The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-12
Severe but ,Julst.

Ihc richmond Times IS irresponsible
tor the following: s"The editor of the
National lnteuigence'' is greatly to be
envied. He has complete file of the
Washington Chronicle, in the columns
of which the dead didapper' has been
turning s'lmmersaults once week fo1
five years. During the last hall
decade, Forney has danbed with
praise and bespattered with mud
every prominent politician and lead.
ing measure. With this terrible
record of his innumerable apostacies
at his elbow, the editor of the Intel
hgence'' IS enabled to impale the dead
duck 1T least three times a week. If
he quacks forth his abuse of any
distinguished parsonage, it is simply
necessary to turn to the Chronicle to
md the most fulsome and sycophan-
TIC fiattery of that very person by
Forney. If he denounces any pub
lie measure, straightway the hateui-
yeltcef rc-produces from the editorial
columns of the Ch1Ouicie the most
violent advocacy of that very mea-
sure
"Providencc having wisely provid-
cd every animal with an epidermis
sufficiently thick to protect it's owner,
forney IS, of course, protected like Il
crocodile, with Il skin of uncommon
thickness. Occasionally, however.
the harpoon of the MteNigence,- is
driven SO very deep that ho rises to
the surface and 'spouts blood
"For months past the dead duck
has clamorcd for the trial. conviction
and execution of Mr.. jefferson Davis.
The desire Of Forney for the death of
Mr.. Davis dates, it is said, from the re-
furnishing of the illustrious prisoners
wardrobe last winter, as the wearins
apparel Of the victim is always the
perquisite of the hangsman, and no
species of plumber comes amiss with
Forney. In the midst of his hoarse,
red-mouthed yyllS for the blood OF
Mr.. Davis. the Mte|liqence, reproduce
cd an editorial Of Forncy's highly
culogistic of Mr. Davis, Which article
Bull Run. This centre shot WAS more
than even the dead lidappcr' could
stand, and his efforts to wriggle out
of the difficulty are intensely funny.
His admiration for the late President
OF the Confederate States WAS attri-
butable, no doubt, to the proximity
of the Confederate forces to Wash
ington. Had the fortunes of war
placed the Federal capital in the
hands of the Confederates, everybody
knows perfectly we'll that in ten
minutes after the fall of the city For
ncv would have crawlcd to the White
House and humbly sought the post
of organ grinder to the very man for
whose blood he is now so Glamour
ous. If published in Salt Lake City,
the chronicle would advocate polyg-
amy. and if iii the Fcjec Islands it
would stoutly recommend cannibal-
ism.
The FREEDMES's COURTS DECIDED
T" BE TREsrAssEns. Judge Trigg, of
the United States District Court of
Memphis, has pronounced decision
IN the case of an application for IN
injunction against the execution by
General Runkle, Superintendent of
the Freedmen's Bureau, of judg-
ment rendered by General Runkle in
favor of Il freedman, according to
which it is held that these Bureau
Courts are trespaSsers, and liable to
be proceeded against by the courts of
thc State as other trespassers.
Judge Trigg decides that the
Freedmen Bureau Courts could only
exercise authority under military law.
If" says he, "thcSc courts could
exercise any Legitimate authority, or
claim for their judgment or DEGREES
amy ''iiiiiug effect or efficiency, they
could only do so by virtue Of their
connection with the military power
The recent proclamation of
tho President OF the United States,
declaring that an insurrection no
longer exists, is declaration of
peace, which sweeps from among us
everything which savors OF military
constralnt upon the rights of citizens,
and restores to them the ordinary and
peaceful channels for the assertion
and enforcement Of those rights. Y
The war being ended, that is an end
to the court, and there being no
longer any such court, the officer of
the Bureau has no longer authority
to act in that capacity, and to enforce
Judgment or orders, whether made
before or since the declaration of
peace. If he does so, and under that
preteXt seize the property of a citi-
zen, he will become trespasser, and
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