The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-26

measure. AS you address this language
to me, the natural inference is that the
excitement is with reference to myself,
and that the violence is in the same
direction. As you and those you repre-
sent are excited, shall keep cool; and
rs violence is threatened, nm here to
meet it as bost may. know of no
better cause in which TO suffer, or, if
need be, die. than that of upholdipg
the Independence Of tho judiciary and
maintaining the supremacy of public
law. Very respectfully, your obelient
servant, T. 3. CARPENTER.
THE SOUTH AND Mr. DAVIS. The
Baltimore Sum thus sensiby comments
on Mr.. Davis late speech before the
Historical Society:
The Southern Historical Society,
which recently met ut the Montgomery
White Sulphur Springs, Virginia. pro-
poses work which is not only useful to
the South. bnt in which every part of
the country ought 10 be Interested. Wo
eau scarcely conceive IL more valuable
contribution to history thnn the collec-
ton and Classification os an impartial
Southern history OF the war. The
North has outnumbcrt the South in its
historians rs we'll as is warriors. But
| there can never be n full understa taEding
OF both sides untilwe have complete and
| trustworthy narratives from Southern
sonrccs-nOr can the Southern military
| movements be understood unless there
is successful effort to bring together
Southern materials for u history of the
Southern armiee. This is the object OF
tho formation, as it Was of the late
meeting OF the Southern Historical So
ciety. 1t WAS most interesting occa.
sion, and the speeches made, for the
most part, pArtook of the inspiration of
the theme. With but one exception.
the orators were not tempted to cay any
thing that was out of place or mischiev-
GUS. For example, Admirul Scmmes,
the most prominent Confederate officer
present. except Jefferson Davis, ex-
pressed himself so cmphatically as 10
the future union of the country, as to
elicit paragraph Of approval from that
strong Republican journal. tho Phila-
delphia Press. Mr.. Davis, however,
was not as discreet in his utteranccs.
He said in his speech that "we," tie
South, chad been cheated rather than
conquered" and that "thc men Of this
day may yield the principles for which
| ohSy SOatCdoCbY OuL tuC CulluIcu MuO
succeed will cherish and perpetuatc
them" To the women of the South he
addressed himself with much tact, pay
ing beautiful compliments to their "de.
votion and selfsacriicc, saying that he
''had never seen Southern woman who
had been reconstructed, and commit
ting to the faithful and devoted sex his
greatest hope for the future OF our
country" What Mr.. Davis says of the
unseltish devotion and heroic sacrifice
of the Southern women is true to the
letter, and perhaps affords the best rem
son that could be given for not making
any further demand upon constancy
and patience which have never wavered
under the greatest trials and affections.
we have no sympathy whatever with the
harsh and spiteful criticisms of some
ultra loyal journals, which represent Mr..
Davis as trying to foment ano ther civil
war. On the presumption that he is not
as crazy as Don Quixottc, VIC find it im-
possible to attribute to him purpose
at once go foolish and mischieyous
though even if he wcre capable of it,
1t would no more draw the South with
him than the shooting OF star would
dislodge the planetary system. The
South may have been cheated in tho
late war, but it does not mean to be
cheated again. Those who directed its
Affairs ought to have known enough Of
its resources and capacities Of its enc
mics not to DO cheated. "You have &c.
ceiScd me- once" said celebrated per
sonagc, "that Was your fault; if you de-
ceivc me again it will be my own" ="
Perhaps the South may take that view
OF the cheating subject Nothing is
clearer than that the South does not do
sire "a new war. On the contrary, her
leading men and newspapers are con-
stsntly combating the charges nude
from Radical sources against her loyalty.
Her enemies are porsistcntly accusing
her OF not adhering in good faith to the
terms OF her surrender, and while she is
doing her best to disprove the ca!umny,
MIR. Davis unfortunately gives it some
color, by utterng words which may be
forced to construction unfavorab!e to
her peaceful professions. At ...e same
time, it must be remembered that the
ex.Confedcrate President is of n SAN
guine temperament, and in the dying
throes Of the late Confodcraoy uttered