The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-09

tract from the. World $ friendly words
to the South. !" After putting forth the
Iproposition that xhe South can only be
relieved by the overthrow at the North
of the radical party BY the Democratic
party, sthe World, speaking to the
Southern people. says:
We tell them, therefore, in all candor
and plainness, that they only rivet their
chains by further opposition to negro
suffrage. It is not by negro votes that
they are oppressed, but by white votes
1t is vain for them to inscribe on their
political banners that they are "white
mans party" SO long rs their tyrants
votes Negro SURFACE esctSe is tSe result wa'e of
white movement. The negroes did not
ask for suffrage till the white radicals put
it into their heads. The negroes would
vote rightly enough, if the white radi-
calls did not mislead and deceive them.
The Infamous reconstruction laws wore
passed by Congress in which the South
were not represented at all; by q Con-
gress, therefore, which was wholly
elected by white constituents. It is not
by negroes that the South is oppressed,
but hy white men; its most dangerous
enemies are the white radicals of the
North; and it is ridiculous to expect re-
dress from ''a white man'sc party" when
q party of white men are the authors of
all the mischief. Is Grant a negro? Is
Holden negro? Was old Thad. Ste
vens negro, or elected by negro con-
stituents? Has not Europe groaned for
ages under priestly craft and kingly
tyranny, without negro among all her
oppressors? Are the English oppressors
Of Ireland negroes? Was Poland dis
membered by negroes? Is Cuba held in
subsection by nation Of negroes? I'm
fortunately, great part of human
history consists of recitals of white
tyranny and oppression; and nothing
could be more preposterous than to ex-
pect justice from s'a white mans party"
on the sole ground that its members are
white.
What the South needs to be rescued
radical party of the North, which has
controlled Congress for ten years. The
Southern people would have no difficulty
in managing the negroes if they were
freed from white radical interference ex-
erted through the Federal Government
In North Carolina, it is Holden's mar
tial law, backed by Grants bayonets, that
keeps the State under radical control
In Georgia, the radicals dare not hazard
an election, and the Legislature is pass
ing an Act, under color of Congressional
authority, to continue the present radi-
cal officers in authority beyond the term
for which they we're chosen. It is not
negro voting, but outside Federal pres
sure, that is the unmanageable clement
in Southern politics. The only means
Of relief is political revolution in the
North, and Southern Democrats must
concede that our opportunities for
knowing the North are better than
theirs.
We ask the Southern Democrats to re.
cognize the fact that the North is the
real battle-ground of political freedom
for their section. Here, where tho vic
tory is to be won, if won at all, We have
no negro voters worth naming. 1t is q
contest between two parties of white
men, and perpetuation of the old
quarrel about the rights of the negro
only STRENGTHENS the enemy. The negro
questionis the only one on which the rail-
cal party agree; it is :heir only principle
OF cohesion. The surest way to prevent
the disintegration of the Republican
party is to keep that question alive, and
SH'iu uS ~ loACo ~ upOu tlc Country as
political issue. The Democrats can
become majority only by drawing off
some Republican votes; but on the negro
issue, the Republican party can easily
hold its own, and SO long as it retains
the control of Congress, there can be no
freedom in the South. If that section
will heed the timely advice given in the
Democratic Congressional address, and
drop "dead issues" We can easily revo-
lutionize the lower branch OF Congress
IN this years election, now close at
hand. We ask the Southern Democrats,
both for their sake and for ours, to nut |
no obstacle in the way of our achieving
this victory. When the Federal Co |
vernment is once more in Democratic
hands, we are quite willing they should |
manage their local politics in their own
way, and will not then intrude upon
them any unwelcome advice.
HE CoLoRED CADET QUESTION. 1t is
stated that the report of the court of in
qulry in the case of the negro cadet,
who complains so bitterly of maltrat-