The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-19
Both side. OF .hs Picture.

Both Sides OF the Picture.
The Union. Of Friday. publishes what
purports "a, be the constitution aud by
lavs OF the Ku Klux. We have now be.
fore us tho ritual, constitution and by.
lasos Of tks National Counoil o. L. a.. to-
gSsasr With all necessary Information for
tho complete ,0orking Of subordinate coun-
cile." The alleged K. K. x. organiza-
tion was formed. we infer, In 1871. The
Union League pamphlet before US bears
date 1867. It appears, then, that the
Union League preceded the X. K. x.
four long years. If one was political; 80
was the other. II one was secret and
oath-bound, SO was the other. We need
not remind the Union editor of the pro-
visions OF the League. He knows all
about 1t. Aud 80 does Governor Scott.
And go does Mr.. Worthington. And 80
does Mr.. Hoge. And 80 does Mr.. Trea-
surer Parker. They ali know about it.
The x. x. X. is terrible organization.
But the Union League, which was the
direct cause OF it, is grand institution
Of these "latter-day saints" of the great
Radical party. We ask the Union
question: Does il not know that one OF
its party associates, Mr.. Worthington,
Ku Klux prosecutor, is now President
of Union League in Columbian And
that Mr.. Hoge, another of it's party asso-
ciates, is President 0! another? WI.
shall answer. lest the Union should fail
to come up to the bar. We have been
informed that there are now two Union
Leagues in Columbia and that Mr.. Worth
ington is President Of the one. and that
Mr. Hoge is President Of another. We
state, further, that our informant tells ue
that the statement comes from ons who
knows, or, at leaet. processes to know.
If Shakespeare does not repeat, we do;
and we again quote few lines, to wit:
..The jnry, passing on the prisoner life,
MAy III the sWOrn twelve have thief or TWO
0uiltier than him they try"
Thus much for the present We shall
open fire again pro bono pubiico.
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Repudiation-A Convention Proposed.
We indicated briefly on yesterday our
judgment rs to the immediate remedy TO
be applied. in view of the over-issue of
State bonds. Our view is. to bring to
bear upon the Legislature or the State
officials the restraining writ of injunc-
ton. We shall he told that no power
can be exer9ised over the Legislature;
then we say, let the State officers be re-
strained. Why may not Treasurer Par
ker be restrained from further filling his
office? We learn that the authorities are
now issuing bonds. Much has been said
on the subject Of reputation. The
matter is in a nutshell. Personal ethics
and public ethics are not unlike. The
people of South Carolina will maintain
their ancient reputation. They will as
sumo the genuine obligations Of the
State. All bonds issued in fraud will be
repudiated, as being in no proper sense
q debt or on obligation. This, of course,
will be done, and the work of discrimi-
nation cannot begin too soon. The
latest quotations show that the old bonds
are ruling in Wall street at 72, whilst
the new are quoted at 27. This tells the
story. Our people will maintain the
just credit OF the State, nor will any cry
OF "repudiation" divert them from the
determination to nail to the counter
spurious coin. AS to what should be
done in case it may be found impossible
to draw the line of demarcation between
bonds issued in fraud and those issued
in pursuance OF law, that issue should
be met when it comes up. At this time,
it seems to us plain that the immediate
duty is to restrain, to investigate, to dis
oriminate, and at once to declare that all
bonds issued in fraud must and will and
should be repudiated. The real offend
ers are the rascals who perpotrated this
huge swindle, or rather series of swim.
dies. To exhaust, fret, all the legal re-
medies at our command is the dictate of
sound policy. We have no idea. how
ever, that the citizens of South Carolina
propose to assume any fraudulent impo.
sition that dishonest officials have sought
to impose upon them. TO bring this
n'nle'' to q focus, ho,oeper, The t1r. payers
Of tho SAFE must at last meet in conpen-
tion. We prefer convention fresh from
the people. We throw out the sugges-
ton.
The Radical organ here. and the
stannch ally OF the corrupt State regime,
does not like the plan of engaging couu-
aal frora ahroad 70 dofoni tl,a. ss,..x, No.