The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-22

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those who have an unmistakable calling
for intellectual pursuits hearken to the
voice. But to those whose chief reliance
is In tigair strahgthf OF D6Iys Iys them
compel the soil to- YSeld its fruits, and
the isSrests its! stores9 Let them put
their hands % ths plowh saa with O.
Esturdy pride OF Independence jSgrapple
with the duty set before them. Shame
is not in labor. it is with him who eats
idle bread Let this idea be adopted
and we will have, in q great measure, a
remedy for the difficulties of the labor
question. Public sentiment is fast COM
ing round to more Just appreciation,
OF the wantp dignity in idleness. whether
it be the result OF pride or laziness."
The Abbeville Press, in some remarks
on the question of labor in the South,
indicates its preference for the Chinese.
It says:
''We need labor at the South, not SO
much to make more cotton, rice or sugar,
but to develop all of our resources, agri
cultural and material. And why may
not Chinese labor be all sufficient-the
best attainable, the most economical, the
most skillful and effective, even in the
development of our manufactures ?"
We are at loss to discover wherein
we have misrepresented the Winnsboro
Ne,os. AS an act, however, of fair deal
ing to which our cotemporary seems to
consider itself entitled, we publish with
DIeosnra fhe fnllopuinp artic1a.
'THE THIRD (CoNsERvATrvE) PARTY
The existence of third party in the
Southern States claiming attention and
signal victories in Virginia and Tonnes
see in the very start of its career, fills
the radicals with almazement and cha
grin, and seems to puzzle the unprincipled
and inconstant partisan now at the head
of the Government SO completely, that
his indecislon and perplexity would be
q most ridiculous farce, but for the fact
that his petty malice and perfdious
falsehood and meanness may lead him to
inhict upon the unfortunate but ire
pressible Southern people additional
outrage and wrong. Let Grant exact
the iron-clad oath, if he please, and if
he dare, of the Virginia Legislature. It
will not destroy this party. He could
see the folly of attempting it, by simply
glancing across the line. and pondering
the reaction in Tennessee that has sprung
of the same short-sighted course. This
third party is destined to grow. 1t will
gradually absorb the Democratic party
within it, and infuse the vigor of its new
life and progressive spirit into that effete
organization. For if the Democratic
party will heed the counsel of John
Quincy Adams, accept negro suffrage as
something already forced upon the coun-
try, and act upon the issues of the pre-
sent and the future, it will have come up
to the position now held by the third
party called at present the Conservative
unless the ballot-box be stuffed in 1872,
and the votes be counted by the bayonet
"a result that would not surprise us at
all, for there are no constitutional rights
now-it will elect its candidate for the
next Presidency by tremendous ma
jority
The formation of third party in
South Carolina would be the destruction
of the Republican party These are not
our words, but quotation from the late
contributions of the Mackeys to the
Charleston papers, and it is the burden
of their charge that Senator Sawyer
favors such q party, and is using infu-
ence and patronage to create it. Bout
we'll and Cresswell and Butler take the
same view of the matter as affecting the
nation, that the Mackeys do as affecting
this State. They see that it is party Of
liberal principles and progressive ideas.
But their fear and their hatred cannot
prevent its growth nor long postpone its
triumph, for it is the party Of domestic
peace and national progress, which it is
the interest of all, whether white or
black, earnestly to support, since peace
and progress will bring contentment,
prosperity and liberty to all. This is the
party for which we are willing to work"
The Letter OF Judge Dent.
Our readers are aware of the fact that
Messrs. Boutwell, and Cresswell repre-