The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-14
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4 Friday Morning. April Ia. 1871.

Friday Morning. April Il. 1871.
Tan UNrI3AliIa Advocate. 81 &C lr. The New York
Times insists that the, Southern States
z :.re c e Il ;:s a:.!cH c! =s.:chy. ~h:ch
ean! only be relieved By the application
Of General Grants imperial ideas in the
4 shape Of "a new ''Force Bill;" but it has
q plentiful lack Of facts to sustain its
allegations. Indeed, there is suoh
weight oi testimony against the state.
ment made By our cotemporary that We
are driven to the belief that it's conclu.
'sions are based on the necessities of its
party. and not on any facts known to the
country. In plain English, the Times
{ wants m election bill, aud seizes on the
transparent fctions invented by notori.
,0ns Adventures to infame the public
mind Of the North to that pitch of blind
passion which will tolerate law handing
the Southern vote over to General Grant.
This is its object, and in its pursuit it is
guilty Of the suggestio falsi, the suppressio
oeri. and-Mr. Greeley nlone could
finish the impeachment with becoming
rvigor. The most trivial disorder at the
South is seized upon as proof as true as
] Holy Writ to show that a new .srebel-
lion" has broken out, and our treasona-
\ !tble temper is spuAfed in every grain of
''gnn-powder burnt in the .disreputable
] 5bfavIe. from which we are not entirely
exempt. Bnt the. Times never calls out
Tor the suppression OF the Ku Klux at
the North. It says nothing OF the Grand
Army Of the Republic, secre. military
league. 1t forgeta how it intimated that
vigilance com miitttees would become me-
cessary. in New York, and gives us in its
impression Of the Sd tragic history
scnm Nevada, showing how the Ku Klux
Of Virginia City hanged man, without
one word about extending the paternal
erm of the best government under the
;ann over citizens in that region. The
Times stands before the country in the
attitude OF an unfair advocate in bad
cause, aud damages its own reputation
without gaining the end it HAHN view.
The people Of, the North have heard so
mpeh soi this silly talk, that they are
now able to appreciate it at its true
3 value. ietsi il.. .iitt'i' S e-
Il Senator Morton, of Indiana, having
been serenaded,l in Washington upon a
recent occasion, repeated, with additions,
i,his arraignment Of the Democratic party.
He insists upon it that the issues in 1872
will turn upon the question of suffrage
and civil rights to the colored people,
! and of protection to Republican," in
the South and kindred points. He thus
constructs platform for his political
opponents, and places them, doubtless,
just where he would prefer. to see them
stand. We take,it that the Democratic
party will construct its own platform.
Nor is it likely that Senator Morton &
zoo. will 5bs? gtatified by having 'the
meat and drink" upon which they have
90 long fed, duly reasoned and provided
for them by the Democratic party. Se-
nator Morton seems indisposed to ceaso
his warfare upon the South. For party
ends, he does not hesitate to misjudge
and misrepresent this section. We beg
leave to commend to him the higher
craftsmanship and larger charity of a
member Of the House from his State.
In his remarks made against the force
bill. the Hon. NJ. @. Kerr, OF Indiana,
suggesting the true remedy for the evils
which affiiot the Southern States, said:
Il .gY'.'It would be infinitely better, safer
! and wiser to keep within the Constitu-
ton; to recognize the rights Of the
] States, to protect them in their enforce
Z naent and enjoyment, when summoned
SD to do under existing laws. Give them
I back, the:utmost freedom OF local self
I; government of which you have so long
and uni ustiy deprived them; remove
from them Snn disabilities, and thus in
. vito them to assume again all the rights,
capacities and responsibilities of free.
men; let them organize their local 60
s:yernments. in the persons of their best
citizens; do not force upon them bad,
corrupt and incompetent officers. nor