The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-11
COLUMBIA, S. c.
,ic 65 Mississipps and Texas.

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Federal InlsrmsaIIing-The case OF
se.az Mississippi and Texas.
Il The time was. in the better days OF
the Republic, when any effort on the
part Of q Federal officer to. interfere in
State elections world have been met with
the indignant rebnke of men, of all
parties, in all sections Of the country.
This sentiment was based upon the cur
lsht d5dttids That, t,n in our bystem of go.
vernnient. it was..c clearly designed to leave
each State to the control Of, its domestic
concerns. There was disposition in
every State to guard, with q. jealous eye,
against anything like Federal enorpaoh-
ment upon its reserved rights. Even q
little State, like Rhode Island or Della
ware. youId be quick @ Resent, the af-
front OF Federal diets tation. This spirit
was in harmaHt VIII the true nature of
Lour goferhmept4 system. This spirit of
Stateaights ashd EAssi Aignity, now de-
Hded in Many qnartpsa, is theyital ele-
1aent pf our i6rn,k ( of soaernment, and
tie ptasasskl Dc this spirit isaolesely
bdnnaaed With 1ae liberties of the peo-
pleaand the prosperity of the country.
Destroy II, Iaud theo march Of the eonn-
ffr5s! VIII bs. rapid 40 unity and empire.
Re7estah ?R.a lhhsR ft57pfeser itAand she,pa-.
tfiot heart ,nags he gladdened with the
prospect Of an ocean bound !RepHblic,
prominent in individual liberty, and pub
lio pEosperit9c "a. .sS A ~
J1R the Republican party had done no
moreEthan to ignore this healthful,r oon-
stithtionai principle Of Federal non7in-
reference, this, alone would have been
sufficient to condemn it, and to condemn
it utterly. If one thing more than an
other has eharacterized the career OF this
party y.Gsinss 1860, it is shis entire mega
tion Of State rights and State dignity.
Radical Repnblicanisni has controlled
the Government, and the Government
contemptpopsly treads upon the old
oommonwealths. that created it. The
agent tls1rps the place Of the principal.
The creature rteconstruGts the. creators.
Unless this tendency be arrested, can any
rejecting mind fail TO see, that our liber-
ties are utterly gone North. South, East
and Westp iij.1 ltid't =" Ia''"'i .'|-
Oh th6iother Rand 'sdppose the prin-
ciple of Federal hon-interference we're
now, practiced, does any one donbt the
result? There is every reason ta believe
that there would soon follow the proper
adjustment Of ,affairs, and on the basis,
too, of Justice to all. True, there would
probably ensue rapid exodus of the
political adventurers now scattered
through onr section; but would this be q
calamityP The radical party has infict-
ed evil after evil upon the South. Much
mischief has already been done, and the
outrages Of Legislation have been added
to the burdens entailed by war. Yet
now remove the Federal bayonet from
the South, and even upon the basis of
universal suffrage. these reconstructed
States, employing no other than peace
full, legal agencies, would soon be re-
stored to cheerful, wholesome self-go-
vernment."
SO far as the conservative wing of the
Republican party is concerned, we are
pleased to see Indications of growing
disposition to leave the people of Missis-
sippi and Texas to the management of
their own affairs. This is an auspicious
omen. Bat should the administration,
or any OF its members, venture to inter-
fere in these coming elections, let us
hope that the rebuke will be not unlike
that administered to Messrs. Boutwell,
and Creswell in Tennessee. where their
.favorite, Stokes, was beaten by Sehter
by majority of $4,000 or 60, 900 votes.
Let every State stand ready to- put-its
seal OF condemnation upon Fedefal inter
meddling in its local affairs.
Abiding to the recent amnesty de-
clared by the French rulers, the Liberte
prince Napoleon's organ) expresses itself
in these terms: Decidedly this is q
great and noble policy. We can praise