The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-16
southeTn o6nn.catora.

Southern oonGscators.
The Raleigh Standard fHolden's
organ) is rather in favor of confisca-
tion. 1t says: :.
"Mr. Stevens has solemnly declared
that he will devote his remaining
strength to the work Of confiscation.
His influence in Congress is we'll
known. The great body Of the North
ern people and many of our own peo-
pie feel that it would be an act Of
gross and crying injustice to free the
Slaves aud give them no lands; and
that, to say the least, it would be bet
ter that the large bodies of land held
by Southern rebels be cut up into
small farms for the poor whites and
the colored people. Revolutions never
GO backwards, and this revolution has
not yet run its course"
These are the opinions of one who
processes to be Southerner. The OPT
Mons of Northern men of the cor
rectness of his ideas are shown by the
following extract from an editorial of
the New York Times, to which we
call the especial attention of our
readers:
"The effect of writing of this cha
racter cannot but he mischievous.. It
introduces new element of uncer-
tainty into the South, intensifies its
industrial paralysis, and heightens
the distrust which already deters
capitalists from embarking in its en-
terprises. It shows that, in the OPT
MON of politicians who claim q pecu-
liar right to manage affairs. and
peculiar influence over Congressional
action, q sweeping measure of confis-
tion is in itself righteous, and should
be pressed upon the country.
"The Standard mis- states the case,
when it declares that the great body
of the Northern people favor the
measure, and that the influence of
Mr.. Stevens in Congress is a guaran-
tee of its ultimate adoption. The
personal influence of Mr.. Stevens we
have no inclination to depreciate; but
the last two sessions have abundantly
proved that that influence, large as it
is, does not enable him to carry
points ut variance with the general
sentiment of the party. We should
be sorry to lose him from the politi-
oal arena, and are content that he
shall devote his remaining strength
to the work of confiscation, because
the failure of his efforts in that regard
does not admit of doubt. The recep-
ton accorded to his confscation bill
is evidence of this It met no re-
sponse in the House, and was post
poned indefinitely by its author, be-
cause on attempt to pass it would
have quickly ended in its rejection.
With oil their radicalism, the ma
jority of members are not prepared
to sustain scheme that is repugnant
to the moral sense and the humanity
of the North. They know that the
great body of the Northern people
not only have no desire to seize the
lands of the planters and divide them,
among the freedmen, but would
frown down such project rs barbar-
Gus, unjust and eminently impolitic.
: '"The current opinion at the North
flows In q direction widely different
from that on which the extremists of
North Carolina base their calcula-
tions. Their reasoningis as unsound
as their axiom. Revolutions do some
times 'go backwards.' or, rather,
their violence sometimes produces a
reaction which undoes their work and
permanently neutralizes their infu-
ence. The more sensible of the radi.
cal journals, recognizing the immi-
nence of reaction as o consequence of
too violent proceedings, are earnest
in their condemnation of the very,
measures on which the Holden faction
build their hopes. The Chicago Iri-
6une, than which the radicals have
few ADLER or more influential organs,
condemns confiscation and repudiates
it in behalf of the party When Mr..
Stevens introduced his bill, the Iri-
6une denounced it as libel upon the
Northern people, who want no mea-
sure of vengeance, and will tolerate
none of robbery. The same journal
denounces the recent propositions of
Mr.. Sumner, and in effect declares
that no party could live after giving
them its sanction"
A LARGE WHEAT CROP. The ac-