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7 ? . $ - Moiiay Homing, August 14,1865. The rabid portions of the Northern or, properly, the Abolition press are exercising ; themselves very 'painfully in regard to ,a certain speech of ^]ro verj|r>r Perry, made to his friends and neighbors in Greenville, prior ^to his appointment as Provisional ^' Governor. ?Thg papers thus blatant are, in fact, very anxious to keep the Souther i States out of the Go ; vemnient, out of Congress, out of power and place, though not out of the Union. They seek to monopolize the power in Congress, that they may, without impediment, appropriate the . Spoils. To keep the South as a sa? trapy", or a collection of satrapies; to absor'. their profits, and tax them to the uttermost, as conquered provinces, is then* object. The insane, portions of this press, laboring at negrophilism pei' se, aim at giving * suffrage to the negro, assuming that they will possess *he e vchisive power of directing his vote. Such are the objects of *he " creatures who make outcry about the speech of Gov. Perry. What was the character of this speech? We made our comments upon it at the period of its firstapublieation. It was a mild, temperate and sensible publication, which, while it aimed to re-establish public confidence in the Union, de? clared the proper individual sympa? thies of the speaker for the South and his own sectiou. < And all this was not only eminently proper and becoming, but it was necessary, to secure a sym? pathetic hearing on the part of his audience. Hjs own individual record, as a Unionist, was, perhaps, the most unexceptionable of any man in Caro? lina. He had opposed, with pen and . ink, and plea and argument, every effort atf secession from 1832 to 18G0. And it was with deep regret that he "teheld the final consummation of the act. . But, when the deed was done, no alternative remained to him but to support his State. To this, according to all our teachings, from the era of '76, his allegiance was due. There was but one Government. The Go? vernment de facto was not to be ques? tioned, nor was he, nor any man in the South, prepared to doubt that, by the organic laws of the American Con? federacy, it was also a Government ile jure* ? Our maxim was-and such was the faith of the whole American people, including Mr. Lincoln him? self, down to the present day of new lights-that all Government derived its legality from the consent of tho governed. In the case of South Ca? rolina, this conviction was unanimous and Gov. Perry, though doubting and denying the necessity or the policy oi secession, was yet prepared to submil to the decision of his entire people. Such was his ease. And when th? same*power commanded his sou to thc field, every sentiment of the mind every feeling of the heart, confirmee the opinion which made it a duty t< render himself to his country, regard less of his own peculiar opinion! touching necessity "and policy. Liki considerations compelled him, as ? good citizen,^ accept office, whoi called upon, under" the Gowrnment o the .Confederate States. Such is tin case of Gov. Perry; ?#d any magnani mous enemy will recognize, in hi speech, the utterances of a true man sorrowing for much, but faitlifn through all to his convictions of duty t State and country-to the conviction df his political fife and the tradition of his youth. It is a subject of cora plaint with his assailants that his sui mission was not that loyalty which i born of faith and love. Though Unionist and opposed to secession Gov. Perry was not insensible, nc blind, to the wrongs done to his peer liar section by the aggressions of th North, continued for fully thirt years. 'His allegiance was to tl Union, and not to the North. Tl war- has substituted the North for tl e i--'- '. .1 ; dj**-! -y>V.\\ Sr. ?. .'? ; :- Vi.?..v,-. .?\, Union; and thia distinction the^North refuses, to behold. The . same' party which, two hundred years ago, allot? ted the earth to the saints, and claimed* tobe the saints, now assume that the"1 Union was made for themselves; Gov; Perry place6F the Gooifcitution before the Union, according to the teachings and practice of the days of "1776. He ""ooked upon the Constitution as the bond and safe-guard for all the States^ and simply submits to a necessity when he yields to the supremacy of tho Union at the very moment when he beholds the subversion of the Con? stitution. He frankly yields submis? sion; and when such a man, so con? sistent in his whole record of life, does this, he is far better to be relied upon for his good faith in the fulfil^ ment of all his pledges, in the main? tenance of his obligations, than those sleek creatures of a capricious time, who are prepared to make any pjedgos, to be enthusiastic in all manner of professions, " regardless of right or principle, reason or justice. Ho is no Vicar of Bray, to sing pions to the ascendant power, without any heed to the justice of his nile. His case and argument nmst necessarily, though in qualified degree, represent those of his people" generally. It is idle to deny the fact that the great body of the people of South Carolina were* out and out secessionists; for any con? siderable party, or any numbers of men, holding their faith to the Union, when the State seceded in 1800, ^he assertion is an absurdity a?s well as a falsehood. There were' but few, very few, voices of opposition, and his W?S one Of