The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-18

|tn. both houses. in the effort to force
e4htough repeWAl Of the Ku KIux bill,
I the risk 'pf fhe interruption ofsthc
E1hple machinery of the Government.
tEo'day, the South is held under military
fasspotism, subject to the rsscslly corrup.
lions OF oarpes-bag,A civil governments,
and thrsatened by The dark shadow of
political negro supremacy. Her people
have done all in their power to prove
their willingness TO accept the lessons
and fruits of the war, and to obey the
laws, of their country. They point to
their paralyzcd industries. to their i'm.
poverished homes. to their broken for.
tunes, and plead to be allowed TO enter
once again the highway Of prosperity
and happiness, through the paths Of
loyalty and peace. But the question oc-
ours to the minds of the scheming poll
ticians who hold power in Congress-are
the white Southern citizens to be trusted
politically? Will they not use their re-
covered franchise against the regular
Republican party? If these questions
cannot be answered to the satisfaction OF
our present rulers, the South must con-
tinue to be oppressed, and the effort to
force negro supremacy upon the South
ern States must proceed.
General Grant can have no sympathy
with the couree Of the men who seek by
such means to renew their lease of DO
litical power. His whole life and the
free expression OF his sentiments on
every occasion show that he favors go
vernment OF white men, and that he
despises those who endeavor TO renew Or
keep alive sectional prejudice and hate
between the North aud the South When
he suffers the politicians who surround
him to resort to such legislation aud
such policy In his behalf, he risks the
loss of the sentiment OF public esteem
and gratitude still clinging to him and
unwilling to acknowledge itself mis-.
placed. The people of the North de-
mand that the Southern States shall no
longer be treated as rebels but shall re.
ceive In good fnith, and without reserva.
ton. the pardon that has been extended
to them. To give over the beautiful and
commercially important States OF the
fairest section Of the Union to the igno-
rant and degraded rule OF negroes, inst
released from bondage. is an insult to the
white citizens of the North as we'll az of
the South. and an outrage on the whole
nation. 10 subject them to the corrupt
and reckless schemes Of the carpet-bag
plunderers is but little less infamous.
10 hold them under military subjection,
Tor political purposes, is not only cruel
injustice. but is dangerous assault upon
the freedom of the republic. AS a CON
slstent and independent supporter Of
General Grants administration, we now
call upon him to show his detestation of
these political AIuchiavelisms by openly
proclaiming his determination not to
avail himself OF the Ku Klux law in the
approaching elections, and to withdraw
from the Southern States every Federal
soldier not required for the actual legiti-
mate purposes of the Government. The
enforcement of this odious low is optional
with him, and he has the authority and
the power by proclamation to declare the
South In q condition to warrant the
restoration of OWL law and of the writ
OF hd6eds corpus in every portion of her
territory. This will enable the President
at once to free himself from the re.
sponsibilities and the unpupularity of
the measures OF hiB unwise supporters
In Congress, and 9 radical change in the
character of the Federal .office h olders
throughout the South will further show
his inclination to do Justice to the South
ern people at last. For the future,
whatever may be the result Of the pend
ing Presidential election, the Herald will
insist upon an entire change Of policy
towards the Southern States under the
next administration, and will hold every
Congressman up to the contempt and
scorn of the American people who
favors any measure for the oppression of
tho white men of the South. We shall
demand from President Grant or Presi-
d,nt Greeley. as the case muy be, an
honest obedience to the will of the peo.
pie. which is unrestricted amnesty and
non-interference with the domestic
affairs of any of the Southern States.
The Herald will diligently watch for
and expose every future attempt to con-
troll the Southern negro vote rs unit
for any party, and any injustice that
may be done either by legislation, by
Executive action or through the influ-
ence of Federal patronage. to the white
electors of the South. We recognize
the courage. the manhood and the
loyalty Of the Southern people now that
the rebellion and it's causes are aliko
dead aud buried, and We admit their
equal title with ourselves to all the privi-
leges and rights of the Constitution
We shall hold any administration in the