The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-28

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cavalry and artillery. If this reduction
of tho State forces could bo safely
brought down to peace footing, or
made to Assimilato to the strength of
the regular army, it would be looked
upon as graceful recognition OF the
Tact that we have peace. But, then the
Legislature never contemplated any
such reduction or consolidation, or it
never would have made snch ilyi. il pro-
vision for tho support of it's militia
So,o0o Tor the contingent expenses Of
an army is not 10 be sneezed ut, aud
whlie 1t holds out, thero is hope that the
land forces of South Carolinn will re.
main intact. Should the contemplated
reduction take place, tho gentlemen re-
terred to were hopeful that the generals
and colonels will be handsomely pro.
vidcd for.
The WnoSa ToorH.-A sarcastic
Carolinian, commenting upon the inte.
rest which begins to he excited in re-
gard to the affairs Of "the PROSTATE
State" OF South Carolina, and the indig-
nation with which misgovernment there
Is beginning to be viewed. says: "Gen.
5rant pulled out tho wrong tooth in the
Au Klux times. The patient is still
suffering with tho tooth-aoho, which
shows he ought to have looked more
carefully and pulled out the carpet.bug-
gers" This was the conclusion to
which Mr.. Greeley came, and upon
which he acted, after q very cursory in
speotlon OF the wounds Of the South.
Indeed, it was the result to which Gen.
Grants tour of inspection in the South
brought him, and the opinion to which
ho held until supposed political c1i-
genc!es constrained him to alter it.
The grievance of the South is and has
been simply bad government, nothing
more; and this bad government has pro-
ceeded entirely from the political opera
tons of the Federal Government in the
Southern States. It is to be hoped that
Senator Edmunds, in his trip to tue
South for health, may como to under
stand this, and to know, what is the uu-
doubted fact. TINT the acts und agents of
the Federal Government are responsible
not only for all the disorders that huvo
| visited the Southern States aud the bur
den OF debt, corruption aud plunder
under which those States have groaned
since the war, but also for oil the lies
anu misrepresentation that have tended
to keep up iil-feeling between the eec
tions. Senator Morton gets all his
stock Of "blood and arson" from the
oarpet-bnggcrs, whose policy and whose
business 1t is to keep him handsomely
supplied; and it has been easy for them,
in the past temper of tho public mind
to invent, where they could not ini, a
way to fire the Northern heart. ="
Upon this subject, little intelligent
testimony before the ku klux Iuves,i
eating Committee III 1871 reveals much.
Senator Scott. Chairman Of tho sub
committee in Sonth Carolna, was int,
rogating Mr. I. d. Witherspoon, an in.
huential gentleman Of Yorkviilc, upun
the state Of feeling in that community
towards the North, which. the Senator
insisted, Was bitterly hostile. "rhat is
altogether n mistake. said Mr.. Withcr-
spoon, land his words deserve 10 be well
Weighed ''and my impression is tia,
the !e'v o:ice-holders Of the South have
doi.c more than nuy ono else to crca; l.
That impression. x 8 They do it
to keep up strife and to keep themselves
III position. l do think-now am
talking to you frankly, genilcmcn-I do
| think wc have some miserable speci
mems, whilst VIC have somo perfect spc
cimcna, of Northern descent. We have
some miserable specimens, judging by
their acts md public reputation. On
that point, sir, [ believe that such is the
anxiety here to bring in Northern thrift
aud Northern enterprise to build up the
waste pl"ces of this country, that J.
could today induce rncn to sell you
land cheaper than they would sci! TO q
nelghhor." And when Senator Scott
asked how the negro vas 10 live in
south Carolina without The projection
OF Federal bayoncts, Mr.. Wltherspnon
answered: "Give US q correct State Go.
vernmont, and will assure you that the
law will ho administered without feur or
favor. impartially.." But Gen. Grant
pulled out the wrong tooth, and South
Carolina is what it is to-day.
Ncw York World.
The Treasury Department, last yea,
spent -. 900 for soap md 81, 1873 S5 for
crash towels. Ono would suppose, frotl
| tho quantity of sOaD anl towels ,,ur.