them-one of the most earnest and truthful-but it was a voice deliver? ed in the wilderness. It had few echoes, and was not listened to. There arc many who are now verv eloquent in declaiming their consistent faith and great sacrifices, and these have gene i rally found their , reward in degree I with the loudness of "their declarations. We freely declare that not one of these noisy declaimers was ever heard in opposition. They gave neither plea noi*protest, when the State was ul ?out to withdraw .from the confederacy. They accepted the event with a charm ing resignation, which did not reject the profits,of the new condition ol things. We freely declare that thej made no sacrifices, whether of faith 01 fortuup. For a cunning people, til? Northern people have shown them selves exceedingly simple iu so readilj yielding credence to the assurances <> these persons. They have been gullet egregiously. Gov. Perry was not o this class. Nobody here, had air) doubts of his position. He, was point cd atas notoriously one of the tex hmm fiele Union men pf the country which could not easily have munberei a dozen men besides in the same cate gory. That he should feel with hi people-that ho should suffer humili ation from seeing his State drive: back by the scourge and sword int the Union, ruined, impoverished, wit, onA-half of her noblest sons p< rishin in the field in vain-is not at all incor sistent with his Unionism. He shani weej) over these, sorrows, over th shame of his^people's subjugation, an yet feel that the Union is an inevit: ble destiny, to which wisdom counsel "a patient submission. He accords th submission for his people-counsels -demands it-and will keep his fait! though measurably enforced; and 1 may be trusted. No man can moi safely be trusted than one who frank: declares his griefs at his country's coi dition-makes no concealment of h regrets at the character, of the even which coerce: it-yet oilers himself ? an instrument to repair all breachc where possible, and to reconcile h people to a submission which, thous full of mortification, is yet essential their future peace, .safety, prosper! and strength. A magnanimous co queror will readily understand h position, and feel his own security the faith of a party thus frankly ?1 daring his feelings and sympathi along with his pledges of loyalty. Ai these pledges of loyalty nmst not 1 construed to imply a mere slavish sn mission to a conqueror. He must true to his people, even while he i mains faithful to his Government, the Government be true, this fideli to his people is really one of the iii conditions of his office. How shou he be true to his Government the: Government of his people not true to them? None, but t base and selfish will require that should be otherwise, or distrust tl loyalty which speaks lovingly to 1 people in the moment of their mt di^afe'trous overthrow and despend? ?.. i -.. ats -:?.%?? . \; ' - . ., 'Sm I II wi Un'" ' i ?j -? g j ? "i .J.." cy. How should "We tolerate Governor Perry-wftwho were all secessionists tjonld he speak otherwise? v^riefly, ; the Government of the United States, now that it has inevitably become a consolidated empire, is better assured in the fidelity of Gov. Perry- and the people of South Carolina-onSb bak? ing, the oaths of allegiance-than it j ever can be in tue case of those North? ern factions Who have kept the coun? try in hot water for thirty years-are ! still clamoring with new births, of faction, and coolly threatening seces ' sion themselves, if not permitted to shape Government their own way, after their own perverse fashions. I It is stated that there are several j self-appointed agents engaged in the very laudable business of collecting j funds for the destitute Southerners. "Wonder if the collectors won't have ! the lion's share? The better plan' I would be for those charitably disposed ! to son il their contributions to the Go? vernors of thc several States, or to parties authorized to receive the same. By a private letter received yester? day, we are informed that Mr. .Tames j McBryde, an old and respected mer? chant and for many years postmaster at Abbeville, died in that village on the 11th inst. _ THE DAVIS MEETING TN NEW YOKK. Tho mooting recently hold in New York, for the ostensible, purpose of raising funds and taking other stops to secure to Mr. JDavis a fair trial before a c#vil court, is exciting thc Northern journals. They abound in the sworn account of eaves-droppers and others to tho ''treasonable'-' remarks of thCpersons engaged in it. What motives prompt the parties we cannot certainly say, but thoir object b ing \nnocent and worthy, we are disposed to think well of their motives. WATERFALLS ABE TO HE ABOLISHED. A Paris correspondent writes thal "frizzles, short curls and rats," an likely to reign, pre-eminent, but thc fiat of tho Empress abolishes Water? falls; naughty scandal says because she is getting a little-a very little bald, and to conceal it rushes to tin extremity of having the back hair tc dc*duty by being brought up and ovoi to tho front. The Greet Eastern, when hist hoare from, on tho 28th ultimo, had payee emt four hundred and fifty miles o ? the cable. Thc Now York JXnws think J she has probably arrived at Heart' j Content, and would have' been hoare ; from but fen- the breaking ol' the New Foundlanel submarine cable. Oflhial estimates at tho War Dc j parfcment compute the nnmber e; j deaths in the Union armies, since th commencement of the> war, at tim hundred and twenty-five thousand There hus, doubtless, been fully t\v hundred thousand Sontheim soldier removeel by discase? and the casualtie of battle, sei that not less than liv hundred and twenty-five thousan live>s have been sacrificed in? this coi test. Tho gremtc.