The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-08
COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, July 8, 1865.
Provisional Governor for South Ca.
ro1ina.


ccmm;ttc. of cit;z.ns Of Charleston to
wal; upon the President. seeking recon
situation aud a Provisional Governor
gravely Indicates General Gurnoy for this
ofice -reHks Of The committee as rxopos
ing, should Mr.. A:ke,'s claims bereicct.d.
to petition for the appointment of the
General and adds that this choice "would
meet the appreciation of the whole com,
munity." The article. thus stating, is in
the shape of letter from correspondents
in Charleston Correspondents Of news
papers Are sad dogs aud but too many of
them are Obliged 10 lie, od iibitun, for the
friends who feed them, whether in camp or
city. General Gurncy rs 40 doubt a very
admirable gentleman aud go6l soldier;
but we beg to doubt if anybody in South
Carolina, save this CORES pondent Of the
Herald ever dreamed one moment of max.
ing him, or desiring that he should be
made, Governor. The appointment Of
any person, not a citizen of the State, to
the gubernatorial chair. even for the pro
visional period, would argue the design to
reduce the State to q territorial condition,
and make it q mere sat:apv for the benefit
Of civil favorites. We have no notion
that any such purpose is cnte" "ained, even
In the case OF South Carolina. by President
Johnson; and still less do we doubt the
ability Of this gentleman to find ndivi-
luals, within our own Limits, sufficiently
competent for the reconstruction Of the
Government, and sufficiently loyal to the
Government to which they swear allie.
glance, to give all proper guarantees to
the appointing power. We mag add. fl IN
the Herald lettepwriter, that Cen Gurncv
has declared his purpose to become citi-
zen Of South Carolina, and to make Char
lesion his future home
In this connection, sc may briefly state
that, accor'ling to las. advic:s, the Hon.
&. +. Perry, of Greenville, and the Hon.
Mr. B"yce, of Fairfield, are the two
parties most conspicuous in the public eve
ns likely TO receive lh" appointment. The
antecedent> Of these genil~ncn so far as
Uni"n<m is concerned, are probably quite
equal. if NOT SUPERIOR to those Of any
ci IN "f he State. Mr. Perry, di>,in
gu!-trd lawyer, m1h If fine morals, eX
cell'rt chnracier~nh sound, manly sense,
has been through life consistent; Union
man tie petil-d much for the Union in
Is*2; aud, in addition to the great general
"'!inm incurred 10y the Union party in that
famous struggle, he risked his life in a per
sonal combat, and We believe lost consider
ably Of very popular practice. Since
then he has filled a seat. almost unhroken
ly, in our Legislature. and in all the fluc-
tuations Of parties and politics, has main
tanned his consistency as supporter of
the Union, without forfeitiny the conf
dence even of those citizens who were
hostile to his politics. lie was opposed
resolutely to the secession Of the State and
regretted the measure TO the last. Nor is
there any inconsistency in his course by
his acceptance of judicial Office under a
Government de .facto. He recognized an
existing condition of things to which all
his opposition had been vain. and might
we'll suppose that, in q judicial capacity.
he could mitigate and moderate the s,rtes
of party, and ares; those persecution OF
the unoffeudlng which might happen to
come before the courts. His acceptance
of the Office Of a Judge OF the Confederate
Court, preceded, by few weeks only, the
downfall OF the Government. We regard
Mr.. Perry as really one of the most unex-
cep.ionable persons who could be present
ed to The United Sta,es authorities. The