The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-27

ss,,UARpsE BAoaERs AND TH.lsi:TIn FIJ-
RE,-The antfca which Cow War
moth, OF Louisiana. is Just now rractic-
ing. may be regarded as one of the last
oonynlsive kicks Of carpet-bagging in
the South. Warmoth is very Interest
ing and lively representative of his class.
Heis young. full Of energy hnd resource,
courageous. ct popular address, q oleye.
speaker, fast liver, an unbridled speou-
lator, and as unscrupulous politician, in
the meanest and lowest sense of the
term, as any American State has ever
been cursed with. Whatever may be
the date at which the overthrow of the
corrupt and disgraoeful domination Of
Warm 9th may take place in Louisiana.
it IS certain that recent public events
have Imade the downfall Of his class
throughout the S1iith only question of
time, and Of no very extended time at
that. ..Let no enthusiastic Democrat lay
the fattering JUNCTION to his, soul that
OF Republicans and Of immigrants from
the North alone. Though tho earliest,
and Eome of the worst, corruptionists in
the South were Republicans, that was
owing to tho peculiar constitution Of the
voting population. which made it impos-
sible for, Southern Democrats to make
much headWay, and gave the Offices in
the main to professed Republicans, most
Of whom, Of white complexion, were
Northern born. The bad habit of shoot
ing Southern. men avowing Republican
principles had prevailed too long to
allow OF any different state of things.
But the Republican corruptionists from
tue North found ready and skillful part
ners in the South, and in some OF tue
blackest. chapters of the recent humiliat-
ing history of the Southern States, the
names of native Democrats occur With
unpleasant frequency.
Democrat or Republican, however, it
is matter for sincere rejoicing that the
end OF their rule. where it has not al
The causes are various. Tho Amnesty
Act was, perhaps, tho CHEF, as it was
among the first. This restored to politi-
cal activity in the South tho great body
Of men who were acquainted Intimately
with public affairs, and who had the
character and capacity to deal with them
The next blow to the rule of the cor
ruptionists was the nomination of Gree
ley at Baltimore. That divided them.
Many OF them, like Warmoth, thought
they saw revolution" and went over
to the fusion movement. It divided tho
Democrats, also, and brought. some Of
the shrewdest and most capable Of them
into active cooperation with the better
Republicans, and, what is most impor-
tant, established political sympathy be-
tweon them and the negroes. It can no
longer be said that negroes are all one
side, and the Southern whites Oh the
other
Another benefcent effect Of Mr.. Gree
ley's nomination and defeat is, that it is
now perfectly clear that whatever wild
hopes the Southernsrs may have enter
tanned OF modifying the results OF the
war by unfriendly legislation or un-
friendly administration, must be aban-
doned. The influence of this fact will
extend in the South to all, even to those
whc had been unconscious cf entertain
ing any such hopes, but whose spirit
has been one of ill.conceaIed discomfort
and even animosity toward the National
Government. Probably one result will
be that Southern men will not be very
prominent in national politics during
the next few years. Another result,
equally probable, and flowing from the
former. will be that Southern men will
.s,e g! ..c ::..c=c ca=cca.!; &c :.hhc;.: homo
affairs, as affordinC rewards for their
Legitimate ambition, and field for ac-
tive and efficient work. Certainly. the
field is ample. The South needs eff
cient and economical State Governments,
and she can only get them from the
hands OF her own citizens. She needs
carefully developed system of schools.
adapted to her peculiar population; she
requires cheap, simple aud effective
courts, especially for minor causes and
for criminal procedure; she needs, and
needs absolutely, vigorous enforcement
OF the laws for the protection of person
and property; and she needs judicious,
prudent. bat patient and continual, ef-
fort to improve her material resources
in oil Legitimate ways. These aro no
easy tasks. To perform them we'll will
bring labor enough to tax any genera
ton of active public mon; but it will
bring solid satisfaction, and well earned
reputation also. to those who bear their
part in it.-NeU Fork Times.