The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-22

y 81 OOArA4 AHSSoS.-lt Is not IN the
nature oi the American people to submit
inl9stloe and usurpation, and wherever
Elt ltisRtempted, resistance becomes GER
sain. Hopeless Of an equitable adjust.
meqt OF our political difficulties, resist.
|anoA,sn not only to the payment of taxes
and t6lthe authority OF men who are no.
torlouslx 4ntruders in Office, is now un.
dergoing t6h h{orms OF organization in all
portions of, tHn State, snd quiet can be
.restosed only Through a restoration to
t. the =, people p os the rights of seIf-govern-
Take the late unfortunate events at
Oolfax. in Grant Parish, TO point the
moral under consideration. The smiling
village converted by -yisaged war
into place OF mourning and desolation,
is the parish seat OF mixed community
OF wlntes and blacks At the November
election, the Fusion parish officers were
mostly elected. This was particularly
the case as to the Parish Judge, though
shs Sheriff eject was Republican.
we believe that the Lynch Board made
no returns as to parish officers in Grant
l'arlsh. Be that as il may, the Fasion
Judge was, commissioned by Governor
Warmoth, and performed the duties of
6ia .otdoe for the months of January,
February and March. On the 1st of the
present month, q man named Register,
who had been appointed and commits
stoned as Judge by Governor Kellogg,
presented himself and demanded the Of
noe. His claim was resisted by the
Sheriff aud the acting Judge. Reeister
had formerly been Clerk of the Court,
He had no claims on the score of eleo..
ton, as he WAS not even q candidate in
November last. Indeed, the Republican
candidate for Parish Judge died shortly
after the election.
daring and unscrupulous negro.
named Wnrd-the Captain Jack of Grant
Parish took up tho cause of Register,
aud claiming military authority, organ
lzed the negroes into a military force,
LOOK possession Of the Court House, and
expelled the previously recognized court
"ffiolals. Fired by this success, they af-
forwards drovee from the village mum.
Der OF white Inhabitants; seized, under
prctext OF military necessity, horses,
arms and provisions, and fortified them
selves AZ il Engaged In lawful war of
offence nnd defence. Captain Jack, of
the Modocs. seems to have been Wnrds
exemplar iu all his doiugs. Plunder and
treaohery were his chief atrategio re-
liances.s and when finally he fred on the
H,g OF truce. sent out for parley, he
|nompieted the murdsrous parallel for
the hrst line Of Which Captain jack and
his tribe are doomed to swift extermina.
tion. Itshonld be remembered that it
was the elected aud recognized sheriff
who undertook to re- establish his autho-
rity by aid Of the posse comitatus, and
whose rights were disputed by lawless
rabble. His men were fred upon, and
such vengeance as followed was the bit
ter fruit of the outrage first committed.
We greatly regret that thus far ven ::
geance has fallen on the misguided
dupss. instead Of the iniquitous leaders
III this outrage. But the end is not vet
Unless genuine military government,
based on direct .Federal authority, be es.
tablished in place of the existing usurpa-
tion.or concessions be made sufficient 10
8 lisfy the pubic demand for justice and
iair dealing, the doings st Colfsz will be
repeated In half of the parishes of the
Stale. -. ,ts.n, IN,
/ Let Gov. Kellogg and the Republican
po wersthats beread this lesson Alright,
aud they will SEQ the impossibility OF
converting what has been pronounced by
high Republican authority d risurpation,
into an acceptable and popular govern
ment Of the people and by the people.
NeO Orleans Times. :
HOTEL ARRIVALS, April 81, 1879
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