The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-16
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Thprsday Morning. January. 16. 1873.
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Ouf readers Know t0at IT 19 mot our
habit, d itis very far from ont taste, to
intfude our, private affairs upon their
notice. The persistent. personal, and
altogether npiastifisble attacks ofa oity
contemporary upon the proprietor Of
the PHGN11-the authorized agent of
tha Associated Press at this point--fQr
hRying sent Q certain despatch on the
17th of December, 1872, in reference to
the Senatorial election, induce us to de.
part from our custom once again. As
VAS the case onoe before, when the re-
peatetIs aud unjust insinuations of this
ssma jpqlpsi we're directed against Us.
aud Ifcreed sua TO rePly,&one shot viii
suffice. The despatch. in question was
the statement et hroaeedingsiin Trial
Justices court, as they were reported to
u.s., md used in our own johsnal. and, in
substance, telegrnphed to others. It
may not have been literally correct in all
particulars. We were not present OF the
Justioebco Its proceedingswere re-.
ported to Us as an item OF news, to which,
in fact, We paid but little attention.
Next day, ppon learning. further what
they had been, we took the pains to re-
fer editorislly TO the, matter, and to de-:
nounce;them as irregular. We deoIated
that the: parties charged with bribery
must make their showing elsewhere than
In Trial JUSTICES court. and in face OF
the afidavfts already Of record, and con-
fronted by the witnesses who appeared
against them originally. The Senator
elect, as will be remembered by our
readers; was not supported In our Cos.
lumns, nor: any'improper practices Oh
Ills part, or on that of any one else, up
held by US. On the contrary, the whole
batch OF candidates, including the one
80 warmly supported by our oontempo-
rary, were unsparingly characterized by
:usRd unworthy Of the position to which
they aspired.p We described the contest
rs substantially one between race and
money, and that money had won the
day. We were. in fact. called to account
for ,qqpgH idenupeiationb Of the voters as
vena1, aud PROSTATE before the golden
calf. SO much for that. The intiuation
that improper motives influenced US in
sending the despatch, is unworthy of q
respsotabss journal, and is absolutely
grouudless. Perhaps reason may be
found for. the bad mood Of our contem-
poiarys III tho fact that. as Press Agent,
il has been several times our painful duty
temporarilyto withhold its tslegrsphio
despatched owing b nop.payment Of the
weekly assessment. Perhaps o change
OF Press Agent, as called for by it,
might be beneficial to our contemporary
It might be able to relieve itself from the
psymapf of the telegraphic tolls and
othersdaes, as was done several years
ago by journal bearing the same
na@e, and having ,ffa same aimdies 'bpainess
manager, as that OF our contemporary.
: We take no pleasure in, personal
attitshsA.ss We Have 1 busihnseasa} ihnseas Hd1orsa,
bly, acquired, which is sufficient to en-.
ploy our time. We have none to spare
in fdl6 controversy. . ThS COURSE Of the
PHaNIf has been straigbs forward and
above -boafd iha hatkih asAnsRll other mat.
ters.
Mess.Es n, iFovernar o1osos.
In Governor Moses message. trans
mitted to the Leoislature Tuesday,. he