The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-12
S. c..
Friday Morning, August 12, 1870.
A suggestion-Keep Cool.

situation, and in effect suggests TINT the
time for war has come. It talks war,
and bids its adherents prepare for the
fray. This kind of language is not apt
to frighten people much. Gov. Scott
may talk of Winchester rifle law, and
even issue these improved arms to the
colored people, and withhold them from
the white people, and still this alarms
no one in these parts. The reform
movement, in its opposition to the
dominant party, relies for success upon
truth and argument and fair exposition.
These are the weapons it prefers to use,
and it will authoritatively employs no
other, except in self-defence, under the
sanction of justifiable necessity. The re-
formists understand that this is war of
ideas. By the supremacy of ideas, they
expect to win. At the ballot-box, they
are willing to make their fight. They
demand there, fair field and fair fight.
They invite open discussion in the pre-
sence and hearing of the people. We
repeat it, then, that it becomes the
We think that no war need break out.
The -eformists have no quarrel with the
coloted people, and as to the ''carpet-bag"
fraternity, we leave them to their color
ed friends. All is quiet here, SO far as
we know. at least, we are cool and
peaceable, and no thirst for human
s:goa1'" consumes Us in these hot days.
Because Mr.. Tupper strikes Mr.. Nor
ris, it does not logically follow that war
must ensue on the Congarce; and be-
cause Mr.. Dawson assaults Mr.. Fox, it
is not necessary for hostilities to break
out on that tongue of land that lies be-
tween the Ashley ard Cooper. And be-
cause some friend or foe pulls down the
symbol of MIR. J. W. Denny's political
preference, we do not know that even
this amounts to O casus beNi. It may be
only kind hint to Mr.. Denny to fly his
flag on his own camping ground, rather
than to parade it beyond the limits of
his individual property. Mr.. Denny
owns his printing Office. Let the flag
fly above it, and let Mr.. Denny enjoy all
the honor that appertains to those head
quarters. But if the State Printer and
Printer to the Court insists upon stretch
ing his lines across the Main street of Co.
lumbia, let the flag hang. II will serve at
least ''to point moral or adorn tale. t"
PAPAL INFALLIBILITY.- This dogma, SO
little understood, outside of Catholic
communities, has recently been explain
ed by Vicar General STAIRS, in ST. Pat
rick's Church, New York. We give his
explanation Of it, for the benefit of those
of our readers, who, like ourself, have
been unable to comprehend either it's
limit or extent, and who have been anx-
ious, from some authoritative quarter, to
receive full definition of it.
"The Pope, says Vicar General STAIRS,
sis fallible as other men, and no Catho-
lie believes that lie may not err in doc
trine, in preaching and in conduct tho
same as other men,"
The Vicar General put the case rs pa
rallel to the decisions of the Supreme
there can be no appeal, and are to be
acted upon as if infallibly right. So with
the Pope, the highest Judge in the eccle-
siastical judicial system. He said
'Infallibility' means this, and no
more or less; that the Pope, speaking &c
cathedra-officially from the chair of st.
Peter, declaring anything as to matter of
faith-is infallible. This attribute be-
longs to all successors Of st. Peter, the
visible head of tho church. Christ
prayed for st. Peter that his faith might
not fail, and said, Peter, thou art the
rock; and on this rock I will build my
church, and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against it. I give thee the keys
of the kingdom of Heaven. Feed my
sheep and lambs &c.
call that Christ gave Peter belongs to
his successors. AS Peter could not live
always, the power given him as head of
the church could not be porpetuated ex-
cept as delegated authority. This doc