The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-01

the question over which the men of
the Revolution fought; and their
cause they have Transmitted tosus to
defend. The policy that preserves in
the bosom of every community q
class exempted from "a share in its
common burdens, is fatal to the
American idea of equality and must
be fatal, in the end, to liberty.
'"The Convention, we hope, will
declare. this principle in'its platform,
and assert the purpose of the Demo
cracy to restore the Union as it was,
nnd the Constitution as it is! Let it
accept the results of the war, as de-
clared in the amendment to that in
strument, wiz: the abolition of
slavery, and the extinction of the
|, Confederate Government, its debt,
&c. Let ourf first task be to restore
the broken fragments of our once
glorious system, and breathe in them
anew the breath of life. Let ques-
tions of mere administration be re-
served for later day.
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2U''But while throwing open wide The
doors of the party to every one who
seeks or claims entrance, and recog-
nizing in. every member the rights of
the highest, we do not for moment
proposeto venture upon any new ex-
pertinent that would endanger the
unity of the party. We intend to 20
with the men who for the past eight
years haYe travelled with us the rough
and dangerous paths of adversely.
They. are our brothers. We never
'faltered in their company when the
hour was darkest. We have no
temptation to leave them now that
brighter skies shine over all of us.
'Let us unite the party upon some
candidate who shall represent it best,
in, the approaching struggle. We
need q statesman; the exigercies of
the country demand one, and the
people are looking for one at the
hands of tho Convention. It is not
impossible to represent the soldier
element upon the same ticket; but
the first task Of the Convention will
be to embody in its candidate for
President the idea of the supremacy
of the Constitution over force. That
done, we may leave the rest to the
people. Their vote will confirm the
decision of the Convention, and save
the country"
The Boston Adoertiser, in vein
of sarcasm, says: "It would be
glorious sight TO see Gems. Hancock
and Slocum fraternizing with Gems.
Wade Hampton and Forrest" sail
holding identical opinions on the
great national questions. Why not?
Was not the war for the re-establish-
ment of the Union, and can there be
q union without harmony? Excru-
ciatingly funny as such picture may
appear, it is nevertheless the con-
summation devoutly wished by all
true patriots, North and South.
The New, York correspondent of
the Boston Post, writing on the 26th
ultimo, in regard to the approaching
Democratic Convention, says:
'I understand that some Southern
oelegates-thoSe prominent In the
Confederate military seryice-are
somewhat concerned as to their re-
ception in the Convention. It may
remove their uneasiness on this point
to learn that they will be regarded
simply in the character in which they
appear, without reference to their
record in the war. It is the purpose
of tho leading men of the Democratic
party to do oil they can to make the
Convention perfectly harmonious,
and L think no demonstration for or
against any man on account of his
position in the war will be made
either in or out of the Convention.
If Gen. Forrest and Gen. Wade
Hampton appear in the places as
signed to them, the Convention will
regard them, merely as delegates and
show them the same courtesy and
respect shown to delegates from any
Northern State"
A Yankee, who went to Raleigh
before the late war, says the Richmond
Dispatch, preached there regularly
on his own hook, and. when the war