The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-26

TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1857.
THE NEW CIVILIZATION.
The institution OF slavery was sanctioned IN tne
Scriptures. Political and even social equality Is no
mart Of the doctrine Of the Bible. Woman's Rights
is denounced definitely, explicitly, and repeated
~ bv ST. PAUL. Yet the higher law teachers Oh
these latter days find no difficulty Whatever, IL
making their doctrines appear in entire
cy with theological orthodoxy. -onrs' salo 'ne
Rev. HENRY WARD BEEcHEn, in a recent lecture Oh
enfraoe. before the Brooklyn Fraternity-ours ls
snnorior civilization. ST. PAUL only adapted
himself to the narrow views Of the Creeks whom
be was addressing, and his teaching is in no WISE
TO be considered binding upon US, who are olessea
with the light of the nineteenth century. Equanty
and philanthropy are two virtues that nave peeil
added to the old catalogue. Consistency, however
once deemed jewel, is now in repute. for
while thu letter of the law s not bnung In slavery,
and in the public exhibition OF women, there Is no
such latitude allowed when it comes to ''Ret elon
f! and ssOaths to tho Constitution"
Treason and rebellion, from their very nature,
can be considered crimes only in monarchlcal
countries The very idea is foreign to the spirit OF
the government, as originally founded In these
States. We hear much Of the sanctty OF the oath,
taken by sundry persons to support the Constltu-
ton of the United States, and of the guilt OF per-
Jury incurred by these PERSONS in joining the re-
bellion. The arguments, the TRADES OF abuse the
yituperation made use Of in denouncing these per-
iurers, is precisely the same We lind on the pages
of English history two hundred years ago, in tho
mouths Of the most bigotted and narrow- w-mlnded
High Church Tories. The fallacy. Of such reason
ing has been exposed again and again. When
Lord MAoAu1AY, in the brilliant Introductory chap
ters to his History, few years ago, reviewed she
argument, and exposed and derided it's sophistry,
it is safe to say he had the entire number OF hls
American readers in sympathy with his NeWs,
Now look what change In vsin are our North;
ern friends reminded Ct that traitor and perjuror
(as the Tories Of his day were pleased to style
him. J GEoRaE WASHINGTON, of the First Military
District, lately known as Virginia. They can see
no analogy. II ) -. - =.
|, seTreason must be made odious." Here ls the
trouble. |, They have conquered the South. The
South accepts: the situation, and renews it's ale
glance to the Government; but it is not sufficiently
QumDt0-buultoe UA AOosoVs "AASA oA1SS
This must not, shall not be, say they '"Treas6n
must be made odious.'' These rebels. must fall
down to the earth, put on sackcloth and ashes
and cry out eve have sinned against the flag;
we are not worthy to have the patriotic bunting
again wave over us. Ne are miserable, degraded
wretches." Nothing else can satisfy them. JEFF.
DAVIS has been punished for two years; he he's been
locked up in lonely fortress, during part OF the
time experiencing the most cruel rigors; but they
feel they have failed in making him odious. They
can make him suffer, but they, cannot degrade
him. ..s..'g'.,.t;.r ''.;.f
General SHERIDAN wrote o very valiant letter to
the Mayor Of Galveston, denouncing the heroic
ALBERT SYDNEY JOHNSTON. Although this letter
endeared him in the hearts Of all loyal persons ESQ
said the New York Tibue) We fear it failed Of it's
proYessed resu!t-to degrade the memory Of the
dead hero, against whom he was waging warfare.
So Governor PIERpoMT could see nothing to ad-
mire in General Stonewan JACKSON. It seems
that in this he differs from Mr.. THADDEUs STEVENS,
who, in one Of his recent speeches on the floor OF
the House Of Representatives in Washington, re-
fsrred with admiration to stonewan JACKSON and
his Brigade.
Gen. THOMAS, in his recent letter to the Mayor
of Rcme Go. (Which document has been copied
into and lauded by all the papers of the North) is
the most recent specimen Of this character. So
well versed are all these gentlemen in matters OF
law, pnnology casuistry, ETC., that their letters
generally contain copious doctrine and much vol
untary advice, relating to the crime Of rebellion.
He says that rebellion is not a mere venial mis-.
take, it is crime, a heinOus crime, me,-worse far
than any one contained in the decalogue, nay,
equal in enormity to the sum of all the crimes Of
the decalogue. If We were to hint that there was
something akin to blasphemy in this assertion,
such opinion would be set down as the natural out
growth of disloyalty; and inasmuch as We have
not the faintest wish to be- or even seem to be dis
loyal, We shall not venture to pronounce General
THOMAS remark blasphemous. This is the method
resorted to make treason odious. x -.
!: Treason andrebellion are undoubtedly considered
crimes in monarchical countries, and, when unsuc
cessful, are punished. But not even in the days
when the right divine Of Kings was all but un-
questioned, was there any personal dishonor at
tached to this crime. Lady JANE GREY, Sir WAL
,TER RALEIGH, RUSSELL, the Earl OF DerwentwateS,
and LooH1EL, are not, we believe, held up by his
torans as monsters Of iniquity, to be scorned and
despised by the readers Of the tales Of their mis-
fortunes. The many political exiles, doomed to
live abroad blythe frequent changes Of government
in France during the last decade of the 18th cen
tury, were never, as far as we remember, de-
barred entrance even into the best society of Eng
land or Germany, simply because fanatical rab-
bic at home persisted in denominating them trail
tors. IF then this is the case in countries where
democracy and the doctrines Of self-government
are as yet scarcely known, with what grace or plea
Of consstence can the people Of America pursue an
opposite course, seeing that rebellion to King
GEORGE III was the very foundation stone Of this
Republic.
But do the people of the North really hold such
sentiments !? Do they believe that rebellion ex-
ceeds the sum Of all the crimes of the decalogue?
Do they believe that the people of the South are
utterly devoid Of all moral sense Do they be-
ieye that JEFF. DAVIS is no better than pickpock-
ct, Stonewall JACKSON Jack Shepard, and General
LEE malefactor? Do they believe it Not one
Of them. For private purposes, they may at times
pretend to hold such views but not one can lay his
hand upon his heart and say truthfully, that such
are his sentiments. ssRebellion"-f they will In
sst on so calling our late Revolution cannot de-
grade man Of honor, any more than loyalty can
ennoble scoundrel. The one proposition carries
with it the other. If General ROBERT E. LEE is
scoundrel and villain, then is BENJAMIN F. But
LER soldier and gentleman, and BRowN1ow a
christian and gentleman. And in fact We fnd
that, in obedience to the doctrines Of the new civil
ization, BUTLER has been thus ennobled, and next
week goes to Congress-; q representative man OF
the new American civilization, to which he owes
his nobility. POPE says: 'Not all the blood of all