The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-13
The New York World says, and We
commend its language to our readers:

"
commend its language to our readers:
"The oppressive domination under
which the South suffers is q domination
from without, and there is 10 reasonable
hope of redress except by relief from
external tyranny. If tho South pos
scssed freedom of internal action, un-
asked advice would indeed be intrusive
and impertinent. But that section can
be relieved from the incubus of Federal
domination only by Democratic victo-
ries in the North; and this is valid
apology for the advice we presume to
offer. AS the South needs our aid, it
must not spurn our friendly counsel.
Iron 1860 down to the present time,
many leading minds in the South have
been afflicted with political blindness.
1t was supreme act Of political folly to
split the Charleston Convention by the
lamentable schism which brought two
Democratic candidates s-Douglas aud
Breckinridge the field against Lin
coin, and secured his first election The
Northern Democrats who abetted that
schism were sycophants of the South,
not real friends. Prominent among
them were Ben. Butler, who promptly
deserted to the radicals; Daniel S. Dick
inson, who took Office under Mr.. Lin
coin; Caleb Cushing, who has been the
paid counsel Of successive radical admi-
nistrations; and John a. Dix, the sub
missive tool Of Lincoln and Seward, in
shutting up tho Offices Of Democratic
newspapers. These are specimens. The
supporters of Mr.. Douglas, on the other
hand, pitched their professions of friend
ship in lower key, but have maintained
them to the present hour. II Mr.. Dou-
glas had been elected, We should have
had no civil war, and the South would
have been exempt from its depIorable
train OF consequences. The wisdom of
Douglas consistedIin his correct apprc-
citation of the tone and temper of the
Northern people. He saw that the
safety of the South depended on u
strong Northern alliance, uud Mu such
al alliance tcaS practicable only on a basis
Of moderation. What was true in 1860 is
trebly true now. when the North has
still greater weight and prepondcrance;
whom the radicals control every depart
large majority of the State Govern
ments. The South can be relieved only
by Northern Democratic Intervention,
and Northern Democrats may claim to
understand the public sentiment of this
section better than our impractiblc
Southern brethren. Unless they will
permit us to act upon our better know
ledge OF the situation, they must resign
themselves to the tender mcrcics Of radi-
cal domination"
Whercupon, the JForii nrxt advises
the Southern people to cease opposition
to negro suffrage. It would be well for
the impractica6!es and the iyreconcil4b!es
of the South to pay some heed to these
words. We have advisers amongst US,
who, upon the ground that the South on
the negro question ought not to surren-
der opposition to negro suffrage, are
advocating opposition to the reform
movement, and yet we have undonbtetl
evidence Of the fact that even the North
ern Democracy deem it wise and sensi-
BILE for the South to accept said suffrage.
These men who thus stand out in formal
opposition to M accomplished fact, are
simply behind the times, and VIC deem it
fortunate that their counsel, however
honest it may be, is ignored.
CONGRESSIONAL DCSGLING-Congres
i'll its insane desire to "hcad orr the
President and its pcrsstant refusal to
relieve some Of the more important
Interests OF the country, so complicated
government matters as apparently to
leave Prcsidcnt Grant no alternative but
to call an extra session OF Congress.
Many OF tho laws enacted ut the last
session are creating widespread con
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