The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-05-01

conntry's festefihg wounds. And
here the Yankee will. remain; all the
procliyities of his nature impel him
TO it--for Ibis - not the generous
,rapacity of the, l,rincely eagle, who
lsnatches away Tie living, struggling
lprey; he is d ,vulsnre, who feeds upon
The prostrate, the dying and the
lead" Lawrence Keitt, the Patrick
Henry of secession, in one of his
lmpassioned appeals for timely re-
distance to encroaching tyranny, ex-
CANNED, 80, myl countrymen! crush
ne serpent on our door-sill, before
I coils on your earth stone" Alas
t'r the women q the South! the SER
fent is coiief aere, and spits his
fenom on our 3aly bread, and the
hnds thatSap! 1t to crush it are
Alded md caN{
The secondns tvention was q fail
fe. TWAS q osed of gentlemen
dlivering md sense of coming
dFgrace-ailYeRV&t not equal, to the
necessity of aibn. It's president
vfs man more prone to sit in pub
iii Judgment on he. discretion and
valor OF others IN display similar
merits of his owl
OF the last CoA milton, (so-called,) J
the unlawfgn ably at the Club
House, ! canl ink. When the
Governor of q addresses q. eau
cus OF negroes gentlemen of the
Gqyention," is for that State
lauAr infAia; Yes, there is one
st4P further-its recognition and
raf fification by the people.
Pr, have we net cause to protest
against conventions? Have they not
beSn fruitful of disaster? Is it not
timh ! that their Tead work should
Where is the justice of the South's
pnl lishment? A punishment to be
lusNshould be commensurate with the
magnitude of the crime committed,
Tug South was nocriminal. The act
of accession was but manifestation
Of Der right of sovereignty, and by
the act she but sought 10 save her
pubic chastity frpm the corruption
of Yankee ideas, and her domestic
hon9r from the pollution of Yankee
morals. Did ,sht sin, in that she
sough ht with desperate devotion to
savepltar and hearh stone from desc
cratibn and deflenent, and in draw
ing the sword State when her
crown of sovereignty was in danger,
and giving her s,ns and her sub:
stande to uphold he cause of reli-
giou$ and civil lDerty? And, too,
the self-devotion f her daughters;
the yalor of her sols; the heroism of
soldier-boys, whose Jackets of grey"
are vestures Of ensure; are these
things to be ashamed Of? acts to be
repudiated? sins be atoned for?
We believe not. But if IN inexor-
able, Nemeses demands our punish
meni for sins suu as these, we are
willing to suffer lad die. W lave
faitli in the ultimas triumph Con-
fed9ate principles and to their cause
we leyote our activities. We have
theFpirit for the work. Every want,
priJation and disnter we lay at the
doer of the Yanlae and his plant
tobl, the renegade Southerner. We
feel that their bate with us is not
over. 1.-The bugl, has sung truce,
iand no more calls arms" aud Con-
iederate valor no l,nger triumphs or
snks overpowered,n glorious battle
hdds. bnt the war rnges still. They
one fought lis with shot and shell,
theA now fight Is with ,cant and
fd'aNe. AS zoe, di.. not yield to the
& forns we will oyield to the latter.
N Iheyesire to brek the spirit of the
Soyththrough thecraving activity OF
tn seses, to un6rmine the heroic
ciadelt the soul, Famine faces us,
m0tt iss zoe OF i.e Iankees work
hg,Shelfore, in esprit of defiance,
heetE fiht it aid defeat it. This
houg gles rs hength. We will
ehes S,sserS slr tather. encourage the
1bders,p@t andllasten to maturi-
oreaIg giving ce,oals; and, with
,as spg az hef pr:Y God have mercy
syo,l E Sar< y the wome9 Q,