The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-30
C{ .:I I1UJ.MBI [ S. 81.
Sunday Morning , April /. 80 1871 q

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UkaAsyY, y, is New York. I lines i, very g.
'uneasy apont the division in Che Repub,
slioan party. It oaioles. and aatters, and
I. condemns. and denounces, aud coaxes,
and scolds. and then coaxes again about
the criticisms upon Grant that proceed
from his perty. !a a name, truly re.
.fmalkable and perplexing, It hopes
Il that, whatever differences OF opinion
may exist now Of ia future about the
Administration, there can be none among
the people as to the necessity for keep.
ing the party in power. It calls mp from
the vasty depths Of the past the terrible
/, spectre Of 'the late rebellion" and tries
to scare quiet aud peaceable folk with it
in this wise:
~ People who think that the South has
forgiven and forgotten its defeats have
!, i,ooniured mp for themselves fcol's para
,dise. Il The ingly fact is before us that
communities which have staked every-
thing on $a war and lost, seldom forget
what they regard as their wrongs. No
Z man supposes that France will abide by
one decision in the struggle which she
I provoked. The Southern press con-
stantlY expresses the hope that the day
will come when the 'lost cauae' will
triumph. The belief of nine-tenths of
the people ia, that their children will
never rest satisfied until an attempt ha.
been made to retrieve the fortunes of the
.aOonfederacy. These sentiments may gra.
dualfy die out, but il the Democracy is
restored to power, they will be far more
likely to acquire sudden strength
which will alarm all classes of the peo-
>rle, and convince them when too late
that permanent seonrity was to bo
obtained under Republican rule alopc.
The happiest day which all discontented
spirits at ths South have seen for some
years would be that on which Demo
crati, President was sent to Washington.
The murmura which we hear now would
iinstaatly be exchanged for something
much more formidable. and the Demo-
crats as party would be untrue to their
hiatory, il they did not stand by The
SouSh at such crisis rather than by the
{ North - 4, -rf,,l2 IS
The Times is partly right, and partly
wrong. It sees certain figures moving
in the dim and distant future, but it sees
them mistily and mistakingly. The
Mobile Register says: 1t is quite true
i thas The Sc:.h shas not forgotten God
B grant she never may forget the past.
Whether she forgiyes it or not, is another
question; but, as to retrieving the for.
tunes Of the Confederacy." or revivipg
the CONTEST for the ''lost cause" we are
not fools enough to undertake it. The
fact is, there is no necessity for it. We
know that our Northern friends are
I going to do for us all that we could de.
sire. for ourselves. They are going to
do;it on .heir own account, and we are
not soft enough to wish for any share of
the trouble or the glory; we have had
enough OF both to last us lifetime.
The Times and its friends may sauirm,
and writhe, and howl rs much as they
{ please. The day OF retribution-bs it
farther, or be it nearer-is at hand.
4 5s';ssAS'.s ~. ( IS .t - : =. - s-
AsHoPETUL VIEW OF TIE FORCE BILL.
s The New York Eusning Post continues
ito able exposition of the unconstitu-
Sionai ontrages of it's party, rehearsing
the illegal purposes Of the Ku Klux bill,
and advising the lpeople show to meet
/. the unconstitutional legis!ation." The
bill, it says. it valid, establishes revo-
! luton no less complete and momentous
snsnswas wrought by The oTig;na, adaop.
tion Of the Constitution itself It cen.
tralizes power. delegates to the President
authority superior to any which the Con.
) Hstitution vests in all tho departments Of
4 Government, and puts it in the power ol
4 one man to convert our republic into az
I imperialism. In this crisis the Epenin0
Post takes the wise and diplomatic
course. It fatters the man who nov
holds our destinies in his hands, tell
him that he,is stoo faithful and too pure
SO desire usurpation,'' and too ''honestly
patriotio" to make himself the Empero,
that the law now allows him to be. I'm
] less We wish civil war, thia is manifesto,
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