The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-25

the protection of its honest su bjects in
the conquered provinces frop being 80
despoiled by its officials Of the rewards
D. thais industry as to cut Of all hope
OF fecuperation, deserves honorable
mention. The Postmaster. General and
Secretary OF the Treasury, it appears,
have determined to dismiss any of
their omciais III the Southern Suites
who are proved to be incapable and of
doubtful official responsibility. This
Is CONCESSION" for which ull con-
cerned should be duly grateful There
are even hopes held out that all
the departments will consider it pro-
per thing to pat the Federal patronage
iu tho South in the hands of honest
men. For this highly improved state
of sentiment III the Washington de-
partments the country should feel as
proud as it can, and its gratitude must
be raised to pitch Of exultatiun when
1t learns that the President himself
and marauders who fill the Southern
nutionul and Stato flies. anu is espe-
Gully displeascd with the cowardice
they show, whenever q shot is fired, in
deserting their field Of plnnder aud
flying to Washington or the North.
These are high moral sentiments,
which all righteous and patriotio citi-
zsns will rejoice to SEQ entertained by
their Governors Mt the Federal NC
tropolis.
The haad Of the Kellogg government
Of Louisiana. aud some subordinatea,
ut the latest udvices, hnl been found
and relnstnted i'll the places they had
deserted. Others of them still appear
to have beeu ''U0a COM ,,Hijus IN
S,campo." 1t is not to be Supposed
that men in authority. with con-
sciousness OF right, would take to their
heels upon the first alarm, like burglurs
hearing the approaching footsteps of
the police. "The wicked faeth when
no man pursueth." their own con-
science conjuring up shadows tha! take
an awful aspect OF rea!ity aud strike
terror to their souls. 1t is related that
recently some South Carolina officials,
hearing that "Whitc League" had
been organized III their neighborhood
and was in motion, exhibited the most
luIicrous fright. one Of them seeking
refuge in lunatic ylum, aud another
desiring to be put in the penitentary
and disguised in the striped raiment
which Is the appropriate clothing of
men Of his kidney. kellogg, how
ever. has given very Ingenious reason
Tor his precIpltate retreat. it being the
fnct, according to his statement, that
if he had lost his life it would have led
to embarrassing complications. Thus
it seems that he did not lily from Of
fee from any unworthy motive, but
from philosophical aud statesmaulike
view Of the situation. When it is re-
| membered that he never fled from IN
Office in his whole existence before,
but has always been in constant pur-
snit thereof, it seems probable that
only high sense of lnty could have
Induced him to let go his grip Of the
reins of government and betake him E.
self to his heels like a frightened
hound, lest the public interests should
suffer from his excessive patriotic de-
votion aud animal courage.
| 1t is not surprising that the Presi-
dent should not be able to appreciate
the moral grandeur of the spectacle
presented by this fugucious Louisiana
Govern ment, (of his own endorsing, J
and which, uulike himself, does not
fight it out on this line, or that line,
or any other line. but has no use for
any arms except its legs-it such Hi
hernianism is allowable and haA fed
40 fast and SO far that General Emory
has probably had to offer u reward for
it's discovery, and possibly to enlist the
services Of those furious bloodhounds
that were formerly, according to the
truthful allegations Of the emancipn-
tionists. employed to hunt down fugi-
tive slaves. The only benefit Of the
Louisiana outbreak that we can see, 80
fur, is that it displays the rottenness OF
the reconstruction materials in light
80 glariDg that their own friends nre
revolted by the exhibition, and begin
10 feel that they are in danger, like
Actaeon, Of being devoured by their
own dogs. Baltimore San
WHY MORTON DEFENDS TIE LoU1>I-
ANA Thieves. As matter of course,
the Senator's voice is for uucompro-
missing war, reconstructed rcconstruc.
ton, tho heavy hand at the throat ol
rebellion" and the iron heel on thc
neck of lnsprrection. He could no,
do less than sustain the Kellogg des
potism. Had it not been for him. it is
safe to say that kellogg's infamy neve,
would have been cousum mated by
the power of his cloquence and the
force Of his character he sustained il
when it would have gone down before