The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-05
Ths Attacks Upon tho kev. Mt. Cooper
and Dr.Avnry. e

and Dr.iAvnry. Is
IT we thought that she Radical sheet
here spoke for itseli.t We would perhaps
treat iss emanasions With deserved silonce
and wellmerited contempt. But, as We
deem It the organ'of the present corrupt
dynasty Of thieves and swindlers in
South Carolina, and as further tho organ
OF those who have incited and bounded
on this Infamous war which the Federal
Administration has been. carrying ON in
South Carolina and is now waging with
cruel petsinacity. we shall notice what it
says. and from time to time.we shall OK
pose its Misrepresentation. This paper
contributed largely to bring the rigols of
military rule upon the up.country. and
now it seeks to add fuel 10 the flames
that its malignant spirit in part created.
1t is. now abusive 'oi the, Rev. Mr.
Cooper. u reverend gentleman OF high
character in York, and it is fond now of
abusing also DR., Avery, the prisoner
lately on trial. y
The eulogist Of the "virtnous" Jack
son may we'll be expected to become tile
calumniator' .of the Rev. Mr.! Cooper,
whose great offence seems to be that he
had the spirit to resent the tyranny of
the ''autocrat" Of York, and refused to
bend tue hinges OF his knees that secu-
fi:y might follow fswuiIg. Tho Rev.
Mr.. Cooper is above the assaults Of the
Government or of its minion, the Union.
AS to the case Of DR.. Edward 4. Ave-
ry. we have this to say: Before DR.. Ave-
ry's case came up. an article appeared in
the Union. preiudging his case and calling
him leading Kn Klux in York. He
called upon tho chief editor of this
paper, and, introducing himself, pre-
sented a. GARD for publication. This card
was spirited ono. In it he protested
his innocence of the charges laid against
his door. asserted his rights, aud resent
ed the outrages to which he. his family
and hia fellow citizens had been subject
ed to iii Iori. Il was manly card, and
just such card as an innocent aud out
ragged man would be expected to write;
for he deGed his prosecutors and stood
up boldly for his rights ns freeman.
We advised against the publication of
the card, as it might prejudice his case,
and advised him to leave his case to the
arbitrament Of the law. He consented;
and although smarting under the griev-
GUS wrong that prejodiced journal had
done him and his family. he forhore and
kept silent. &
Now that he is gone, and his enemies
are busy with their denunciations. we
write this as an act OF justice TO an alb
sent man-to ono who, though packed
jury brought in verdict of guilty, is
deemed by many to have established his
innocence before he concluded to be-
come AN exile from friends and State, in
order to escape what he regarded tho in
justice of his country.
1t is French provetb. that "ihe ab-
sent are always wrong" In the eye of
an All-searching Power. it is not SO.
Nor is it 30 oven in the eyes Of an i'm
partial public. Though we can have no
more sympathy with the outrages proven
or not proven of Ku Klnxism than we
have with tho outrages Of tho Loyal
League. and of tho monetary Kn Klux
of the State Board of Finance, yet we
intend. as fur MS in ns lies, to soc that
justice is done pro or con.