The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-25
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I'HE DAILY PHENI\.
Columbia, Thursday, October %. 56.
what Might Happen.


above caption, has the following re-
marks II by any unfortuitou3 cir
cnnstsnces the abomination be forced
npon or accepted by the people Of
any Southern State, we hope they
will tcst the fidelity OF the negro
lovers, by adopting the suggestion Of
the courier:
The class OF men whom the Jaco-
bins propose to allow to represent the
South, III the event that they conclude
10 permit that section to have amy
representatives at all, happen to be
The very men the South does not
want. They would be quite us we'll
satisfied not to be represented aS to
be compelled to select from u set OF
fellows who have proved themselves
to be entirely unworthy ot public
confidence. Under the operation of
the amendment now pcnling, almost
seavelv man whom the Southern people
y consider fit to represent them would
be Iisfranchisctl and ineligible to
public office, and only those who took
no part in the rebellion and can take
the test oath, would be accepted. Thc
class to which the selection Of repre-
scntatiEcs would be confined are men
vino, wilc the war Was going on.
lived in the siout! and prufesSp,l 80
4ymnathi.;e with the Southern cause.
and not only to sympathi.:s- with it.
but to give it III! the aid and a;.,i>t
ance in their power. They were
either acting the part OF uNprimcip!ed
scoundrris when they tax" nc test
"ath IN either ease, they are utter
ly unworthy to represent any honor
able people
Now, suppose for Il moment ihat
the constitutional amendment is rati-
lied, and forced upon the Souti!r..;i
States against their opposition. TN"
alternative will then be presented 70
these States to lose Il portion OF their
representative strength, or to in,cs;
the negroes with the right OF suffrage
They want no such representatives rs
the men who can take the test oath
Then What are they 10 do? They
could, in the spirit OF retaliat; ION,
grant the negroes suffrage; and the,
could, in the same spirit send ND an
entire colored delegation to occupy
seats in the Senate and House of
Representatives How would it sui;
the great moral negro party Of the
North 10 have twenty coal black and
#"cet-scented larlics i'll thc Senate,
and about fifty in the House? Would
they not hold their noses and stand
aSh&st 1T the logical consequences OF
their own schemes? WoulN they not
Immediately exhibit Il genera, disgust
at the associates the South hid sent
them, and become the laughing stock
ui the world? They would nave no
right to complain that the South pre-
ierrcd honest negroes to dishonest
white men rs their representatives
The alternative would have been
forced upon them and they compelled
To make the most OF % bad bargain.
Perhaps, however, this arrangement
would chime in exactly With the IA
natical notions of the Jacobins, and
by way of convincing the world of
the sincerity of their professions,
they might elect two cuffies presiding
officers OF the two houses. Thea. in
the event OF the death OF the Presi-
dent and Eicc-President, we should
have Il negro President, who could
iii! every ollicc i'll the Government,
both ut home and abroad, with men
OF his own color. That would, in
deed. be u delightful condition of
things. but it would be no more vio-
!ativc Of dcccncy and public opinion
than what these Jacobins are trying
To force upon the South.