The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-03-30
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out Of my lineof business. Aud neither
do I attempt suoh thing on this occa-
sion. simply for the reason q seeing
some of my imperfect scribblings in
print; but for the higher and more lauda-
BILE purpose of contributing "my mite"
towards establishing that policy. and
laying down that line of principles which
are to be our beacon light in the future
restoration of our much beloved, down
trodden and almost ruined country. The
policy held out by you. and go ably and
consistently advocated from time TO time
in the columns OF your paper, meets my
hearty approval, and is the only one, ac-
cording to my opinion, that will aoear and
stand the test to which it itinevitably must
be put. ere we are through with our
many, and, it seems, increasing diff
oulties. And it gives me much pleasure
to see that the anti-radical press confer
ence. recently held in your city, have
unanimously adopted the same sonti-
ments.
Honesty is the best policy" says the
old adage, and 7 must confess cannot
see the consistency in q Democrat call
ing himself o conservative, or any other
kind of Republican, according to the
general meaning and common accepta-
ton of the term republican" at this day
and time. We ell know very we'll what
we expected of President Grant, as
conservative Republican,; and we also
know full well what we have received, and
what we still may expect to receive from
his administration. Democrat, or if you
think it sounds more euphonous, con-
Serudtive Democrat, is the inscription for
our standard. Let it be emblazoned on
our battle-fags, and as we enter the COM
ing contest this foil, unfurl them to the
breeze and fight the battle under those
colors; for under no others will we ever
gain that permanent peace and future
prosperity which we so much court. In
this all-important matter we have two
fold task to accomplish. The first and
most important is the restoration of our
own State and the Southern country ut
large, from that degree of thraldom and
vassalage to which we have been subject
ed, rs class, by u base and corrupt State
administration, holding the reins of 60
vernment and cracking the party whip
over us, under the disguised and igno-
minious name of lawful legislation. Our
next, and not much less important duty,
after having "put our own house in or
DER" is q united alliance with the ma
tional Democratic party, for the ultimate
salvation of the Union. "Facts are
stubborn things" and there is no sense
in "crying over spilled milk, and max
ing war concerning dead issues. The
colored man, however strange it may
seem to the non-progressive OF the pre-
sent age, is part and parcel of the body
polite of this country, Which fact can
not and need not be ignored. We must.
therefore, ''take the bull by the horns"
shape our course to this end, and act
accordingly. We have frequently known
much good to result from what seemed
to be great evils. And why may not
hope, that ever-present solacer of the
human breast, stimulate US to press for
ward, trusting to time and Divine Provi-
dence to work out that glorious end we
so earnestly desire and so ardently be-
lieve must and will be our future destiny.
The negro, taken in literal sense,
and as n ,ohole, is nothing more nor less
than machine, liable to be moved and
WOIhth ny uBcuCscS IuOot buithDl6 duu
best adapted to his superstitious, selfish
and evil-suspecting nature. What, there
fore, could have been more natural than
for him, under all the circumstances, to be-
come the grand instrument in base hands
of sowing the seed of vice and corruption
broadcast Throughout the land, thereby
bringing about state of things unparal-
elled in annals of history, and amounting
almost to perversion of natures estab-
lished and most sacred laws. However,
it is said "the hair of the dog is good for
the bite" and as the colored man. under
evil influences, has been instrumental in
bringing about this unnatural and most
deplorable state Of affairs, why may not
he, with proper management be made
the mighty agent by and through which
our distracted country may be wrested
from state of chaos, and again restored
to peace and order? For one, 1 am
among the hopeful and most sanguine of
this result.
If Democrats would be true Democrats,
and white men would only be white men,
maintaining that superior status to which
nature and natures God have assigned
them, our task would be comparatively
an easy and not an unpleasant one. But
the abominable and most outrageous
practica of whita man uho coU ibo,ocoy,oc