The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-18

Ita0lcHl party mas stolen from the tax.
payers OF South Crrolina in tho last
six years. No, that amt right. In
addition to this. they have stolen the
assets of the State Bank, amounting to
nearly 81. 600, 900, $500, 900 from the
Columbia and Greenville Railroad, on
their account, and nearly $4,000, 900
on account of the Blue Ridge Rl,.roud.
'Fhis should be added to the amount,
and the great gross nggrtgutu Of the
robbery foo,s up $40. 600. 0OU a. the
majority Of your readers live III close
proximity to the State aud are lum,iiar
with most Of the details, repetition
of them hers would be sup-rflnons
found the tax pa, ers. The real
ownrrs of the iaua aud hnase-, III II
condst'"n Of despair. They ure utterly
puwrrirs> tU throw oil th. weight
which Is CT l.hing them To death lilr
elections are nothing but muck-,i
4 WHITE niau mny receive H. 00U ma.
lorlty. the managers, whu ale
without exception Radical, will return
the majority for the Radicul ut 4. 600 or
5000. The Legislature. the Governor
yea, even the Congress- of the United
States-will receive the return without
question. Gov. Moses aud Secretary
Cardozo complained to me that the old
aristocracy Of the State stood alouf
from politics, and would have nothing
tn do with the affairs Of the STATE.
This was not true, az I had ample
means OF finding out. and suppose it
was. What was the use Of casting
ballot where their managers had iu-
structi0ns from them TO stuff the buxes
to any extent necessary tn carry the
election? 1t was participating in IL
gambling game, where they were Ger.
tain to lone. 10 matter how they bet.
The whole truth is, the Republican,
party of Snth Carolina is Que of de-.
pravl.y. Honor Is foreign to 1t. 10 Ii,
virtue and honesty is u crime-sncces-.
fnl rogn"ry thu highest attribute to
which human Uatnre can attain.
The battle for tue liberation of Suuth
Carolina must be fought outside of the
State. All it's pure men ara bound
hand aud foot, aud utterly uuahle to
help themselves. They may spcak
and mag vote aud 1t will amount to
nothing. All parties. bIuck and white,
rest under the conviction that Presl-
dent Graut aud tue Congress Of the
United S ates fully endorse all the acts
of ex.Gov. S:ots and acting Gov.
Moses and their seYerui Legislatures
They believe that Gruut would not
hesitate to order the cooperation Of
the army and navy in the event of any
resistance to their Wholesale punder.
ing. They believe that Grant aud
Congress are sustained by the people
OF the North because Of Traditional
hatred Of South Carolina. Once disa-
buse their besotted minds OF these i'm
pressions, and they would quickly re.
lax their hold upon the throat of the
State. We can only do this by revo-
lutionizing Congress first aud the Pre-
sidcnt next No relief will ever come
short OF that It is utterly preposter-
GUS to suppose that the people of the
Uuited States will much longer tolerate
such scandalOus state of affairs IN ex-
lists there now. 1t is the real wish Of
the masses to e1pel the white people
from the soil. Their leaders knowing
full we'll that this carnot be accom-
plished by force of arms, for in that
event the whule union would Interfere.
are now rracticing surer method of
sSoSoio ~ B tuot CIV CJ tuhhtuR ldXUllOu
20 enormous that residence will be in.
tolerable. They are radically aud
openly opposed to the introduct,on Of
Any more white blood On the other
hand. they want to rid themselves of
what they already have.
Tfis is the worst feature OF the whole
situ, ion. Instead Of the black popn.
lation advancing i'll education aud
civilization. it is on the descending
sc.le. more particularly on the islands
Oh the coast. where no white people
! now live. Take away the iufrence of
the white people, land it Is rapidly
disappearing,) remove it from the
State. and not twenty years will elap.e
before South Carolina will be In as
barbarous IL condition as Ashuntae
Without outside pressure and inter.
ference, it will rapidly come TO this.
Governor Moses snid me that he. had
inaugurated measures Of reform, which
he hoped would rerress much Of the
iniquity complained of! DeIuded man!
You have sown the wiud and will reap
the whirlwind. 1t is n,w utterly be.
yond your control-as much 90 as the
blazing city one applies the match to.
Aud among the number who will be
buried under the ruins is yourself,
unless the Democratic purity of the
United States chooses to save yon and
your native State. Having an abiding
faith in human nature, though stag
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