The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-05
COLUMBIA. 'l[-l s. G.
Sunday Morning ). novvamber 8. 1871.
Tao Animus OF she Proceedings AsA Aiuse
South Oarolinr---The Attack Upon.

HAnnTlys. -, 'I,t.f
The remark made by ex:Judge Hoge,
that he hoped the citizens ot, the up.
country would Hre into the United States
troops, so that he and his crowd might
''fix" them -s'show them what hell isl
does, in our judgment, reveal the AMI.
mus. which lies at the bottom Of Presi-,
dens,; Grants military intervention in
South Carolina. It has been cba,itably;
suggested that Mr.. :Hoge was in liquor
when he made the remark. But this
will not de-, We give him whatever be.
neit there is in the suggestion. We take
it chat, as general fnyey man is moro
apt to be candid and truthful when;
drunk than when sober. It is the cool,
sober man that says what he does not
mean, and means what he does not say.
It is the man Choose OF soul, = and made
so:,by drink. that scomes out with the
thing that is on his mind. III vino ceri-
tass- truth in Uins-is . truthful adage.
We trust, therefore, that the words used
by him will be held by the country,
however uttered, as revealing tho real
aninus Of the war upon South Carolina,
started by political adventurers and de-
magcgues and carried on by the United
States Government. Even the Colum-
bia Union, the organ OF Radioalism in
South Carolina. and paper that has
bounded on the "dogs of war;" repudi-
ates Mr.. Hoge's words. But this is
'thin," aye. very "thin." AS the
Charleston Ne1s has said, the Union has
itself exhibited the same anin,us revealed
in Mr.. Hoge's words; and the fact is that
Mr:: Hoge and the Union belong to the
same party-sail in the same boat-only
this, the Union is more Of clean and
hungry Cassius." That is all. What,
then. is the origin of this military rule
in South Carolina? No doubt, it is part
OF Gen. Grants military programme for
the Sonth-looking to the next Presi-
DENTAL election. But this is not all.
We have hero in South. Carolina, q set
of political adventures and tricksters,
who, 80 far as their aeli-seeking purposes
are con ,erned, are,
True as the needle to the pole,
81 Or ss the dial to the sum-"
For political purposes advance
the eprospects9 OF such men US Messrs.
A. s. Wallace. Hoge. Worthington, 81 id
omne genus-was this war gotten up in
South Carolina. Monstrous outraged
We denounoe it! But thisis not n war
upon South Carolina alone; the whole
country is interested in this question.
1t is war upon personal liberty" also.
Does not the country see how the time
bonored aud sacred bulwark of habeas
corpus is violated in this Ku Klux mat.
ter7 The New York WozM most fc-ci.
bly, shows how the maxim, that he to
UaoNs a pouer is delegated cannot delegate
that po,0er tn turn, is violated. The Con-
stitution says that the writ of ha6eas
cc,Y::s neg be suspended By Congress
when rsbellion or invasion do imperil
the public safety. Now. what does Con
gress do? It delegates its power to the
President, and makes so-called combina-
tions and oonspiraoies to constitute re-
bellion. and leaves it to the President to
decide when said combinations and .on-
spirsoies shal! be decided to exist. (See
Act Of Congress. approved April 90,
1917 This is delegation OF delegated
power. But this is not oil. President
Grant. in turn. delegates his power-in
this. that he states in his proclamation
Of the 17th OF October, the suspension
OF the writ Of habeas corpus is Of force
sin respect to all persons arrested by
the Marshal Of the United States for the
said district of South Carolina, or BY
any Of bis deputies, or by any military
officer OF the United States, or by any
soldier or citizen acting under the order
OF said Marshal, deputy, or such mill
tary officer" Most truly does the New
York World say:
'.The Constitution delegates to Con-
gress. and Congress to the President,
and the President to the Marshal, and
the Marsha! 70 his deputies, and the
commandant to. his officers, aud the Of
foers to their men. and the men and the
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