The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-05-04

utter annihilation of the; status of
South Carolina as State, the entire
disfranchisement of her people, and
it may be and probably will be-not
the figurative spectre of ''the raw
head and bloody bones" of confisca-
tion introduced by the Governor
but the actual fact, brought, in the
most indisputable mode, to the home
stead and plantation or farm of every
man in the State. A calm review Of
the legislation of the majority in
Congress, for the past two years, will
sustain us in this conviction, if the
people refuse, or negatively reject.
by inaction, the terms of reconstruc-
tion proposed to them.
But we pass on to the so-called mr.
guments Of the writer Of this extra
ordinary letter, which no adduces to
sustain his position. The specious
and, ut one time, very popular ap-
peals to the State pride, etc., Of Caro-
linians-at that time, however, very
much decried by Governor Perry and
his few followers in this State-are
not. arguments, and are scarcely
worthy of attention. When Gov.
Perry tells the citizens of this State
that, by complying with the require
ments of law they have no power
to resist, ''they are going to sacrifice
their honor rs people," when he
asks this question of the people.
while acting under these require
ments, "can it be. that the pride of
Carolina has sunk so low and been so
degraded?" and when he tells them
that, by so doing, they are "voting
away their honor as men and Caro-
inians," we are bewildered, if not
astounded, for the moment, and be-
gin to think we are wrong, and that
our counsel and exhortations are
mischievous, if not traitorous, to the
State. But when we turn to the CON
duct of such man as Robert e. Lee,
when he surrendered his gallant
army; and when we reflect on his
course and the authenticated ex-
preston of his opinions on the
political situation since; when we
read the deliberate and statesman
like views Of such tried men as Gene
rails Beauregard, Hampton, Long
street and many other Of the military
leaders of the Southern people, who
have been tried and not "found want
ing;" and when, in addition to these,
we have the persistent and urgent
counsel of a large number of distin-
guished leaders in the field of Sonth-
ern politics, men of talent and expe-
rience, we are consoled by the
reflection that we are in good COM
pany, and that, il we are Counsel
ing the people to their own degrada-
tion and ruin," (the Governors words
again. we are doing so in concert
with some of the bravest and purest
men, whom not only the South, but
the whole country, can boast of.
But, before we leave this fiippant
talk-we use the word with due re-
spect-about sacrifice Of honor, vo-
luntary degradation and oil that,
which the "no-convention" men 80
glibly indulge in, we beg leave to call
the attention of Gov. Perry, and oil
those who think with him, to a single
paragraph from letter just written
by Gov. Throckmorton, of Texas. It
is this:
''It is neither wise nor patriotic to
be sullen and Indifferent, to invite
additional trouble, and to contribute
by such acts to induce the further
confusion and disaster that will surely
follow by delay. On the other hand,
there is every incentive to action.
Peace, with her many attendants of
prosperity, happiness and goodwill,
invite it. Fraternal accord, with the
renewal of respect and esteem among
countrymen, suggest it. The perpe-
tuity Of the Government of our
fathers, disenthralled from sectional
animosities, and unembarrassed by
fanaticism, demand it. The genius