The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-04
The Old Eire-Iratsrs assss tho Dorno-
cratic Convention.

The Old FIre-IEafers nssyy the Derno-
cratic Convention.
Eight years ago. Che Southern fire.
eaters, otter having for years ruled
the Northern Democracy with ii rod
of iron, went into the National Con-
yention of the party at Charleston.
and subsequently, at Baltimore. with
the deliberate purpose of destroying
the organization, as a preliminary
step to the contemplated work of se-
cession. They succeeded even be-
yond their hopes. The men from
the freeI States, who had been the
toadies and ick-spittles of slavery.
were insulted and abused by the
chivalry; the Convention was rent in
twain; Breckinridge was nominated
by the boilers in opposition to Doug
las; the defeat Of the Democracy at
the polls was thus rendered certain.
and the way made clear for the cleo
tion of Lincoln, which was to be the
signal for the outbreak of the slave
holders rebellion. Now that the
war is over, these same old fre-eaters.
who have carefully preserved their
lives during the four years struggle
such as the Rhetts, of South Caro-
lima, for lnstance-again step forward
and essay to run another Democratic
Convention, and to dictate to the
Northern Democracy, with all their
former insolence and effrontery. the
policy they shall pursue. The ex-
secession Delegates to Tammany Hall
are already renewing the game of
brow-beating and assumed superiori-
ty practiced so osuccessfully ut Charles
ton and Baltimore, and threaten that,
unless their sentiments are suffered
to prevail, they will repeat the game
of 1850 and break up the party.
This movement of the old pro-
slavery oligarchy has proportionately
raised the hopes of the radicals, and
filled them with delight. In the re-
vival of the exploded dogmas of the
South, and in the threats of the
Rhetts to appeal again to the car
tridge-box, lies the only prospect of
success for the Jacobin ticket. If
the Democratic Convention can only
be induced to reject Chase, on ac-
count of his loyal record, and, at the
dlctation of the Knights of the
Golden Circle and the Ku Klux
klan, to place upon their ticket some
copperhead opponent of the war, the
radicals will have clear track next
November, as they had in 1860, and
will elect Grant without difficulty. 1t
is the prospect of this fatal action
that makes Greeley, Dana, Thurlow w
Weed, and the rest of tho radicals,
rub their hands in glee and chuckle
over the predicted trouble in the
Convention of the Fourth. We
should not be surprised to see the
narrow-minded blockheads of the
Loyal League, in their exultation ut
the dictatorial insolence of the South,
invite Rhett and the whole batch of
seedy ex-secession delegates to q
splendid entertainment at the Union
League Club House, and, in their
gratitude, give these hungry heroes
the first substantial filling out they
have had in the last seven or eight
years. But New York has had
enough experience of the dogmatic
philosophers of secessiondom, and if
they seriously attempt to ride rough
shod over the Convention and to con-
troll its action, the Empire State,
with her vast commercial and fnan-
clal interests and her large stake in
the peace and welfare of the country,
will once again prove that her people
act rs statesmen and not as partisans,
and, reversing her magnificent anti
radical victory of last year, will give
! SO, 600 majority for Grant.
Ne,D York Herald.
IHE KU KLUX TO BE THROWN IN
| THE SHADE.-We were informed last