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

government2 -7fH5 S.I.'-1--T = '-.E---7
= bone was. alternately commonwealth and a
en1pffe: Every change Of government was accon
panied by civil convulsion, slaughter and Z conas
ca1on. These were Pagan days, when pure an
e1alted Christian philosophy was unlnown,i,, T., an
when unenIg Ightened reason and uncurbed paasioo
governed men II those days it was 4 estea,m,ee Ste me-
honorable IN the patriot who failed to throw him
sen upon his sword and die. q, A few notable ex
a1nPles Of this Ind have descended to- us IN hsto
| ~. But honorable as it was esteemed faw fh-,
threw away the:r lives They preferred mat;n,
their peace with thei- enemies, ana living al oIiet
y and contentedly as they could under the ,ney t
i government. Laa few years, the bu,t Of tie reo
PIE became accustomed to it and prospered Z 4; 8
r.. sTan8a has been scor-ged bysreyolutions !,
iwhieH blood ran water; and terror palsied IS.
1ahon. Old governments were blotted- ont am
new governments formed. Violence, bloodshed
confiscation and bariahment we're the "a acconpan;
ments Of every such revolution Yet in q few yssrs
France became quiet, and the people prosperous
and contented- But little more thai, half cetnTy
has elapsed a:ace the. revolution which ended II
the elevation OF the Corsican prodigy to peria]
power was followed by his overthrow at Waterloo,
py the occupation Of his capital by the allies, and
byf the utter exhaustion and IL entt 81
the French people; but notwithstanding the occur
renee Of two revolutions since that pAtiod tt1iv
are reekonea among The happiaat and mos: pros:
Look at England yon world Learn III .yhnt ,' M,
ton can through and i've. The Norman, ,coIS-
qest, which d1red about aig6t HUNDRED vaaTa e
ago, threatened universal extinction 11o3T;a:
complete shbjugahon was never known! low Do%Ines. %
day book affords. the most complets1 evidence.
the extent to which the No1ras possesssSd S bans
selves of the landed property OF the couintt-ys
This book ernbodies the results Of general s,ir.
vey of the kingdom,s and to show the Impatient
land-greed OF the conqueror and his
thls survey, which was ordered bysWIIrAat While
keeping Christmas with his Court: at
was completed BY Easter Of tie following "a
minute was it that the chronicler. tells 1s s4hs,s
was not oneaingls hide Of land Is, hot even aynra
q land, which was mot set down ~ Ha adas ..,Jo+
even an Ok or sene, that Vas si5s On tba
land was left out Of tho record.s Yet The NATIVE
population survived this
prosPered, and became IN tfEe incoruorata1a ap;tI
.ner conquerors They made The: hests 81 fhaiiI
oepiofable situation, and turned everything statj
could TO their advantage instead OF surranderinc
20 despair. That ives d revolution |
|roue ht oy foreign dominat tiont X sl.eci 55s
!; ; is1g.and mas SINCE undergone internal revolu.
aons;a acconpanied BY bloody, cruel and lmp..co,a.
n i
he execution Of the first CHARLES md the elevation
,fCnoMwE1L tohngty power under the modest =
e q Lord Protector, one that estabshed an;
lnsparng tyranny over one half Of the nation. rem.
ierng their lives insecure and placing their iiber
y aud PROPERTY N peril. CaoMWE1L died, and
ne commonwealth came to an end. The restora-
ION o. the srgAaTs involved smother revolution.
y which the enemies Of CHARLES the Second and
us house we're puished and humbIed,
n AZ these zaXe!asions the fuIl measure Of di-
assera DEGRADATION, confisoafso and pinssSm
.ss meted ont to The; wsaseT party. TSs;7 nm
mbt, felt as we feel, huInilia lated aud despondent
sut when they found that resistance wasa nnaya;l-
ag and opposition only the pro,ya;inad
srty andin creased their own burdens, heylaarTe5
rsconsi|e thsSsssixea T6ev con-
eded what They had no longer thepowert Is deny
nd conformed to the authority they could o..
essfully strive against. Their wives and children
'uld l not without criminality, be saoriacea Is =
urnctikos and Id this criminality they were not wi.
ng ~ incar The bulk in all these instances sur-,
yed. the changes Of government, and their pos.
sity aEe' ct this day, as much and as prosperous
sesaSe ge'aeas E; ia sns;s sssess aeFs as snsh
Let MS profit BY thase ifsss6nas fran,