The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-12

OF the papor Oh Hhe Fe$siHonAI I3 uSP.
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n' tp@g!ssg; ! Z 1.khHs AZ,
stated that in, relation to cases OF indi-
vidual violence, such,. as assaults ,an9
batteries, homicides, etc.Is 1hor Hdmittea
they were more numerous thnn they had
been 6aiore tho-wars and tl@4 renson was
obvious, nnmely: before that time, aud
DIP to the close Of the war, The people
Of this State. .wefe ateustdmed to we'll
ordered civil liberty and self.govern-
ment. Sin6ei.,then thair:whoda fabric
political ana .social--.--had been rudely
and suddenly aubverted, and Govern
ment placed over them in which they
had no participation--n, Government
composed chiefly of domeatio imbeciles
and foreign Togues-a. .Gorcrnnen no.
toriously Ignorant. partial, VICIOUS and
corrupt. The people Of South Carolina
felt, and do now feel, deep-seRted dis
dontent with this Government. Lnrce-
MES, incendiarism, nm undue aud otfen-
sive assertion of'thoee who were by force
placed, over them, naturally rendered
passionate aud inoousiderate men vio-
lent, and induced them to seek redress
for wrongs. real or supposed, by nnlaw-
A0h, bACooaA 0oPCE1nll1 HuGu
those whose duty it was to CAUSE the
laws to be administered were, in the
maiu, feeble. tardy, corrupt and partial.
But while admitting this increase of in
dividpal violence {enough to make oil
good men deplore it)-stil ho believed
that if all such GASES committed for
twelve, months in, this State were brought
together, they would not exceed, either
IN number Or atrocity, Lhe crimes re-
ported for q single month in New York
or Boston. The remedy was to return
to.a good, honest and Impartial State
Government, and fair and rigid admi-
nistration OF. the laws. In cases Of vio-
ience Committed upon Republicans, he
did not, believe they were inflicted on
the parhi1s because they were Republi-
cane, as such, but .beoaase they were
bad men, who hGd Committed gqtevous
wrongs, real or supposed. In proof of
this. good and honest Republioans are
unharmed and respected every where in
the State. IN relation to. native white
Carolinians who had gone over to the
Radical party, he did not ndmit that they
were perseouted, but that thev had In
Cured public obloquy he admitted, and
thought they deserved it-not that they
became, honest Republicans. but because
It wss believed they went over from cor
rupt motives, as, evidenced by the fact
that they Immediately wa1ed fat and be-
gun, from Official s.s.icn, tc kicl1 their
former brothers. The thinking people
of the State had mo irrational prejudice
against good, honest Northern men, but,
on the contrary, would be glad to receive
such in large numbers, with as much
capital as they could bring. They would
be welcomed. as would be the immi-
grants from other parts of the earth.
AS to secret associations and organized
bodies Of men, who commit violence aud
break tthe laws, he had no personal
knowledge Of them. He did not know
that he over saw IN individual belonging
to such associations. His infor rnntion
in relation to them was derived from
current report and newspaper accounts.
Nevertheless, he believed they existed.
He thought such organizations were
local and limited; that they did not per:
yade tho State; he felt sure they did not
exist IN bis own County .at all. He had
watched their progress as new phase in
the affairs OF this State. He did not
think such organizations sprung ont Of
difference of party creeda, but rather
from social disorders. He believed that
they. had their origin in the anomalous
condition. social and political, of the
State. He did.uot otAanntion suoh associ.
ations. He asked the committee to reI
member that such associations naturally
arise under all dospotio governments,
aud the more despotio the government
may bs the greater will be the number
and violence OF such bodies. He refer
red to. Poland, Italy, France, Ireland and
this country, asking them to remember
that the people of South Carolina lived
under an absolute and ntrocious despot-
ism, composed OF villainous men from
the North and ignorant and vicious men
at home. He believed that the State
government was notoriously, monstrous-
~ corrupt, as acknowledged by it's own
adherents-==so shamelesaly corrupt that
many OF Tie most prominent among
them have, in their own minds, elevated
rasonlity and roguery and every species
OF public and private vice to the dignity
OF virtues. The only remedies for all
these are return to good, honest and
truly representative government. in
which property shall not be taxed with
out representation; that the public
money shall be used only for public pur-