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

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course. Each Of these mon Of brains, who thought
seyyas eSy were ere guiding events have had to pick them
PIED because they dared to speak out nm honest
opinion which did not chime with tho coarse pas
slons and narrow viows with the mass Of their
party. Tho rough-hewn, vigorous editor Of tho
Iribune-who, beyond other mon, had pushed on
the political fight against the South until no may
partly claim to have done most of oil to lndlo the
ilames iII OF civil warsaw, in its bloody course
| that wiso statesmanship could save tho Union and
stop tho waste Of lifo and treasure. He mado tho
down. An eloquent Clergyman, who prided him
solf upon boldness and daring, felt tbat he owed
something to religion ms woll as to party. He
| tr cd to teach mon that, rs our Saviour came to
! save us whilo wo wero in opon rebellion to Divine
authority, We, who prayed each night Gods for
pity upon onr brothren who had laid down their
arms; but the following crowds drowned the
words Of charity, md tho frightened divine d7rc
| our Saviour's Sermon on the Mount. The poet aud
philosopher, whose journal a road by tho educated
| ana thmhIng portion Of society, onco vantured to
structivo to tho interestAof tho country, that it's
tariffs oppre& sed honest industry and filled with
dish dish most gains the pockets Of spcculators and
threatening crowd. Thoy know TINT tho Southern
States arc kept ont of tho Union because, as ngr-
cultural States, they would DO represented by those
VINO would act Tor tho interests Of commerce here,
and for the intores Of agriculture in the North
west. Ihero was moaning in Mr.. Wendell Phil
up . s'sVemeht IN The hall when no said South Ca
r9lina ,l would have representation in Congress
when 1T acted in accord with Massachusetts,
Another editor who trusted to his dexterity to ride
upon many animals, ct once tried to turn the bru
tai thTong by the bait Of Office and ho has been 80
tossed upon their horns that Mother he nor Wo
can tell upon what spot he will fall. might speak
humiiiating truth that thor Abilities porerp less
| than the blood rage and stentorian lungs of mon
o 1mey dtesRate IN their hearts and that they only
race brutal and stupid bigots.
Such is the nature of this power, evinced in
radical organization at the North. 1t is de-
structive of our political SYSTEM Justly con-
sidcrcd, it is fearful and fatal disease upon the
body politic-the embodied principle of dssolu-
tion; as without forbearance OF mercy MS 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 fnct. and make such preparations rs
we may for the dreaded consunlmation of it's
| course.
1t is said that prudent people at the North,
when aware of the evils Of this movement. will
resistu. But when aware Of its fatal nature,
they cannot resist it. Mr.. WEBSTER would
have stemmed the current with his giant
strength, but only died in time to escape IN
ignominious defeat. MI SEWARD finds the vis-
age Of his nominations too appalling, and takes
ut least temporary shelter in the Government
Mr. RAYMOND has ventured 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. VALLANDIGHAM, WORRIES, 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 ore only safe when they drift upon its
surface. The moneyed men and institutions are
powerless as bubbles to do more 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, pcrceptive Of the progress of dis
ease upon his yitals, cannot, of any mental
enort, turn 1t back; and it is in this organized
and developed form of this disease upon the
vitals Of state that the especial peril comes and
men are sanguine who believe that of its sober
sense md better judgment TINT state can heal
and re-erect itself.
If this be so, it may be asked why then dis
turb the subject? Why agitate ourselves to
apprehension of an evil without remedy; and
why irritate this party at the North by indica-
tions of its tendencies md nature, while we
may yet become the helpless victims of its pow
err? To this we have to answer, merely. we
prefer to doso. We prefer to realize the fact.
We find no security pleasure in illusions
And with respect to the feeling of this party,
we have no concern. Of its own course it has
no control. II rolls on of forces which are in
dependent q: the feeling Of those assuming to
direct it. Whether it will spare or still further
subjugate the South, are matters dependent
solely on the question whether It can be arrest
ell by the Government, or preserve it's organi-
| zation in the hour of triumph. The promise or
the purpose of its lenders to spare will not avail
us, if there shnll bo the powor and motive to
oppress US further; and as we have interest in
its further aotion-as there ore questions still
unsettled which affect the fortunes of the coun-
try-as we may sock at least to anticipate the
further acts in the political drama; to know if it
will come to violence; whether the Government
will stand or foil; whether this party will pre-
| serve organization in the event of SUCCESS +:
| whether there will bo impeachment of the
| President the repudiatien Of his policy, the
! REVOCATION Of his pardons; whether there will
be attainders and confscations-all which acts
depend upon the nature and conditions of this
pnrty-we have thought IL we'll TO find that M