The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-13
COLUMBIA, s. G.
Sunday Mornine, February Is, 1870.
and Columbiens az Viewed by
q Northern Republican,.

sketches of Colonel Mcclure, which the
Charleston Republican republishes, as it
states. from the Chambersbu1g Reposi-
tory. Col. McC. is one Of railrond
ring who have been here seeking to get
control Of the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad, and having, we presume.
other speculat tive projects in view where
by their fortunes may be improved.
When Northern man comes amongst
US to make an investment in our midst
of his capital, and to give the State the
benefit of his industry, skill and energy,
he is welcomed by our people. We feel
the need of capital. and we know that
the European and the Northerner can
give us useful lessons in economy, thrift
and industrial development. We have,
therefore, no objection to mako to Col.
McClure's industrial enterprises. If he
shall benefit himself thereby, we know
that he cannot prevent that benefit from
extending to our people in general.
But we have some remarks to make upon
Col. Mcclure g reflections and sentiments
with respect to our people and the con-
dition of things here. He should be
corrected, and we deem it our duty to
make the correction. OF course, Col.
Mcclure is entitled to his opinions. It
is equally true that we are fairly at liberty
to comment upon them. His position
is one Of aggression. Ours, of self-de-
fence
Extract No. refers to the present
Legislative Assembly. He is compli-
mentary to the members both Of the
Senate and House. We shall not find
fault with this, except to say that we do
not concur with him in his eulogium,
and that in our opinion he pays poor
compliment to the North, when he states
that "the Senate as a body is but lille be-
lo,o some Northern SenateS IAauc seen, in
point Of intelligence. Noticing the multi
plicity of offices held by Mr.. Corbin and
others of the carpet-bag fraternity, ho
deems it his duty to explain this. He
says: ''These doubly or trebly honored
gentlemen are not singular. however.
There was q lack of white material when
the wheels of government were put in
motion, and IL became an agreeable neces-
silly for a number to accept multiplied Of
fees" No doubt, very agreeable, when
it is estimated that one of these "trebly
honored" gentlemen receives salaries to
the extent OF about $50, 0,OO0-that is,
$4,000 more than President Grant re-
ceives as the Chief Magistrate of over
30,O00,000 of people. Another point:
we notice that Col. McC cannot compli-
ment the present Senate without q
sneer for the names Of Carolinians emf
nent in the past of our State, for their
virtues, their services or their intel
lectual strength. He remarks with ap-
parent glee: "The Senate hall, designed
to echo the eloqnence of the Hamptons,
the Rhetts, the Hammonds and other
distinguished sons of chivalry, has been
fitted up in a modest elegance, and
eighteen whites and fifteen negroes fill
its chairs.
Extract No. Q is headed: COLUMBIA
AND CHAMDEnsBURG-W AND IT'S RE-
TR1BUTIoNs." Columbia" says this
Northern observer, sis the capital of
tho State that gaze birth TO The monster Sc
cession." And then he goes on to mar
rate, with much satisfaction, how "the
blow of the vandal that doomed Cham
bersburg in the summer of 1864, was
terrible in its rebound. He says:
.'In the winter of 1866. General Sher-
man came. and his footsteps were
marked by desolation. BY whose order
the capital of the chivalry was doomed
to the flames, I will not attempt to
decide; but it is not questioned that
released prisoners, long tortured and
starved in Southern prison-pens, and
portions of the legions of Sherman, espe-
cially the sons of the Keystone State,
flung the torch into many of the pala-
tial and forest-shaded mansions of the
sublime votaries of disunion. On that
dreadful day and night, when the flames
ware kjeaip0 eoc1, other ohOya tho bOuca