The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-13
S. G..
Sunday Morning August Is. 1871.
Rstllcal Ideas or YPe-c=.''

Radical IdenA or 4Rezc=.''
A Washington correspondent OF the
Ecpress, Radical paper pdbIished;ip
Pensacola, says In late letter:
''The action OF Admiral Lee in allow
: ing the band Of the flagship Severn to
f. serenade prominent ex: Officers OF the do.
funct Confedsrhoy, is receiving in this
~city, the ceneure it justly merits; and the
matter will be brought before the Sbcre-
tary of the: Navy, and in q, manner that
will demand an Investigation.
This is q specimen of the spirit of the
ruling party. These individuals are CON
tinually complaining of the stubborn re-.
caloitrance and i'll feeling toward thom OF
tha "ex-rebeIs" They whine about
''socia1 ostraoism" and the, oold aversion
-towardithe exhibited by Southern peo.
: pie. It is not at all unnatural that. dur
ing all these yeare CT military rule. en-
forced .'reeohstruotion," broken pro.
misses, spurious constitutional amend
nents, Acknowledgement, negro domina-
ton, bayonet bills. and the like, there
should have continued to exist that SEN
sitiveness and soreness of heart which
: conquest always entails for time. One
object Of these things was to perpetuatel
humiliation. to keep open the old
wounds. and then to complain OF discon-.
tent and 'rebelliousness. But occa-
~sionally comes into the South some emf
netit civilian like Doolittle. some soldier
like Hancock, or some sailor like Admi-
+: raj Lee, OF undonbted fidelity to the
Union cause. and Of unimpeaohable
'"war record from Northern view
point but who looks upon the war as
fought and finished, and does not con-
.sider it 3 part Of patriotic duty to perse-
cute and humiliate. the vanquished.
When suoh~a man comes, he ia always
received in a spirit responsive to his
own; the proffered hand Is accepted with
ready franknoss, and every indication OF
courteous and kindly. feeling is recipro.
-cated. ,,.,r
In the ca se OF Admiral Leo's late vit
to Pensacola, disposition was shown
on the part, ,,ol the federal officers to
cultivate amicable relations with the cit
>izens, and, iaa we are automatically in
formed, this friendly apirit was cordially
reciprocated.s On one occasion the band
ot.the' ''Severn" was sent ashore by
Captain Fitzhugh, her Immediate COM
-mander. to- play in the public. square,
for.their own exeroise aud for the enter
tainmeht' OF the citizens. After the
practice in The square was finished. the
officers in charge of the,band took it up
totgive o complimentary serenade to Cap-
tain Brent, on old and highly esteemed
officer Of the United,states Navy before
the war, and ,to Mr. Mallory, who had
long been associated with the same SER
vice. as Chairman of. the Naval Commit
tee in the Omitted States Senate. They
were not serenaded as '.'rebels." but as
former associates. ignoring tho disastrous
events OF later years. It might be snp-
posed that sucl a compliment would meet
the moat unqualified approval of men
whose protested motto is ''Let us have
peace" But suoh ia not the spirit of
tho Httle.minded officials who hang
around the court Of the present ruler of
s'this glorious republic. It is their
policy to keep alive all ill-feoling. to sup
press every demo onstration OF amity, and
:at the same time to lay the blame upon
4'ex-rebels." In tie case just mentioned,
there was no possible room left for this
last, and accordingly Admiral Lee must
be hauled over tie ooa1s for showing an
unpatriotic spirit Of goodwill towards
these ex-rebels. his old friends and asso.
-ciates. Such is the anin,us of the party
that now aways the destinies Of the Anne.
ricau Republic. Such are the men who
charge ua With the perpetuation Of a Gre
beIlious and disloyal spirit
Mr.. Distaeli had 8 fnrious fling at hia
rival Ia powenin the House of Comm ons
recently. He charged Mr. Gladstone
with bad leadership, with reckless waste
Of time. and useless invocation Of the