The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-12
COLUMBIA, S. G.
Wednesday Morning. August IL, 1874
Tho Eleet:ons-The OWL Right. Bill.
The resnlte of the recent elections


Tho Eleot:ons-Tse OWL Right. Bill.
The results of the recent elections
mean that the Southern States. oil but
two Of them, will. cast a solid vote
against any candidate for the Presi-
dency who is in favor OF the Civil
Rights Bill. It has hitherto seemed
to be almost impossible to open the
eyes o. the Northern people to the
state Of feeling amongst the whites OF
tho South on this subject. The letters
and votes Of Senators Brownlow and
Lewis and other decided Republicans
in Congress were treated as the ebulli-
tions Of prejudice. and made no i'm.
preston upon our Northern fellow
citizens. They have few negroes
amongst them and cannot :be seriously
annoyed by these. Whilst rather op-
posed to any suoh measure as the one
in question, our Northern s'brethren"
have no doubt thought it would prove
rod with which to punish tho South
ern people for their "rebellion"
against the Government. The impress
sion was general, also, that it was ne.
oessary to pass it in order to prevent
the negroes from deserting the Repub-
lican party. The white Republicans
were omitted from tho calculation alto.
gether. Senator Morton, the leader
of the Republican party, and who is
not only the boldest but also the most
dangerous man in that party, evil
IDENTIFY thought when he made his late
speech giving the key note to the
next Presidential campaign. that the
Civil Rights Bill would prove to be
a source of strength in the South.
-Of all the Northern leaders, General
Grant is almost the only one whose
record is not blurred by his course
upon this question. But the Southern
people have spoken, and they arc al-
most unanimous in their opposition to
this measure. Whit shall be done
nov? Will Morton and Conkling and
the rest OF the leaders Of the Republi-
can party, retrace their steps and ac-
knowledge their error2 Will Congress
at it's next session pass tho OWL Rights
Bill, as up to this time it has been sup
posed that body would? Will General
Grant now show his hand? Or will he
veto the bill in case it passes? All
these interrogatories must have practi-
cal answers in short time; and upon
these practical answers will hinge the
result of the next Presidential election
and the fate of the country. The
Richmond Dispatch is inclined to hope
that Congress may conclude to let the
Civil Rights Bill alone, and try to do
something for the benefit of the white
people of the South, and that General
Grant will be strengthened in his pnr.
pose to veto that bill if it should be
passed by Congress. It would. how
ever. be strange and unexpected re-
suit if the Republican party we're
forced by the unpopularity OF the
Civil Rights Bill to drop oil of their
prominent candidates for the success
sion and renominate General Graut.
At present almost the entire Republi-
can party Of the North is opposed to
eleoting Grant to serve third term.
Wilson, Oolfax, Conkling. Morton,
Sherman, Edmunds, and all the rest
Of the aspirants, nre. of course op.
posed to third term, because they all
want 6rst term. whilst the Northern
masses are afraid that third term
might lead to life estate in the Presi.
Dental Office. But necessity may CON-
pei the Republican party to drop all
the blatant negrophilists and run
Grant. who has never distinguished
himself as a partisan of Sambo's. In
fact. there arc 30 many possibilities in
the ca3e-so many new phases that par
ties may assume as a consequences of
the disastrous defeat OF the Radicals in
North Carolina and Tennessee-that
speculation might be INDUCED in to
any extent. Let us hope for the best.