The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-01

tributed to ~ L Kllicni Official, who is on
the wnr-rath. It has sometimes else
appeared, or something very like it, as
a conjecture of the Union. Herald. But,
as no" pnt forth with thu label Of
danger. 1t appears meant to reflect
upon Conservatives. If so. it is not
just.
SourH CARoLINA.-Mr. Redicld. tue
intelligent correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial. writes Il letter
from Columbia. S. c., under date the
23l July, in which he says:
Crossing from Georgia into Son,h
Carolina at Augusta, you see the bane.
fnl effects Of negro rule before you
have penetrated mile iutu this
wretched State. Disguise it as we
may, the fact romans the same, the
curse OF South Carolina is tue igno.
rance Of a majority of her electors.
From this have all her troubles
sprung. A stream cannot rise above
its source, and the maj jority of her
voters being as ignorant of the priuci-
pies of our Government ns the cattle
that feed upon the hills Of Ohio, 1t
naturally followed that the Govern.
ment fell among thieves as completely
ns If "li the Offices from top to bottom
had been parceled out um0pg a lot uf
penitnntiary couvlcts. The ncgrue., of
South Carolina are totully unGt to ex.
ercise the right Of suffrage, and to
plunge them head-Iopg from condi-
tlon OF ablect slavery to the RESPONSE
Ole position OF electors was u misilap,
folly aud crime. We sec it now
plain enough. and We would have seen
1t before, had not our eyes been duz-
zled by the prospect of getting large
republican majority. We have tile
Republican majority; but ab, the woe,
misery. debt, crime, corruption, wick
edness aud ylllaiuy that this minority
of black voting machines have brought
upon poor South Carolina.
The Legislature is den IF thieves,
and ignorant, stupid. bigotrd black
thieves ut that. Take the con yicts in
the Ohio penitentlnry, organize them
into body. call it the Legislature,
and you have a better body of men
than any Legislature South Carolina
has had since 1865. Aud further, alta
tissics will show that the Ohio convicts
are better educated thmn the Solti,
Caro!inn law makers, and better ouali.
fled to perform tho duties of Office.
More OF them can read, more of them
can write, more Of then, know the diff
ference between Watts hymns and the
Constitution of tho United States. Ii
the most intelligent men in the peni-
tentinry had been selected in 1868 AZ
Legislators for South Cnrolina, and cor
timed in Office until to-day. have no
hesitnncy IN saying. that the condition
of affairs here would now be better.
In looking over the figures Of the
debt Of South Carolina, remember
that she is small State in wealth.
worth not more than one-tenth of what
Ohio liz. In other words, Ohio is as
able to carry debt of $40. 600, 900 az
Sunth Carolina is debt of 81 ZOO, 600
The cry OF 'Rsform! R.forml'
among the Republicans here is the
same old humbug. It il the same old
cry always heard just before an cleo.
tion. The Republicans OF South Caro-.
lima will never reform. The party here
Is composed OF mixture of ignorance
aud rascality. in about equal proper.
tions. Tho talk of reform in the
party" and srch party, is crazy
bosh. As long as the Republicans
control South Carolina, so long viii it
be robbed and despoiled. The debt
will continue to grow larger. credit
will continue to sink, aud the thieves
to rule. Three years ngo, when I was
here. (1071. there was just such howl
about "retronchment and reform" as
is heard now. I stated in the CONNER.
ciai then that there would be no
reform, and that matters would grow
worse each year. The prediction has
been verified. I SEQ no more chance
for improvement now than 1 So then.
And yet, when the whites of South
Carolina appealed to the Federal Go
vernment for protection. what comfort
did they get9 How much did they
get from Grant?