The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-08-30

Thursday Morning, August so. 1855


that character which stamps its au-
thor as o man of blood. In this
manifesto. he declares his purpose
that all the radical measures shall be
carried out in Tennessee, even at the
poiatfof the bayonet, Fand that he
will call out the loyal militia Of the
State, and call upon The LegiSlatdre
to arm and equip them," aud sustain
the radical Governments, State aud
national, or fnll with oar faces to the,
foe;" and adds, II shall look with,
confidence to the Northwestern
States, to come to our rescue" :. He
threatens:g ~. g&5T ~ tS{kS,rs
eff anothervwar shall be forced
upon the country, the loyal masses,
who constitute an overwhelming ma
jority of the people Of this great
nation, intend it shall be no child's
play They win, as they ought TO do,
make the entire Southern Confede-
racy as God foundsthe earth when he
.commenced the work Of creation,
without form and void They will
not and, ought not to leave rebel
fence-rail, cut house or dwelling in
the eleven seeded States. And as
for the rebel population, let them be
exterminated. And when the war is
wound up, which should be done ra-
pidly, and with swift destruction-let
the asnds bere-surveyed and sold out
to, pay the expenses of the war, and
settled only by apeople who win re-
sp@ct the stars and stripes.
Should another conflict OF arms
be forced upon the country-asFI
honestly believe St will, by the com
bined efforts of Northern traitors and
Southern rebels the work Of recon-
struetion, after the conflict scser,
Will be- easy A Surveyor General,
with q deputy and land Office for each
County in the rebel States, and q few
bayonets to guard them. are all that
will be required. "a
Thessabove two paragraphs are
worthy Of the fendish mind and
brain that concocted them; they are
-written:in palmer language, perhaps,
than, the sntterances of other radical
writer's, as they come out in all their
nat1rai depravity, without any at
tempt to gioze them over with smooth
words, or clothe them in decent Ian
guage: But, nevertheless the gene
ral sentiment q the whole tribe are
the same-the utter subiugation of
the Southern people, and, if needs
be, their discrimination.
We are forced to the conclusion
that these threats, taken in connec-
tion with the defiant tone he uses to-
wards the President of the United
States. and similar outgisings from
the leading radical journals Though
out the country-the riots at New
Orleans and the incendiary appeals of
'Forney at Philadelphia. betoken the
existence of q widespread conspi-
racysto plunge the country into an
other civil war, unless the leaders of
the revolutionary party can carry out
their schemes at the e,ballot-box.
Thad. Stevens, Forney, Brownlow,
Logan. and their under-strappers, the
so-called martyrs Dostie and Hahn, all
speak the same language-all foment-
ing discord and exciting TO insurrec-
ton and rebellion against the Go
vernment, and all this without the
shadow of an excuse but the con-
tinued punishment of the South and
keeping themselyesin power.
Brownaow. like some, other radical
writer's, processes TO foresee that the
President viii see justice done to the
Southern members of Congress, even
if he has to use force to secure them
in their rights. He says:
IAN attempt to force Southern
traitors into their seats in Congress
with bayonets will be made the 'occa-
sion for the outbreak. Let the de-
spot now at the head of the Govern
ment attempt thing of this kind L
he dare. A million Of gallant Union
men will at once appear in the Dis
trlct OF Columbia, surrounding both
the Capitol and White House, dis
posing Of the leads of leading traitors
after the most approved style of the
age in which the King of England
lost his hood .Isr-