The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-01

TIE RICHMOND Times, adyertng to the Cover
norship of Virginia, thus speaks Of the heroic Gen
eral LEE:
seThere was q time when his splendid genius
had hurled army after army Of Federal invaders,
broken, defeated and demoralized, from the eou OF
his mother State, and when our success seemed
assured, rumor attributed tothis great man the
modest. admission that he craVed no higher honor
than to be the Governor Of Virginia. Until ne
speaks, we trust that no inferior man Will dare to
to outrage public opinionjn Virginia by Venfurlng
to solicit an Office which LEE may not feel author
lied to. decline" 5ii,i.s. -. -.
:, The persistency with which the organs Of South
ern opinion dilate upon the glorious incidents OF
the campaign, the intense interest with which the
actors in those stirring scenes are regarded, III
spite Of the abounding miseries entailed by the
war upon the Southern people, give evidence of a
strength and continuity in the national sentiment
which ought to extort the admiration rather than
the hatred of their conquerors, and quicken the
exercise of magnanimity which has not yet char
acterized the acts Of the American Government or
people.
The policy Of the North, viewed in either po-
tical or social aspect, cannot fall sooner or later
to rekndle the elements of strife; and it is hard to
say what combinations the South may notbe en-
abled to form, should Northern hatred again force
them to blows. Daily subjected to humihations
more disastrous than defeat, denied the aid which
d magnanimous conQueror never refuses to fallen
enemy, stungl to the quick at being placed on an
equality with the freedmen, erstwhie bound to
them as much by lies Of affection and gratitude as
by the rights of proprietorship, forced into the i7-
ing death Of political union which they hate, and
which now deprives them Of all participation
in the government Of the common country, it
may indeed be regarded as inevitable that they
will seek again to throw off the intolerable yoke,
and trust to the arbitrament Of battle to relieve
them from Northern domination. With the
Franco-Mexican ina6rogso still unsettled,-the
Monroe doctrine reiterated by the American
press, Government and people,-Northern iplo-
macy conspicuous for an arrogant dictation un-
known lin the modern history Of States, and a
studied violation Of the principles Of that neutral
ity Of which the American Government constitutes
itself the sole judge and interpreter-the Euro
pean Powers would view renewal Of the rebellion
with widely different sensations than were evoked
by struggle involving the extinction Of on insti-
tuition repugnant to civilization. If the North were
wise-if the Government and people we're pos
sessd of but an ordinary amount Of prudence and
foresight, they would cease all attempts at repres-
sion, withdraw the obnoxious Constitutional
Amendment, and, by kind and conciliatory poll
CT, bring back the loyal allegiance Of the States
lately in arms against her. By neglecting to do
this she win render herself responsible for fresh
disasters and in the present temper Of both North
and South and the great European Powers, there
are elements of embodiment which might speedily
burst into q fame, and envelop Anglo-saxon ciyii-
cation in, perhaps, a common glory and common
ruin.-Monueal Canada) Ne,os, February Is.