The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-03-11

Friday Morning assaroh II, 1870.
SBrlerPoints.

permit patty considerations TO- obscure
and Acohsodna $onrS sense Of fiRht and
Vfohgyso long as we think; it Incumbent
upon us to vhiEewAsh, the jcrianes Of as
sooiates and blaeken the virtues of oppo-
nentaI If Na wish integrity in public
Meaa We must honor it @herever 1t ap-
paata. M We wish to Danish corruption,
We must scourge it, because tits corrup-
tionssaud not merely because it happens
to be discovered on tho other sde.''
OF Texas, an exchange says:
"Sinoe the recent election in Texas,
the people of the State eyince q deter
minatioRfo thoroughly ,rs-organize the
Democraeio party as theYonly hope of
political reformation '4] -
aTRuTA, III 4 Nor sHEL1 The Brook
lyn grand Jury, says: '.!The abuse of our
political system, in itself thelmost, bene-
fiUeht in the world, tends to making the
T6pst classes important in politics. and
thepuhlie nistration comes atlength
torepresent faithfully its sources in op-
pressiNetaxation'and anpnaished crime"
M9ore,s Raral. Ne,o, Yorker says:
1'fNor do we forget that the Southern
people, ,as o whole, are doing nobly,
indhsttionslyj despite the disadvantages
under which they labor. We do not for
get that the war, left them without capi.
tai, without efficient labor and without
banking facilities We do not forget
what the wreck OF war is, nor how dis
heartening must have been the look out
for the people OF the South when the
war ended. We know, and have not
asserted TO the contrary, that there are
very many men In the South who are
actively and successfully engaged in its
industrial redemption.
'htsNhere are many noble young men
who are entering into this work of re-
geharafion with great.vigor, and with O
right discernment of the needs of the
5ountry. Yoang 'Echols, editor OF. the
Nurdl SoutheTner, at Atlanta, is worthy
example of what the young men of the
Sonth may do, and what many of them,
we hope. are doing And such young
men as Echols ehonld be honored and
encouraged. AS we said in our former
article, the young men of the North,
with practical knowledge and skill, and
aiwill TO work and identity themselves
with the industrial development of the
South, cannot find, in our opinion, a
more inviting field within the republic.
Bnt such men should go there to work
not to speculate; not to enter the politi-
cal nor the professional field.
1.-THE South has too many politicians
and professional men now. She needs
workers-men who will cooperate with
the best men of the South to develop her
resources. build up manufactures, re-
generate her soil by skillful culture, and
utilize her natural wealth"
OF the test oath, the New York Hor!d
we'll says:
1.-The abolition OF the test oath, or
iron -clad,' cannot be too earnestly
urgel 1t is q relic of barbarism. and ms
faulty il logic as bad in its effect. The
result Of it's imposition is to keep up the
divisions Of the war, aud the argument
it contains--once Il rebel, always rebel
altogether indefensible, as Congress
admits every time it whitewashcs some
crumb- seeking Southerner into eligi-
bility.''
The MOVEMENT GENERAL. The World
says:
ga determined movement to re-
organize the Democratic party of Cali
fornia is under way. The idea seems to
be to accept the situation ms it is, and
fight for the future"
The Anderson Inieliiyemcer approves of
the conference of the press, proposed
for the 10th instant, provided it mako
no declaration OF policy prior to Con-
vention of the people.
The Edgefeld AdreaIiser says
"Too Soon FOR CONVENTION. The
press of the State is discussing the ques-
tion of State Convention to lay down
n platform for the elections of next fall
Many journals seem to agree that Con
vention would be advisable, but differ us
to the time of its assembling. By all
means. let us have Convention, bnt not
yet. Before our Convention shall be
called let US work for some months aciM
and among Me negroes. Not surreptitious-
y, -reachingly, or cih mere poticv as
our guide, but openly, honestly, and with
the good of both black and white deeply
ut heart. So openly and honestly that
the negroes cannot fail to be convinced
of our sincerity and good intentions
Heretofore there have been reasons
for opposition to the measures of re-
construction, and for attempts to defeat
them; but having failed in this, it is aow
The duty of all good citizens to unite
fhair IF fa fI,ol