The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-09-16
COLUMBIA, S. G..
Friday Morning, September l6, 1870.
Tho Issue Before tho staIc---A Generous
and General Rally Demanded.

I The peace and the prosperity of South
Carolina-her interest, moral and mate
rial-are involved in the present State
canvass. Let us hope that our people,
from one end Of South Carolina to the
other, duly appreciate the emergency.
All the anti-Radical elements Of South
Carolina must combine to put an end, in
this State, to the era of misrule and
waste and corruption. The issues in
South Carolina are identical with those
lately before the people of North Caro-
lima. There, great victory was won,
and it is possible to initiate the example
set by our sister State. Our case is not
unlike hers. We present the following
extracts from the address issued previous
to the last election in North Carolina.
It came from the Conservative members
of the General Assembly Of North Caro-
lima. This address gave tone and direc
tion to the canvass, and in that spirit,
and upon that platform, the anti-Radi
calls of North Carolina won thrice.
glorious victory
The dominant party are organizing
thoroughly for the approaching cam
paign, and you imperil every important
interest of the State, if you fatter your
selves with the hope that it will sur
render the Government without despe-
rate struggle. We feel confident that an
equally Jealous and determined effort on
the part of the conservative people Of
the State, will insure them thrice glori-
Gus victory in August next. But to
achieve it, they must be united nnd
thoroughly harmonious. In the pre-
sence of determined enomy we cannot
afford to divide among ourselves. The
past glories or defeats of old political
organizations should be among the
things of the past In the battle we are
about to join against radicalisnl, reck-
less extravaganza, corruption, swindlipg,
imbecility and partizan tyranny, why
should We stop to inquire whether our
leaders were in the past, Wings, Demo
Gratis. Unionists or secessionists, SO they
but lead US to victory and save us from
defeat, the result of which would be
nothing less than absolute ruin to the
State? That man who now attempts to
exhume the buried past, to revive the
prejudices born of issues long since dead,
and which ought to be forgotten, will,
Intentionally or unintentionally, con-
tribute to the strength of our common
enemy. Let the chickering's of the past
be hushed; let us rise above the dwarfed
idea that would lead us to inquire what
q mans politics were in the past; let us
but ask, is he an opponent of radicalism,
is he honest, is he competent? Upon
this broad and elevated platform you
Gun invite the good of all parties and
races to join you against that party,
which has levied and collected taxes,
OF ipt wit Nd
tered them with wild extravagance with
the other; that has introduced into our
halls of Legislation, corruption hitherto
unheard of there; that has elevated to
positions of trust aud profit, men wholly
unworthy of confidence; that has altered
and confused our laws until tho nd
ministration of Justice has become
costly, and its attainment uncertain; ;
that has sought to subordinate the civil
administration to military power by
proclamation Of martial law and petit
tions to Congress for the suspension of
the writ Of haJeas corpus; that has more
than doubled the current expenses Of the
State Government; that has enormously
increased the State debt; that has ruined
the credit Of the State; that has cast n
foul blot upon her hitherto fair escut-
cheon. and that for want of statesman
ship, and for utter disregard Of the ne
cessities of the people, is without n
parallel in the history of this or any
other State. With such cause ms ours,
against such party, the undivided ranks
of conservatism must prevail.
In the last contest in this State, the
principal issue was upon the question of
colored suffrage and the civil rights of
the colored race. That matter has been
decided, upon solemn appeal, by the
people of the United States The qua
rantee of their rights, has now become a
part of the Constitution. 10 that Con
stitution, we have ever been willing to
defer, to the laws made in pursuance of
it, we yield, and ever have yielded n
ready obedience.
The Reconstruction Acts of Congress,
with the civil and political rights they
confer on the colored rncc, we regard as
fnality. We accept them in good faith.
We are one of the States of the Union.
Let us seek to forget the bitterness of
the past, to build up the places made
waste by the unfortunate war, and to
promote the harmony and prosperity Of
all sections of our great country.
The colored man now enjoys the same