The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-26
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:gCOLUMBIA. S. c..
TaiSssda;ys 81 on t ftniFi III Il November rs, 1872.
The -Gef efsl Assembly and tns' work

tereas, although crops have been of
average yield. and cotton commands Q
fair price, the country is for from being
prosperous, and the spirit Of the people
is dissatisfied and grieved. They groan
ufdhk the 'expehse ses; expressions aud
taxatlbns 'bsdssied upon them by The
party Ia power. The public institutions
have been ,languishing for a year past,
1rom.lack Of the necessary funds to carry
thsM on. Only from the generous In.
diligence Of some OF our city merchants
have,they been enabled to exist at ali.
The appropriations made in their behalf
have been squaudered and wasted. The
officers in charge Of these institutions,
dependent, as most of them are, upon
their salaries. have not been paid them
for 9 considerable time past, and, in
e.der' to live, have heen compelled to
bypotheoate their warrants on the State
Treasury in the banks at heavy dis.
count. Even this poor resource has
now failod them. Meantime. the Co.
werner. The Treasurer and the Financial
Board ALL in fact, composing or init.
mately connected With the s'ring'A
have appeared to flourish like the green
bay tree,
The Legislature meets at a time when
suspicion aud distrust fill the air. and,
like another epizooty, affect all minds.
9he recent action of the courts; like
fumigation and assaim;ida, haye more
fully. developed the disease. The State
isooniessediy patient under treatment,
70 be recovered. if tho thing can possibly
bs done, from the loss of vigor caused
by the Sangrado practice Of bleeding,
and the effects Of DR.. soott's quackery
and cold water. The outgoing alminis-
tration, having exhausted everything
else. is desirous Of lingering the money
to be paid for taxes called for nnder the
new levy. The new administration has
something to say about that. and very
properly. too. An injunction has been
granted and made absolute by Judge
Melton, upon complaint OF the incoming
Treasurer, Osrdozo, against any use
whatever, by his Predecessor, of the tax
funds which might by any possibility get
into the Treasury, except the payment
OF appropriations. Upon similar COM
plant of the Attorney General Of the
defunct administration, the State Trea-
ss-ss sna County Ts-oasursrs have been
likewise enjoined from collecting any
taxes at all under the call OF the Comp
troller- General. The case OF the Blue
Ridge scrip, in test OF the constitution
ality of the Act of the Legislature au-
thorizing it, is before the courts, with O
good prospect of deeision adverse to
its validity. The bond indebtedness of
Tho Stats IS Ga uaasa1ed quantity, anu
its liability upon pay certificates issued
upon the aimsiest pretexts. and for ut
terly unworthy confederation, is Of al
most fabulous extent.
The Legislature meets with all these,
and many other difficulties, staring it in
the face. Il Is fresh froEe the people,
with better impulses now than it will be
likely to have again. It should seek full
ANosA0SeAoA cCAoCIAAuS VIC COuulGl0u Oh
things. and the absolute needs OF the
country. The recipients OF the nomina-
tions made by the party in convention,
in their speeches accepting them, and
the party itself, in its platform. promised
reform, retrenchment, economy and mo.
deration. This was repeated and rel te-
rated throughout the canvass. They
outbid the boilers themselves, who
claimed the special merit of having dis.
covered frauds, wrongs, extravaganza
and ignorance, and promised to reform
them altogether. The Moses party ap.
propriated their thunder, and made
loude: noise with it, than those who
originally forged its bolts. They were
elected almost by acclamation in some
Counties. md were successful every.
where. A few ibolters, perhaps, got in,
and small body of Conservative Nom.
bers were returned, whose antecedonts.
general character and efficiency we con.
sidered some days since.