The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-01
rge;vvashingtors MilIer,s Letters.
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Trying TO runLWo scneduleS; the OLD
Greenyiile railroad is after the same
thing; they started Sunday sche-.
dule, besides the regular weekly day
schedule, q Democratic and radical
schedule, and it maybe will work
right. The head man of the road
wrote an invite to the House and
Senate Of this noble State, to go on
an excursion and inspection spree
last Sunday. The Legislature accept
ed the courteousness with real plea
sure. and about seventy of those
gentlemen went all the way to Green
vile. The colored preachers said,
How about the commandment
about the Sabbath?" but then the
people must do what the preachers
tell them, and not follow what the
preachers do. MIR. Charles Wilder
must have felt hurt; he is against
violating the holy day, and, being
alderman, put through a resolution
In the Council, to stop BARRIERS MAX
ing money on Sunday. I amt sur
prised that the members break the
Sabbath, but it is strange they do it
SO publicly and under an authority
from the Legislature. But what can
you expect from people who have
got to cursing one another in the
House for ID fools and that kind
of thing!
Maybe the Legislature will help
the road; if so, all right; if not, then
the road is sucked in for the cost of
Sundays excursion. One Mr.. Mar
tin'wrote letter to Governor Scott,
informing him that arrangements
was made to Ku Klux the State gen
orally, and the Governor in partica
lar, and the Legislature and the car
pet-bag and scallawag office-holders
especially. The letter made a stir:
the General Assembly had secret
session on it, and put all about it in
the newspaper. Now, sir, what
think you turned up? Why, it turns
out that the entire thing is hoax,
and was gotten up as campaign
document, to be used by the radical
party, for the benefit of Grant and
Colfax. A thousand copies of Mar
tin S letter (so-called) is to be printed
and sent to the faithful on North. IF
l was not smart, I would have been
fooled myself, but I found the thing
out, and have the pleasure now of
telling the truth about it.
Last night, the devil and Tom
Walker was loose in Columbia. The
Democrats had n ratification-thati is
- say, they declared for Seymour
and Blair. They said they was salts
fed to run them men for President
and Vice-President, and they saw
they are going to carry them in, and
l believe they will. They run up
flags all over town, and all Union
flags with stars and stripes on them.
MIR. Palmer, though, has got ND n
splendid one, with Palmetto tree
under the stars. The tree is an old
one. marked 177S, and he and his
people 60 for Seymour and Blair,
and say they are their "beau ideals"
At o'clock, the whole town was
moving; the Democrats was out, and
the radicals either kept in or kept
their tongues in. The moon went in,
too; there was no use for that sweet
lum1nnry-the Democrats furnished
the light for last night, and the moon
took holiday. The torch-light pro-
cesslon beat all 1 ever heard of such
things. The procession was bully:
it reached all over town; every fellow
had something in his hand-either q
torch-light or a transparent paper
with writings on it, made like big
lanterns. L wish I could tell you ali
about it; but it would take news
paper as long as the procession; and,
If L was to write all about the
speeches, [ behanged if L would not
want mileage paid on it. The De-
mocrats was out in strength, holIer-
ing like fellows who were playing for
winnings. l was proud, when 1 saw
the co!cred DIM ocrats fail into line
in tie middle of the procession, with
their banners flying and their torches
burning. There was liberty car,
which made me cry when looked at
it, with q Picnic in it dressed up
like female goddess. All the De-
mocratic members of the Legislature
was in carriages, except me. I
reckon they would have took me in,
but had not yet proclaimed myself
Democrat, though J. am ole all
over. The Democrats of Columbia