The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-18
COLUMBIA, s. G.
Fri lay Morning. September lS. 1874,


ero-oE=y.
The Greenviile Daily NeWs mas beef
indulging in denunoiations of Judg
Greene, founded upon bis announce
meat to ,.the Republican Convention
that he wss;in favor of the passage o
the Civil Rights Bill. We sincerely
hope That our lively and esteemed
contemporary will give this matter 6
sober second thought. Why, indeed
dn,the present status of affairs, Con
servative journa! should go out of the
way to find e bete ,noire. in the Civil
Rights Bill, we are altogether at loss
TO understand. In our opinion, such
course is to be greatly deprecated.
Itis not only i'll advised and unneces-
eerS. but in the highest degree illogi-
cal.
The attitude of the Conservatives in
this State, if we apprehend it aright,
Is this: For six weary years they have
been tied hand aud foot by an adverse
political majority, while their property
haa been oonfiscated and stolen. Bank
ruptcy and ruin stares those in the
lace whom it has not already over
reached. Taking. then, counsel from
'their necessity, and recognizing in
these aggressions upon their property
tho one great evil before which all
Others sink into insigni6cance, they
have at last, with unanimous voice.
declared their willingness to lay aside
every political consideration not ne.
'oessaTily involved in their demand for
ian honest and faithful administration
.nf ahe government. and to join hands
with the Republican party or any
considerable division of that party to
attain this single object. They have,
aay'fommon consent. placed themselves
upon e platform. sufficiently broad to
nupport every decent and honest man
nn the State. NO matter what his OPT
'uions-a platform which has but one
plank. viz; Honesty and Intelligence
In offiae. They have gone further;
They have conceded to promine Mt
sgaHtlenan in the Republican ranks the
possession Of both honesty and ability,
and have designated him as oandi-
date whom they would be willing to
support. If his following in his own
party should give any reason able qua
rantee of success. The Greenville
-Ns~s. We believe, gave in it's adhesion
to this policy. Surely. then, it is
neither reasonable nor consistent to
begin at this time controversy upon
tissues foreign to those of personal in
tegrity and efficiency. For our own
part. we listened to Judge Greene's
announcement of his Republican
.principles in this respect with neither
surprise nor yet With any feeling of in
diguasion. Aud go far as We could
ascertain. this was also the sentiment
OF the prominent members of the Tax
Uaion then in Columbia. The man
We need-the only available man under
all the crcu ca stances-is an honest
Republican, Radical, If you will, 80
he bs honest, who will guarantee to
us that the reign of the carpet. Dagger
'snd ring thief is at,an end. while at
the same time he preserves the
conf lence of the colored race, jealous
RS they are of the dangers which they
fear to threaten their rights. We are
not now discussing the Civil Rights
Bill. Practically it is not of very mach
Importance to Us what becomes Of
that measure. L,ws in this State
upon that matter hayo been in opera.
&ion for six years. with provisions
far more sweeping and penalties more
severe than those OF the bill pending
az Congress, and wo have managed to
live under them The intolerable bur-
den Of this government has pot been
its guarantee ofs certain rights to the
negro, civil or political; but the ra.
pacity of off ,ials. the venalitv, oorrup-
tlon and incompeteaoy in every de-
Partment of the Administrations: op-
Pressive taxation, resulting often in
actual oonfsoation to fill o treasury for