The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-05

this power aemuoh as possible? Is it
oAnsiatent With the genins OF our free
i9ititntions fonignoran6a and ro8aery to
oShtr0l thu gu1sruai .::ssyg:.ssaa s.;:s .
the case, are gQt the virtuot,s and .patri-
otto justifiubiasin resorting 70 al, fair,
open and maniy expedients 60 change
this control?~ Is it right and proper for
few uppxinoipled oarpet-baggers and
| sOalawags to direct as they please, for
thei! own agSfeaqd Se SSe diAapent Il t and power.
concert OF aotion. legal spd peaceabie,
should be taken TO check and dethrone
their power7
Is there any greater wrong" in re-
fusing to employ Radical laborer, than
Radical lawyer or doctor? Do We not
all prefer the association of gentlemen to
carpet baggers aad scalsw=gs? Does not
every right minded man give his patron
age, in all business, to the friends, in.
Why, then. should wo adopt different
rule for those who are to work for us
and wait on Us?
You say, ''in the second place, the
remedy is ine4pedient" and .'impractica-
BILE to be carried out" admit ere is
force in this objection. The love of
present luore mny prove too strong for
OR boasted patriotism. ''The desire
for gain" you Guy, "on the part of the
individual land-holder," will defeat any
such policy. But will not ''the iadivl-
dual land-holder" -. his Interest in
the land will be pr?moteu? The laborer
and renter could not hold out two
months. But ii the planter lost crop,
| it would be- noihing in oonapa rison with
1.-THE restoration of O wise md good 60
j yernment.
Your contemporary and my friend Of
| the Cdrolinian says: 1--WE oannot hut
lregard e1- Governor Perry as hr,sty ad-
wiser" Let me- assure him that have
not been ''hasty" in coming to this COO
olusion. Ii has been my mature aud
deliberate conviction for long time
that there is no other hope of rcscuiug
our Stale Government from the handa Of
rogues aud -acoundrels but this. If we
do not resort to this means, We ore q
doomed people, and our lands will be
oonfiscated; by taxation. Already. lead
ing negro politicians have intimuted that
our lands would have to be sold to pay
the public debt; aud then tho public
debt hsing paid, the new purchasers
would hold them free Of taxationi
The Cur0linian further says: I'VE do
not hesitate to declare that there is
neither sound policy nor good states
ma nship i'll this proposition" This is a
difference of opinion. only, between the
editor aud myself. We have differed be-
fore on matter Of vital importance to
the country. He thought, in 1860, that
"neithor sound policy nor good states
mansbip" should prevent South Carolina
from seeding from The Federal Union
| ri 4lp ,J- Il H., ,,&-
declared that disunion WAS tue death.
knell OF slavery aud the ruin OF the
South. / now "declare" again, that un.
less this roynish and oppressive govern
ment is overthrown, South Carolina is
destined to become " bowling wilderness;
and there is no means under Heaven
whereby we can change tho government.
except by refusing To employ or nonnte-
nance III any way those who are uphold
ing and sustaining lis infamy and pol'u-
ton.
The best end nbiest men in the Stats
have reasoned and argued with the
colored people, in public and private,
without the slightest effect ON their ac-
tions and conduct in political affairs.
They hAve ..reaorted to kindness, and
done them innumerable favors, all to no
purpose. You tsainh EDUCATION VII!
open ap avenue to their confidence and
good will" IT this were so, it would
take generation to open the avenue,
aud the rdin of the State, in the menn-
time, is inevitable. But. my dear Sir,
you have bat to look around you and be
convinced of yonr fallaoy. You will see,
unmistakably, that the strongest sup
porters of tie present corrupt govern
ment, md the bitterest foes of reform.
are the best educated aud most inteli
gent of the colored raoe-such mon as
Elliott, Cardozo, Nash, Ransler. Wright,
Issin"y, Gleaves, Hayne, Cain, and many
others You cannot, therefore, appeal
to his education aud enlightenment uny
more than you can to his gratitude or
sense of Justice The only way to reach
him is through his wants and ncccssi
ties, his fears aud apprehensious
b. l.. PERRY.
GREESvILLE. s. c.. Oct. 80, 1872.
FOSTER BloDoErT AoAIN.-.rhe Allan
I o., O., Y,-oo <Lo f,>tl