The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-04

zsns py the conetltut1onnnd laws OF our com.
with theirs-nur good or eyil--in ali comine
time, Rise above that spirit Of sectionaiisB5
Which La 49, 90 long been tn: dark stain on the
men, and vhieh m.rred the neS,o cbsrsotsr
and narrowed: the intellectual range of Tho
great Virginia Senator, Of whom Whittier
the "Rees Of Liberty" has said, With kindi!
''roo honest or too proud to feikn.
love be never cherished, he.'';ra
Beyond FirRinia's border line ~, a.
His patriotism perished. 49,,
While others hailed in distant skios.
1gonly saw our moantsfn bird ".tia,."
Stoop Ger Old Domlnion:" .-;,
Let the American citizen feel thatwherever
ho enters within our bounderias. he viii and
with US a safe home and hcspitahie welcome
Thus will our brethren from the great States
o. the 81 North be encouraged TO dwell among
laustless energias hsvo bui!ded mighty 6itiea
in the remote wilderness, will level our forests
and replace them with blooming harvest
sad,ruina OF sestroue,war Ni,h the enduring
monuments Of their: :peaae nd ci7ilix1ng srts.
The smsGniSent sna uafsi!ing water power q
then be rapidly utilized, to put in motion
thousands sf busy spindles and looms, in IuA
view We " 81 @ the ae}as that are w4iteneI 6y the
.ast sHpRRes the material fof ths fabric
who seek abroad the: liberty snd prosperity
denied them. mt, homo, will alSo ehe Wooad to
our our s'lpr9s. and viii swoll tho Volume Of our
I would aiso spposl to yaose' ptop1e of the
State Who wefs formerly tho ruling ,oiassjt tc
cultivate and,cheriah 10y al and devoted SON
s5d S
flag which representait - Government whose
mighty arm is ready to be tpuited sn,your
defence. at home and abroad ON land and sea
a q UyuG GIR1, vnyf lar Al
sign Of power hostile to you. Tie iFlustri.
ous soldirr who Is noy the Chief Magistrate
OF our great republic, and whose .nnegnsuimi-
opposed him feel that he deserved to triumph
i'll war, desires to see all citizens OF our State
dwell together in harm0ny.in obedience to
just laws OF their own ensctment-and he
stands prepared to- foster, by generous en-.
couraHement,. a loyal sentiment Of devotion to
manifest, -'''
TO those Of my fellow.citizens with whom
aihliat1 In political sentiment, and who were
pleased TO designate me- "a the candidate of
their choice: and TO accord me their sufrages
all matters OF public policy. 80 far as any
effort Of mime may avail, will regard the
plat form which was framed by the representa-
tive body that placed me in nomination as an
| authorit ativa exposition Of my official duty,
whioh demands, and shall ever Receive, M
highest respect. ! shhll await myself Of the
oariiest opportunity to communicate Eith you
sy 4tem Of State Goyccemeat @lich think are
contemplated by the'spirit and intention. Of
this platform, by which hcpe we will be go.
verned. U,ts.
TO those who deomed it proper to aesail
MO, during the Canvass, with unparalleled
! sccrbity, would say, in kindly spirit, that the
obloquy OF their assaults has been met ana
answered at the balfot.box. and do not de.
sire to revive the recollection OF their defeat,
save by proving. in my public conduct. that
| their reproachcs were undeserved.
A. Y.
pirate for me to refer, on an. occasion like the
present. to an event which, following rapidly
| the official announcement OF the election Of
the Republican cs ndidates in the State And
nation. has thrown acloud upon even that
| splendid triumph. aiiuGe .tu tho iioaah oi
| the Hon. Horace Greeley, which occurred on
the evening OF tho 29th nltino, and which
may bo considered as national calamity.
History Is but the record of the lives and
'loeds OF the few men who have been either
the belefactors or the scourgea Of their race.
This man was in bis sphere ilIustrioua above
most OF his .co!laborors in the service rem.
! dered hv him to tha oauae nf human ri1hfs
during the past quarter OF century. Stand
ing at the head OF a great journal, whose
Engliel language iteelf, he did as much as
any Of his coternporaries 20 mould the OPT
nions Of the representative men Of his gene
ration, and to establish and Findicate the
incorporated into the organic law OF this ma
ton. -:
SprlnRipg from the tolllnR millions OF the
people, he never forgot his origin, but was
always, amid his well-dsserved wealth and
eminerse, the outspoksn champion of tho
poor and the oppressed, and Of the rights Of Ia
Dor. No man was more uueh aritable in speech
than he, and never WAS man more charitable
| in deed. Possessed of arhardy and rugged
honesty. which the breath Of slander dared
nc. .sssil. even in the fierce heat Of politi.
cal canvass, distinguished for its bitter and
: malisn personalities, he never, where princ-
plo tas he saw it, was involved. sacrificed the
right to the expedient, but always preferred,
in maintaining his convictions, rather to
break than to bend. His fame will be ma
tional property, and will continue, for many
years, to reflect lustre upon his country;
while the colored race, whom he aided so
much to relieve from chattol and civic bond.
ago, will, in gratefully cherishing the memory
or his noble service, forget his ono grieyous
faut.
In conclusion, follow-citizens. would do in.
Justice to the impulses OF my heart should
fail, on such an occasion as tho present, to
recognize and gratefully acknowledge the
services rendered to The causo Of free govern.
mont in South Carolina by my distinguished
predecessor. First entering the State as q
prisoner OF war, whose command was defeat-
cd without dishonOr. lie was duly exchanged,
after long confinement in military prison,
| and at the close OF hostilities in the field re-