The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-11
to thems and not indulge in vain
hopes f,any other remedy than that
which aistrict and honest compliance
with the law will bring them.
Opinions OF Nero military Men.

with the law will bring them.
Opinions OF Nero Military Men.
There is much good sense in the
following, from the Atlanta Mteli-
gencer:
There is, in our humble opinion,
something Of "assumacy"-as old
| Rill Walker, in days TINT are pnst,
used to say--on the part of that por-
ton of the press who See, in the OPT
mons Of Lee, Beauregard, Longstreet,
and others of "that ilk," and in their
advice to their Southern fellow citi-
zens on the political situation" the
opinions and advice of merely militia
ry men, which weighed in the balance
with theirs, would fail to even coun-
terpoise the scales. This is sheer
nonsense. Such men as Lee, Beau
regard and Longstreet, high MS their
claims are recognized to bo upon the
affections of our people, on account
of their military services, have other
claims which entitle their opinion
and advice to rs much consideration,
at least, as that of any member of the
editorial fraternity, or any political
essayist. They are, in the first place,
each and every one of them, men of
Southern birth, of finished education,
of strong native intellect, and, in the
second place, So deeply imbued with
the spirit of patriotism and love to
their native South, that it were folly
not to recognize their opinions and
advice upon the political situation"
as important, and as worthy of consi-
deration, and of being followed as
those of any other profession or class
of men in the South. Washington
was military man, and yet he was O
statesman; Napoleon, the first, was n
military man, yet he, too, was n
statesman; Wellington was O military
man, and he was n statesman. So
may it be written of military men in
ancient times-of Cesar, and of
others, whose names are inscribed
upon history's page as combining
both the characteristics of warriors
and statesmen. We confess to being
one of those who pay much respect
to the counsel and advice of such
men as Lee and his gallant compeers,
especially in regard to the duty of
the people in the present anomalous
condition of the Southern States, and
we regret to see efforts being made to
resist or weaken their influence with
our people. When battle was the
order of the day, they headed the
Confederate battalions and most nobly
did their duty. If we do not now
respect the opinions and seek the
counsels of such men, in the name of
God, whose opinions are we to re-
spect-whose counsels shall we seek?
The correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing from New Orleans,
says:
General j. B. Hood is now ut the
head of large commercial house in
this city. He received me very cor
daily, and expressed his views in q
very candid and clear manner. If I
do not mistake the tenor of his con-
versation, he is in favor of a cheerful
and ready compliance on the part of
the South with the terms of the Sher-
man bill and the Act supplementary
thereto. He emphatically declares
that, from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande, tho people earnestly desire
peace, prosperity and unity, and that
further resistance to the Government
never enters their thoughts. At the
same time, he feels that the South
can never swallow the policy of the
radicals, which is SO Numerically Mt
variance with the Constitution as in
terpreted by those who framed it.
He has never considered that the
South should surrender any right
under the Constitution excepting
slavery, and that, having once more
become good citizens under the
Union. they should be protected in
their rights of property, and not be
asked to become parties to the dis
reimbursement of men they had Sc
lected to represent them in the forum
or the field.
While he is very glad that the South
has not had anything to do with Civ
ing the negro the right of suffrage,
he Is in favor of gracefully yielding
to the demands of Congress, and
giving the negro the privilege of
voting.
General Buckner's views are some
what peculiar. He has always argued,
and still insists, that when any peo-
pie are oppressed, they should resist,