The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-15
COLIJM1!1 M: Bf.A. s. G.
Tuesday Morning. July Is. 1873.


We have read with regret and indigna-
tion the severe abuse which has been
heaped upon Gen. Beauregard by some
Southern journals, for having dared to
advise certain line Of policy, in order
to secure unity of feeling and action in
the population OF his State. There is
nothing more base than the ready impu-
tation OF unworthy motives. Ito those
whose lives and services constitute for
them proud record in the history OF the
country. Gen. Beauregard has this title
and the title Of unsullied character, un-
questioned honor, and devotion to truth
and duty and to the best interests of his
countrymen, to vindicate his right to
offer them advice, even if unpalatable,
e the peculiar condition in which they
are placed. Standing amid the wreck of
constitutional liberty. looking upon the
debris OF popular rights. shattered by
the agGressions Of the central power at
Washington, and the encroaohments of
the combined carpet-bag and negro rule
at home, and seeing the utter poTerless-
ness Of the other States to aid her, it lis
no wopder, and it is no disgrace to Gen.
Beauregard, that he has exoogitated and
submitted for judgment an extraordinary
remedy for the ills Of his native State.
The condition OF things which he seeks
to change, his.own spotless escutcheon,
the plausibleness of the sehame which
he proposes shall be adopted, and his
evident sincerity, in maintainipg it. all
combine to requite- and enforce the most
respectful consideration OF his views.
While We question their soundness and
believe them the suggeatiops Of despair.
we profoundly respect the source whence
they emanate, and view them as the
honest and manly, though mi staken,
convictions OF patriot sans peur ct sans
reprocAe. .
The first objsction. whioh it occurs to
US that the policy recommended by Gen.
Bsauregard is liable to is, that it will be
the entering wedge to q state Of things
which will mike society intolerable.
The unifioation scheme has. undoubted-
ly, its roots in the Constitution OF Lou
isiana. But it is not there by the cordial
assent OF the people Of the State. It
is imposed upon them, as 1t has been
imposed ppon other States. by unscrupu-
lous power, and the force of circum-
stances over which they had no control.
It is there as an accident, the conse-
quence Of unsuccessful war, thing to
be submitted to. because it cannot be re-
sisted. necessary evil, not to be COR
daily and hopefully carried to It's logical
results as positive good. These results
and the odions rami6cations to which
they will lend, we shall not undertake to
portray or to follow out; but We see
social consequences. which, to speak
mildly, ougEtjnot to be desired by either
race. We need not tecur 10 old saws,
such as that familiarity breeds con.
tempt" "man is a bundle OF habits"
&C.. to show the evils to which unwise
concessions will lead. Break down
natural and proper distinctions, and the
barriers to degradation. vice and i'm
morality are overthrown. Already the
view is advanced in the teeth OF the
plain teachings of history, and in disre-
gard and contempt of refined sucepti-
bilities, that intermarriage OF tho white
and black races is not the bad thing
which it is usually considered to be, but
certain means of improving and
strengthening both races. Mongrelisn
is advocated. and the mulatto product,
it is coolly claimed, is superior to the
original black or the original white.
Such views need only bo stated. to be
seen in all their deformity, and are well
calculated to arouse alarm and horror.
The Louisville Courier Journal woll says,
that "the question is one in which our
pref dices may instruct our reason"