to rep
rescntation. We are not surprised,
therefore, to find the same theories Of
Government cropping out here and
there III our own republic. 1t is per
fectly natural that when twenty five
States find themselves in possession
OF the whole power of the nation,
many men among them should think
the country "A great deal better off,
than if the other eleven were admit
ted to share it,
But certainly no man of intelli-
gence can delude himself into the
belief that this theory is in harmony
with the fundamental principles of
our Government, or fail to see that it
strikes n death-blow at the funda-
mental principle of all representative
Government, Of whatever form. If
there is any fundamental in free in
situations, it is the principle that all
States and all people that are required
to obey the laws, shall be represented
a Government which denies or dis
cards this principle is q despotiSm
we care not what may be its form,
nor under what preteXt it may cloak
its tyranny. Unless this is true, then
the whole theory Of free institutions,
OF government, of representative
republics, is Il cheat and sham.
-NAshriWe Union Gnd 4me,'icuu.
NORTHERN EMISARIES AT THE SOUTH
\ writer IN the Boston Post speaking
OF some Of the Northern fanatics in
our midst, says:
''| >'iAA'"iAH Ii'iil tlIt -NOlIn are
encouraging the negroes to form
secret associations, and to make pnb-
lie parades, demonstrations and cele-
brations and in Richmond they are
often ovrrbearing and insulting to
tho whites, which provokcs retaliation
and riots. Gen. Terry says there are
now probably over Il hundred Of these
semi secret organizations among the
blacks in Richmond, and the names
they assume are often ludicrous and
blasphemous. one being styled the
Holy Sons of God" The whites
are patient and forbearing, except,
perhaps, few drunken rowdies, but
1t is easy to see that conflict of
serious character is in embryo.
Serious rejecting men shudder at
tue future Of the black race, if they
are to be backed up and encouraged
by the Government. 1t is generally
believed by the most prominent men
OF the South that the war has already
reduced the negro population one
third
A DECENT NEGRO NEWSPAPER.
The Mobile Nationalist, journal
owned and edited by negroes, has IL
sensible colorcd correspondent at New
Orleans, who is not in love with tho
Bureau. He says: "A thousand times