The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-17


As1pMa THE Issus. -. SO ne South, y t,s ws
are told, has decided for Grant by q
smhll majority, wherefore. those Of The
South who were not for Grant should
conform to the Judgment and set to
work to build ZIP their seotion'a indus.
trial and commercial prosperity. We
heartily second the motion. Let .;the
South. like tho North, accept the, situa.
tion. Let her resolve not to waste years
in aighing for the impossible, but what.
ever her hand findeth to do, that do with
all her might. ,ilt.I I(.I .l/J7f'
This advice will sound harshly in the
cars Q: planters whc cannot possibly
grow enough to pay the t6xes' imposed
on them by men who pay nntling under
of South Carolina pnd Arkansus-yes,
say nothing of North Carolina uudar
Holden, or Georgiu under the rule of
her later fugitive. 1t is hard that mon
should be bldden to stop grumbliug and
go to work, wten their cummings must lie
snatched away and devoured by such
daughters of the se.leech IL, impose
taxes on the long g-suifering poopc of the
States above-nnmed.
But what else? The South must live
and she cannot live on sterile agitation
She has appealed for kindlier usage,
and it has been fatty denied her. Now.
we are we'll assured that the chief victors
IN our late struggle are inclined TO OR
rect abuses and satisfy just complaints to
the extent Of their power. We urge the
Just overborne whites of the South to
meet every kindly overture With cortll.
ality and trust. 'Let rs have peace" is
a cuckoo song; but let us try to have it,
nevertheless. It were idle to proiony q
contest when hope has utterly fie.i. If
the gentlemen Of the South would give
more heed to the education of their
poor neighbors. especially the blacks :
wonld treat them from this hour as fel-
" citizena. having like interests III
duties with themselves-it would not be
possible to keep the iguorant voting for
pluuderers and peculators uvermore.
The gentlemen of the South may vet 20
to the polls and find their ielt huuds aud
cottage tenants voting with, not against
them. This is u work of time; where
fore, it cannot be begun too soon The
idle, the dissolute, nre not nmenable to
tho Influence of association with the bet
ter classes; they choose other comrades,
other conversation. Bnt even in South
Carolina, we must hope that there nre
blacks who do not choose to be taxed us
even they must now be. when, by CON
fsrring and acting with whites, whom
they know aud respect, they may sweep
away their robbers iuto uu oblivion of all
bat their infumy.
The late canvas has enlightened the
North with regard to Southern local
rule, it's causes and ;.s perils. No Que
longer pretends that things are as they
should bo at the South, even in States
like South Carolina, where Republican
rule meets no serious opposition. 1t is
quite generally understood thnt uni
versal suffrage is not all that is required {;
there must bo u hehrty accord between
the educated and The better class of
manual laborcrs. Where these vote with
the roughs and plunderers, from appre-
henAion of wrong from the gentlemen
aud iand-hol,iers, the present is hopeless.
We have said that the renewed Admi-
nistration must bo impelled by it's very
strength, if by no higher confederation,
to pour oil upon the wounds Of the
South. 1t has NJ longar any need OF
Moses or Clayton or Spencer; 1t has only
to hint what these must do, and it will
be done. We shall be soreIy ,lisa ppoiut-
ed if Gen. Grant does not soon, In his
own way, let it be known Mt the South
that thieves may no longer hope for i'm
munity from Just retrlbuton, By shout
ing themselves hoarse in his praise ANA
stigmatizing those opposed to them us
rebels. 1t is certainly high limo that
this game were played out.
Ne,u York Tribune.