The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-10-28
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"TherR9cs hereR9csomesi :fropa tie Up country
rumors of2allegea outfaGeb upon Reptb-
licans. Governof Scott. has hpdi these
spread by telegraph over the, c6untrysin
Issnsationalwordh OF thesewe haven
authentiu ,infornntion. We are led to
distrust them. We are satisfied they are
utterly exaggerated and for party pur-
poses. It is utterly idle, in view of the
facts, TO change the issue. It was to be
expected, that under the oppressive
measures instituted by Governor Scott,
over q people accustomed to liberty,
there should have been some instances,
in which there would havo been indi-
vidual Indignation against the interven-
tions and expressions Of his armed
militia, for sometimes even the worm
will rise against the heel that seeks to
crush out its life and existence. For the
roit in Laurens, Governor Scott and his
satellites nre responsible. It was the
legitimate and natural result of their
work.
"We have ever been the advocates of
harmony, good order and peace. But
we do not desire, when the people of
South Carolina have been denied fair
Esop's fable of the wolf and the lamb"
The Chester NeUs says:
cit is not, then, mere child's play to
argue that Governor Scott, because he
is re- elected, is worthy of confidence and
trust? Is it not pure baby-talk to plead
that rogue should be welcomed into
the bosom of society because, by pack
ing the jury, he escaped the peniten-
tiary? Governor Scott has shown no
repentance for the past, nor has he pro-
missed to do better in the future. To-
day, as yesterday and o month ago, he is
tue deadly enemy of this people-the
enemy of their progress, their prosperity
their peace. Two years must pass be-
fore we oan meet his lieutenants in the
field, which he avoids himself; but if at
the eleventh hour he shows signs of q
in proclaiming it. Until, however, he
has proved that he can be liberal, mag
unanimous and just, Governor Scott must
be watched with ceaseless vigilance, and
be judged by the light of the wrong ho
has done and the good he has failed to
do"
The Edge6eld Adce,4iser says:
"WRIGHED IN THE BALANCE, AND NOT
FOUND WANTING. We allude to those
true, ri9ht.spirited colored men who so
manfullyl stood by the Reform Party at
the election on the 18th. They have
done SO knowing the consequenccs-and
under the damning curses and maledic-
tions of the great mass of thoir own
race. Their conduct in breaking off
people were being plundered, robbed
al f1,a;,.
fortunes with those fighting under tho
banner of peace, honesty and reform, is
worthy of all commendation, and entities
them to the everlasting gratitude and
respect of every respectable man in the
community. And the white people
must and will sustain them at all times
do them every favor you possibly can
stand by them in sickness and in health
and under all circumstances be their
staunch friends and firm protectors.
We wish to publish the names of every
colored Reformer in the County, so that
the people may know them, and for this
purpose respectfully request that their
names be sent us from each precinct
Hope this matter will be attended to
without delay.
Our POLITICAL TROUBLE. The Winns-
boro Ners says: The poet Gray tells us,
Gall are men;
Condemned alike to groan,
The tender, for another's pain,
The unfeeling, for his own"
The lot of suffering that is thus true Of
individuals, is also true Of communities.
Where is the community which is not
this moment troubled by some chronic
evil which battles the wisdom of man to
cure? The problem of the races, under
the condition of their political equality,
is the trouble of the South. It is diff
cult and harassing problem. Yet with
property in the hands Of the whites, with
the blacks in minority in most of the
States, and soon to be in minority in
all of them, it is problem far easier to
solve, with some degree OF satisfaction
at the result, than the conflict of labor
against capital, OF property and educa-
tion against indigence, Ignorance and
vice, ms it exists, at this very moment, in