The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-21

bibulouS end OF that cherished volume,
and calling in the eye which had
meanwhile stood sentinel Fon the
enemy, he dismissed himself from the
parade.
Moses Es--BANKRUpr- The senti.
mental biographer of the future, the
historian who ahall add to the inquest
into facts of freeman the love of
oddities of Charles Lamb. and the
rather r,nudlin humor Of u Sterne, will
find no such subject iii Gil the past as
the little buffoon culled Moses, who
just now embodies in his own person
the ideal sta.uamansliip of reconstruct.
ed Republican South Carolina. This
immortal Governor is II 1T IA subject for
satire. not ever for the great pen Of
him who drew Zimri and Ahithophel,
for satire must have some worthiness
in the butts aguinst which it looses its
shafts-sOmo substance even in the
bascness which it Stays. Noses is Il
new species OF new genus, rare and
ripe, aud new forms Of art must be
devised to consnmmate his portrait.
It is by ali odds the most iudcrous
single incident in American history,
this forcing into involuntary bunk.
ruptcy OF the fldling pioayuue Co.
vernon, who has completed the bank
ruptcy of his once great common.
wealth. The fact that Moses lids
ruined himself in ruiniug his State is
on n pur with the traditional trick OF
the monkey who cut his throat while
| nicking his masters razor in senseless
mimicry of the act Of shnving.
What did this pitiful rogue steal
| for, ii he could not strnl himself rich?
Where is the benefit he expects from
the exercise of his unqnestionnble
sovereignty. il he cannot make money
get into his pocket thereby? What
has como of this comical scouudrels
rc:nous sta.esnansbIp, when
IAN tho treasure by
This foul EXCESS is got into the merchantn'
Embroidery, silknen's, jswcllera', tailor.
hands,
Aud the third part of The land. too; tho no.
biiity
Engrossing titles only"
Has Moses ruined himself aud his
State for the sake only of wearing that
high title of present nobility, the
Governor of South Carolipa!" Is
this the sole consummation for which
he has sold himself aud his common
wealth, and done more antic deeds in
tho face Of high Heaven than any lu-
natic out of ~ asylum, any ape North
Of Brazil? vs. this all the outcome
from his cheap nig5er minstrelsy, his
black and tan jockey club, his piltered
lectures and addresses, his grosser
felonies and peliuries. his lyings uud
stealings, and all the penny cribbings
and area shudowings with which lie
has diversified the career aud liberal
lied the experiences of the champion
sneakthicf and prime buffoon umoug
the statesmen" of the period?
Morality md politica. economy and
D'Israeli the elder are ut outs upon the
question "whcther it is allowable to
ruin ones SELF" but what philosopher,
divine or antiquary could deal with
Moses way of running himself, for
which there is no president in any
code from Menu to Jevons? We re-
peat it, the bankruptcy Of Moses is
the most incOmprehensibie aud the
most grotesqne fact i'll American his
tory, and the character of Moses, the
Alcibiades of scalnwngs, the Then,is-
tocles of monkeys. tho enf,.nt psrdu of
Radical craftsmanship, is the rnrest
and choicest study that ever fell to the
luck of the Shandyists.
II the old law of imprisonment for
debt still prevailed in South Carolina;
if Moses could only be made to pay in
his person for the fraudulent debts he
has incurred, and tho reconstructed
Government Of South Carolina be thus
administered from sponging house,
with q Governors staff OF tipstayes
aud State guard Of bniltfs and con
stables, the picture would be complete.
AS it is, the state of the Carolina trea-
snry admonishcs us that there is still n
chance Of this Moses opcra-boutI.
winding up i'll ~ groses1ic !! tragedy
There will soon be nothing whatever 10
steal. N'c,r YprI, I,uyN
/ Ai:-sr OF CEU,ADELs IN Ci3c!sHAr!
o.; rNE iG..I. Forty. three Temperance
wo;ncn were arrested while praying in
front Of Il saloon on B.Ymii!cr street,
Near the scene Of lie .iis.u..anc. vcs.
.ol!ay. They were warned to lcslsi
/ by the officers, but did no: heed the
warning. Among the ladies arrested
/ were the wives Of DR.. G.. H. Taylor,
Rev. DIR. G. III. Payne. Rev Dr.. Min
fort, Rev DIR. w. J. Fee, Rev. S. IL.
Leayett, and Rev. Mr.. AIcHngh.
They refused to accept bail, which was
offered by their frirud,, buh were
| finally releosel IN p,ro,e to onpaar ,o