The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-08

HIS DUE. .-Ex.Gov. Scott has been re-
peatedly twitted with being non.pro.
perty-owner before his adven. in South
Carolina. The NORTH. .,uest, Demo-
orntic paper published in Napoleon,
Ohio. says on this subject:
A BAD Progeny Last week We
published extracts from an address de-
iiyered by e1-Gov. Scott, of South
Carolina. on the 4sh of July last.
The address contains many who!esom
lessons which Gun be made alike
valuable and instructive to the North
and South, aud we will in few weeks
publish the entire address.
Before proceeding to an analysis OF
the address, aud cleaning from it The
| lessons we iud therein, We will be
n.rdJned, when the fact is remember
ed that Gov. Scott was IL few wears
ago citiz N Of this County, for in
dulSing III few words purely Der.
sonul. Much hus been said Of Scot,
hy the press und politicians of tue
entire country, aud, like Byron, hc
could truly say that he had awakened
to find himself suddenly famous. H.
has been the recipient Of much praise
aud great deal of nbuse aud cepsure.
No matter whnt the opinions OF others
may be, knowing him as we do and us
the writer OF this article has for years.
we hesitate not iu saying thnt we be.
lieve him to be what Pope calls '.the
noblest work of God"-an honest
man. He entered the army in October,
1861, ns Lieutenant Colonel of the
68th 0. Y. l.; was promoted to Colo
mel in July, 1862; after commanding
in that capacity brigade for two
years, he was made Brigadier. Gene
raj in January, 1865. and was snbse-
qucntly promoted to Brevet Major
GenernI. At the close ef the war he
was assigned to duty iu South Caro-
lima as Commissioned of the Freed
mems Bureau and commander of the
United States forces in that State. He
received the highest compliment " which
could be paid volunteer officer by
being retained in the service, with
full rank, for more than two years
after every other officer of the same
grade had been mustered out. Iu
April, 1868, he was elected Governor
ot South Carolina-the first after re-
construction-and was re- elected III
1870. At the time lie entered the
army he was prosperous merchant
IN this place. worth. perhaps. from
$50. 900 to $4,000, which he had nc.
CURED by his own energy and skill;
with small family, economical habits
and more than ordinary hnancInl
ability, this sum was greatly Increased
during his term of service Bv one
real estnte transaction alone in this
town be, IN short time, cleared oyur
$50, 900. by this and other Legitimate
specnlatioDs, we know that he made
III this County alone over 500, UUU.
The fact, then, that Scott should have
become what would be called wealthy,
il no evidence of dishonesty, or that
hc has s"imalcd tho people OF South
Carolina. So much for the personal.
n fow words about the address:
The fact that Scott is an honest man,
good tinancier and shrcwd puIlti
cian, taken IN connection with the de-
plorablc condition of affairs in South
Carolina, us shown by him, il Que of The
strongest arguments against the system
OF government which now uili cts the
people of the South. The educated
c:tizaus of tbs, Southern States, those
who had made govern mrnt IL study,
were "s,rnci>el. This resulted partly
from their own pride aud obstinacy-
that spirit which caunOt brook defeat
or accommodate itself to state of
thicgs the prcjulices uf life time
wa opposed to-partly from the pro.
scriptlve and illiberul policy of the
General Government, partly from the
reckless churucter of the many ndven-
turers who, after tho war, sought that
unhappy and afflicted section AS buz.
Z'rds do carcass, to cover aud devour
1t. The voting power-the sope' eighty
fell into the hands of uncducated
half brutnlized and recently liberated
serfs. This voting power-eutircly
untitled for self governmcnt-be became
the rendy tools with which adventur.
Gus knnves from the North and un-
principlcd scaluwugs from the South
elevated themselves to place. or
course. many Of the plnces Of trust, Of
great responsibility and of financial
Importance to the people and the State,
necessarily fell into the hands and
under the control and management OF
these uneducated and grossly ignorant
blacks. Is it surprisiug-is it to be
wondered at-thut we iud such state
OF things so graphically and fearfully
pictured by Gov. Scott?
South Carolina is not the only vic.
tim Of this wretched state Of affairs
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