The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-07

| ShC"oCo pONcI VI IiG OOutl lAlO
the increase Of the number of its
votes, to seize the reins OF Govern
ment, to introduce free trade and to
break down the modesty of the free
people of the North. During the
war, JEFF. Davis was commander-in
chief of the rebel army, with Lee as
his chief adviser Now, Andrew
johnson was their commander-in-
ch ,ef, and poor old Wool was their
chief martial adviser; and for the
navy they had Semmes and Welles.
Laughter. The people were to de-
eide now whether they were to have
Andrew Johnson as President or as
King, lor they were told they had
no other choice left. Laughter.
He wanted the encouragement of the
soldiers. The enemy had the van
tage ground, having possession Of
| the White House, and was dispensing
with a corrupt hand the vast patron
age of the nation, and yet he had no
Fears. The army consisted of citi-
zens as we'll as soldiers. It had few
mercenary officers like the Steedmans,
the Dixes and the Woods; but if the
Government were to order Grant, or
Howard, or Farragut to do it's trea-
cherous work, they would break their
swords rather than obey. With She
rldan for q leader, and $4,000 OF
50, 600 colored soldiers. they might
tiefy Andrew Johnson and all who
might follow his lead But if the
time should ever come when the con-
splrators would muster audacity equal
to their ambition, and, as once hap
pened in England, attempt to turn
the regular army against the people,
Congress would not have to RELY on
the Southern freedmen alone. The
men of the loyal North wonld spring
to their feet and unsheathe their wca-
pons, as when they heard the first
| booming cannon of Sumter.
Let Congress be bold, and the sol
dlers of the last war would take care
of the next, and the usurper who
leads the hostile forces would have
time and leisure to revise his boosted
proclamation in one of the embra-
Sures Of Fortress Monroe TCheers.
The usurper's head would rest much
more quietly, to be sure, on lap
board and goose than when oppressed
with crown. Laughter. With
less than impartial suffrage, the South,
with his consent, should never be re-
constructed. He would not be con-
tent with such puerile work as uni
versal amnesty and universal suffrage.
Senator'S Howe and Wilson and
Mr.. Forney also spoke, and the ban
luet did not end till nearly II o'clock.
The Mass RECEPTION A BURLEsoUE.
Our reporters have furnished us
full details of the mass reception to
Congress, which has occupied the
public attention for weeks past, but
the affair was such melancholy and
1eplorable failure, that we forbear to
publish c'rcumstantial description
oft Strangers in the city anticipated
an imposing demonstration of some
sort, and the members of Congress
counted upon grand display after
the flourish Of trumpets that preluded
the mass welcome" Strangers and
congressman were doomed to disap-
pointment. The colored troopsfought
bravely, it is true. They turned out
strong, but the white end of the pro
cession was very shabby in point of
numbers. What with desertions and
bad corns, their numbers were re-
duced to less than hundred as they
passed Centre Market.
A good proportion of the white
welcomists consisted of delegation
from Baltimore, and the others were
quite miscellaneous. They all wore
an expression Of countenance which
seemed to say. eff Congress don't
pass oar bills after all this marching,
we'll not be caught in another similar
scrape." " The colored portion of the
column marched more easily and
merrily than their white leaders.
They were not looking SO far ahead
into legislation, for instance, where
axes might be ground-and as they
had simply turned out for a good
time, they enjoyed themselves cores
pondingly. One of them, who seemed
to be satiated with the pleasures of
the occasion, said it was "most too
much, this having two Sundays come
together"
The speeches at the Capitol were
eloquent, of course. That of Chief
Justice Carter was devoid Of bun
combe, while the others were made
up of the effiorescence of radical
buncombe.
The banquet in the wigwam, corner
of Seventh street, was an exceedingly