The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-27


assume this authority, and we do not in
tend to concede it to other journals.
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THE REMARKS OE MR.. NOSES.
We are disposed to take the ground
that the political observations of q man
ike MIR. Speaker Moses are properly
Below the plane Of notice 1T our hands.
4 renegade. such as his political career
marks him, it is not likely that his views
will have any effect with those compe-
tent to pass upon his political demerits.
We shall, however, raise him, for this
occasion, to the dignity of n passing
criticism. These remarks have been
suggested by certain language Which he
lugs in, on the occasion of his eulogy
upon the late Judge Boozer. We do not
object to Mr.. Speaker Moses paying his
tribute to the memory of political
associate. With this, we have nothing
to do; and it is not our taste to suggest
aught in connection with tho life and
services of the deceased. But we do not
intend that Mr.. Speaker Moses shall,
without rebuke, malign the motives and
conduct of those whose political associate
he was in times past-men his peers
then, and immeasurably his superiors
now, since his foil from the battlements
of Sumter and the heights of the Comic
derate cause to his present level. With
unblushing effrontery, this man under
takes to pass judgment upon men whose
shoe-latchets he is unworthy to unloose.
These men were '.faithless a" The hand
raised in behalf of the Confederacy was
.'unhallowed." And thus, in bad taste,
Mr.. Speaker Moses could not eulogize
the dead of one opinion without libeling
the living and the dead Of another
opinion. Mr.. Moses speaks of "that
solemn day when the deeds of the flesh
shall be judged of in the spirit" 1t ill
becomes him to invoke such tribunal
at least, until he has brought forth
t'fruits meet for repentance. But we
shall let him pass. We leave him to
that Judgment which the public will give
him. Enough for us to say that in seek
ing to live in marble, he will succeed
only in living in "brass"
The SOUTH CAROLINA CONTESTED
EbEor1oN CAsE.-A special despatch to
the Charleston Ne,cs, dated Washington,
January 25, says:
The House spent the entire day in
debating the report of the Committee on
Elections in the contested election case
of Wallace (radicAl) against Simpson,
fDemocrat,) from the Fourth Congress
sional District of South Carolina. At
one time. it was decided, by vote of
1O3 to 7S, that Simpson had prina
frcie title to his seat; but, in consequence
of the severe fighting and desperate
efforts of the leading radicals, this vote
was reconsidered, and the p,'ima -facie
report of the Committee on Elections
laid OH the table. This leaves the case
open to contest on its merits; but, pend
lug tho final decision OF the House, de-
privcs Simpson of his seat. The scene
in the House, during the debate, and
when the final vote was taken, was among
the most exciting ever witnessed during
the consideration Of contested election.
FROM CHEsTER.-A friend writes as
follows concerning matters and things
in that town:
".Allow me to correct the report given
in your issue of Tuesday, in the case Of
Isaac Heyman. Mr.. Fl. was only insured
for Sc, 500-his stock amounting to about
$4,000; his damages, / suppose, will
omount to al 600
"a fire company WAS formed last
night, by the young men of this place,
and Major Mills elected Captain.
''The Chester Reporter, l think, will
be renewed by Messrs. McLurc Il Brad
ley, in about two weeks"
The same night on which the trial
ol our injured citizens, for the burning
of the stores of Robertson and DuBose,
was concluded, the Clubhouse of Major
I. Is. Frazer was reduced to ashes;
and, on the following night, that of
DR.. J. B. Withcrspoon shared the
same fate.-Sun,te,. IFutchmda