The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-26
COLUMBIA, s. G.
Thursday Morning. March 90, 1874.
Apologies for tho "Lost" Resolution.
Senator Maxwell's letter OF explana


Senator Maxwell's letter OF explana
sion is al clear as mud, concerning the
loss Of the joint resolution which direct.
ed the Attorney General to prosecute
Parker. The most that can be made
out Of it is. that he denies having eve,
had the resolution in his possession al
all, although, he says agaIn, he had
been under the impression all the
time" that he had given it to the Co.
vernon. The fact, and his impression
Of the fact. as lie states both. are ire.
concileable. He professses to have no
recollection OF any such Act, except OF
she certified copy, for which he gave a
receipt to the Assistant Clerk of the
Senate, on Wednesday evening, and for
which, when delivered by him on
Thursday morning to the Governors g
Private Secretary, he took o receipt at
8o'clook, aud subsequently another re-
ceipt from the same person, in which
""the proper date was put at his MAX
wells request" Thus we find abund-
ant light thrown upon what was done
with the, duplicate on Thursday, but
none upon the adventures OF the origi-
nal on Tuesday.
Having delivered himself of this con-
-fession, Maxwell sincerely hopes that it
'ssll "set at rest" newspaper people
"fsom any attempt to black mail him" :"
His .pteous cry against being led into
temptation ought not to fall upon stony
hearts. BY all means. let Maxwell's vir-
tue inot'be tried any further His agency
in the matter, whatever it was, pales
Unto insigniacance before the late but
brazen avowal Of the Union, that show
it (the joint resolution) was lost, who
lost or spirited It away, or what became
'o6 it. is immaterial, foriit amounted to
t nothing. any way" What will the LIE.
. gislature, which passed this Act delibe-
rately, think of this new doctrine2 We
should have supposed that, even if
pnssed in spite, even if unoalled for. no
loyal Radical would dare to spurn it in
;lhis fashion. This sort of talk really
amounts to commendation OF the lar
.ceny by which it was made way with.
The guilt or innocence OF its destruction
is made to turn upon the importance of
the measure itself. II one person can
judge OF this, another may. II the
.Unioa holds it to have been uncalled.for
and impertinent, then the purloiner or
destroyer may be considered to have had
justification for the same reason. He or
they, as we'll as the Union, may have
thought it unnecessary. We commend
the view to tue attention OF those in the
Radical ranks who have proclaimed
their desire for reform of abuses How,
in the name Of common sense, can you
expect any idea of responsibility to be
entertained by the colored people. who
receive snch instruction as this? It is o
disgusting plea for immortality. It is q
shameful encouragement OF fraud.
So far from the resolution being in
signifcant, it was one of the most i'm
portant OF the session. The holders OF
the fraudulent bonds are mastering
their hosts both in New York and in
South Carolina. They Gre organizing
to resist the expressed will OF the best
elemeate in the Republican party in the
State. They are told that they reckon
without their host, in attempting to de-
feat the bond-holders. They threaten
and caiole by turns. "There are mon. ="
says letter recently made public from
one of Parker's allies in New York, who
shave the keys OF credit in their hands,
and will take care to keep the door of
relief shut against the 'Prostrate State,
until they (the Legisla.ure) acoede to
the just claims now so insolently.
though ignorantly, trodden under foot. "
What is this but to say there is divide
in this matter. and an intimation to the
Legislative robbers that if they pursue
certain course they will receive their
share? The hint is not lost. The reso-
luton has been formed to mako fight
for these bonds. Tho prosecution OF
Parker is to be stiaed by fair means or
foul. And they are foul enough. in all