The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-29
,.GOLUM BIA, s. C..
Wednesday Morning, Sept. 20, 1869.

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wednesday Morning, Sept. 20, 1869.
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~ After Mr.. Snmner's grand effort. in
volying ereas principles and the nation's
highest good. the partisan and sectional
ist' thus reveals himself in his true Cha
rsoter.s. After a grand loqnentr episode
on pY5lic fsaitt, he says, '.For. myself, I
see! nothing more practical at this mo-
ment than tirss, al al ipoinsy, 10 oppose the
DSssocfacJ ard, seoondgY, 70 insist that yst
q aOhile 3Joaga /, e1.re6els shall be ercused
from ooparsne,;ship in gove'rn,ent." And
this the Senator says he demands, not
only for the benefitfof the ''national Gre
disor ana the national freedman" but
for the highest good Of the ex-rebel
himAslfl Obi philanthropic Sumner!
OIL noble consosipt fatherl Oil Christ
ian statesman 'lt .,,,,1 ,5,7 ~
+, Mr.. Charles Sumner is q great
olasaicist. I'VE commeddrto him the
story related Of canihus, a heather se7
nator Of Rome. 1t has been frequently
related, but we repeat it for the benefit
Of The prosctiptionists Of. the radical
Sumner school The question came up
in the Roman Senate: What shonld be
done with the conquered people of
Latiump Some proposed one violent
measure; some proposed, another. At
length,s the noble Camillus arose and
sale: let ns make them fellow-c citizens,
and Ithus add to the power and dignity
OF Rome" Let the magnanimity of the
Roman put to shame the policy of VEN
geance and hate that the polished Sum-
ner advocates. : - -... -.-.
Mr.. Sumner proclaims himself man
OF peace. He says:
I'm our foreign relations, there ore
with me two cardinal principles, which I
have no hesitation to avow at all times
first, peace with all the world, and Sc
condly, sympathy with all struggling for
i foil, for each is essential. Peace is for
us universal conqueror. Through peace
the whole world will be ours. Filled
with the might of peace, the sympathy
we extend will be next to an alliance
Following these plain principles, we
should be open and allow foreign nations
to- know our sentiments so that even
when there is d difference, there shall be
no just cause for offence"
Now, we have always thought Mr.. s..
was inclined to be, man of peace, SO
far as his own precious person is con-
cerned. But, looking at his declarations
of policy at home and abroad, one natu-
rally inquiries, if this is Mr.. Summers
pedce, how terrific his acar must be!
He says, in reference to us ''ex-rebels'
of the South:ss.5 kr
''The ancient historian declares that
the ancestors Of Rome, themost religions
of men, took nothing from the vanquish-
ed but the icenseto do wrong -mgores
nostri, ,shgiossipaf mortales, Mill rictis
eripiebnH prefer inJm.ia licentidn. These
are the words Of Sallust. Permit me to
say, that I know no, better example for
onr. present guidance. Who can COM
their country are told to stand aside until
all are secured in their rights?"
The Southern "ex-rebels" would be
glad to compromise upon that. If MIR.
Simmer will agree that his party shall
take nothing from us-nothing but the
''license'to do wrong"-we will rest glo-
riously content. But what about our
back dues?
In his speech, which doubtless fore
shadows the programme which the ex-
treme Republicans will seek to carry out,
Mr.. Sumner appeals anew, under the
mask of peace, to the passions and pre-
judices born of the late civil war. In
one point OF view, we are pleased to see
this. 1t gives the Northern Democracy
capital, and it effectually puts stop to
anything like detection from the ranks
OF Southern anti-radicalism. We need
the seroices of the Summers and the
Wendell Phiiiipses.
BOSTON STILL ''THE HUB"