The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-17
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Friday Morning, October. IL. lS7S.:I


Friday Morning, October. IT, 1873. i
7T7 .awaaEels' l',sfr 81 tho SOUTH, n
In another column our readers win
Ghnd5copied from the Now York. Graphic,
g generous appeal to the Government,
and the public.opinion of the North, In
favor OF more intelligent. less pre-
judioed aud more considerate view OF
ths 5ondition OF the South. We ars
.cheered BY snch evidences OF good will.
and Of p returning sense Of justice to
our oppressed and unhappy section,
from'A quarter 80 influential and candid.
We presented, q few days ago, an article
Of decided merit from the pen of Elihu
Bskritt, upon the evils OF the loss to the
whole country, from absence in ita
oouloils, Of the genius, statesmanship
and character OF the Southern people.
The, ono, published to-day il no less
striking IN its ,wsy, showing the asces-
sity.to the nation at large of the re:
oovsry OF tho South from her ptostra-
tion, and Of aI more complete develop
ment ofshsrostps) and commanding re-
sources. ;WaA Ahonld be clad, indeed, If
such ffabkyy Sxpleassd and intelligent
views asithoss mentioned, and the occa-
aiqnal almsnly uttaranees Of the New
York World, Herald and Tribune. should
asias! At6use thal; ;pdBlio opinion Of the
North to stay che hand of oppression; j;
ct last teach the msddlesome General
Government that it has gone to it's last
,sId Utmost tether. Our principal trou-
BILE is the National Administration and
its special adyiters. We could manage
the little rnscals if it were not for the
s6ahsenaloe and the mailed hand Of the
imperial power. If it wore ont of The
way. The puppies would hardly dare
bark at ua.
what HrotkN UP Taex. Mr., Rebbitt's Mis-
. ~ ~ ~ n, = NON Chdrch 1a1s71.
:R2v. d. Babbitt, backed by the Union.
HstalG hakss a!nohsidarabla a.ir in yes
terday's issue OF that journals in reply
to our little pleasantly last Sunday
morniagsinreferanoeqto the innousist.
ENJOY Of Northern Republicans declining
to participate in religious services with
colored persons, as shown in their &C.
!iosIid Mi. BAbbit.s Missibn Church in
1871, and in the purpose attributed to
them Of Withholding their sons from tho
South Oarolina Uniyersity. as now about
to- bs organized. The article bore q
little hsrd. but not too hard on Mr..
Rabblts as presenting sad contrast in
falling to, protect his black brother at
( the,oouamanions table and in attendance
oH hiS .ssryioas 'in the Mission Church,
when his oountenance would have been
valuable. and in welcoming him to
privileges similar TO those then denied
Aih..|now that he, Is 8 power in the
State. We had no thought of arousing
the reverend professors clerical ire, any
more than we expected him to take
refuge behind the venerable Episcopal
Church. or to hide himself in cloud
Of party politics. We think, however,
that We can find him wherever he goes,
even II It be into q "wood pile" The
issue between us is plain and simple
one. in no way concerning either church
or party. The plea he makes of attack
by US on the Episcopal Mission Church
is lamentably weak. We shall not lose
our temper about this matter, or wander
away from the subject as he has done.
We propose as briefly as possible to
bring him distinctly to the point.
he will concede, we suppose, indeed,
he has. stated, that he was conducting
religious services in a Mission Churcl, in
Columbia. on September 26, 1871. He
has also stated that they we're suspended
from that date til the spring of 1873.
Something rather peculiar and startling
happened on that 26th September, II.
Whatever it wss. it Was commented
upon by the PHOENIX, two days after.
wards. The day following, it was ex.
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