The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-26
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Soon after Sens. Steedman and
Fullerton started .on their Southern
tour they eyinced suelra spirit of i'm
partial justice that the radicals took
alarm lest the fabric Of false testimo-
tny they had reared with SO much
labor and care should be pulled down
over their heads. They at once set
to work to discredit, in advance, all
that these Commissioners should say
or do. We then admonished the
Southern people to be on their guard,
and not allow themselves to be drawn
into negro difficulties, which we felt
confident the numerous radical ennis
saies and agents scattered over the
South would endeavor to get up,
with the object Of demonstrating
that the whites cannot and will not
live Oh peaceful terms with the
blacks. The fires in Petersburg, the
riot in Memphis, and numerous
occurrences Of less Importance, have
testified to the correctness of our
opinion and the malignant activity of
these agents and emissaries.
The report of these Commissioners
on the state of affairs in Virginia and
North Carolina, and their exposure of
some Of the speculations, malfeasan-
ces and cruelties of officials connected
with the Freedmcn's Bureau, have so
frightened and incensed the politi-
clans OF the negro school that they
have become stimulated to a more
usual activity in their unscrupulous
efforts to discredit these gentlemen
and their report. That man Of ''all
work" all dirty work, which con-
ducts two newspapers, and cores
ponds with them under the inappro-
pirate monanae tie plume, Occasional, -
ut should be Perpetual, for his
letters are endless has taken Cons.
Steedman and Fullerton in hand, and
IS endeavoring to smut them NIL over.
He calls them the 'tmere tools of the
President" and says: "We are in
fined, upon what we consider very
good authority, that before starting,
these gentlemen received such in
structions as were calculated to insure
one-sided and partial report-such
an one as they have produced. OF
course, Forneys authority is con-
sldered very good by him. His au-
thority is himself. OF Gen. Fuller
ton, lie says:
Fullerton was formerly connected
with the Bureau, and succeeded Mr..
Thomas W. Conway as Assistant
Commissioner for Louisiana. A
very short season of rebel blandish-
ments in New Orleans sufficed to SO
thoroughly demoralizc him that it
was deemed essential for the credit OF
the Bureau to remove him."
'Rebel blandishments.'' Until
now Forney has denied the existence
and verify Of any such thing. He
has all along charged that the South
ern people outrage and maltrcat all
the Northcrners that come among
them. But now, when it suits his
purpose, he changes his tune and
talks about their establishments. =
The truth is that the Southern people
arc too proud to resort to such means
OF conciliating those Northern
officials who come among them.
They have hattered none, manipu-
lated none, ''sought OUT none, as
Gen. Terry would say. On the con
trary, they have disappointed and
offended many who came among them
with friendly feelings, by their re-
serve and coldncss. Had they chosen
hypocritically to cultivate them, few,
we opine, would havo been proof
against their Establishments
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