The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-05

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that when the proper time arrives tor seechon' IL
va only manage rightly, there will be no want OF
representative men for the State. We may DC
troubled about Congress-, II we ever get tne PRIV
,eee of representation there. We think with the
Dispatch, that one advantage which may gro" oo'
of sfranchisementw will be the bringing into aclon
number Of young men, who have oo1h energy
and hone to take the places Of some who have little
Of either hope or energy. The men we need no"
ara men of spirit and confidence in their ability TO
work out a prosperous future for their country.
OUR sITUATION--A GLANCE AT HlsTo-
RICAL PARALLELS.
The Richmond Whig publishes an editorial with
the above caption, which is so excellent IN temper
and sentiment, and 80 well suited to the preseut
unfortunate condition Of our country, that We re-
produce it below entire, and give it the proml-
nence We think it deserves
aWhile we cannot, if we would, close our eyes to
the gloomy aspect of political affairs, we should
not surrender ourselves to despair. We should, like
sensible men, inquire what we can do to better
| orr condition, and do it candidly, manfully, and
openly We all know that We cannot fight and it
is needless, therefore, to talk about fighting. We
can grumble and scold, but who wants manly Vir-
ginians to degenerate into grumblers and scolds I
We can fold our arms stand still, and be swept to
destruction by the torrent seek passivey to re-
sist. We can surrender ourselves to despair, and
dopgedly invite fate to do it's worst. These are
| not remedies for our situation. A few hours viii
develop the crisis with painful distinctness,
l., I'D, o1l
upon our line Of action.
We avail ourselves Of this pause to address some
remarks to our readers upon the analogies supplied
by history to our situation and to draw from them
some useful lessons. Those. who have lived for
successive generations under peculiar form OF
government controlled by themselves, regard the
idsa Of revolution with dismay and horror. They
, :raagine that life will be unendurable under any
other government. We are just in that situation.
We have but now emerged from war in which we
were discomftted, and while the Constitution still
exists in name, We see before u.s. as in panorama,
all the stages Of rapid revolution. We see States
struck from their spheres, and their very names
blotted out Instead of States they have become dis
icts-miitary districts. Wesee civil law dethron-
ed and martial law substituted in it's place. Weseea
white mans government changed into negro
government. In one word, We see the government
of our fathers passing through complete reyolu-
ton, and with the sole object Of subjecting the
Southern people to Northern rule. We see these
things, and we are flle1 with d'smay and horror.
Many fool that life is 1nlendurable under such cir
cumstances, and that it would be better to lie
Gown and die. Let us not forget that this is not
the first revolution that has occurred in history.
Almost every nation has had it's revolutions, and
accompanied by violence and bloodshed. Those
nations survived them, and the people became
prosperous and Happy. We have this advantage,
that we have already passed through the most
fearful stage-that Of violence and bloodshed. In
this instance, the revolution is eliminating peace
fully if painfully, after the war. we survived
the war, why can we not survive the change Of
government? ,r.:s :. .l.aa,
Rome WAS alternately commonwealth and an
empire Every change Of government was accom-
panied by civil conyulsion, slaughter and corlas-
cation. These were Pagan days, when pure and
exalted Christian philosophy was unknown, and
when unenlghtened reason and uncurbed passion
governed men. II those days it WAS esteemed
honorable in the patriot who failed to throw him
self upon his sword and die. A few notable ex-
amples of this Kind have descended to US in histo
ry But honorable as it was esteemed, few thus
threw away their lives. They. preferred making
Their peace with their enemies, aud living as quiet
ly and contentedly as they could under the new
government. u q few years, the bulk Of the reo-
pie became accustomed to it and prospered.
France has been scor-ged by revolutions in
which blood ran Ike water, and terror palsied the
nation. Old governments we're botted out and
new governments formed. Violence, bloodshed,
confscation and barishment we're the accompani-
ments Of every such revolution. Yet in few years
France became qr:et and the people prosperous
and contented. But little more than half century
has elapsed since the. revolution which ended in
The elevation of the Corsican prodigy to-;nperiAl
power was followed by his overthrow at Waterloo,
by the occupation of his capital by the allies, md
by the utter exhaustion and impoverishment Of
the French people; but Notwithstanding the occur
renee Of two revolutions. since that period, they
are reckoned among the happiest and most pros
porous people on earth. c..:.. .ai -.
Look at England, if you world learn what g ma
ton can pass through and live. The Norman con-
qest, which occurred about eight hundred years
ago, threatened universal extinction. more
oompleoe subjugation was never known. Domes-
day book affords the most complete evidence Of
the extent to which the Normans possessed them
selves Of the landed property Of the country.
This book embodies the results of q general sur
vey Of the kingdom, and to show the impatient
Of the conqueror and his followers
this survey, which was ordered by WILLIAM while
1:d
was completed by Easter of the following year. So
minute was it that the chroricler tells us "there
was not single hide of land, no. not even yard
Of land, which was not set down." He adds: mot
even an OK or g. COW, or q swine, that was on the
land was left out of the record" Yet the native
population survived this unexampled subjugation,
prospered, and became in time incorporated with
heir conquerors They made the best OF their
leplorable situation, and turned everything they
could to their advantage instead of surrendering
themselves to despair. That was revolution
wrought by foreign domination.
England has since undergone internal "eyolu-
ions, accompanied By bloody, cruel and long-con-
;inued wars. The revolution that eliminated in
he execution Of the first CHARLES and the elevation
,f CROMWELL to kingly power under the modest IT,
lie of Lord Protector was one that established nm
lnsparng tyranny one-Lalf Of the nation, rem
lering their lives insecure and placing their iber-
y and property in peril. CROMWELL died, and
he commonwealth came to an end. The restora-
ion of the STUt9Ts involved another revolution,
~ which the enemies of CHARLES the Second and
lis house were pushed and humbled.
In oil these revolutions the full measure OF d.
'aster, degradation, confscation and punishment
7as meted out to the weaker party. They, no
loubt, felt as we feel, humiliated and Respondent.
But when they found that resistance was unaVa1l-
ng, and opposition only exasperated the prevailing
party increased their own burdens, they learned
% reconcile themselves to their situation. They con-
,eded what they had no longer the power to deny,
ind conformed to the authority they could not sue