The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-02
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ynaes etHScIiS VI taulcallSm, the ChrODfd
smller, Ooiiax. at the serenade to the
q.ean!y W morton. Inst Saturday night, OF
"What is scalawag? "A scalawag ia =
Southern born man, who, when tho
s.orm cloud of rebellion broke pnnn
this country, and when it razed aronn;
him. and threatened him with exile or
confiscation, or outrage or murder. dared
to stand up in the midst OF the storm.
aud sny: AS for mo and mine, we stand
oy the Union to the last drop of our
blood and the lust beat Of our hearts
tiod bless tho men whom our opponents
st gmatlze ns scalnwags They were
faithful among the faithless; they were
loyal amid treason, and if the American
people TO not protect them. not onl,
against their murderous enemies, but in
the exercise of every right guaranteed to
all by tue Constitution, wcnre not worthy
to be called nation" F."
That is nearly ns good definition OF
hlawng as wns that Of Il Grub by the
french sdcnns, whom the naturalist,
Cnvier, SO completely put 10 shame.
y 'lfax don't know the breed ns we do
down here. md his definition is not only
!. picce If spread cnsla den,agoguis1n
Characteristic Of the man, but utterly n,
war with facts. For his information.
and that Of those who rcnily believe H.,
was speaking some part Of the truth, We
Will tell him what q Georgia scalnwag,
say, is.
lie Is a man who, If particularly loil
now, was particularly violent in his hat.
of the Yankees and his desire for their
'.xtermlnation, even before the war com.
mcnced. lie believed in the Africnu
slave trade and wished it re opened He
wanted to sccedc before breakfast, yea
even before he had swallowed his first
matutinal cock tnil, and his fuvorite boast
was, that he could whip five Yankees
single handed, aud not Inlf try. H..
wanted to cruelty every man that thought
secession might not prove remedy for
every evil, and wore blue cockndcS, aud
iad spasms of pnrest bliss when Joe.
Brown captured Fort Pulaski and til.
Augusta Arsenal. He abused the Con
'euerate Generals for not marching Oh
and capturing Washington, Philadelphia,
New York and Boston in thirty days,
ana IN every other way, shape and form
proved, to his own satisfaction. Tint if
there was any such thing MS n gcnnin.
Southern patriot end true blue enemy to
the Yankees, he was the man.
All this up to Appumattox Then he
had new light. lie dreamed dreams and
saw visions. IIc saw that Southern pa
trlotlSm was n losing card, and that the
iiairsi Yankees were. going to hold ali
the trnmps. Then he fell down and
Srovelcd ut their feet. Then he col-
tessed his sins AMI walled for pardon
tie had been led olf-hc had been swept
from his feet by the snrging tide of DO
pulnr pnssion-he had been forced by
tho pressure Of public opinion TO con.
ceal his real sentiments-he had been
coerced, and had yielded to save his life
and property. Oh! how unctlonsly he
cscounted all his past trials aud t,ibula
tons, and aow pathetic the recital Of
his emotions when he saw the sold flag"
once more unfurled i'll triumph over his
heaG! When ''reconstruction" was de-
creed, he rushed to embrace its infamies.
ne mhdc haste To Join himself in close
alliance with NIL the peripatctic rogues
and adventurcrs from the North who
followed In its wake, mud the ignorant.
brutal semi-barbarinns for whose benefit
1T was set on foot. He eat and slept mud
talked with, and cajoled un,l intlAmcd
them by day and by night. He sncnked
around back yards and through nllcvs.
and about the plantation negro quarters.
telling the dnrkies of their rights and
what marvc'lonsly proper man he was
to represent them. IIo sat in tho SO.
called Constitutional Convention, aud
had finger in nl sorts Of jobs, aud
when there WAS n SO called Legislature
AMI II so-called State Government, he
was high up III ono or The other, and
sold his vnto md influence. and filled
his pockets from the peoples strong box
with the most refreshing zeal He up.
proves every outrage that Radical vii
lalny and hate has put upon his neigh
bors and ow-citizens, and declares
they have Jared much boler than their
deserts. IIo calls thom rebels" and
thinks disfrnnchisemout md buyonets
the only way to deal win them. Whcr
ont OF Il job at home lie r,lshes TO Wash
ington with the most horrible accounts
OF ontragcs on 'loil" men, aud insists
upon being sworn ms n witness before Il
committee mt II comfortable per diem, or
irco lunch AMI liquor ut the very least.
This is about the measure of the ave
rage Southern scalawag, Colfax to the
contrary notwithstanding. Fancy the
truthful Dlodgett and tho immaculate
Whitley, listening to such bosil us their
standing ''by the Union to the last drop
OF their blood and the Inst bcnt of thcir