The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-04-22
Height of Folly.

The Radical politicians are painfully ex
ercised by the successful termination Of
Sergeant BATES journey with the dag II
is, in their Judgment. a most absurd farce
travestie of SHERMAS's march TO the sea
The Tribune thinks it no; a; ali astonish-
ing that simple inoifensive man should
travel from Vicksburg to Washington un,
harmed; and tha: 'eight millions o. men
excluding niggers) lii no; turn out and
make war upon this solitary footman.
And i. snubs the poor soldier. as tool Of
the Copperheads of Wisconsin.
If the lonely soldier. however. hai got
into bar-room fight with anybody, any
where at the South. now loudly the Tri-
bune would have praised him. If he had
torn his flag TO ribbons, in some seclu-
ded place, or bruised his body by fall, or
fallen sick and hal made the rebels liable
for any of these ''li'tle unpleasantnesses.
what martyr and hero he would have
been. What pictorial illustrations Of rutfi-
ans in felt hats and cavalry boots. surroun-
ding military Apollo who clutchel the
starry flag with one hand, and raised the
other to the arengiug Heavens. would have
decorated the veracious pages Of Harper :.
The shade OF LINCOLN would have smiled
upon him; cloud 0: ralian, spirits would
have been pictured. descending upon him
and bearing in their holy hands an aareole
of glory. But that he should have come
through, without ren; or smirch on his
flag, without even scratch on his person,
well fed, hopeful, hearty. was no; this too
outrageous TO be horre::
Unhappy BATES did he not know better
than that, the road 10 fame and promotion
Peace and harmony and mutual confidence
are at discount now. Dullies AMI swag-
gerers are in the ascendant. Steal spoon,
and you vii! be elected the hierophant in
the temple of justice. Crush impoverished
despairing communities under your feet,
and you may proudly claim to he the Tri-
bune of the people: and You may have so
many patrons as TO necessi,a,e double
press for the disgracetul business and the
issue OF Two papers. "hoth daily. Fall
down at the fee, of the father of lies and
worship him, and you may have The king
doms of the world and the glory OF them.
Postoiiices and convention benches and
gubernatorial chairs. ami the perquisites
thereof-silly Sergeant, to what might you
not have aspired
The Tribune, itself, looks compassionate
" upon the supplemented soldier, whose
flag received the hospitality OF every South
ern city, village. AMI Hamlet. and solitary
home in The woods and was denied admis-
sion only when it waved at the portal Of the
capitol OF the United States. ''We do no,
find fault WIKI M BATES" says the states
man with the white hat; ''the inherent
right of every free American citizen to
make a fool ot himself.s beyond question.
Too true The undertaking was foolish
enough. Nay, it was hair-brainel, if the
condition OF the South were At ail Ike the
descriptions given h. the Tribune and the
equally veracious Mr.. BUTLER. 1t was the
adventure OF litie cockle shell upon a
raging ocean. L. was the extremity Of
moonstrucs madness, FOR u Northern man,
unarmel, in uniform. CARRYING the flag, to
travel u. one :rough ;he : ,r,le:n States. ana
that on the eve o; al. c.ec,lon. wAcn property
anl life and peace ana liberty are nj stake.
It was the enterprise c: he !ahleG Nehama
penetrating the submerged; cities Of In':ia.
and fighting the monsters Of Tie deep il
their own domain. [, was an impessibi.-
;ty-uuless, indeed. GRErIEy. FoRXrY and
BUTLER have told such lies as Muncnau.en
never dreamed O.:
En-, the faulty c; the rrG;ec4 Inks into
no,hingue<s 6e.orc tie ahur i.,y Of liz
conclusion There are 40 adJeclives to de-
scribe the folly .: The man. who flushed the
march saiel.:. S.uri'i f.liow: Why 'li''n'
he ;n>u,; som2ho..,:, rs ne ''mar;ygcd Asst
BURN did ever lay q his life y fight
under the Tag avu.l have Len master
stroke Of policy ! broken nose or black
eye wou',i nave made hs :orIune. Was
there nobody, in a. these broad States,
whom ne could caax o. badger into :i>i;-
cuffs: Was it too mLch 10 eX?'c; h.,t lie
would. If ueces sary. break III own nose for
the good of the farry:: Had ne never read
Of CuHrIrs aud 2"rrrUs: ii! he not
know that peacemaAius is now condemned
by legislation. and that any oG; vino tries
it becomes u, orce a Cofpcrhead and 4