The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-07
in again thanking you. do it from q

me but one duty4sa duty IN which have
never faltered, duty have never
hesitated to perform-that is simply to
close up the phalanx and charge along
the whole limo. {Applause.) 1 believe
tho whole Democratic psqty will very
will lift from ths South tile oppressive
burdens upon it., and will stop ail inter
ference With, the hws,of the States and
restore The right Of! elf-government and
the liberty Of the citizens. TO TINT end
l invoke upon this assembly, I invoke
upon our cause, ,I>'invoke upon this
country Eyyf sle blessings Of; Almighty God
Is,pEAcuISa, Gov, aScprT. oorres-
pondent writing from Columbia. under
date of May 20, sends the following sin
gular story to the New York Sun:
A most beautiful conspiracy las just
come to light here, by which it was in.
tended to seizo the State government for,
the time being and enact all sorts of
laws for the benefit OF the thieves
around the.State House. It seems TINT
when the fhct became known that Gov.
Scott intended visiting New York,
several Of the jaekals, who are constant
iy nosing about, resolved to plan coup
d'etdt. Lieut.. Gov. Ransier, Frank
Moses. Jr., Speaker Of tho House, Gen.
Dennis, OF the furniture swindle, and q
dozen others. resolved as soon as Scott
had passed beyond the borders of tho
State to issue o proclamation over Ran
sier's name calling the Legislature to.
gether, impeach Scott for alleged NAL.
feasance in Office, suspend him from
Office, and pass the celebrated per diem
bill which was defeated in March last BY
SCOTS veto. The members are suffering
for money. Many Of them have spent
their whole time since the adjournment
in Columbia, afraid to go back to their
constituencies. It was n beautiful pro.
ject. Ransier was to call in the Legisla-
ture the same day Scott left. AS nearly
all the members are in Columbia or d ear
it, Speaker Moses was to organize it the
next day. On the next day articles of
impeachment were to have been intro
duced, and Gov. Scott suspended. OF
course then they could afford to await
the Governors return, and, in the mean
time, he being powerless, they could
have passed the per diem stealing bill,
tho Grccnvillo Railroad bill, the furni-
ture bill, and the hosts Of others that were
designed to plunder the State.
Fortunately, the little game got bruit-
ed abroad. SCOTT left the city for Wash
fngton on Wednesday last. On the
morning Of that day, gentleman we'll
known in the politics OF the State, and
who now holds an Office in the Executive
Department, met Rnnsier in the street.
Says he:
look hero, Ransier, what means this
report hear about taking possession OF
the State Government? Let me tell you
this-if yoh and your associates conten-
plate any such action as that, and you
succeed even for an hour in having YOUR
self declared Governor of this State, the
whole top Of yonr head would be shot
oil before you could SAY Jack Robinson,
| and SO would your associates be treated.
Remember that. I am with you in poli-
tics, but I certainly wouldn't Le respon-
sible for what may happen in the event
OF your carrying out your plans"
Ransier. who is u negro of the very
worst class, rather quhi;ea before this
tirnde OF one Of his own friends, and
straightwhy the new turn affairs had
taken was communicated to Moses. The
two then thought the mutter over, and,
like certain California traveller that I
have read about, they oame to the con-
| clnslon that they didn't care about oust.
ing Scott anyhow. somehow or other. /"
and 30 tho whole project fell through.
|
sion, it is more thnn likely that articles
OF impeachment will be introduced.
Scott has fallen out with the State House
gang, because of his veto OF their swim
ding schemes, and of his affiliation with
the recent tnx-pay ers' convention.
e----
funny IN THE CoTroN MAnKEr.-The
cotton market has been in feverish, ex-
! cited condition during the week, growing
out OF the heavy outstanding short in-
tsrest which, for the moment, oversha-
dows every other consideration. The
..ahorts" have been so hardly pressed
that three firms have been compelled to
suspend, TINS complaining the difficult
y, and tmparting degree of strength
to the market which Otherwise, proba.
bly,. would have been wanting.
b;nan mae ;,h 3Inioent ,S crop Of last year, COM
the late war in Europe, sent prices below
the point for which there seemed to be
any warrant but with the pacification OF
Europe and the prospective recuperation
| OF EUrODenn in1netr;ao AZ. ~