The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-06

] ~ 'HsSSVAoH VA. ftSou tolAiinobt oeSgrOy
truth until you destroy God, who Is
1 himself truth.
/ There is another class who tell you
to have nothing to do with the white
people of the South--tos 4 organize
yourselves without reference to them.
These are just as mischieyous as the
first. 1 tell you that you cannot
make this war upon the white people,
and it is your duty TO live with them
in harmony and peace. Although
you may be in a majority in South
Carolina, remember that your State
is but small portion of the Union.
Love it. Labor for it's institutions;
labor to create prosperity for your
selves and your neighbors; labor III
concord with the white population;
maintain your self-respect; do right,
and make no war upon anybody who
belongs to the United States of Ame-
ricn.
Another thing, fellow citizens; you
must not be too severe upon those
persons who were in this war. Men
will not voluntarily face death in be-
half of principle unless they think
they are right; and when six hundred
thousand went into the field and Of
fered their lives, they testified that
they were honest, and they deserve
the respect that should be accorded
to the brave. I do not propose to
ostracise men who have shown such
gallm- try and devotion, even iu bad
cause.
No, fellow-citizens, the true and
honorable policy of the colored popu-
lation of the South is to live in har-
mony and peace with all men; to edu-
cato yourselves and your children; to
carry yourselves forward and upward
i'll the intellectual scale rs rapidly as
possible; to do, in short, what is ne
cessary in order that you shall become
worthy part of the great Govern
ment of the greatest people upon the
habitable globe. Great applause
Tile 'cd,' as ocer, bit tie revozution is
not. The first gun fired in Charleston
harbor at the American flag began
the revolution that is not yet com
plete, and when it will end, depends
upon the good sense of tho people of
the United States. It is true that
war has its purposes. AS in nature,
the shower you have just experienced,
the rolling thunder and forked light
ming, servo to clear the atmosphere,
so in the political world the clash of
arms, although it leaves its sad me-
mentoes behind, rs it has done in
your own beautiful city, purifes the
air, gives n new impetus to life, and
prompts man to take step forward
III progress and humanity.
l have said that the war has ended.
but the revolution has not; and, fell
low citizens, it never will until all
cheese States return to the constella-
tion of the Union, and, with equal
rights, free people are again mus
tered under the glorious flag Of the
republic.
1t is said by n great many honest
and wcll-mcaning people that the
course of the Congress of the United
States is unconstitutional. That is
question which it is unnecessary to
discuss, because when tho clang of
arms is heard, the laws are silent. If
it be SO, it is the result of the rcvolu-
ton begun i'll South Carolina, the
reverberation Of whose guns is heard
in the political world to-day, and
that revolution will not terminate
until these States are again in the
Union aud under the protecting folds
of the Constitution. (Cheers.)
The Constitution, the laws, prece-
dents, are but gossamer webs, through
which tho arm Of power breaks. with
no palpable resistance. Until God
creates men over again, and humanity
has another damper, the conqueror
always will dictate terms to the con-
quered. We were great people; we
attempted independence; it slipped
from our grasp; the flag of our Go
vernment is under the foot of the |
power that has conquered us, and we
must accept such terms as the con-
queror gives us. Such ought to be
the reasoning of the people of the
South. Yet, some say, eve would |
rather have military government
forever. than accept the proflers OF
radical Congress-"
[ do not like this kind of stoicism
at all. The doctrine of the stole is,
if you don't like thing, why, kill |
yourself. Now, L am not SO anxious
to get out of the world rs that; L pre-
fer to stay where l am better ac-
quainted, as the sick man said. |
Naughter.) The true policy is, un-
doubtedly, to get back into the
Union. 1t is our birth-right to be in