The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-15
DOLUN.IlB9!I.A :! ]. s. J.


the radical party In the next election in
this State, then, in our Judgment, he
.deceiyes himsslf,; We regard Il onr duty
TO speak candidlX We intend neither to
deceive our friends nor ourselves. We
regard it the highest policy to look mat
ters squarely in the face and then to do
what is best under all the circumstances
~6f the CASE. We haye accepted the de-
olaration of the press conferenceas due
to our recognition ofacoomplished facts,
,bnt not expecting said declaration to
1have any inaaance upon the colored
voters OF the State. In our Judgment,
the great mass6i the colored voters will
vote for the regular nominees of the ra-
>dioal party. in convention assembled.
The sooner Democrats and anti-radical-
lists understand this, the better for the
cause of those arrayed against the radi-
cal regime ofthe State. @
We have expressed our disposition as
o Democratic, journal, to engage in q
: general anti-radical rally. But, it is due
+ to ourselves to say, that we regard the
,"Ciisens' Parry formation as grand
mistake. Upon the basis of Democra-
tic platform upon the basis of vital
=and progressive Democracy we believe
that the opppsition to radicalism ought
to be organized. This, it is true, would
NOT give us the State on the general
ticket, but it could give us Democratic
REPRESENTATIVES, from 13. 13, Ia, or Is
Counties. Failing to carry the entire
State. as We must fail, the next best step
;as to put in the Legislature band Of
able, earnest, and devoted Carolinians,
opposed to- the dominant party. Our
programme. then, is less ambitious than
that of s'the Citizens Party" but it is
more aure. Another point-Iet party
called s:the Citizens Party" nominate a
Conservative Republican, and, in our
judgment, q stronger radical vote will be
arrayed against him than could be
against bold, open and avowed Demo
orat. These are our views. It may be
that majority of our political friends
think otherwise. But we desire to be
understood. in our deliberate judg-
ment. to sink the Democratic organiza-
,tion in this State into ''Citizens' Party"
Dis to dull the edge of the opposition to
radicalism and to impair the cause of the
State and the cause of the country. But
perhaps we shall be over-ruled. When
the convention of the anti-rndicalists OF
@the State shall speak, it may be our duty
to defer-at least, to ba silent-if no
more. In the meantime, the PHGN1x
will not faunt its Democracy Extensively
in every anti-radicalist's face, but let it
be known, that as yet. we see no reason
to give Fup that cause which 80 many
good and true men in the North, South
East and West, yet deem it their duty
to stand by. But there is yet another
and very important point that we desire
TO make. We wish to soy to our friends
zeotthis STATE is to be redeemed and regene-
-rated neither by Democracy nor any othe,.
parry. Politically, the State must be
radical for several years to come. The
colored voters will vote the radical ticket,
not because they cannot stand the Democra-
tic party, but because they like and love
and swear by the radical party. Now,
our proposition is to stop seeking negro
votes. "Ephraim is joined to his idols,
let him alone" The leaders of the ne
groes have said: "To your tents, oh Is
raell" and "Israel" has obeyed. Yes-we
repeat it-stop trying to win negroes and
try the game of winning white immi-
grants. Let no men think and feel and
act asaif he held that the destinies of
these Southern States are dependent
upon the votes of tho colored man. Let
him vote as he will and, in the mean
time, let the men of the South--fairly,
justly, faithfully, manfnlly work out
their own salvation. In an industrial
sense, it is true lt
Who would be free, themselves must strike
the blow"
,Letour people realize their necessities
Let uS understand that these pooaccit;a,