The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-02
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Lpul dana, and the sblisSt s1Sieh hessxs
dnd@ Is nil her great :JatefsIts; gt b
yond anything thatNe 81 s. akp stisnSeds
The cousae Of the: Aamini ilonss Sad:
of Congress. has bsea ShamsIif And rep.
rehensible, beyond all previous example:
and precedent. ;T The evil tcisequsnoes
have spread far beyond the boundaries
ottle Kthte. .'pnd tho whbls 'MikiaaiG.h
Y4lley@tbet finest eountks.=andsr-taa
sun3Tiev 70, = large: extent involved in
the same prostration. They have no
:chdiA ba!to struggle on. and earnestly
to- protest against this>oonfinued opl
precision md outrage. The ;Committ9S
of Two Hundred, which. was sent to-
Washington to protest against tho Kef.:
[4ogg nsI4pat tioa, !. have meda S mpprt,;
|EwHh flIs several colnhp ], of slbe New.
Orleans press. It concludes with tie
following temperate recompondations:
h '1sthyVe recommend thata permanent com.
mittee of seventy members be eappointed, =,
with power to collect a large amount of
testimony that exists, which the com
mittee of the Senate did pot collect.
H""That testimony be collected Or the
mal-ad administration under which the
State grouns from the Federal officers of
this State and Of Che city oY New Orleans,
whereby property has been rendered in.
secure: its value diminished, confidence
destroyed, md persons i'm impoverished and
oppressed. I, hsi'i ,ve=3t
a6s5Wereeom mend that our grievances be
submitted to the Legislatures OF all the
STATES Of this, Union, and to Congress,
when it shal. be again in session.
,"We recommend that the co operation
and assistance of other committees, who
are charged to prc',, ito judiciary and ad.
miniitEatiye .reforu- . solicited.
"We recommend thu. all of tile people
OF this, State be. organised to accomplish
reform in. our State administration and
to promote economy, retrenchment and
official responsibility,
."Werecommehd that the colored popu-
1ation Of this State be protected, encour-
aged, assisted, and That what is needed
f1H their Improvement, guidance. aud
progress be assured, and that this be q
standing principle of act andscounsel 10
the dealings towsrd them. ss :
temperate, moderate and 1atssdate deport-
ment On the part Of our people, so that
y;eI Ip44y shnp sQlfhhtv6rllthdsIrha inhe-
I rent force and Strength of our population
|ij equal fYtheS bcbasion Of maSntAfhing
Ourselves in tho presenea Of an igno.
minious Governheht, imposed by psurp.
Asta9 "a Vl5tsnte lind fraaH, aGt6 1 ftiiEg to
t4aa 4HHoH Yta cpmniittee .pyeass Mkoh we
had, no, Influence. OK control jhllh, 'ih
},whtoh :wei hadsno represen tatist.,'' ~
says ttttr the sp1esq ayss
oonditio!i Of, things ia one of bbaos, and
inksstRaf Vie moski rnortifying, fact in
regard TO their troubles is tile indication
that the Northern people,are Indifferent
totbe@ruin btoaght upon the State. If
anything can open their eyes, it will be
the strong. language Of that journal,
which we COPY below:
"Your;people are 40 used. to these DO.
litical troubles i'll the South, that when
ever the wolf is upon us, you regard it
as false alarm, or o mere cry of de-
feated or designing party. You were
never in 30 great a delusion. Come
yourselves, Or send any intelligent and
honest person, and you will be quickly
convinced that this State and CITY are
rapidly verging toward the abyss of utter
ruin and disorganization, politically, So
cialiy and commercially. Every interest
is paralyzed, property is worthless, rents
are not collectable, securities ARE value
less. money is boarded, enterprise is
banished, and industry only needs the
means to fly the country. A prosperous
cotton season and high prices for that
product give the only vitality to com-
merce which is visible. AS for sugar,
another Of our great staples, but few Of
the plantations can last through another
season without falling into tile hands Of
the sheriff or OF tho mortgages. There
can be no exaggeration Of enr woefuf
condition, And it is all due TO our po-
litical troubles, forced upon us, and
maintained by tho Federal Executive,
and which have been foisted upon our
people through the N ost audacious fraud
and usurpation, by means of a majority
OF Ignorant negroes, controlled by Il
band Of robbers and plunderers, who act
upon the boldly proclaimed purpose of
Edespoiling oil the respectable ciasses of
the population for tho enrichment of
good Republicans.
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