The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-02

quite as great as that from which we have
80 recently been delivered, and with hearts
overfiowins gith joy and gratitude we hail
the recent veto message Of President John
son, which has said potentially to this an
tagonist revolution, "Thus far shalt thou
go and no farther"e
Resolued, That while the present condi-
ton Of the freedman" wherever he may
now be found, justly excites our ardent
sympathies, we do not forget that the
whole country is filed with unalleyiated
miseries among those Of our own kindred;
that the Federal Government is not an
elemosynary establishment, intended to
provide remedies for cases Of individual
suffering; and that the organization Of 8
gigantic scheme Of public charity for tile
especial, if not exclusive, benefit Of a favor
ed class-involving, as it does, the souan.
dering OF untold millions from common
and almost exhausted treasury-is not
only unauthorized by the articles of the
Federal compact, but is making an invi-
dlous discrimination against thousands of
equally meritorious sufferers. many Of
whom have been reduced to penury
through bereavements resulting from de-
votion to public duty and acts of noble
self-sacri6ce.
ResolUed, That in the present condition
OF our national finances, it is not only i'm
peratlve upon us to practice all reasonable
PoSAAS SSSAiOHy, OoC CudC every ulCLdUS VI
sound policy prompts to the calling into
immediate requisition Of all the productive
energies of our whole people; that in such
circumstances to discourage the cultivation
OF any of the great staples from whence
our national resources are derived, would
be an act OF suicidal folly; that we, there
fore, regard the disheartening treatme Mt
OF our erring but repentant fellow-citi-
zens Of the South, by those who have seized
upon the exclusive legislative power Of the
Government, rs calculated to paralyze
some of our most important industrial
pursuits at this momentous crisis-thus
manltestlng cardinal error in statesman
ship, to say nothing Of its inegality-and
that it calls imperatively for the indignant
apprehension Of all those whose legitimate
personal interests are thus about to be
sacrificed for the promotion of selfish par
tlsan success.
Resolued, That the Government founded
by Washington and his coadjutors reposed
upon the willing Union Of the component
States, that upon no other principle can a
free republic like ours be maintained; that
such Union can only be perpetuated
through obedience to the law Of life in
which it originated. Hate begets hate; in
jury Provokes to retaliation; envy excites
repulslon and destroys Union. But JUS
tice and generosity and acts of fraternal
kindness create that elective affinity which
holds individuals and States indissolubly
united. We have tried the diabolical sys-
tenn OF policy, and have seen the results.
Shall We not now heed the lessons of Di-
vine wisdom, uttered more than eighteen
centuries ago, and made applicable to our
political condition through the lips Of the
Father of his Country? These would have
preserved us in peace. They can even yet
restore us to Union, prosperity and great
ness.
Resolred, That on this natal day of the
patriot hero Of America, it is cminently
proper that we should endeavor to inspire
sympathetic fervor in the bosoms Of ali
our rfellow-countrymen, and that we should
invite q united effort for the full restoration
OF that Union which was SO signally the
object OF his patriotic devotion. We there
fore call upon our fellow-citizens, of every
shade of political opinion on other sub
jects, to rally around the flag of the Union,
with its thirty-six stars entire, and to
stand by him who now fills the seat and
who has Enthusiastically manifesteda a deter
mination to move in the political footprints
of Washington. On this suspicious day
let voice 60 forth from this metropolis,
which is called by his name, and which is
on other accounts so intimately associated
with his memory, that shall awaken an
echo in every patriotic heart throughout
our wide domain. We have had enough of
war and bitterness; let us from henceforth
cultivate the spirit of peace and national
concord. Let US learn from our past mis-
fortunes that the perpetual Union we all
seek, can never be secured without pre-
serving that feeling out of which it sprung,
and by following the counsels Of him who
did 30 much to bring it into being, and Of
MN who Is now laboring in the same spirit
to effect its early restoration.
Resolced, That the wise, humane and
patriotic efforts OF President Johnson to
restore all the States to their appropriate
orbits commands our unqualified approba-
ton; that we doubt not they will be fully
endorsed by the Am erican people, now and
journs We will repair to the Executive man
sion, in order that we may, by our personal
presence, give greater emphasis to the as
surances Of respect and confidence with
which he is regarded by all the true friends
Of national Union and harmony through
out our reunited country.