The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-21

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The Baitiacre Sxn says; The, follow
Ing lesteryes received. Sscently. by tie
Hon. Reverdy Johnson, 90 whom it wal
written. He has placed Il In our hands,
- tne request o. the writer, and tells us
tho highest character, and that his state.
ments may be oonfidinglyl relied upon.
Although Mr.. johnson Is authorized to
give the name os the writer, he deems s.
proper to withhold IL, from the fear that
it might subject him to the tyranny
which now prevails in many portions Of
bis State. After referring to some mat,
ters of personal business, and stating
that he is deeply interested In the pro-
ceedings now going on in his State, he
writes as follows:
ROCK HILL, YORK D1gTRIoT, s. O.,
October 26, 1871.
Hon. Rererdy johnson, BaNiaore, MD.
DEAR 6IR: Ono Of nv bro
theirs has been arrested and thrown into
the common, jail by the United States
soldiers, without charge or accusation,
without form or warrant Of law, without
the shadow OF right or justice. Before
the suspension Of the writ OF ha5eas COR
pus, profound quiet prevailed in this sec-
ton OF country; men were pursuing
their business avocations in the most
peaceful manner, and o season of pros
perity was beginning to dawn upon us;
but now words are almost inadequate to
describe the reign of terror that is exist-
ing among us. Bands Of United States
soldiers are riding the country, arresting
citizens by the wholesale, tearing them
from their homes in the night time, ter
r1fying women and children, hurrying
the prisoners off to Jail, and cramming
them in dungeons and filthy cells.
These arrests are made without warrant.
Men are ignorant of the offences for
which they are thrown in Jail. No ex-
plsnation is given the prisoner as to the
cause OF his arrest; no hearing is allowed
him. The innocent and the guilty fare
alike. The fury of the Radicals is
leveled against the best Of our citizens.
Old and young, gray haired men incapa-
Die OF committing outrages, mere boys
innocent OF crime, are arrested indiscri-
minately. In time of profound peace,
when farmere are engaged in gathering
in their corn and cotton, we aro declared
to be in state of war. We are suffer
ing for crimes that have never been COM
mitted. We are punished for offences
OF which we are not guilty. We are
warred upon by the United States Go.
vernment on account of a rebellion
whIch-God save the mark-has exist
enoe only in the imaginations of Presi-
dent Grant and the vile politicians who
have poisoned his ears with false and
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lion; there is no hostility to the United
States Government; there is no resist.
ance to lawful authority, either State or
Federal; the reports of collisions between
armed bands of Ku KIux and Federal
troops are utterly false, base and Sian
derous fabricationg, uttered for q pur-
pose.
The cruelty, the inhuman barbarity of
this most unTighteous war upon us is
enough to bring the blush of shame to
the cheek of q negro, and soften the
heart OF Tiberius. Our women and
children are tho greatest sufferers by this
monstrcus act of wanton oppression.
They are pale with alright; they are dis.
tracted with grief and anguish; those
loved ones upon whom they lean for
support are torn from them, and they
are left defenceless and at the mercy of
the brutal, lawless negroes. And all this
suffering is entailed upon our people
that few wicked politicians may cont
nue. In power and fatten on the spoils of
omce. Grants proclamation, alleging
that the upper districts of South Caro-.
lima are in a state of rebellion, is the
most stupendous lie that was ever pro-
mulgated to the world; the most infa
NOUS document that ever bore an official
seal. In its utter felsehood, it's cool
audacity, its daring assumption, it's
sublime mendacity and it's dam nable ini-
quity, it is without precedent or parallel
IN history. There is no document on
record comparable to it. The cruel
tyranny of the measure is only eoualed
by the arbitrary despotism which has
been practiced upon Poland or a Hun
gary, u Greece or an Ireland. And the
worst of it is, there is no help for us.
When the President of free country, in
a time of profound peace, deliberately
turns his "dogs of war" loose upon an
unoffending, defenoless people, and the
cold eye of the world bears in it no sym.
pathy for us, there is no help for us
under the sun. and little hopo.
Pardon me- for trespassing upon your
time, and believe me to he, with the
highest sentiments of esteem and regard.
your obedient servant.
The English surnames are, at times.
very curious. and though the nomencIa-
ture of Dickens seemed fantastic. lie
probably adopted more names than lie
ever created, and then developed the
characters which fancy attached to them.
q London business circular has just