The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-19

"Oio Coutent 10 aSSlSC III Tue reCuperat1On
OF the State; by the cultivation of the soil ::
by diligence in all industrial pursuits: by
extending commerce, manufactures and the
mechanic arts, and by conservative ncuui-
escence In the Government even as IL roD
ts They are now said to be represented in
Congress by men of whom they know
nothing, only as adventures from other
States, lntruders on the soil of Carolina.
and elevated to their present positions by
the votes of the negroes, whom they have
deceived, and with whom they will not
allow political equality, except in South
Carolina More than all this, they have
been burthened with heavy taxation hy
Congress and its military satraps, and have
not publicly committed an net in violation
OF the public peace; nor have they publicly
even uttered one word of remopstrance.
They have only spoken once, and Mnl once
Mt the baliot-boX, against the reconstrnc-
tion of tho State by Congress- and against
eue'y man who has been elected to Office bv
the preponderance of the negro vote. This
they hooe done, and feel no compunctions
throbblngs for the net, nor neither will
they.
Thus, Mr.. Editor, You have in brief n re-.
ference to some disturbances hitherto in the
State-not zoD, however In brief. Won
have also the bearing and action of it's citi-
zens, Notwithstanding the celebrated pro-
clamatlon of his Excellency, Just after the
killing of one B. f. Randolph. and inst
before tho Presidential election. That bro
cnmation is of record. and the application
OF Its terms not sniting the character of
Carolinions, it was laid aside as a sowceni,
for future pernsal.
Come we now to the order of his Excel
iency to his Adjutant General, to raise a
force to preserve the peace of the State. {"
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public Jonrnal, appeal must be made to
you. NO doubt you exchange with every
Journal IN the State, and as you issue a
DAILY paper, # the peace of the State has.
oeen OF late endangered, or is It This time
threatened by either combinations of ne
groes and white men together, or of the
races separately, and this had come to yonr
knowledge, mot his Exccllency's,) why did
you not publish the information to your
patrons and tie public? Although no indi-
cations whatever have been made among
us, in this central part of the State. there
may have been violence, robbery, murder
or arson some~here; bat. all where :?
There's the rub. Once in n while there is
proclamation from his Excellencv, offer
ing reward for the arrest Of one offender.
and another offender, but, it is a matter of
fact, they are few and far between.
The present condition of the State argues
greatly for its quiet aud peace There are
no armed bands; no unlawful assemblaces.
bidding defiance to law and order; no de-
nnnclatIons of the press, either against his
Excellency nor against any in authority,
from the distinguished Chief Justice down
to the lowest deputy under the Chief Con-
stable; there is no opposition to the actines
and dolngs of the august body assembled IN
The College buildings to re-reconstruct this
venerable State; no public clamor from
East to West, from North to South, of the
State; all submissive; all epdeavoring to
repair their fortunes and retrieve their
losses; and among the freedmen there is
evidence of more friendly intercourse in
the matter of labor for themselves and their
employers; and, Indeed, every outward
sign Is cheering and peaceful. oil except the
ourdensome taxation. which is being con-
cocted for the benefit of all who fiji noro.
and are to fill hereot1er, such Offices as have
been already made. or such as are in pro-
cess OF manufacture by the same AUGUST
body before mentioned.
And now, MIR. Editor, an appeal is made
to you again. If that which has been stated
be true, land certainly you are competent
to judge,) whence, then. cometh the hot
haste, on the part of his Excellency, to com
ply with the joint resolution to enlist n
force to '.'preseroe the peace Of The SMte P"
HIS Excelleney was an officer once, and may
have an lnkling yet abiding in him to hear;
''The shrill trump,
The splrlt-ssirring drum, the ear-percing
fife,
The Royal Banner; and all quality,
Pride, pomp and circumstances of glorious
war"
Bnt 1T Is not intended to ascribe snch mo-
tive to him. What, then, can be the pre-
ponderating influence, in such willing and
prompt compliance with the request of his
associate co workers? It is stated that the
State is ut peace. in itself as State: then.
why an armed force, which will assnredIy
prodnce intense dissatisfaction among nil
iaw.abiding men? What can be expected