The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-03-30
COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, March 80, 1867.
The True Policy,

Southern exchanges on the part OF
the whites, and from the almost uni
versal sentiments expressed by the
colored people at their public meet
lngs in various parts of the Southern
States, that this lesson is being pro-
6tably lie: l, and that the South,
by wise act. Il, may be a great gamer,
even under that law which her peo-
pie so much dreaded. The evidences
of the determination of our people
to make the most Of our present
situation are multiplying every day,
and show that they are generally
resolved to use rightly the effective
instrumentality which their oppo-
nents have so unwisely placed in
their hands.
What we refer to is explained bv
the following paragraphs from u few
of our exchanges. The Lynchburg
V'yinion says:
''We were amongst the few who
were anxious, during the last years
of the late war, to use that element
IN our armies, to help us win indie
pendence. We would not hesitate,
therefore, to bring it into requisition
now, to check tho influence of an
overwhelming Northern majority,
which tends toward the erection of Il
despotism in our section.
The Wilmington Dispatch, one Of
the staunchest Of Southern papers,
closes an article with the following
truthful remarks:
cit will be very easy matter for
the South to hold, and WELD in solid
mass, the power which has been aug
mented by the elevation OF the ne
groes to the privilege Of suffrage. 1t
is our duty 10 influence the negroes,
and one no less incumbent than was
support Of the armies in the field,
when the stake was to be won by the
sword. The victories Of peace may
be secured with less exertion, and
will prove more stable and advanta-
Seous than any which crowned our
efforts during the war Let the whites
and negroes of the South talk, think
and act together
And the Augusta Chroniclc u1d
Sentinel, after showing the depend
encc of the one class upon the other,
adds:
''-This being true as to their mate
rial interests, can there be any good
reason why they should not co-ope-
rate III the higher and nobler work of
giving laws to and shaping the insti-
tutions of the country? In this, both
classes are interested in the same
way, and to the same extent. Both
classes desire that law and order
should prevail, and that the Govern
ment should be SO conducted as to
afford full and equal protection to all
Can this be better secured than by
the hearty cooperation of all Of those,
of each class, who are to be affected
by the operations of that Govern
ment? We think not.
And now We quote from IL we'll
known friendly Northern journal,
and we deem It's remarks we'll worth
pondering, at thc present juncture,
by the Southern people. The extract
is frolAtac New York JJorM:
''In the interior of the South, the
negroes viii be brought into contact
only with the conservative influences,
and their temporary inability to read
renders them jmpervious to radical
appeals through Tie press. This is !.
condition of things which ought to be
improved while it lasts, by such kind
treatment and educational helps as
will lead them to look to their white
neighbors, instead of the distant Yam
KEGS, as their benefactors. Vote thev
will, under the new regime, in any
event. 1t depends on the great body
of intelligent planters whether the
ballot in their hands shall provo an
unmitiSated and intolerable curse, or
a harmless means of education and a
bond OF attachment to the communi-
ties in which they live.
GA workman must not quarrel with
his tools, When he can get no better.
The less political power the Soath
possesses, the more it behooves them
to make an effective use OF what they
have. Tc win against odds by s,,pc-
rior skill is altogether better than
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