The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-15
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ssembly * South Gar 6asoiins. Under her ,ree Con. %
istitution, has convened and held its daily ses-
siols ia the midst Of universal .trahquiliity
and order. YOU entered upon the duties Of
. tho session With difficulties OF Married gravity
sss asd besRs as
lyon Mil} in the end surmonnt; by, .. diliRent
responsible duties enj oined upon you by the
Cd Into I oo1eHaat through our official ostha.
thst .thp rslations Of the stats to the Fsdsrai I
Uhl6h &re not only OF the most cordial charso.
tsr, ,bnt the guarantees OF perpetual concord
betKeen TIE great sections Of our oountryare
the growing recognition Of the fact that al
citizens Of the United States are bound to-
gether BY the tic Of common interest. The
scts Of individual violence, which had mani
tested themselves in the upper Counties OF the
Bt4te, since the summer Of 1866. and which
? Nero eissriy the con consequence OF political and
sopS ssa.. esss
our fellor: :oitizens, recently enfranchised ed and
vested with civic rights, have happily ceased.
The lawless and .vindiotive spirit from whioi
organizations. which, in the winter Of 1870
and the, apring Of 1871, dominated many
yOaRpties. end. with startling audacity. over-
hand, and wrote their decrees In the innocent
blood Of 1noffending, yiotims, whom they re-
morselessiy scourged and slew.
Those organisstions haye been dispersed
by the power Of the General Government. and
many Of the actors therein have been pun
iahea BY it's courts. That power was exercised
ior 9 protective purposes only, against the
deadly centraiiaation symbolized by the mid
night horseman who rode as the missionary
OF hate, in disguise as fearful as the deed
he had armed himself to execute. 3 /
u HenoefOrth those who might entertain apy
SCHEME for the oppression OF an American
citizen on the soil of our State, because OF. tho
manner IN which he choeses. as B. freeman. to
exercise hts political rights, will be, admo-
dition OF that citizen. and. whatever may be
MS race or color, powerful government
stands prepared snd willing to protect him in
!thetisht. aud privileges thst attach to Ame-
e.naor ga justice i | failed to s snnosnoe @
.thatinot only have the unlawful organizations
hsopen exhibition Of sentiment Of hostiii.
4ty to the State or Federal Government, that
maze it possible that such organizations
stian, seems to have also passed away.
!, Nowhere, upon the soil OF South Carolina
to-day does 1t seem to be necessary that, Tor
the preservation Of public order or tho pre-
dinary agencies should be resorted to; the pa
et49 genoies which tho laws provide as the
s.1e q Hs9;fe:guards +; e oi tie citizen and society
our State The person OF the stranger smong @
and, however rude and remote his dwelling,
: be payreposs; in safety. for, the law keeps
hut aleepiess sentinel. May this security ever
sSel Ps petRss shsoly s9sa nsa
up amid sangn1nafy OWL war. be forever
'nition OF that sense Of brotherhood which
should spring from our common nationality
as American oitizsnss Tho American should
ieel ~ Pride quiokened and his self;respeet
cert republic Of Witch 10 il hspp.iy an ira:.
vidulishd. political member. IN territorial
ares. the United States atre:c oh from the tro.
:. pie belt OF seas, and islands on the South to
The 10y pesan, % the North; while nom East
to West they form the grand mediterranean
region which unites while II divides the two
Within their limits over .4.Ooo. 900 Of square
phieal centre Of the earth's plane. and an
q sfea much greater than that Of all Europe,
and about one-tvelfth OF the hebitable land
on our globe. They contain a population Of
nearly 10000. 900, or about one-half OF the
total number of inhabitants on the whole
0ontilent Of North America. This mighty
population surpsss in The products and utility
Of their varied Industries any people known
TO htssorS. Although fitted beyond all other
people to prsotieeS tbs arts Of war ,.they are
achisyemen!s q their skilled Industry i .re to to
be seen predomfnant throughout the civilized
worlds The traveller who at present trayerses
eFeH tne KEo6t empire OF huHol4 WILL Dc con-
yeyed in. an American car, drawn by IN Ame-
rlcan locomotive, on q railroad built by Amo.
rican engineers. II be enters the great armory
: OF England at Enfield, he will see the results
Of American inventive genius, in the automa-
tic machinery which produces the arms with
which Great Britain e1uips her renowned SOL
diers; while ct t.Woolwioh he may look upon
that most formidable engine of modern ord
nance, the Armstrong gnp, for which the pro.
snmed inventor. whose name II bears, re-
oeived the honor OF knighthood from the
British Government, but which has been
proved by evidence which, among military
mon, 1s said to be incontestible, to be the
creation OF an American inventor. Every
where In the fields Of England, France and
Germany, may be seen implements Of hus-
bandry Of American manufacture; while Ame-
rioan enterprise and diplomacy havo IN barred
the gates that secluded the ancient people Of
the East from free commerce with the West
ern nations. and American fabrics OF every
class are now widely and rapidly exchanged
for the products OF the Orient. While saoh
are the magnificent achievements of our
country In all the arts That contlibpte to the
advancement and elevation Of utEnkind, tile
products Of it's agriculture are no less start
ling in their mngnltu do tn an those OF its ma
nufacturing skill and resources. The slatis-
tics Of population embraced in the eighth and
l.ipthi census OF the United States, (which
form most inter eating study,) show that at