The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-16

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If the spectacle OF :. great soul.
struggling heroically with the waves
OF adversity. is pleasing to the gods,
the spectacle Of Il great people, trans
fixed with The arrows OF misfortune,
and bleeding as every pore, Yet utter
ing no exclamation Of aUgnish or
anger, and neither losing faith in
Heaven nor in its own uprightncss,
IS truly Sublime. Such an cxhibi-
ton, grand and affecting to al minds
which can appreciate true moral
greatness, the South now presents.
Ii the prosecutions OF their enemies
We're not completely blinded by party
passions, they would feel more reve-
renee for tho South III its misfor-
tunes than when, at the summit Of
its prosperity, il guided and con-
trolled the destinics of the great ma
ton. With communities, rs with
individuals, it is only the fires Of
adverslty that reveal the true charac-
ter, and prove whether it is made of
gold or dross. 70 such an ordeal has
the South been subjected, and we
assert that the result has demon
stratcd that it is an essentially great
people, and Will be Remembered =.
admired in history as much for the
serene fortltUdc and noble dignity
with which it has sustained the direst
calamlties, as for its brilliant states
manshlp in the period Of its power
and influence, and for that magniti-
cent valor in battle which has cxtort-
ed the admlrlng acclamations of the
world.
What the South was in the days Of
:lcr former greatness, we all know. 1t
was she Who gave to the world its
'one Washington the man raised
mp by Heaven for the achievement Of
American Independence; the man
whose wonderful energies and capaci-
ty, combined With the most spotless
purity Of purpose and Of character,
were the principal agency in the sue
cesSful conduct of tho American Re
volution and the triumphant estab-
llshment OF ihe greatest republic of
modern times. 1t WAS her Jefferson
who wrote the Declaration Of Inde-
pcndence; her Patrick Henry whose
eloquent voice thrilled like !. clarion
blast the hearts Of y struggling peo-
pie; her Madison, who Illuminated
with his wisdom the true principles;
Of the American Constitution, and
her Marshall, who remains to this
day the unapproached and unap-
proachable glory OF American iuris-
prudence. The sagacity OF her states
men in the national councils con
dnctcd the United States on to Il
career OF progress and prosperity
nnoXampled in the records of nations,
and the splendid genius OF her sol
diers in the field crowned with i'm
mortal chaplets OF military renown.
1t was her Winfield Scott, Andrew
jackson and Zachary Taylor, who,
from the SHOWS OF Canada to the
tropic sands of Mexico, gave to the
world exhibitions Of the superior
martial skill and prowess OF our
conntrymen to foreign enemies which
1T had ever seen, and it was the con-
Summatc craftsmanship and All en-
bracing patriotism Of Henry Clay
which three times saved the Union
he loved SO well from the perils of
division and civil war. These, the
fathers of American greatness, were
the children OF the great and glorious
hothcr at whose breast they were
iHlrscd, on whose lap they first stood
erect, from whose lips they first
learned those lessons of patriotism.
virtue and valor which made their
country great among the nations,
and their names immortal among men.
Nor has the South contributed less
to the material than to the political
and military importance OF tho
nation. The vast domain OF the
teeming and productive West was
given by the South to the American
Union. 1t is no figure of speech,
but the literal truth. she has been
77tho mother not only of statesmen,
but of States, and those States the
most fertile, and destined to be-
come the most populous and power
fUl, OF the American common
wealth, The wonderful variety and
extent Of the peculiar produc-
tions OF her own soil, Of cotton, rice,
tobacco, and naval stores, have laid