-.t Union losses durin any eme? campaign occurred at Getty! burg, when 23,207 soldiers were killoe wounded uuel taken prisoners. Hool er's campaign of 1863; in the Wilde: ness, ranks next to Gettysburg as fi as regareis Union losses, they haviu amounted to^0,000, though general] reported at only 10,000. -Burnside* le>: 2,000 in thc battle of Fredericksburj McClellan 11,426 at Antietam, Porte 9,000 at Gaines' Mills, Reise ne-rai: 12,085 at Murfreesboro, and 10,851 ; Ohickamatiga. and Sherman aboi 9,000 in thc two days' battles arour Atlanta. The official re ports of Gen ral Grant's hisses from the time 1 crossed the Rapidan until receivii the surrender e>i Leo, compute the* at 9*0,000. In tlu> various engag monts fought by General Grunt in tl West, he le>st 13,573,men at Pittsbu: I.anding, !?,S75 in the severe contes around Vicksbui'g, auel in the attae on Missionary Ridge about 7,000. LETTEI?S ron TI/E SOUTH.-Herer.ft all letters addressed te> post offices the South which have not boe n i opened since the commencement the Avar will be forwarded to re-open offices nearest the ones for which th are designed, to remain, if they a not nreviously called for, uutil of?ic to winch they are addressed shall again in operation. mm Political science will be' much, sim- j plified in the. United States by the ? elimination from it of the question of I .African : slavery;., with all the vast j quantity of learned rubbish that had j accumulated, in the-progress' of time. | The nice distinctions, the-#fine-spun 'theories, the history of legislation on ! the subject, the antecedents, votes, j opinions ana speeches of publie men, I the jurisdiction of Congress over slavery tin the District of Columbia j aiid in the forts, dock-yards and other j places owned or held by the Govern- j ment, the question of squatter-sove? reignty, and all the other difficult and ; perplexing questions* to which the in? stitution of shivery gave birth, are j now finally solved, and will, or ought i to, disappear from the political arena, ! What boots it now, whether this pub? lic man ^eld one dogma, or that j public man maintained another dogma, ! in reference to? slavery. Slavery has . gone, and with it the necessity of can- j vassirfg the votes and sentiments of. politicians on the subject. The deluge came, it is now passing away. When ? the waters entirely subside and the i dry land fully appears, we hope it. will j reveal the complete annihilation of all ? this learned lumber. v When the anti? quary of a future period commences Ms-diligent search for relics, he will find no li\> subject, but he will be re- , warded amply when he digs np the ! <lusty and dissolving frame work of j these once exciting subjects, just as j the enthusiastic naturalist rejoices j when he finds the skeleton of the j mighty mastodon, or tho frame-work ? yf sonni other animal that lived before ! the Hood. Butit will be an unfinished : work, if, when the body has been de- ! stroyed and has disappeared from the view, the spirit-the rancorous spirit ? -should survive, to uourish sectional ! hate and to stimulate sectional hostili- j ty. All the prejudice generated by I tito conflicts over slavery will have to ! pass away before this work will be i complete and thorough. This we do ! ?not expect to occur at once, and in the twinkliiig,of an eye. lt would be un? reasonable to do so. The turtle and ? the serpent feel the instinct to bite ' after the head and body have been | separated. The habit of hating must be expected for a.time to survive the ; causes that inspired it, but for the ; want of nourishment it will eventually ! die. When two combatants engage in hattie, and one has the ill-htek to be thrown down and beaten, all the ; world over, the privilege of grumb? ling is conceded to him. flo preva? lent is this among men. that it hus become a pro veil), To the defeated belongs the prilcge of grumbling, and to the "victor belongs fheaspoils." The victor is supposed to he in a good humor. He must bb vindictive in? deed, if he continues sullen and re? sentful. The North ought not to expect thc South to rise from the earth with a bright and smiling^ face, with thanks ripon its tongue and hap? piness wellin? up in its heart. Nor should it insult ifs late adversary with . taunts and jeers, or oppress it with burdens grievous to bear. It should be patient, gentle and generous; trust? ing to time and kindly influences to heal all wounds and bruises, to restore eheerfuhiess'und to reinstate former friendly -relations. On the other hand, the South, having measured its strength and found it inadequate, and : being severely punished-positively j overpowered and conquered, should ! rise up and put the best face possible \ upon the matter. She should confess , that she lost the battle, and witlrit all j that she staked upon it -thai future i terms are to be dictated not by her? self, but by her late adversary. To all this she should, and does, most dis? tinctly, and without qualification, or attempt at qualification, accede. Ono thing more is necessary-it is that she shall endeavor-to purge and expel from her heart all malice and ill-will, to discharge all the duties of good neighboring, and to live on as plea? sant terms as possible with the North. When the? Northern and Southern people can be prevailed upon to bear and forbear, to banish hatred and ill wilJ, and to cultivate kindly feeling and kindly speech, then, and not until then, will the reconciliation between them be complete and the work of reconstruction bc consummated. . [Richmond Times. It appears, from official data, that the -receipts from customs, for the quarter ending with March, wert $20,519,000; internal revenue.