The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-04-07


ing, we publish the. following paper,
furnished by the State Central Execu-
tive Committee:
ADDRESSES FOR THE PEOPLE.
We published recently, for the in
formation of the public, an admirable
address to the colored men of the
State--a paper eminently truthful
and genuinely philanthropic, and well
calculated to make the persons ad-
dressed, pause and think. The char
acter of its author, too, adds much
weight to the sober words he utters.
A gallant General in the late war, an
accomplished man of science and let
ters now, we trust that words of eau
ton from such q man may not be
spoken in vain.
This morning, the committee place
before the State and country two
more addresses. To these important
papers, we respectfully call the atten-
tion of all classes of people, and men
of all parties; and we would ask all
papers of the country friendly to the
cause of truth, to copy them and give
them the circulation they deserve.
address No. is strong in language,
bold in tone, and lofty in spirit. But
at the same time, it will be found
truthful in statement and law-abiding
in advice. It tells the country of our
sad condition in the Southern pro-
vinces-n condition more the result
of radical misrule and persecution,
than Of the disasters of the late war.
The analogy traced by the able author
of the paper under consideration,
our present condition and that of G our
forefathers on the eve of the Revolu-
tionary war, is very striking, and its
fidelity to truth must be conceded by
every impartial mind, North and
South. AS remedy for the evils
threatening us and those we are now
enduring, he urges US, as the only
practicable course which our op-
pressors have left us, to unite with
the great National Democratic party
of the United States-a party that
has absorbed much, if not all, of the
conservative elements of the land-a
party the banner of which now
courts the breeze both North, South,
East and West, and the increasing CO.
lumns of which, we trust and be-
lieve, are now marching with un-
broken front to the rescue of the
free institutions of our country-to
the rescue of the Government of
Washington and Hancock, of Jeffer-
son and Adams.
Address No. 9, which, like No. l,
emanates from source pure and
able, states, in brief terms, the
powerful and unanswerable objec-
tions to be urged against the
radical Constitution now before
the people. Let the people, both
white and black, observe how disas-
trous to their interests and how fatal
to their harmony and peace. the in
strument will prove, and let them
unitedly make q grand effort to rote ii
do,cn
Fellow citizens, arouse! arouse.
The emergency demands it of good
citizenship. A sinking Common
wealth calls you to its rescue from
vandal horde of mercenary whites
and misguided black men. BY the
memory of the past-by the enjoy
ment of the presently the hopes of
the future-in consideration of all
we have of home, property and
family-in consideration of our ge-
nial climate and teeming soil, now
breaking forth in the lnxuriance and
beauty of spring-in behalf of the
living and the dead-we appeal to
you to rally, to work, and cote The
Constitution doUn.
J. P. THOMAS,
For the Committee.