The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-18

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Wedneada G sorns,lls May ls. 1870; lls'y s.
APoIns yysl Tnlksn,
Our cotemporary Sc the Augusta tda,)
Chronicle; ;aad Sentinel says:
sour Carolina friends, seem earnestly
endeavoring to induce Immigration, and
are settingia about the work in q practical
manner. They ere forming land oompa-
MES, and steamship. companies are pre-
to ACTUAL bona .Jiae settlers. Now, oil
this isyerYswell, and no doubt the steps
taken ares necessary and in the right
direction. But it occurs to us that they
are overlook King the hrat essential step
towards SUCCESS. and that is, the estab-
lishment ofsa7 good State Government" 7"
And adds: = --.s>,ss>-7777- $50
..Cleafly, our! Carolina friends must
first establish 6 sound and honest &C.
vernmentj and make Ystable their own
popalatlop, before they can invite, sue
'cesalpll IMMIGRATION !. tli Let them clear
aWay5radical misrulei',, -
This lis sound doctrine, and this is the
doctrine we preach; Our people must
weeSagS vsith both, Hands. To relieve the
State Of radical nmisrule, and to attract
thHIimMi . thiss ii lis, the work Which
waimqas earnestly press. Carolina i'm
naigHetiqn, ana goyarnmental, reform in
Casplline sesl aaYae Are linked e'!ljt together,
RsfSsFfaaE aIaaaaa Mestlhg n 'ohnrlos,on-
Delegates Appointed. ti
THE UhaElestop g0MTer and Ne,cs con-
tain naooountsnf, 70; po1itinal meeting held
inldAarlsstoa last Monday evening. It
was "a large gathering Stirring ad-
dresses ware Snusd by, several speakers,
white and, peolored. lCaptsti George H.
Walker presided 81 8 = The following resolu.
tion was adopted:
Resoloed, That We invite our fellow
citizens to send Representatives from
their. respective CoGnties to the State
Convention, wkioh assemblies in Colum-
bia,ain June next, in order that the
policy then adopted for accomplishing
the great work of retrenchment and re-
form, may be carried out with harmony
and with energy by all good citizens.
And! the following delegates were ap-
pointed to the June Convention:
Gen. John A. Wagner. Robert Mure.
Edwin Bates, R. p. Dereef, B. r. Kin
loch, w. "A. Courtenay, J. M. Rabb,
Charlea Michael, George Shrewsbury
G. Lamb. aRnist,. J. F. Britton, John
Campsen, w: 10! Marshall, 81. B. Oiney,
Alva Gage, j. j. Grace, VIM. Black,
Jonas Bird, Elias Garden, Aaron II.
Harper, b. O'Neill, r. Hunter, w. r.
Fordham, MARROW Cochran, w. E.
Mikell,yE. Willis. E. W. Marshall, John
Godfrey, W. A. Sneed, A Me!chers, W.
p. Russell, Ellis johnson, w. G.. Rout,
j. H. Devereux, j. B. Steele. p. Nj.
Wilkinson. sLouisI. Taylor, T. P. Mikell
James Oesgrove, Charles Miller.
The Courier, referring to the meeting,
says:3:.a a!4, '%
In accordance with the call which ap-
peared in the daily papers of the city, a
mass meeting of the people of Charles
ton, in the interest of reform and good
government, was held at Hibernian Hall
last night. The hall. long before the
hour Of meeting, was densely packed
with all glasses Of citizens, white end
colored, and the enthusiasm manifested
throughout the proceedings was indi-
cative Of the rousing of the people, It
is o harbinger of Letter days in store for
us-an earnest Of the awakening of the
people from lethargio sleep which has
enwrapped them the past FIVE years. The
only event that at oil interfered with the
perfect harmony Of the meeting was, Of
course. attributable to those insatiate Of
fice-holders and immaculate patriots
the Mackeys. These partisans. to the
number of about seventy-five or one
bundled, were packed in the hall, with
the palpable design of interfering with
and breaking up the meeting. It is
gratifying to state that they were COM
pietely sileneed by the prompt action of
the chairman of the meeting and the
strong evidences of disapprobation which
emanated from the respectable portion
of the audience. In every respect, then,
the meeting was success. In the num-
bers, intelligence and variety of interests
represented by the assembled multitude
in the action and in the sentiments
which were rittere6 hoth nv fha white