The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-20

fsnd bellows that thstax may BE brought
within it. The great duty of our people
is to come up to the aid of the Governor
in demanding that onlya reasonable and
just tax shall be imposed upon them.
They should strengthen his hands and
the hands Of all in his party who. in the
party, arc making q stand against heavy
taxation, Legislative frauds and conve-
Mont processes by which their money is
taken 30 unsparingly out of their
pockets. You see here the Republicans.
nre divided NJ they have never been be.
fore since they assumed the rcins of con-
troll over South Carolina. This will be
the opportunity of the people. They
must take advantage Of it and speak out
with tho authority which rightfully
belongs to them. Let them demand that
only a proper and necessary tax shall be
levied, and that it shall be applied to
only proper and necessary objects The
Orangeburg Nc,os, also Republican
journal, says that if the Governor should
put quietus upon this last swindle Of
tho Legislature, by vctoing it," it shall
move that meetings be held ut tho
Court Houses, on some sale-lav, in
every County in the State, and rcsolu-
tions of thanks he passed and forwarded
to him" The idea is not bad one.
We would suggest, that to the resolutions
be added one or two that the tax shall
not be more thnn eight or ten mills, mt
tho outside, that claims must have u
harder road to travel, and be undoubt-
edly authentic ana valid, before paid ut
NIL, that several Of the leechcs now suck
ing the blood of tho State be summarily
cut off, that both salaries and offices bo
reduced, that appropriations for sham
education shall be kicked ont of the way,
and, in general, that tho Government
shall more closelyapproximate economy,
decency, honesty and justice. :
Quail AND PARTRIDGE 1iurf, Field
and Hnm corrects common error North
in calling partridge quail.
Call FARMERS" it says, ''and pot hunt
ers say quail. The sportsman invnria-
bly, steers clear of the vulgarism. He
knows that the partridge of our country
resembles the European quail in no one
particular save in the habit of partial
emigration.. While the meat of the
quail is dark and often loaded with fat,
that of tho partridge is white and in
variably lean. Again, the ouail il 20
lygamous, while the partridge lis monoga-
! nous. Our partridge is bird fur tho
superior of the European quail, hence
one reason why the two should not be
confoundcd."
APRIL AMERICAN ANNIvEnsARIEs. April
may we'll be called the month of Ameri-
can anniversaries. On the 10Th of April,
100 years ago, Was fred the first shot in
tho cause of tho American oolonics-the
shot TINT rang around the world" On
the 18th of April, the first shot of the
South WAS fired on Fort Sumter On the
l4th OF April, ten years ago, the flag of
the United States was raised again over
the ruins of the same fort, while hui five
days before General Lee h,.l surrendered
tue remnant Of the Confcdcr.tcs forces
to General Grant. On the 14tl of April.
l77o. was organized the irst anti-slayery
society in America. The Brooldyn E,gle
notice. it rs IL significant fnct thut the
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the
Abolition OF Slavery and tho hurried re-
slst'!nce to British oppression were or
gnnizrd Mt about the same moment. The
republic and the agitation that WAS, in
less tlnn century. to test its strength of
self-prcservation, We're born together.
There was, however, no sympathy then
between the friends of American liberty
and OF abolition. New England was en-
gagged III the slave trade, and slavery pre-
vailed i'll Northern as we'll ns Southern
colonies. There would never have i.rcl;
union either for independence or u
common government, except by the to-
le'ation of slavery. AS has been already
stated, the celebration of the hunircdth
anniversary Of the battle of Lexington or
Concord occurred on Monday. Quite n
controversy has been going on between
the two towns Gs to which fired the first
shot OF the revolution. Mr.. George
William Curtis, who lins been selected To
deliver the oration in Concord. has been
asked his views on the snbject He an.
s%crs:
'At Lexington. the militia. sixty or
seventy IN number, were drawn up in
line, and, refusing to dispcrsc ut the Br-
tish summons, Were 1ireu upon by the
BRITISH. Mt least GOO strong Then the