The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-25

ANOTHER FoRoE BILL. AND No As1Nrs-
TINE learn from Washington 4 chat
therelis no amnesty this year. The po-
10y OF repression is to be kept up. In
stead q amnesty. we have the Ku Klux
pill; Sic years have passed, and the
Leading and most influential citizens of
the South are kept under the ban of vhe
government, 'tssa while negroes and carpet
pagers are maintained in the State cap
1tals, to amuse themaolves passing tax
bills and illustrating. the progress Of
American civilization with s.mixed" balls,
What has the South done since the
war to exclude her from amnesty? At
the beginning of the war wo had tue de-
olaratioh that it was a war for the pre-
servation Of the Union, sswith I'LL the
dignity, equality and rights OF the:States
unimpaired, and that as soon rs those
objects were accomplished the war ought
to cease, How was this pledge kept?
The Union was preserved. The next
step was the emancipation Of the slaves.
So they had not only the Union, but
emancipation. It was then argued that
it would not do to stop just there; SO thoy
gave them the ballot. It was then ar
gued that the ballot involved, of course,
the right to hold Office. So they we're
made eligible to Office. It was then ar
gued that If they were to be judges,
they ought OF course to act as jurors
80 they were made Jurors. It was then
ought to have equal civil rights with
their masters. So they passed the four
teenth amendment and the Civil Rights
bill. 1t was then argued that as they
mad become such o potential element in
the affairs OF the country. they ought to
be enlightened; and SO they introduced
free school articles in the State Consti
tuttons.
The programme has been carried out
more fully in South Carolina than apy-
where else. They have there a negro
Judge on the bench of the Supreme
Court, who charges 81, $50 for riding in
second class cars; they have carpet-bag
Governor; they have negro Legisla-
ture; and negro Justices of the Peace,
and negro Constabies, and negro Asses.
sors, and negro Collectors; and negro
military balls, where white ladies are
embraced in tho Varsovienne by negro
majors. ButSou Carolina is not quiet.
strange to soy these people arc not salts
lied. Eheir sensibilities were SO blunSed
by slavery that they seem unable to an
prehend the magnanimity of the Go
vernment. They vince under the taxes
imposed on them. They get mad when
their sheep and hogs are stolen, and
their barns and dwellings burned. Ad-
mitted to the Governors mixed balls.
and to the reunions of the Second Re-
giment' Of the South Carolina National
Guard, (where they meet the Miss Rol-
insses. they prefer to ride Ku Klu:,lMo.
ard play the outlaw. So Congress come
down on them aggain. We have posi-
tive refusal to pass an amnesty bill,
placing the old South Carolina planters
on an equal footing with Major Dicker-
son, OF the Second; and we have, at the
same time, q third force bill, BY which
nearly the entire criminal jurisdiction of
the State land it applies to all the South
ern States) is transferred to the Federal
courts. The President may send Fede-
raj troops there OF his pleasure. and may
suspend the privilege of the writ of
ha6eas corpus whenever it strikes his
fancy. Surely this ought to pacify
South Carolina. Has not similar legis.
lation, ranging over several hundred
years, paci6ed Ireland? Is there not
"order" at last in Warsaw? Did not
Austria make fast friend of Hungary
by this decisive policy?
4. itiicADsomi Enquirer.