The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-24

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their loving kindness and generosity been
lavished upon our people! Stevens and But
lcr have been the gracious apostles and grand
almoners OF their tender mercleS aud charl-
ties If the Evil One himself had been Ill 6odl.
lY shape on earth. directing the connsels OF
the North, his spirit could not more 1lGrantly
have spread over the South It's baeiul and ma
lignant influence. The most deadly enemy III
the South to all political association with the
North could not have devised course batter
calculated to accomplish his purpose OF an
eterual separation than that pursued by the
North through ITS Radical MAJORITY. inc poL-
cy OF emancpating slaves WIS violent meas
ure winch Napoleon declined in Russia, VIII re
the slaves we're of the Caucasian race; but the
endeavor by military despotism to turn society
upside down in the South. and to put tho half
savage negro over the civilized Caucasian
may not be forgotten or forgiven. Ii VIII stand
alone in history as tho folly OF q madness burn-
ing with hate at It's white heat: And We are
to believe that the raliollizod North love tho
people or the South, very. very dearly!
The people OF tho South recognize fully the
fact that thousands OF Northern mon have
been faithful to the constitution made by our
fathers. They know that thousands are con-
genial in sympathy, and cordial IN feeling
They honor thcm tor their politics. They re-
ciprocate their friendly disposition. But these
cons .itutc subordinate minority OF the poo-
pie of the North. overrdd N and impotent to
prevent the political slavery and material ruin
which have been imposed upon the South. Tho
radical ele lcnt largely preGominates, and now
controls the policy and repr esentS tho tone aud
temper OF the North. And between tbs radi-
cal element and the Southern people thero
seems to be an irreconcilablc ropuSnancc.
The truth IS, there is an iaconeluity be-
] tween these two PEI pies from their very natures.
| Their diffrrcnc, has been attributed to various
causes. Some have affirmed that it arises
from the different stocks OF population from
which they sprung-Purtan and Cavalier.
S me ascribe 1t to climate. Others to thor
| d ifariug pursuits OF indus ssry-tnc ono being
an agricultural. tho other mercantile, nauti-
cal and manufacturing people. Others, again,
| TO tho institution of slavery. MIR. Burke as
signed to this last source the higher spirit OF
| liberty which actuatel the people oil tho South
| in tho war OF '76. Whether ON one, or from all
| ,f these causes combined, tho fact thlt they
arc Of dissimar characteristics does not aimt
Of doubt. The one people is cautious and
rct.ccut; the other frank and open in conlmun-
cation. The ono is penurlouS; tho other is
| free in tho use OF money. Tic one cannot
even comprehend the meaning Of the word
honor; the otEer values 1t beyond lie.
Both have been great IN their pursuits OF IL
uustry. The one has pushed tho arts o.
commerce and navigation to extreme eff
cheney; the other has advanced in agricu-
turc, surprising all nations IN the sta
piles cultivated, and rendering them tue
most important to the world. The one loves
greg Iriousues5, aud does everything By aSso-
citation; The other cultivatcs privacy and in
d,viduahty, and acts with difficulty with
Others The one is sceptical, pryinS. offcious,
harsh dogmatic. aggressive, and fond ut nor-
cities, msnamed progress; the other Is more
genial and more tolerant. d:strusts change,
and revereuccs the past. The one looks up II
government as an Instrument OF aS"randiZ: =
tn ,.,,lo
other regards it as SIMPLY an instrument OF
protection, for securing Justice aud lea ling to
all ui:der its authority Inc privilege OF seeking
their own happiness IN their own way. lS 1t
possible that two peoples OF such different
char actersucs and antagonislic views can live
voluntarily together under the slme Tree gov
erDmcnt?
There are pers ms, however, both in the
South aud in tho North, who, III spite Of tho
antasonlsm in characteristics, an1 the hate
existing between the two soc:lons OF the
Unltol States, and the overthrow OF the Con-
sti.utlon md tho UdIon it established, still
hope for change which Will restore the coll
stitction to iys former aihc;ency. If this can
be accomplished, Of course the South Will b.
content. She hae never sought or required
any thing more than The Constitution, and the
Uulon it establishes. But is this reversal pre-
bablc? Is it possible?
L. cannot oe denied that the hope of such
tory. A free government is the most difficult
OF all governments to mautain, and once de-
stroycd has not been rcsurrectcu. But tho
world advances; and there may b. two ele-
men.s OF conservatism and restoration winch
did not exist in aacicnt rcpublics-Cnrtsit0nly
and Mc Press. Nor is the argument without
force, that the terrible evils which have follow
ed the overthrow OF the constitution. prove the
necessity Of Its establishment. But then it
appears to US that those persons do not COM
prchcnd the momentum OF the change which
has pushed The new government into power.
It was not the work OF yesterday. 1t had lis
origin i'll the beginning Of tho government.
Fro: tho first act Of usurpatiou (tho assump-
ton Of the payment OF the debts OF the
St ,tcs) to the last flare up CT coaso!l-
datiou, in the irdignlty put upon Orc
con III the Senate. there has Lccn iE
the North steady eforl to cca,raliZc and dei-
Dotise the government. Mlny, doubtless. are
blinded in this Course bv able so>h!srics; b t
the real causes which have produced the var
OH The constitution from it, comm nc 'mcn5,
are the lust Of sectional ambition. and The lust
of sectional ay.,ricc. And 10 these Strong pas-
sion, u constant stimulus hss been applied, by
social vanity aud 4 prevalent envy of Southern
social life. Tho violent opposition and s.rlfc
winch usurpatioa ~ proalo,a these OBI cts
caused did not arrest the cJuiso OF conSoiida-
iIoa. Comp.omi.c AFTER cImprom!sc took
u,aca TO prevent revolutionary collision. Iut
The, were ln!d, bv lhc conso.iia!ioliiss,, oniy
lodamcais ,or further lc:nlii,,S aiid cmcroac-
mc;,;s; aud az II AID ;i-..!1 the limitations OF
tna constitution Wei. otCt.ornc and tramplctl
down. un ii It last ! sectional President WAS
cleo, c.l Oil sectional iSSu =. The fact wa con-
elusive OF The downia;l OF tue Col stituilnn, Cx-
pressly made with the view Of preventing such
is:.ll,.s. The WAR was its legitimate. inevitable
trui ;and the tinklnG OF Pre- ,dent incoin's md
RIr. ocwaru's bells could lot awaken tic life
| loss spirit uf the constitution. Peace !louyht
hopes OF its citation; but the foul inSocnce
of dcspo.lsnl still stalks over the land. a.
though boldly challenged and faithful IL ex-
posed by the great pary OF the constitution.
tho Democratic party, il triumphcd in the lato
Preside tial election. II stands now butress-
ed around by two enormous bulwarks OF cs
Dutism-a vast cougcricS OF pational banks,
and huge natlo al debt. 1t has the capitalists
OF the country bound to its fortunes and the
prctec i've tariffs, national railroads. prorlsc
and profigatc expenditures, and large stand
lng armies, munster to lts power Can such a
deSpotism, coueenial with the spirit OF tho
M ,ionsy OF .hc NortLein people, AID sought
b? them for eighty years, HOW supported br
such appliances, DO SGT asc byrclorm? We
tLiuk not
What cousc then is left for the Southern
country?
We tal. il for granted That The pcop!c of. The
South arc frco people. IL iccll:iS and IN
cna acic:. a free y op!e in iicir coolal set
tlemen:s-a FREQ reo2 y tn, oI2h seven years
war. wrlayiig Their ,u,l@pu aeI:ce anu liberties
Z, N t;Y.t i:riI nj free n oolt. (iur.n.- tiia