The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-03

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this is taking counsel of our fears.
which no honorable man should ever
90. NO danger and no punishment
should ever induce him to degrade
himself. or do dishonorable act.
He should rather meet the conse-
! quences, be those consequences what
they may-the dungeon or death.
1t really seems that the Southern
people have been so borne down with
trouble, oppression, tyranny and
starvation, that their minds, rs well
as their principles, are unsettled. A
lady remarked to me, the other day.
that 1T seemed to her "the spirit of
the men was crushed out" When L
hear it gravely proposed to abandon
our friends at the North and form
new associations, I begin to think
that not only all spirit, but all prin-
ciple and all sense, have been crushed
out of us. The Democratic party
North have always been the allies of
the South, from the origin of our
Government. They have, since the
war, as they did before the war, made
sacrifice of their popularity and
their political honors in defending
the South. They have fought our
battles, in Congress and out of Con-
gress, with spirit and devotion to
principle worthy of band of mar
tyrs. A few thousand votes will put
this party in power all over the North,
and those votes they are daily acquir-
ing. Then the Southern States will
all be restored to the Union, with
their constitutional rights unim-
paired. Just at this time, when this
death struggle is going on for our
rights and honor, and we see our
friends and allies about to gain the
victory, we are advised to withdraw
from them, with O parting stab under
the left rib, and seek new associa-
tions! Daniel Webster once said to
Mr.. Calhoun, in debate, that his
lCalhoun's) idea of checking al ally
IN battle would have been something
new in tactics to the Great Frede
rick. l think the idea of abandon
ing an ally in battle, and going over
to the enemy, is something in strate-
gy, bolder than the idea advanced ly
Mr.. Calhoun. 1t belongs to the
school of Benedict Arnold.
In short time, the registering of
voters will commence. No one should
decline to register. 1t matters not
how much he may be disgusted with
politics, or how much he is opposed
to negro suffrage and convention.
Let him register in self-defence, whe-
ther he intends to vote in this cleo
ton or not; he may wish to vote in
some future election; this he cannot
40 unless he now registers. 1t is at
all times unwise to relinquish right,
though you may never expect to ex-
orclse it. No man would like for the
Government to disfranchise him, and
ne should not, therefore, disfranchise
himself. A mans opinion often
changes. 1 only advise him to be in
condition to crafty his wishes.
There is story of an old man who
never had been out of his town, and
never wished or expected to go out.
The king ordered that he should not
leave, and he then became dissatis-
fled and wished to leave the city.
Let those who refuse to register take
care that they DO not find themselves
IN the condition of this old man.
Having registered, it becomes the
duty of every good man to vote, whe-
ther he IS opposed OF in favor of
convention. If the convention is to
assemble, every citizen is deeply in
tcrested in having it composed of
good men. They who are opposed
to the call of convention are as
much bound to vote for the candi-
dates as those who are in favor of
calling the convention. If the Sc
lection of candidates is left to the
negroes and bad white men, all nav
be disfranchised who have been in the
Confederate army. If the selection
IS left to the negroes, they may de-
clare in convention all white persons
disfranchised. We must not permit
the government Of the State to fall
into unworthy hands, if we can pos
slbly prevent it. Look at the State
of Tennessee and see the deporable
condition of the people there-a ne
gro regiment, under Gov Brownlow,
committing all sorts of deprcdations
on the property and persons of the
peaceable inhabitants of the State;
Gov. Brownlow himself declaring
whole Counties DISTINGUISHED This
sad condition of affairs was the con-
sequence of the good citizens refus-
ing to have anything to do with the
first elections which took place in
Tennessee after the close of the war.
No matter how much you may loathe
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