The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-23
Froaa the Up-Coansu.

rroa Il. Up-0oas.-y.
Mn. En1roR: Tho outragsSis Sommitted
in South Caroline BY the Ku Klu1 orga-
nization come directly under she juris-
diOtion OF the State Goyefnmepht and
the sovereign arm 81 the State should
have been put forth 70 bring this offend
era to trial. The Stats is sovereign
within her domain, % the United States
is sovereign in les domain; and as nei-
ther insurrection or. rebellion existed,
and no law of the United States had
been violated, the latter Government
has clearly invaded the domain OF q 80
vereign State. Il has been said by dome
thst the late war decided nothing; but,
il mistake not, it did more Clearly de.
fine the limits and domain OF each soye-
reign power. (6tate and GENERALLY The
secession Of ScEsh Carolina inftipged
upon the domain Of the General Go
vernment-the Southern States attempt
ed to usurp part of that sovereignty
that belopGA to the. United States Go
vernment. The plea of South Carolina
was, that the General Government was
about to place herself in position to
invade or :ntartere with the reserved
rights OF the State-to invade her sove.
reign domain. Abraham Lincoln de-.
olared in his messages that the General
Government had no intention of inter.
fering with slavery where it existed, and
South Carolina should have waited for
an overt act, which was the opinion of
Georgia aud Virginia a-should have
waited. yet preparing, for an act Of hos
tility against her sovereignty. Where
two men meet in the street and a fight
ensues. the law holds him guilty wht,
makes the assault, Or does the first over,
act Of hostility. But it may be said,
south Carolina saw the blow coming,
aud sought to meet or evade it. Where
one citizen approaches another, armed,
, threatening and menaoing the life OF th.
other, that other, in the eye Of the law,
may be justified in anticipating the blow.
But the United States Government had
not gone this far II is true it's intep
tion IL plaln, that in some way, pracea
Dly and quietly, it did lutend to olrcum
vent the peculiar Institution and over.
throw it; but that Government had nj,
actually assumed II hustile attitude to
wards u sovereign State. How IL 1t now
that the General Goverum-nt-the sau.
Government that 80 quickly drew th.
sword to repel the infringement of u 80
vereign State ON it's sdomuiu-sh0mld now
be found recklessly invading the domain
OF sovereign State; for the war did de.
eide and define the limits and domain ul
| each OF these sovereign powers tn.
States and General Governmeni) which
had before been defined by the Consti.
tuition of the United States. The sove
reign domain Of South Carolina is nov
actually, and without the casu,n beNi, in.
vaded by the army of the General Go
verDment, and this latter Government
actually doing that very thing, commit.
ting the same blunder, the same trespass
the seeding States did. But it may bt
said. the General Government was peti
toned by our congressman to send thi,
army here. Ii 30, then the Governor o
the State should have protested against
it. Again, it may be said, it was the
Governor himself that did it. Then, Il
40, he acknowledges his weakness anG
inef1ciency. and an utter untitness to Ill
the gubernatorial chair, just rs if the 80
vereign of France should invite the sove
reign of England to send over it's army
to assist the King of the French to keeI
bis subjects in order-a weak and con
temptible position, indeed. The over
throw OF the institution of slavery wa.
the terms Of the victor. The war lef
the sovereign parties in the same posi-
ton they were at first, and more Clearly
defining their relative positions.
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