The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-02

+Itsppears tl.nt Judge Hpgss bSeak-
ing biklong saence.i ihss made s3spdA Ach.
The hatter q nonsssttledA Nhesex-
judge can mske fpesch.s Ifhe kept
Phis mouth. on lha BencA=iat sd ON the
hustings. he appears in a new charac-
ter. He makes his formal debut at Edge
field Court House, and in their very der
he boards the lions of Edgefeld, ard
tells them to be%are.l Whether ''sedi-
tious -iawyors or incsutiary editors'-let
them beware! rahe eyerofths Executive
is upon them, and "these men are all
perfectly known" We have said that
Mfr. Hoge has made q speech. Let us
inquire what kind of speech this was.
In the first place, the e1-Judge states
that he speaks by authority-heh has con-
versed= both with General Grant and
Gov. Scott-what, therefore, he has to
say is by order;' t'will be, authoritative
because in harmony with, the views of
both the State and National Govern
ments," and, therefore, as the orator
adds, Fwill be of interest to all both
white and colored, not only in this Coun-
ty, but in the Counties all along the Sa-
vannah Rive" observe this "dN along
The SauannaA Rioer." He then goes on
to tell how magnanimous-how cohside-
rate-how impartial his Ezcellency has
been in his administration. But all this
has been of no avail, particularly in
Edgefield. And, therefore, he is COM
missioned to say that the majesty of the
low must and shall7be vindicated-mar-
tial law will be proclaimed then let
''seditious lawyers and incendiary edi-
tors" look out. One thing, the e1-Judge
will say for himself, and that is eff any
more of those border ruffians of Georgia
como into this State to pillagc and out
rage peaceable citizens, catch them and
hang them to the first pine limb you
come to-"
But he wants peace. The mission of
the Executive organ to Edgefeld was
"one of peace" Particularly does he
expect ex-Confederates to keep their
parole and to keep tho peace. But if
they do not, let them bear this in mind,
"the power which subdued the great re-
bellion of oil the Southern States can
take care OF Edgefeld County" The
orator then in his discursive and hetero-
geneous style speaks of the magnanimi-
ty of the radical party in its course to-
wards the South, and in few lines dis
poses of tho Chinese He ..'has seen
thousands of them in California" They
are q miserable class, and ''these are the
people this wise and progressive Demo
cratic party hope to flood the country
with; first, to crush you out, and, second
ly, that they may re-establish slavery!"
The colored man now votes-that is set
tled-but he has another glittering bait
to hold out to the colored people. eve
are now moving" says the speaker, "to
other questions and measures of vital
Importance to the people, and prominent
among these is the effort and determina-
ton to secure farms for the poor" In
few years-say four or five-every voter,
WulIS auu OluCh, Will DC Oh luTIuS Oh their
own, and then follows poetical picture
OF an Arcadian state of society, where
every black man will sit down under his
own vine and fg-tree, and where ''the
sorrows of the past will be forgotten in
the joys of the present, and the land
will bud and blossom and bring forth its
fruits for you, and pour its treasures into
your laps lCries OF "Amen, thank
God."]
One thought more, and the great
orator closes. The Democrats accuse us
of being in favor of social equality. TO
meet this, he tells his hearers, in vein
of humor, of proposed bill to be
passed at the next session of the Legis-.
lature, of which the following is the
title: can Act entitled an Act to amend
an Act entitled the Act of God" AND
now comes the peroration. He wishes
his hearers peace and prosperity, and
quoting from another, says:
although there are scenes which
have been burned into our memories as
with letters of living fire we ahoul5 fry