The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-23

| suIOWn OUT Stscgetuer auu MtocESoltSuIn
express terms. TSls should be dobs ID
q bill whigtf PROCESSES to;settls the liub-
lio debt. ,aaTs is not settled as long as
these bonds ara not distinctly repu.
ilisted as fraudulent and unauthorized.
We were surprised to see the Efforts OF
Mr.. Timothy Hurley to give them the
opportunity Of coming forwurd again.
1t was he who moved the restoration Of
the clause. which. il passed, would have
prolonged tbeir existence, and perhaps
given some little credit to those uefa-
rious bonds. Hs aud another r.former,
j. D. Boston, of Nswberry. seemed to
be obIivious OF their former professio ns
We have heard Tim. grow qnits warm in
their deuunoiatiOn. It. wus the best
part of Mr.. Hurley's best speech, deli
vered early in the extra session We
are sorry to see him .'going back" ae
the phrase is. on himself. And IN our
columns of tho 25Sh October, wo com
mendea Dir. Boston's speech delivered
tn committee OF the whole, day or two
before. in which he said that the people
do not mean to pay one dollar towards
liquidating the IS. 600. 900 or Sc. .OOO, 900
OF conversion bonds. "Ali acuuiesoed, /"
he said. ''in the cry to throw out this
portion Of the public debt" II would
like to kuow," he said. in conclusion.
"of member who could conscien-
tiousiy stand up and suy the State ought
to pay Sc. 900. 600 of bonds not properly
issued. &o.. &c. Consistency. as Jones,
OF the Senate, says, thou urt virtue;
and VIZ say not dazzlingly con .picusus
in these two instances.
Since writing the above, the bill has
gone back to the S.nute, aud it concurs
in the restoration Of the clause. So the
conversion bonds are killed Off This
bill aud the tax bill were both ratified
last night. received the signature Of the
Governor, and have become laws.
TO TIE EDITOR OF THE PHOENIX: The
call Of ''Vldette," i'll your issue of the
18th instant, and 5enr own endorsement
OF the came, will, we feel assured, arouse
hearty response iu the bosom of every
true cheated South Caroliniau. We
have felt, for some time past, that there
is no relief for the dow -trodder people
OF the State except in an earnest appea!
to Congress and to the people Of the
United States at large. It is humi!iat.
ing to the last degree to have to 10 this.
but there is no other alternative left us.
Tue burthen that has fulleu upon the
people in the form Of t. corrupt State
Government is too heuvs to be longer
borne, and the time has come for every
honest man 10 the State To unite in the
effort to throw of the Intolerabie bur.
then. We Can see no relief from the
grievances which wo ule enduring, for
the time being. ut least. except in up.
pealins tc the pcopi.i uf the country,
and especially to ;hc nA:iouul l.gslu
ture, which ls now in session. Tue Go.
vernment Of the Uuited States holds
that 1t IL its duty to prutecs State Go.
veinments against :Le Uprising vi lhe
people, and it is only short time since
1t hus exercised that power in this vary
State. Does IL not necessarily follow
thls 1t is equally bound to pru.rct the
people against the opprc.siOns OF these
governments? II the General Govern.
ment eau interpnse only to prevent the
people from redressing tlieir own griev.
ances, but can do nothing to prevent the
State Governments from Expressing The
people, where will ovon the shudow of
liberty then be found? Uudcr snch
ruling. what wrongs, what expressions
may not be perpetrated in The very
henrt Of this land Of buasted liberty?
Tho great mass Of onr peupI. would
prefer thousand times to bo under a
military government to our present cor
rupt State Government. We fully con-
cur with you. AIr. Editor iu the OPT
Mon tina! no reform Gun be expected
from The present Il ,dical Government
OF the State. They have been tried aud
found wanting. The Government in
all Its vLried departments seems to have
but Oh. distinct purpose before it, aud
thh' Is 10 plunge The people uf the S,ntc
into deeper poverty and INTO more in.
tolerAblc distress. We hope, therefore,
that the call Of "Vide..e," to all tho
oranges in tho Stale. to send delegates
to the convention in Columbia on ;bc
18th pro1i'ao. will not only be earnestly
responded to, but thut those delegates,
when convened, will take the further