The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-05-17

| the HOOd, or the gods OF the AmO-
rites, among whom they then dwelt;
and proclaimed to them lis determi-
nation, regardless of theirs, that Gas
for me and my house, ace will serve
the Lord" Thus, now, with us, we
are called upon to select our Mayor
and Aldermen from names before us.
The election is important to every
one having the welfare of our city in
view.
The writer is not the eulogist of
any man-nor would he venture in
trusion on the public arena for pub
lie note or public fame. He is your
fellow-citizen in common, and enti-
tied only to his opinion. Thought is
not denied us, however wealth and
liberty seem PROSTATE, by extent of
power. 1t is thus we are placed, and
we should be wise for our generation.
There has appeared, in the last few
days, remonstrdnce from the Demo-
cratic organization in South Carolina
to the present Congress of the United
States. The names among that Or
ganization are oil valued by us. It
seems those to whom that unanswera-
bic document was ntrusted-NIessrs.
l.. ID. Childs, j. p. Thomas and j.
Gibbes-proceeded TO Washington.
The Reconstruction (so-called) Com
mittee of Congress gave that Com
mittee an audience, and before which
(the Congressional Committee) our
fellow-citizen, Col. j. p. Thomas,
presented the remonstrance of the
Democratic organization of South
Carolina. In what manner, by what
argument and by what views and
feelings M0t remonstrance was en-
forced, and manfully and with candid
and patriotic honesty sustained, can
be known by perusal of his remarks
before the dread presence of Com
mittee OF which one Thaddeus Ste
vens. from Pennsylvania, is the head
and front. On the appearance of the
Committee on Remonstrance before
this Magnus of the hour, we think
we can lntonate from his lips the ud-
dress of Richard the Third before an
alarm of battle:
"a thousand hearts are great within NV
bosom
.AN'ohNS Oui set UPON our IOcS,
Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!
upon them Victory sits upon our helms"
Now, it may not be, the Chairman
had any such bellicose thoughts; but
at all events, the .remonstrance was
received, and to be considered, when
and how, is not yet known. On the
occasion, however, our fellow citizen,
Col. Thomas, addressed the Commit
tee, in speech, full of patriotic az
dor, sound discrimination, Just con-
ceptions of right, to white and black
men; fearless exposure of the infa-
nous Constitution, on which the re-
monstrance was predicated, and with
timely intonation, that, in spite of
Reconstruction Acts, and the usurped
powers OF Congress, ii ards h'uism;
that under all treachery, dissimula-
ton, and tyranny; in no bearing achat-
eoer, acould ii long continue, that the
'chite race Of the South, should be under
negro domination. Thus he addressed
those, who, as Shakespeare has it:
| ''Dressed in little brief authority,
Play such fantastic tricks before high Hea-
ven,
| $40 A'AiNS WV duSC weep.
And not only from the present basis
of observation, did our fellow-citizen
expound his views, on the results of
the Immediate forthcoming from that
mongrel Constitution, but with an al
most prophetic vision, has he depict
ed, In the not very distant future, the
inevitable doom of the negro. The
renegade white man, from the North,
with coadjutant negro lawyers and
politicians, from the same region, who
have reduced our colored population
from their once kind feelings to their
former owners, (who are yet their
real and true friends will havo no
place among us in brief period of
time. But what of our men, who
have colleagued with these renegades
and Northern negroes!! Mill dc
tuma quod non dictuns prius-Nothing
can now be said, which has not been
said before.
The speech of our fellow citizen,
comprehending much, as regards the
people of South Carolina, is, never
theless, an argument in favor of the
entire South. For cogent reasoning
in nutshell, for an analysis of re,
suits, and for q firm and fearless dis
charge of commissioned duty, always
considering lie presence,) Col. Tho.
mas merits, without any solicitation
from himself, the piaudit, "well done