The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-13

candidate bel ore the cOuntry.H VI this
we are satisfied: # tho, Northern Demo
oraoy should deem it ptopefto put Gen.
Hahoook id the field, the anti. Radical
South would not be SLOW to suppbEt snoh
Rman:- He fought the South ii tie late
war; but since; he has been liberal and
magnahimons, and showed evidences OF
high craftsmanship. ,.,rS s
!. ,lshrewd antiquari5nsS and akeptical
scholars have, With nthe past quarter 81
a,century,. pro4u6ed sindubitable proofs
that muoh of wlatswasy,onc considered
.bopa .,zze history was i'd fact pure fable,
anere imaginary sketches set in dramatic
and poetic frames, not narratives of ac-
tdhl ooourrences... We plumed ourselves
that the history OF our own times would
4he+ transmitted to posterity free, from the
',5lemishes which disfgure the records of
the ages when printing was yet'ap un-
discovered art and education among the
people was the exception and not the
rule. But from the current events Of
our days we are forced to acknowledge
that the historians Of the future will be
';quite.as much at sen as to the history of
Sonr days aB our. astute delivers in the
chronicles Of past ages are in-reference
-o.ss.tsin 1aootad- historical prints. such
as,the story ofoMary Queen Of Scotts.
:fhe, afae character OF Henry VIII, the
real disposition Of Richard III. and the
amount OF service which Pocahontas
really rendered John Smith. Now we
have .Trochu denouncing Bismarck as
She instigator OF the Communistic reyo-
lntion. the German writers defending
the chancellor. and Count Palikao charg-
ing Frochu with gross Misrepresentation.
Who Of shese three historical person
ages is Most worthy of credeuces this
generation annotimpartilly deoille, for
-eaeh Of them has his personal friends
a4a,enemies. and in II half century from
now students of tie eventful history of
1870 aud 1871 will. in ,all probability,
possess a half dozen versions OF the af-
fair. RIA
'tpurAEBs TROUBLES The. New York
Herald. in'a lengthy and exhaustive arti-
.ele ON Southern troubles, says: The
vonder is that so few exist, and this is
the best evidence that the mass Of the
>fsnnthern people are law-abiding. When
% brave aud high-spirited people submit
$50 well to. and mako the best Of, their
hu unalilating situation, we have the best
guarsntee Of their future good conduct
and OF peace. Let Us be just and mag
nanimous. Let Us have some considera-
ten for the people of our own race and
blood, and not rush them beneath tile
1goofant and semi-barbarous negroes and
the oarpet-bag scum of the North.
MOT much enthusiasm appears to have
been excited over Commodore Rodgers'
--secsnt victory. The truth is, the de-
"spatches arerather too tough to d;gest
yell A furious hand to hand conflict.
lasting, half day, with 1900 Coreanp,
.sqght to result in heavier loss than
three killed and nine wounded. People
think that the Coxeans were dreesad.
some in buokram, and some in Lincoln
green Commodore Rodgers should
ssspSa anwp 1t milder If he wanted to
arouse the enthusiasm OF his oouutrymen.
AZ 1t 10, hts victory was too easy. too
seompsese. TO be very glorious. ,i
-/tt, %4k--l---
.:The Philadelphia 1nquirsr-one OF the
'sRosst denancia.ors Of the South with
stsferenea to reaonstruotion- publishes
rthe- following. Z What ie the eotnal differ
ence between Che. state OF feeling ,at the
: South and that qt'the French towards
stheir. oonauerors7' Oh. consistency. thoa
art jewel! i; n ,..''ii i.aS.
s'rhat the French should hate the
PrussiAn8 is not to be wondered at NOR