The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-23

Here We have not only the party
and the issue for direc. fight with
the Administration, but declaration
Of war and an appeal to the people.
Then we have numerous quotations
from high authorities in support of
negro suffrage, and numerous prece-
dents Of its exercise, North and South,
10 show that this extension Of the suf-
frage 's not only right and proper, and
not at all dangerous. but that, as
things now stand down South, it ia
absolutely necessary for the public
safety. This circular will be sown
broadcast North and South, and upon
the sharply defined issue presented
between the claims of the loyal black
population Of the South through all
the war, and the disloyal whites, it will
have very considerable influence
upon the public mind, especially in the
North. Meantime judy e Chase Is
making a tour of the Southern States,
and. is doing all he can in favor of
negro suffrage in that quarter. His
ret"iners will probably follow with
such appeals to the Southern emanci-
pated blacks as may render them diff.
ticult Of management until they get
the concession Of the rig ght to vote.
There is still this other argument pre-.
sen'ed in support of this concession;
that without it the uncovered South
ern rebel whites will carry the vote Of
every Southern State, in every shape
and form, in favor Of the population
of the National debt-Jetf.'s debt
having been settled in that way, his
original Mississippi plan Of repudixtlon.
So much for the platform and pro-
gramme Of Judge Chase for the sue.
cess'on against the administration of
President johnson. When it is re-
nembered, too, that Judge Chase has
= powerful body Of eIectioneering tol-
lowers In the custom houses, internal
revenue officers and other Treasury
agents, President johnson, for the
unity Of his administration, may find
it necessary before long TO put in
practice, OH an extensive scale, HE
favorite doctrine of rotation. The
Scriptura' maxim upon which Abra-
ham Lincoln brought himself into the
foreground as great political leader
in 1859, against Douglas, was this
that "a house divided against itself
cannot stand.' The unity Of the Re.
publican party is small matter; but
the unity Of all the working machinery
of the Administration is a thing Of
some practical importance. and par
ticu)arly in this great work of recon
straction. Chief Justice Chase and
his radical negro suffrage faction are
in the way to make some trouble in
the Administration camp, and between
the two races in the South, and in the
country at large, and the President
should look into this business.
The manifesto Of Sanders simply
means another political organization in
the South for another ,rebclion.. He
has the same opinion of President
johnson that lie and Booth and Com
pany had of President Lincoln-he is
a tyrant.' Sanders does not like him
and suggests to the beaten rebels that
they pe1ure themselves freely, and
that they call upon their Northern
friends to meet them in convention in
New York to Organize q great Ma
tlonal party, such as will deter the
pfotligate President and his provost
spies from laying their brutal hands
upon inoffendiog men, women, and
children, referring, we presume, to the
capture Of JEFF. Davis and his party.
Ii any thing will serve to turn the
scale at Washington in favor of imme-
date and universal negro suffrage, this