The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-07
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Tuesday Morning Sept. Z, 1859.
Hosv Shall thc Asptya ttons OF the South
ern Heart he ,RealIzeis


!! saow Shall the Asptya ttons OF tho south-
ern Hesrt he tRealIzetis
6 To Eneas, amid the flames OF burning
Y Troy. the thought suggested itself that
! it was glorious to die in arms. This was
! the natural sentiment Of the patriot who
saw that he had country no longer. and
that therefore, be desired no longer to
: live. But there cama to. the Trojan q
sober second thepsht, end be resolved to
gather what he could Of the fragments
of his yeoqntTy aud 70 found o new Troy
in an an6thasllanG Add ths postical fiction
narrates how in, this way Eneas reached
the Italian shores and founded the
mighty Roman Empire which was deem
ed Troy fsyiyeds.s Such spirit does it
become us d, tho South to initiate? such
a resolutions does 4, become us to make
although in s1nr case no expatriation is
necessary: ~ a.. : "a
rs The South becomes involved in gi
gantic struggle4Ashe fights as few people
ever before fought -she suffers as few,
people ever before suffered, Neither the
matohless devotion q, her women nor,
the noble heyoism of her men avails any
thing eshe gives MP her cause at :Ap-
1pomAttoxss She erherges from the strugs.
!. gle in grief for her noble spirits fallen
lin battle, and in distress because: of
burnt=cities, and fields ravaged. and in
dustries paraIyzed. She stands as stands
the ship at sea after fierce tempest has
left her almost a wreck. Despair seizes
upon some Southern hearts and they
seek their fortunes in other lands, self
sSiled. But not SO with the great mass
of the Southern people. These deter
maine not to give up the land they love.
These bravely resolve ''heart within and
God overhead" to retrieve their fortunes.
These grandly win it, that even where
Troy was they will build up another
Troy surprising the old. And this, we
take tits, the aspiration lis theresolve-
OF the genuine Senthern soul. To make
the South again prosperous, happy, in
fuential, respected, independent-no
uobler work than this can suggest itself
TO the pasriot-heart here. For this one
might willingly die; but for this it is
better forsone usefully. and honorably,
and effectually to live.
And now we come, naturally and logi-.
cally. to the question proposed in our
editorial heading, viz: "Ho,D Shall Tie
Aspirations Of the Southern Heart be Re
aIzed?" We answer, by wise political
course, and by steady industrial de-
velopment. We regard politics as the
means whereby the prosperity of States
is secured. It is practical thing, and
means not only principles but business.
It is the duty of the legislator not sim
ply to declare the correct principles that
should be carried out in the administra-
tion of public affairs, but he should pro-
vide the solid means to make those prin-
ciples effective. Not by rhetoric, not by
logic alone, can the rights of States be
secured. Around our political ground
solid muniments must be thrown up
.suqh muniments Ms wealth and numbers,
and activity and intelligence in the peo-
ple, provide. In our opinion, then, q
wise political course at the South con-
sists in her adhering to those political
convictions which her intelligence ap-
proves; and at tile same time making
her politics practical and promotive of
her material interests. But to make her
politics such, she must get power; and
to get power, she must acquire wealth;
and to get wealth, she must secure full
development of her resources, varied as
sthey may be and are. Thus, after ell.
the answer to our question is in a nut
shell. The aspirations of the Southern
s,eart are to be realized by WORK. Out
of Southern soil, out of Southern metals,
out of Southern wood, out of Southern
fabrics, brought. out by intelligence, zeal
and activity, must come the sceptre of
our restored power. With us "to labor
is to pray, And in spite of the politi-
cal incubus that rests upon the South, it
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