The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-04
COLUMBIA, s. G.
saturday Morning. July 4. 1874.
TAs Remedy In south Carolina.


The New York Times sums up sh,
Moezle Of its observations in South o.
xsasina. ending with some good advic.
sko stho decent Republicans. Th.
.tRs1s ttinks that its exposure OF ths
szsaaiities Of the State officials Is bear
ilRg wholesome fruit. It reports tina,
~sbese guilty men are winoipg under itt
'asaxa- It warns them that it is q poo,
'N6eseace to call names against those
$50 give information against them.
St" it says, "the men whom these
1snts accuse expect to clear the;- skirts,
eshey must do u ID some other way
sahaa by bringing charges against their
associates" When the Times gets
dhstser acquainted with them it will
Rsexn chat it is the only sort Of defenSe
aey.ever make. II may be summed
R in the words "You're another. II
1rus through all their papera and
speeches. It was the staple of their
:oouaSer- memorial to Congress. It is
she ~srp and woof Of Oardozo's apology
ansde to the Times correspondent. and
"oOsered into that OF Chaaberlain's.
Sea. to charge the old Democrats
eata sins and offences of which they
aaaser dreamed, even. They pretend
10 think they have demonstrated their
1Wn Innocence, or that of shelr side,
when they charge some one else with
guilt. Every Intelligent and honora-
bse man can see the Aimsiness G! the
ssick. butit deceives the ignorant and
1unHaZy. and is a convenient handle or
'ssxuuse. It is humiIiating to think
Hsk!men vill go go low. as. whom de.
a:ied companionship in honesty and
tabeoanoy with their betters. to endea-
Sor ;tes,eAtablish community of crime
aMlsh'them4aaa equality in basenesa by
pSiIing them down to their level. II
ss>well that the Times instruots them
&hat pnt is no wbiter or cleaner for
calling kettle black.
The Times further dwells upon the
aaet that County officials have been in.
-iaiotadin different parts OF the State.
snna that the indictments have been
Arought by grand iuries, made up. in
R&rt, Of colored men. It regards it as
xeey significant. It is not certain that
;Hae indictments will stand. but it
thinks they are proof that the people
saAssready to use all the means in their
xpsVer to rid themselves of their op-
Rreasors and plunderers. Nothing, in
das opinion, oou!d be better for the
State than for it's people to cast out the
transgressors By means of the instru-
anents tho laws place in their hands.
The Times here. has in ite eye the pc.
>s.odsr people, black and white, who
cs1ey the destinies OF the State by their
Sized majority. We wish, indeed, that
eEsaese, people could come mp to it's re-.
4Nuisiaioud. While oheerfallJ admit
%ng that the prosecutions have done
-snsme god, and that many of those
engaged in them are to be warmly
casnnended. it cannot be denied fbat
aene resaction has set in against them.
lH1 zig felF that they are hurting The
; psrty. Agencies are at work to bring
4ahem TO an untimely end. They are
,zaare or less openly denounced as psr-
s.aEsHaosas. aud the Radicals have been
called upon to disoountenanoe and put
-:&he>: down. It will not do, say these
representative of Radical opinion, tc
eEo>on putting one another in Jail, just
80 please the Democrats. Besides. the
sppnsecutors generally fly at the small
lA1ma. permitting the large, insolent
,,and prosperous villains to break
AArough the meshes of their tolls.
.Aots CT the Legislature are stolen and
nothing done. AGovernor is indicted
nor larceny, and convenient Judge
rsssshes the indictment, upon she poor
plea that he must be impeached before
Re can be tried. He is placed above
;She law by one Of the Judges and
guardians of the law. He surrounds
.szmself with troops to resist arrest il
aime of peace. He does what be
Xaeeses. He lays his hand upon the