The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-29
COLUMBIA, s. G.
Wednesday Morning. July %. 1874
Abuse EHdecd!

Judge Cooke. in Greenville. a few
days ago. he complained of the
@'abuse." as he termed it, which was
heaped upon the Radical party oi
South Carolina by the opposition. We
have seen the same sort of complaint
on several occasions. In the Union.
Herald, Of yesterday, It is stated that
the opposition ''indulge in a reckless.
ness Of denunciation which has be.
come morbid and Unsuitable" We beg
to remind these parties. first, that NO
abuse. so7oalled, no denunciations by
the Conservative press or speakers,
can ever hope to do justice to the oc-
oasion;' seoondly, that the exposures,
censures. denunciations and contempt
poured upon the South Carolina
branch Of the Radical party by the
great Republican journals of tie North.
constitute fearful Indictment against
it. such as can never pc eaualed by
the Conservatives OF the State. Ex-
tracts from the New York Tribune,
Times, Herad. 8u,s.o and gRarpers'
Weekly. not to speak OF Republican
presses in other oities, North, East and
North -wes.. might be made. whieh, il
plsced in proper array, would almost
make ones blood run cold. And here
rs the deliberate opinion of Hon. JUS.
=. File. an original Abolitionist and a.
Radical OF Radicals, who carefully OBJ
served things for himself, before he
Put pea to paper. "The rule of
South Carolina, !" he says. "should not
be dignified with the name of 90
verament. It is the installation OF
q huge system OF brigandage. The
men who have had it in control. and
who now have it in control, ara the
picked Villains of the community.
They are the highwaymen of the State.
They are professional legislative rob-
bers. They are men who have studied
and practiced the art Of legslized theft.
They are in no, sense different from or
better than tho men who fill the pri-
CONS and penitentiaries -of the, world"
What do you think OF that. Judge
Cooker Gan you find anything
stronger in the English language. or in
any language? Will you find it in
Burke's impeachment of Hastings, or
in Cicero's concentrated scorn poured
out on Verres? We recommend you
to buy and keep, as vade nsecum and
text book, 'The PROSTATE State"
Read. study and inwardly digest this
passage on the 112sh page: ''The only
drawback to the country, the only him
deraaee to an immediate accession of
population from the best agricultural
classes abroad, is this scoundrel 60
vernment. which has 80 long rioted,
and is yet rioting. in its robberies.
There seems to be no way OF even
checking their intolerable practices
but to flash the Aambeaux of an out
side exeoration In their faces. They
defy the indignation Of the people
they have ruined. but they are not
proof against the indignation of the
country at large. It becomes 9 public
duty
TO lash the rascals naked through the
land,' l
And aid this PROSTATE State to recover
possession Of itself, retrieve it's stand
ing before the world, and drag to con /.
dign punishment the oqlprits who
have go long rioted in issjapoils. and
who so persistenay prey uPon its re-
II Mr.. Pike is not good authority,
there is no good authority. He came
to look upon, perhaps to admire, the
state Of society and government which
he had aided in establishing here. AS
an honest man, as m intelligent citi-
zen, he was shocked, and turned nway
with irrepress;ble loathing, and sent
out to the American public and the
civilized world his indignant protest
against its continuance. It is possible
that statement here and there ia his
book may nos be literally correct, but
mono has over been pointed out. In