The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-09


dence, and shall lift off the burdens
which now hinder and vex the indus
try of the country. Yet, at this
moment, thosein power have thrown
INTO the Senate Chamber and Con-
gressional Hall new clements of dis
cord and violence.
n Men have, been admitted as r pre-:
sentativess of some of the Southern
States, with the declaration upon
their lips that they cannot livein the
States they claim to represent with
out military protection. These men
are to make laws for the North, as
well as the South. These men, who,
Q few days since, were seeking, as
suppliants, that Congress would give
them power within. their. Irrespective
States, are. to-day, the masters and
controllers of the actions of those
bodies. Entering them with minds
filled with passions, their first de-
mands have been that Congress shall
look upon the States from which
they come as in conditions of civil
war; that the majority of their popu-
lations, embracing their intelligence,
shall be treated as public enemies;
that military forces shall be kept up,
at the cost of the people of the
North, and that there shall be no
peace and order at the South, save
that which is made by arbitrary
power. a
Every intelligent man knows that
these men owe .stheiEseats in Con-
gress to the -idisofde the. South /;
every mani knows that they: not only
owe their present position Ito dis
order, bnt that every motive spring
ing from the love of power, of gain,
Of "A desire for vengeance, prompts
them to keep the South in anarchy.
While that; exists they are independ-
ent Of fthe wills -or wishes of their
fellow4citizens,l T. While confusion
reigns, they are the dispensers of the
profits and the honors Which grow
out of a government of mere force.
These men are now placed in posi-
tions where they cannot;urge their
views ofpolicy, but where they can
enforce them. When others shall:be
admitted, in this manner, from the
remaining Southern States, although
they will have, in truth, no constitu-
ents, they will have more power in
the Senate than majority of the
people of the Union living in nine of
the great States. In vain, the wisest
members of the Republican party
protested against the policy that led
to this result.
While the chiefs of the late rebel
lion have submitted to the results of
the war, and are now quietly engaged
in useful pursuits for the support of
themselves and their families, and
are trying by the force of their
example to lead back the people of
the South to the order and industry,
not only essential to their we'll being,
but to the greatness and prosperity
OF our common country, we see that
those who, without ability or in
fiuence, have been thrown by the
agitations of civil convulsion into
positions of honor and profit, are
striving to keep alive the passions to
which they owe their elevation. And
they clamorously insist that they are
the only friends of our Union-a
Union that can only have a sure
foundation in fraternal regard and a
common desire to promote the peace,
the order and the happiness of ali
sections of our land
Events in Congress, since the adj
journment of the Convention. have
vastly increased the Importance of q
political victory by those who are
seeking to bring back economy, sim
plicity, and justice in the administra-
ton of our national affairs. MANY
Republicans have heretofore clung to
their party, who have regretted the
extremes of violence to which it has
run. They have cherished q faith
that while the action of their politi-
cal friends has been mistaken, their
motives have been good. They must
now see that the Republican party is
in that condition that it cannot carry
out wise and peaceful policy, what
ever its motives may be. It is mis-
fortune, not only to the country, but
to governing party itself, when its
action is unchecked by any form of
opposition. 1t has been the mister
tune of the Republican party, that
the events of the past few years have
given it so much power that it has
been able to shackle the Executive,
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