The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-09-04
Seven short. Ysars.

~ - true,t We nave tu9 power OF
the Government of the United
State agaiast US, ana now we hsvo
snperadded the force of the State
government, radicalized and negro
lied, also against US. But we would
say to our people be of good cheer.
It is always darkest just before the
dawn and the blacklist cloud may
have silver lining. In seven short
years NO have seen great and over!
~helsHing changes. We have seen,
within that time,Ithe authority of the
Government of the United States
completelyawiped out in South Ca o.
lima. We have seen another govern!
ment, complete in all its parts, set
up in its stead; and in its turn, we
have seen it, too, completely wiped
out, leaving not shred behind. We
have seen still another government
called into being-a constitution es-
tablished and . Governor, judges, ia
Legislature and magistrates, elected
under it, and all the machinery of
government set in motion; but. we
have Just witnessed that government
wiped out, leaving not even q ashadow
behind. We now see still another
government, erected upon its ruins,
new electors created, anew Governor,
new judges, a nooel Legislature, and
new magistrates called into being
under o new constitution, and that
government is now in full blast, lay
ing taxes, making laws and issuing
proclamations over the heads of a
weary and impoverished people. In
the meantime, too, we have been sub
jected to the government of the
bayonet; and foreign Military Cover
nors-heartless and arbitrary-have
been appointed over us. In seven
short years we have seen not less
than four revolutions, complete, ac-
complished and confirmed, for time,
upon the soil of South Carolina,
allowing not more than eighteen
months duration to each succeeding
government. All this we have
seen; all this we have endured,
and the revolution still moves on.
The wheel is still revolving, and an
other turn will bring those who are
now under, to the top; and will carry
those who are now on the top to the
bottom. The present government of
the State-the weakest of all govern
ments-an ignorant negroized go
vernment, must go doaOn. We say go
down ii must, by the weight of its
own ignorance; its own enormities;
its own corruption; its own futile
efforts to reverse the laws of nature
and of God. The crash is inevitable;
and there are those who, in the day
of their trouble, will call upon the
rocks and the hills to cover them
from the swift vengeance that is sure
to overtake the wicked. Let them
play their part no,o, for the return
ing tide of wisdom, Justice and mo-
deration will sweep them from exist
ence, and bury them forever in the
dark waters of their own folly, dis
grace and crime! Courage, courage,
then, men of Carolina, the hour of
your deliyerance is at hand. The
institutions of your fathers cannot be
wrested from you by horde of bar
barians, headed by depraved adven-
turers, whose business it is to delude
their misguided followers, with wick
ed lies, and cheat them with naked
promises. A few short months may
tell the tale of another swift-winged
revolution-peaceful, but no less
crushing and complete. Let the
weak fawn and cringe as they may
let them bow down before Baal if
they will. But we lift up the voice
of warning unto all, and we say unto
all, if God be God, follow him; if
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