The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-14

Nv,teJ, iS9 ttxvftit pitlSl 81
rdisgoverhtment to harden disc ontent
into disafeetiou, and exasperate the
sense oof INJURY into a sentiment OF
settled resentment, This deplorable
resaIt9is likely to happen, may, lt iss
almost sure to follow, if you do not
summon your utmost patience ana
forGtude TT pray yon, my friends,
To- struggle with all your might
against the inroads Of discourageme
z and the temptations of despair. II
you can muster the endurance to
wait calmly. and labor honestly and
Il heartily for your redemption, your
reward if late, will be rich and
9 abundant z I canhot believe that o
people which has shown such power
of intense and prolonged exertion as
81 yours did, in the war, will prove
lacking in the higher quality of
patient self-command, especially
when your whole future depends
upon it. What else can, you do?
The idea OF second appeal to arms
is anadness. It is the dream, of the
suicide, which could, alone, induce
you to take arms against sea of
troubles, and, by opposing, end
them. II any of you, in the inmost
'recesses of his heart, has ever har-
bored such q thought, Danish it, at
once and forever. Better, ten thou
sand times better, for yourselves,
your wives, your daughters, and for
your country, to bear. the ills you
have, than fly to others that you
know not of. AS your committee
truly and wisely say, in their letter
ef fi1nyitation to- me; ''The policy of
heaSouth lisf PeaceAit is her only
hope; you, will see this with your
eyes end hear itI with your ears" +"
And they are, right; and ]. haze seen
with eyes, and heard with my ears:
and i am persuaded that all this
people know that they are right, and
feel as they do upon this point.
nh fear, also, that the admission of
all the negroes in these States to suf-
frage, and the exclusion of substan-
TALLY all of the leading men of the
South from q share in shaping your
Consultations and laws, coming
when it did, and as 1t did, will seri-
olsly aggravate the difficulties which
beaatIyour way back to q cheerful
and peaceful re-establishment of
mutually satisfactory relations.
Taken by itself, I think you might
render it tolerable. With universal
amnesty, 1 imagine i that many of its
more alarming features would disap-
pear or be- very much ameliorated.
The tendency Of this portion of the
reconstruction policy to encourage
q class Of political demagogues to
stir up strife and ill:feeling between
whites and blacks, here, upon which
to found their own political fortune,
is, undoubtedly, one of the greatest
defects of the system, in its practical
working. 1t embitters relations
which might be cordial, and must be
friendly, if you arc to dwell together
in peace and prosperity. And here,
again, 4 must urge you to be patient,
and, difficult though it be, to call
little philosophy to your aid. Such
aconvulsion as you have experienced
must needs leave multitude of lesser
ruptures in its train which require
time, more than anything else, to
re-adlust With return to constitu-
tlonal government, I think that even
universal suffrage, (snpposing it was
found necessary to let il stand as it
IS, as achoice of evils-for certainly
regard itas an evil, at this time and
place. might be made compatible
with; good order, good government.
and good feeling. CONSIDERING the
relations which formerly existed be-
tween the two races, and the great
advantage which the wealthy, edu-
<xnks n 4 =.