The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-09
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a!astpfday !asu 9ofH II Hih, Hovember 9. 1672.
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!, "a Horace Greeley has resumed active
.adieorial control Of the New York Til
dune. ~ The result Of the Presidential
aaanvass. while nnpropisious to his as
pirations, has restored him to q position
where he has always shone with unparal-
loled bril!ihhcy. The country, if It has
lost the. opportunity Of elecsins,a good
President. has recovered to the head Of
-3ne Of Its most influential Journals q
Wilton .pi i traainsoendant ability. sIhde-
..Fa4dsnt, OF parties, and dedicating his
.psn ID ahe support OF the great pfinci-
.haa ,hld .poijdies 20 ably: enumerated in
,ihe,iate canvass, and having the entire
::sbtajuittif5 f5r His auditory. hs hes before
him e. task and duty worthy of his
powers, and oongenial to his mellowed
!: and disciplined character. Tried in the
furnace Of adversity. having had his
we'll founded hopes OF psoif1cation to the
country, and p restoration Of harmony
and goed feeling to all its distracted
parts. blasted in the bud. and having at
the same time sustained the most griey-
DDS and afaioting loss possible for man
TO sustain III his private relations. he is
NOW better. fitted for resumption OF
'aaliyeN journalism, and more highly qua
liaea Than even before to exert wide and
bghsa sacent Influence in It. The country
at large will incline to heed his counsels,
and give the most attentive and listening
ear,to one whose opportunities and ex-
petia1Ge. whose stndies and researches
into its history, its wants and needs.
have sof late necessarily been largely
augmented, and are in every way favor
able and ample.
in former days; Mr.. Greeley
Addressed, himself. to the work OF abo-.
,liskingaiASery: at the South, and. as we
'thought, to the overthrow Of the Oonsti-
tuition Of the United States, which qua
rauted protection to the rights and pro-
perty Of; all;the States, slave property as
well aa tharsst; when. he made himself
conspicuous as a follower OF Henry Clay
In advocating the protective system, and
Other measures equally repugnant to the
genius OF our people. and; to the great
charter Of their liberties; when in the
course Of political conduct and discus
sion which he marked out for himself,
he found II. necessary to assail the social
System Of the people OF the South, and
to deorS them as wanting in civilization,
intelligence and in the higher qualities
and virtues of honorable men and good
citizens, We opposed him at every point,
and made such defence Of onr section as
g SeIss Of iastsiioe, seiiff-Tespoot, regard
for truth and the measure Of our abilities
would allow. When the irreconcilable
difficulties between the North and South
could not be peaoeably adjusted, and the
irrepressible conflict eliminated in a
bloody and disastrous war, and when at
last the Confederate Ang was lowered
and folded up. and our peoples hopes
~e-e 'litArAns literally. dead. Horace G-ee!ey's
voice was the. frst heard for universal
amnesty and impartial suffrage, and for
burial out Of sight Of all extinct and
bitter issues Of the past. He did not.
like go many Others, leap insul.ingly
Upon the new-made grave of our hopes
and aspirations. he frankly rendered
his hand, and said, let us forget the
past aud be brothers in friendship,' and
partners in the glory of one common
liberty, and in the blessing Of one COM
mon prosperity. We felt then as free 10
commend as we had previously done to
condemn him. Ever since, his course
has been such as to commend him to the
regards and gratitude Of the Southern
people. and to the admiration of good
men everywhere.
In the delicate position in which he
was recently placed. aa the candidate of
the Democracy and the Liberal Republi-
cans, he has shown uncommon tact and
discretion. In the course of extensive
tours he has boldly spoken out his senti-
'mentst and given offence to none save to