The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-01

who consider that Mr.. Greeley's cleo
tion is the sine qua non to our political
salvation.
The names Of these disorderly negroes
can be preserved for future reference.
SaDannah Republican.
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THR RIAL IssUE.-The country is, or
Boutwell, for stating, foroibly,, the real
issue between the Greeleyites and the
GRANTEES. Mr.. Greeley, in accepting
the Cincinnati platform, we'll and llappi-
~ said:
II accept your nomination, in
the confident trnst that the masses of our
countrymen, North and South, are euger
to clasp hands across the bloody chasm
Which has too long divided them, forget
ting that they have been enemies in the
joyful consciousness that they are and
must henceforth remain brethren"
MIR. Boutwell,, Gen. Grants pet Secre.
tary OF the Treasury, and despatched to
North Carolina as his organ to speak for
him. says:
"We are advised to clasp hands across
the bloody chasm made by the war. 1
protest against this advice"
Here, is the whole issuel Greeley ie
for peace; more especially for peace,
now, six years after the war. And Grant
sings "war, war" only war; not exactly
war in arms, but war in peace-war with
| Acts OF Congress, war with enforcement
laws, war without the h0beas corpus writ,
war with ,elootioD laws, war to plunder
the Southerners through carpet-baggers.
and to ruin them more by that species of
plunder than did Sherman's army aud
the outriders Herewith Indeed, the
curse of oarpet-baggers' war, which
Grant has instituted and upheld from the
start, has cost the South more, far more,
than the emancipation Of the slaves-for
that is no real calamity to the white men
OF. the South, and the taxes, Losses and
| devastation Of the war itself.
The Espress has published in detail
the State debts Grants earpet-baggers
have created in the South, but here is
the aggregate now in ten Southern States:
before The Var. After the 1Var.
for which increase of S215, ,2lO,7l5,
the State has nothing to show!
Greeley pledges himself to end this
but Boutwell,, in behalf of Grant, ex-
claims:
II protest against this advice" (of
Greeley.)
Well, we take issue with Grant and
Boutwell, on that, and We go to the coun.
try thereon. Do you, Mr.. Merchant.
Mr. Banker, and Mr.. Railroad Bond
holder of the North-do you want to
keep open such chasm? Does it pay !?
When millions of people are thus com
PEELED to raise money to pay taxes, and
are thus defrauded OF the means to buy
your goods, do you want more of these
taxes, and OF these bonds? Do you
want to impoverish the South beyond
and after the war, and so to impoverish
her. that all her surplus cotton, sugar,
rice and tobacco must be used to pay
taxes-not to recuperate, 80 as to buy
fresh manufactures and goods? Is not
every interest of the North and West III
making the South richer, if not rich,
and in not TINS trampling her dovn
more? Do you, Mr.. Western Farmer,
who sell your corn, your bacon, your
mules, your horses to the South-do you
wish good market there, from weli-off
men, or ruined South, which can only
raise cotton to pay interest on bonds to
rotten carpet baggers of the North and
West?
Then the issue is not one of money
alone, but of morals, principles, and of
"the general welfare" 1t is wicked to
govern the South, as it has been go
verned under Grants administration, by
arms and public robbers. It is in def
ance of every law of God and man. The
American people can never prosper as
oppressors Of their fellow. .men-as ty-
rants, or as the aiders and abettors of
robbery. Nor can We! thus strip the
South OF law and liberty, and govern it
only by force and fraud, and long main
tain our own liberties. The suspension
OF the ha6eas corpus, which ground down
the South, will soon be used to grind
down us, if we sanction this overthrow
OF the Palladium of the Constitution.
Nor can any country long prosper when
part of it is crushed out. as the South
is now crushed, and has been crushed,
during all of Grants administration.
The general welfare of the whole is the
prosperity Of every part, and equality
and equity among all. Hence, Mr..
Boutwell,. we cheerfully accept your
issue, and we go to the country
PEACE, PROLONGED PEACE, UNITY,
HARMONY, HAPPINESS, Or
Your OPEN CHAsM WAR.
Ne,D York Ernyess