The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-25
subIi,noiy Ridiculous.

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5ubIimoiy Ridiculous.
In the Senate, yesterday, the commu.
nication of the Taxpayers Convention
was received as information, and 80 dis
posed Of without word. Tho House
was more rash, and imprudently cssayed
in the elaborate speeches of some OF the
members. not to controvert its state.
ments or refute it's clear reasoning, but
to blacken th3 names of its authors.
Some Of these sapient Solons seemed to
think that it was conclusive against the
force of this paper if any persons Gu
gagged in the deliberations Of the con
vention could bo shown to have been
judges. foreign ministers or eminent
generals in tho Confederate service
Mr.. Hurley, who has undoubtel capa-
city Of certain sort, is also well
acquainted with the art of riding two
horses at the Same time. He has been
known for his scathing denunciations OF
corruption and profigacy in his party,
but Timothy, who is fond of joke,
must have been iesting, or the pressure
is now greater than his power of resist
ance. He who has made the corridors
of the hotels lively with his exposures
OF Radical abuses. he who in his place
in the Legislature sometimes puts on q
serions face. and gives the country the
benefit of his structures of his blessed
''party, " yesterday thought it capital
stroke to speak of the gentlemen of tho
Tax Payers Convention as "party
hacks" who were planning to restore
themselves to power again. He found
cause of offsnce against them that, as he
charged, they were unwilling to enter
into any friendly arrangements to
share the control of affairs with the
newly made voters. They contemnel
it, ho said, and confidently c..
pected it would break down. They
were, therefore, responsible for the
state of things. They deliberately
left the State to the infringement Of
those whom they now stigmatized MS
ignorant and corrupt. These statements
could bo easily refuted, but Timothy
FL. and others of that iik could repro
duce them again without any difficulty.
What is amusing in this jester is, that
he thinks this on argument bearing
upon something or other. we hardly
know what. His syllogisms are rather
defective. If somebody. at some time
or other. did not do certain thing,
then corruption and prohigacy do not
exist, or if, as u joke, admitted to exist,
then nobody is to blame for it.
Timothy was somewhat at fnult. too,
in statements of the small amount OF
tax paid by the members OF the convcn-
tion. as compared with his own rich
self. He has been IN industrious
CLEANER III tie Legislative field, and his
accumulntions are, no doubt, considern-
bic, having found Gne field of opera.
.;ons here, as be admitted; but the
question is not who pays the most tex,
not oven who has honestly gathered his
| ''gear," but how shall tho evils which
oppress the country be remedied. limo.
thy Gun expose these as long MS it is only
a joke, but now that ho secs another
sort Of men coming mp and demanding
stern action, tho cessation Of crime and
punishment Of the criminal, he craw.
fishes, and virtually snys. "none of. thai
sort of thing for mo-" In his own Ian.
guage: "Clean us out, sir? That CAM
be DONE" 1t is difficult, we know, buI
the river Of public opinion aud indigna
tion flowing through these Legislative and
official Augean stables will DO it at lust
But why argue with him? Let him sui
round on his two nags. 1t is all to cu
show, aud nothing but jest with T.
II. of 81.
The Lenten penitents of old enjoyed
the benefits of singular superstition
that prevailed in Northern Europe. A
species of wild goose visited the more