The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-03
COLUMB]j;TfsKl, TfsKl St:7 Si;t7'0lC e.
Thursday Kornina. April s, 1873.
Hsvvspapsr Rehsarsals.

#: Rs the. Eusnina Herald charges, the
Confederate flag is the ghostof Bsnquo,
reyisiting the pale. e.glimPses Of ths moon.
and Disturbing the equapini,y Of its
hgather Radical. tho Union. III. Herald
itself has its bogsyi4 .:Den Oraoy."
whose power, as as'an'organixstion in this
State at the present. timesiia about on q
par with that Of the flag which, has been
folded and reveren.iII: laid sads; When
the Herald has occasion to oonatruot an
argument against tBs validity 'of justice
Of anything, i hsstepe e4s'Pe p b ats1 the op:
pro5rioas term Demoofaoy to It; and
thinks its ~=:k il idane,3, 4Etks the ena4
pific, who. Hshspli, Eeaosnatsateds ?v.ith
about the dsngespss aaSie ktsen 81 J, j ~!
and he was on Ats, the Herald seeka to-
reduce eyery th{pg it=ppponsS dtH to
the formula Of Democracy. against
which it is strong. The Herald, Of
course. Is strong against any thing
which has 10000 msjoritx, recorded
against it. 4 has had ooqast6h recently,
with 8 sudden. unexpected. but high
flown and sweeping zeal, to run course
OF tflts; against the Blue Ridge scrip.
We hsEe looked on with no little enjoy
inent Of this pretty ioust. We have
observed the force OF its onset, the pre-
~cision Of its thrusts aud the fire in it's
eye, all intensified by the label Demo
-oracy." which it had previously pinned
to the nominal objeot of its encounter.
With suoh stigma on its front, the
SCRIP had no choice but to ~ down be-
fore its lance. or, like the coon, come
down and save Major Scott the trouble
Of killing il. and the loss, Of a charge Of
ammun{tipn: II, again. urges the
Herald, in substance, the Blue Ridge
scrip was not ., DemQoEatis measure in
its origin, II it has 4sHSs 4#s warmly
pressed on..thes favor -aAk N&ptaase OF
the people by the Bourbon press-al-
though, indeed. it has bsen freely kicked
and cuffed right and 3left-it may yet
become, through thss tIQ|lY, 9t the. Rsdai-
Gals II pushing itfAl tthkAJa potkat.in:
strument in tho hands OF the terrible
Democracy. They may s1'as lnpon; It.
and adroitly use il 70 70 stop the wheels Of
Government, They may buy buy up tie
"stuff." and bold b3!ol j. good agsiRst the
taxes. assessments and all other demands
Of the State. which, If it, only should
get this ''stuff" in lieu OF the good hard
cash OF the Democrats. would be in
sorry plight indeed. ''5a 1r..la;i.
Democracy is etste; Democrats. are
Bourbons and reaotionists; they do not
thoroughly and wholly. appreciate this
great, glorious sprea1.eagle- Government
and party Of onEA twi.h ito splendid and
distinguished corps Of rognes at home
and abroad; in tl.s-. highest as we'll in
the lowest ranks and positions, bnt We
must concede. they have the money
which supports the State Government
one virtue, though linked with thou.
sand political crimes. By this sort OF
argu uentation, which really proves the
dependence OF the Government on the
Bourbons. or Democrats. so-called, is it
sought to kill one measure ia uphold
another. to palliate wrong, to soften
an injury, perhaps to Justify an outrage.
Democracy is lugged in on all occasions,
as foil to act off shining rascalities, as
a convenient term OF reproach wherewith
to arouse indignation, as the red aag of
the Radical matadore to stimulate the
fiery bnt useless charges Of; the doomed
bull OF the political arena. II it be quiet
now, it may break out into violence and
opposition hereafter. It may avail itself
OF favoring circumstances to get on it's
legs again. So 1t is constantly brought
into the scrape, upon one pretext or
another. Just as the innocent lamb,
when it demonstrated that it could not
have muddied the water OF which the
wolf was drinking. standing, as it was,
lower down on the stream, was adjudgcd
guilty OF something else. and, without
ceremony, condemned.
This mode of discussion on the part
0f the HerrM ia hardly fair m ;t,,,