The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-04

people.
n entering upon the dutios Of the high
oBceEith which I hsye bsen vested. By .ho
generous favor 81 my fe!loy -citlSsns, my deep
sbnseol gratitude to:thentfor tho honor dom
5y ;nsr T.
ability which has heen imposed upon me by
their ohoice Twill epdeaybr todisoha1ge my
whole duty to tho whole people OF tho State.
ment and aotive cooperation Of every m, m
Der OF the General Assembly, whatever may
bo his party creed, and the opon aid and as
sistance Of every good citizen IN the common.
wealth OF South Carolina. -
Whiio I shall not forget that, As a candi-
date, represented. ~ my porson tho Union
Republican party, whose bene6cent prinoi-
pies Are expfeaseG ia the doctrine OF equal
corporated ss The fundamental law"of the
State aud nstion-and while under any and
All circumstances my duty Of devotion and
| fidelity to my party shall be ever present to
hat, AZ the Uhief Magistrata Of the State, I
represent all tho people Of South Carolina.
and that the lines which limit my zoal fortheir
tnesrcats muet, in honor. be co-extensive with
august presence OF the assem bled Ian. akers
OF the State and VI this large multitude, with
| tho oath OF office in all its solemn sanctity
fresh upon my lips, pledge my bost efforts
| to insure that, during my Standardization, "the
| commonw eaith shall suffor no detriment."'
Gentlemen OF the Senate and House Of HAl,-
renontatiyesi let us rsdedioase ourselves TO
| the great work and duty Of tho hour Lst IA
provs to the world, by the enaotment Of lust
laws. and thoirimpartial administration, that
| tho highest private li5erty here is cons6nant
with The greatest public good. our'poople
soil ani genial climate. Here tho varied
products Of the temperate and tropio zones
grow. side by side, while our strGams are
sshing in the sunlight Of perpetual
spring The imperial plant. whose aeeoy
hbres entuF iuto tie rsimout OF civilized man
throughout the globe, aud whose production
presses heavily upon the very balance wheels
Ut the conmsrcial exchanges Of the world,
has here it's native homo and mont lu1uriant
growth. Yet the face OF the immigrant is
! turned away from our State, aud capt. aI
which sets labor in motion, and croates the
manufactures which contribute to tire COM
| fort and tho elevation OF man, shrinks. ba OK
| from ua, as If tho seals Of pestilepce wore
broken, and it's Walls enptied out upon this
boantitul land of ours. Hence. nearly three
ing NOT lees than Sc 900 square miles, liz fall
low to-day. This disastrous result is largely
due to the fell spirit OF political inlolersnco
| which has been manifested daring the past
i've years by the former governing GLASS in
! South Carolina, who still, in great part, rep
| resent the educated intelligence Aud landed
prnpert5 OF tho State. That intolerance,
! which was at first successfully directed to
| vornment, both at home aol abroad also
| prescribed every native and adopted citizen
who openly declared himself in az. ! with
the political sentiments which were enter
tained by the vast majority Of tho people OF
the United States. who have, by the result 6i
tho recent national campaign. furnished q
most memorable proof of their firm deter.
mination that only those who are known to
reflect and maintain those political senti-
ments shall rule In this republic OF curB,
Individual prescription aud habitual denun-
citation OF the Government, botlf the State
and Federal, were soon followed by armee
org aniz ations in various sections OF the Btatu.
which. led by bold, bad and designing men.
overawod by their number and daring the
| law abiding majority, and soourged and slew
rnsny OF their fellow citizens, because Of thoir
political opinions and party af1iiiation. These
! barbarous acts OF a minority OF the minor
party III tho State continued, with varying
than three years. The Hovernnent Of the
State having made Intellectual attempts to
check them. both by earnest appeals to tho
reason and humanity OF those who were re.
Of the desperate men engaged IN them, and
by it's available constabulary force, finally
appealed to the national aut uthority for protec.
ton to American citizens from lawless viu-
lance within the limits Of tho State. That
appeal-after long delay, incident to procur-
ing tho necessary legislation by the Congress
of tho United States-was effectively re-.
sponded to through tho Federal courts. sus-
talned ny tho military arm or tho Govern.
meut. AS the result OF that interventiou Tor
which our most profound gratitude is duo to
the Government OF the United States, many
hundreds Of the persons engaged in those
lawless undertakings-so abhorrent to our
free institutions and to the civiliza ation Of the
| age-haye been arrested and imprisoned
under sentence, while many more, charged
with having been engaged in them, have,
through d sense OF their guilt, fed beyond
the borders Of our State.
Turning away from the recollection OF those
scenes, which wero 30 utterly revolving to ali
true lovers Of liberty, 1 am happy to an
nounce that peace aud good order now pre-.
| vail everywhere within the State, which seem
to bo accompanied by a returning suuso oi
Justice, and by broader spirit OF liberation
III tho hitherto ruling classos. which furnish a
better guarantee for their continuance than
tho nero temporary presence Of the sword or
bayouet can over give among free people.
| Tho grand juries Uf several Counties in the
uppor part Of tho State, which were the CHIEF
scenes OF tho armed violence aimed at the
vested rights OF American citizens, have re
Gently exprusssd a becoming cuntritiou, and,
apparently sincere regret and sorrow, that
THIS violence should have boen permitted to
| manifest itself, unchecked by tho local autho.
rites in their several Counties, and solomnly
| pledge those citizens who havo heretofore
| been presumed to have given acGuesoent
sanction to these atrocities, that henceforlh
they Will actively exert themselves to nj ntain
law and order, aud will protect, by force OF
arms, il necessary, any citizen whose politi-
cal rights or personal privileges may be as-