The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-31
IS THE CONTROVERSY TO BE
ENDLESS
recent number of the Richmond Wing has the
following common sense admonition:

A recent number of the Richmond Wing has the
following common sense admonition:
1t is the nature OF man to acquire Is much
power as possible, and to part with none that he
can retain. He disputes every inch of ground,
and only surrenders when superior force il brought
to bear upon him. In civil society his recourse is
to courts, and o ihgous man will spend his last
shilling TO fee his lawyer and defray the expenses
OF litigation. When he gets his blood up be will
carry his case from the lowest to the highest
court no matter how small the amount involved
may be, and when he reaches the court OF last re-
sort and hears the decision pronounced against
him, he ls even more discontented than he was in
the beginning. The case has but one side in his
ten he is animated by the desire to have his own
way, which settles down in an inappeasable spite,
which he persuades himself is principle. He
would, if allowed, go back to the beginning and
have it lI over again, negecting his business and
spending his life in it's prosecution. But the law
his blind passion by bringing to bear upon him
that old and benign maxim, "There must be an
end OF STRIFE He has got to the end Of his tether,
and must. Of necessity, submit. -.
and to dominate othors that impels men to engage
in war-!that ultima ratio regtn. There can be
but OF two results from resort to this, the su-
preme court Of nations-yictory or defeat. Vic
tory carries with it dominancy,. defeat imposes
submission. Here, too, in this high court Of ma
tions the maxim is that 'sthere must be an end Of
STRIFE"
We OF the South, after years OF angry controver-
sy, chose to submit the questions between us
and the North to the arbitrament Of arms and
we lost our cause. The decision was pronounced
against US. Shall we refuse to submit in good
filth Shall there be an end Of strife Or
shall We endeayor to keep open the question that
has been settled against us, and thus perpetuate
strife
II we decide to do the. latter let us be candid
and manly enough to acquit the Government OF
all obligations to exhibit clemency and kindness
toward us. Let us renounoe all claim to protec-
ton, to property, to franchises and privileges,
aud, Like desperate men, proclaim ourselves IN o.
condition Of outlawry. The only claim We can
have must arise out Of obedience, submission and
an orderly department.. We may frame all sorts
OF subtle arguments in our attempts to eysde the
incidents Of our defeat, but they will fail 70 con-.
vince those who defeated u.s. 1t is an easy thing to
convince ourselves, because we want to be 30 con-
vinced, but what good can that doP The party
to Be convinced and satisfied is the party that has
the power-our ,conqneror. Our detest and SUR
render were, both military and political, and, for
our part We have resolved to fulfill the terms iof
that surrender, as expressed and as implied, in
letter and in spirit. We are for reconstruction,
peace and the Union, Those who are not, and who
desperately resolve that they will be 9 law unto
themselves, will have to take the consequences Of
their own lmprudence.