The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-20
A Word OF Warning.

Mr.. Greeley showed himself to DO fur
more wise than good many OF. his most
ardent supporters, when, in lis letter of
acceptance addressed to the Democratic
Committee, lie limited that one of the
lending causes of complaint, out of
which the Liberal movement grew. was
the general consciousness pervadipo the
people that there should be cessation
OF exclusive legislation for tho bluck
man, and more care given to the larger
Interests of the white man. Mufotis n,u.
iondis. the same thing may be said of the
conduct Of the present camuaign, whore
SO much effort is made to secure tue Gu.
operation Of the negro and the negro's
friend. that there begins 10 DO danger
lest the white nau should be overlooked,
anu some OF his support lost in couse.
quence. Mr.. Summers lett RS were
manly, generous, opportune, and they
will doubtless help the cause of Liberal
ism both in tho North aud the South.
Saunders is n clever speaker, and does
not lack either tact or modesty. But
MIR. Sumner showed what he feared con.
cernlng his influence with his proieges by
the dHte OF his letter, and Saunders
we'll, Saunders did not set Halifax County
on fire. The fact of the business is, tue
Liberal party is heterogeneous one,
and to succeed, must ,livide the labors OF
It's champions. The negro vote, tho
German vote, the Irish vote, the Repub-
ilcan vote, tho Democratic vote. all find
IN the Liberal candidate and platform a
broad point d'dppui. upon which they
can unite their forces to save the repnb.
llc and restore honest government But
lot MIR. Sumner and Mr.. Saunders and
nj ia
why they should support Greeley; let
Mr.. Schnrz aud Mr.. Ottendorfer con.
vince the Germans in tho same way; let
Republicans fetch over Republicans, and
Democrats reason with Democrats. ANY
other policy will be fatal Any attempt
to assume thut the supporters of Mr..
Greeley, because they have united for u
common object, have suddenly grown to
be homogeneous now party, will be the
height Of absurdity. AS Mr. Jere Black
showed in his admirable letter the other
day, Democrats have grounds for sup
porting Mr.. Greeley, which ore entirely
outside and independent of the fact that
he has been Republican and negro
philist. Those who ask Democrats to
go for Mr.. Greeley upon the same
grounds that Sumner asks the negroes to
go for him, have no conception of the
real issue, or are double dealers.
There is danger in this matter, or We
wonld not allude to it. and it is danger
which the shrewd and unscrupulOus
managers for Grant long ago scented out
and are trying to profit by. In point of
fact, the GRANTEES in the Suuth, as soon
as they found that Sumner and Greeley
were likely to go away from them, began
to hedge on tho Southern negro vote.
Neither Grant nor his friends have
any fondness for tue negro, nor conf
dence in him. They know that there
are three white votes in the South for
Que negro vote, and they have been try
ing for years to swap off one for the
other. Thut is the secret of the pitiful
huckstering OF the Administration with
Longstreet, Jim Orr. Akerman, Settle,
Mosby, &c. That in the sole reason why
j. s. Casey remains to this day Collector
at New Orleans. Casey tried to make a
league of the Custom House with the
Democrats, that would send him to the
United States Senate and squelch War
mouth. The league failed, because the
Louisiana Democrats had no confidence
in Casey. The Grant "hedge" fails, be-
cause the Southern Democrats viii iia75
no dealings with Grant
But we must be very careful in our
attempts at bringing over the Southern
negro, to do anything that will drive the
Southern white man into disgusted inac-
ton. We must not fling the cloak of
apathy over his present fine enthusiasm
and hurculean endeavor. "The game is
not worth the CANDLE" The negro is the
creature of the lengues. and we cannot
win him over in q body, even if we tried.
He knows only two names, and those are
''Linkum" and Grant. Collectively, he
has scarcely heard of Sumner and Gree
ley. And he is absolutely and entirely
nntrustworthy, as now constituted.
Upon THE point, the testimony of Mr..
John Q. Sinnott, an eminent merchant
of New Orleans, before the committee of
the last Congress to investigate the po-
liticnl troubles in Louisiana is most CON
elusive. It is to be found on page 493
OF the printed testimony:
Q. You organized large number of
colored Democratic clubs in this city,
did you not? A. Yes, sir; I helped to
organize one.
@. Tell me if they played out. A.
They were the biggest sort of Radicals 1
ever saw. We got them together, and
fed them, and clothed them, and shod
them.
Q. Tell me how much they cost you.
A. 1t i8 incaloQlable 4 cannot fell