- $65, 202,000; sales.of public lands, $162, 000; direct taxation, 852,700; miscel? laneous," ?4,159,000; total, hi round numbers, exclusive of loans, &c, 890,000.000. The totid expenditures for the same time were $353,000,000. -.-?a? - i Why should there be more mar? riages in winter than summer? Be ' cause in winter the gentlemen require I comforters and the ladies muffs. . To: insure insertion, advertisers aro rea ' quested to hand in their notices before 4 o clock p. m. Letters intended for parties at the North will be '?arried through, if left at this office this norning. _ We are indebted to tho Orangoburg Stage Company and thc Southern Express Com panyfor copies of late Charleston, Richmond und other papers. "We leam that a smash-up occurred on the np train of the Charleston Railroad, on Friday last, which damaged a considerable amount of goods on board -part of wki?h belonged to merehai-ts of t&is city-"and destroyed a car or two. No lives lost. HEALTH OF COLUMBIA.-We would inform our country friends that, notwithstanding the reports circulated to the contrary the health of Co'umbia-and it is proverbially known as a healthy place-was never better than-it is at present. The reports of conta? gious diseases and numerous deaths are all fallal. If ever Columbia is visited with such misfortunes, thc Phnadx will chronicle it promptly. So, if you want to keep posted as to the hcnllii, uuu'?ebs, cte., of Columbia, subscribe for "tin' bird." | TnE PAUPER'S BUBIAI..-?he following lines too truly delineate thc cold indiffer? ence with winch the jioor remains of those who ar.1 born to sutler and die arc huddled iiito the grave: Bury him there- .' No matter where! Hnstly him out of the way: Trouble enough We have with such ?tuft', Taxes and money to pay. lTTlry him there- . Nd matter where! Off in some corner at host! Therv's no need of stones Above Af? bones, Nobody'll ask where they rest." Dury him there No matter where! None by his death are bereft: Stopping to pray? Shovel away! We still have enough ?>f them left! N Ew ADV'EKTISEMENTS.-Attention is called' to the following advertisements, which, arc published for the first time this morning: Schedule Spartanburg A- Union Railroad.. Tupper A Lance-Insurance Agency. C. S. Jenkins-Ribbons. Female College-Soire? Musicale. ', Simons1 A Kerrison-Rice, etc. Re-opening Theological Seminary. Zealy, tlSStt A Bruns-Auction Sale, o ' " *. -New Goods. List of Letters remaining in Pox* O?.?ce. Mrs. S. J. Cotchet?-Removal. All accounts from England repre? sent that country as being surfeited by au accumulation of- unemployed capital; looking anxiously I'm1 invest? ment. Capital abhors repose as na? ture abhors a vacuum. The den? population of England tills up the compas-; of its restricted territory, llieie arc not, and cannot bc, Janus enough in market there to appease for a moment ?the appetite of capital. Every acre .-Jmosf is occupied and cultivated. Tho very agriculturists themselves crave investments for their surplus capital. Nearly sdi munches of industrial pursuit-as commerce, domest ic trades, mining and manufac? tures'- -are oppressed by a plethora of capital. Thc great leading business of England is commerce, and it is to tho interest of English capitalists so to apply their capital as to extend the aroa of commercial enterprise, and quicken and multiply production iu tnose countries with which their com? merce is transacted. The Southern States afford an alluring field for the employment of capital-not only Eng? lish capital, but French capital, Rus? sian capital, or the capital of any nat?o n or individual that pos^esres it. The two great wants of the South are. capital and emigration. With capital and the proper sort of emigration, the South will soon be in a situation to pour its vast treasures-agricultu? ral, mineral and commercial-into the lap of the world, The most sagacious capitalists, whether they be Northern capitalists, English, French, or any other capitalists, will be recipients of the golden harvest now lying in abey? ance.-Richmond Times. ' A French paper states that the L'Avenir Nationale mad? an appeal to the public on behalf of Lienteusut Maury, who . has been completely lTiined. by the American war, and* whose health is mich, from over-work, that it will not allow him to attend to the wants of himself or Iiis family. A committee, it is stated, representing England, Russia and Holland, ha<? been formed in London, for raising subscriptkms on behalf of Lieutenant. Maury. France, however, has not yet participated in the work, but it was only considered necessary to make an announcement of the facts to promptly All up the omission. Ono thousand five htindreiTand four National banks have been established in the country. The amount of#-cur rency issued to them up to Anguat 5th, wac 8lG5,7i>4,160.