The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-23
Correspondence of the Clarendon Banner.
Fort Moultrie,
October 4, 1864.

4 calm, holy quiet peryades all nature to-
day; were it not for the occasional detona-
ton of a malicious Parrott on Morris Island,
launching o fell messenger of destruction
city-ward, one might almost imagine that
balmy peace had lovingly spread her vel
come wings over our beautiful harbor as IN
Days of "Auld Lang Syne.. To-day's Courier
publishes o letter from our talented Vice
President, replete with sound views, and
stin more gratifying from its being entirely
deficient in that tone OF bitterness, and un-
manly inyectiye which at presen: IS too
much the order of the day. have never
conceived that low, scurrilous, style to-
wards our enemies was in any wise calcu-
lated to soften the already sufficiently In
tense hatred and asperity existing between
the two sections of the defunct Union. L
do not believe the road to peace exists IN
preposterous lying, or vain and concerted
iibels of our really arrogant enemies. We
of the sunny South" are undoubtedly
great people; but it is at least within the
range Of human probability that we are not,
in point Of fact, the exception IN point OF
ultra perfection to every other race and
tribe Of tie s'geaus homo" We talk of fight
inp this war out to the 'bitter end, unto
complete annlhilation even, before rehn-
gushing one iota of oar- just and proper
claims. Excellent, indeed very laudable IN
itself. but it is scarcely to be hoped that the
North-urged and goaded on by the worst
md most fanatical of human passions as
she is. will ever cease fierce prosecution OF
the war so long as Northerners more espe-
cially the genus yclcpt Yankees, are be-
rated as something less than human, as In
deed, but very demons in the form OF men.
This is an age when human reason, shorn
of al vulgar, ignorant prejudices should
hold and exercise unlimited sway. Let US
fight on-well and good, We can do no less
having once thrown down the gauntlet
but may it not be as well to pause betimes,
survey our position soberly and candldly.
and seek by every honorable and rational
method to terminate this intermlnable
strife which if prosecuted to the "bitter
end" can only resultin ultimate bankruptcy
and total ruin? It must be perfectly illus.
,rated to the North taking the history OF
the war TO the present moment as gulde
and standard, that the South cannot be
starved into submission Can she be con-
Guered by mere brute force? l trow not
The capacities of resistance of any lntell!-
gent, brave and reSolute people are simply
inexhaustible. There is no such thing as
being driven to. the ''last ditch, and be.
lieye the moment is as equally remote when
we will ever succumb through the sheer ne
cessities of hunger. In this latter respect
Nature. bountiful Dame that she IS. has en-
dowed s'Dixie" with wonderful resources.
Moreover our territory of strictly South
ern proclirities is, IN point of fact SO SO
boundless that we will always have room to
fight our battles, if, in the future, they hap
pen to be conducted on a still more slgan-
tic scale than heretofore. It's, however, an
all-potent and truthful fact, that this wal
had its origin in bigoted sectional pre]u,'
dice on the one hand, and false and shall
low-minded philanthropy on the other
Separated by four years Of terrific warfare
it would seem impossible to heal the crim
son breach; or that more pacific relations
should ever exist between the two sections