The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-02
ssnday. lIorning, Maseh. 2. 1876.



lins for such purely aesthetic enjoy
ments as the portraits Of Abraham
Lincoln and Charles Sumner. Mr..
Sumner vas . nazn2of cn1t1fs. but not
q statesman Of enlarged views, a man
sincere in his orotchet5 notions, bnt
essentially narrow and partisan. He
looked back in his. declining yeaxs
with evident dissatisfaction and dis
content upon his life work. Had he
net bssa FASTENED to HE grave by the
persschting spirit Of his own people,
wbose, intolerance towards the South
survived his, and was turned against
himself, because milder and juster
mood Was coming over him, he would
to-day be standing II opposition to the
extreme demands Of his party. No
doubt he would have supported the
Oi!H Rishts,B ,BilAso ths1Vt and not
found the ons ihss' passed Satisfactory
to him; because. Of, the rejection of the
cemetery and school features. This
YVES the hobby of his life, and could
only be given up with life itself. Bu.
he wo9H not AaysbeenI fp4ud yin'she
tanks Of those who are seeking to
pass the Force Bt3l, d more odious
measure than the Civil Rights Bill
ono which is ;ntended to put a master
o!sg the &2pther people, 70 stxip, them
OF aRrytSo{ n Of f6e steN Adsacsa
.ciol4k9aE q thd0sa6H Hbicatps.s.l Is
legitimate fraud in -alentions, ShA, 70
II Els lRqa afd foogf gfUEK lSeFaf
1tBSoNot tesi al L&& MiiX
cxn SPpf6ss OF tie toISsiana bayonet
policy OF the PRECEDENT, and Of the
sss,saaa rs ssa,s' ia IA
enable him to paspssrate the third
term outrage. cannot consistently bow
before ttbf fyetgfaI@ SApnkf% Were
he in the HHG1 \pslaieoeive
the denunoiations Of the South Caro-
lima General Assembly. for he would
gh4 dff ~ b!sdll! 4. b h rrri}ifa alIhh 'aae
'declamasory powers against the bloody
.sohemes Of the Administration. Next,
aSAA Mr. 4bahAmg LiRolns He Ya
o. bay M IqsAis .s6HthsfS
po{6y. he would have been in better
position TO qibe huSAus and sensible,
thsnt was Audrey 4ohnsop; he would
hsve besn snstfpctifely Aore)just and
snanly than Presidapt Grant. But if
our colored friends think they ought
ID hssSG TSiuse aflhtA 6eoauss 81 his
glorifioation Of their race. they are
grisvously mistateh ! Faboa. it. He
sig1 tho tpNNoq.anxtfon.
but solely as var measure. and not
from any. ardent love hof The black peo.
pie. There, sssr really, therefore, no
od'f1aLohs sot The bolored Legisls.
ture to order these portraits, unless il
shall ct the same time cut loose lion
Grant There are, ON the ooiltrary,
reasons why me carpet bag members
should desire the peoples money to be
voted away. When Whittemore
clapped his lands at the feryor of
Nash in urging this appropriation. he
was thinking oi, the addition it would
bS 10 his stock In trade In hood. wink.
ing The colorsd element.
The colored element failed to see in
this. ~ in SO many other, matters, that
its il but the tin pan. the crackers tied
to, -shs tail OF the carpet: bag dog to
mAlte music for him, and quicken his
spseds Az Nash likes joke. ws com.
msodF him to- the conclusion Of the
v4itsE TO Niagara. who preferred the
ptaoHoal to the picturesque. he said
hsMcald rather remain comfortably in
hisSptel and look at enssavings Of the
fasis. than to 60 ont and get wet under
the Horse Shoe. It would be better
for shemselves and for the people,
whose money they are SO ready to take
from their pockets. if the membera
who admire Sgnner and Lincoln, las
they imagine should each get an en-.
craving of their political divinities
and Worship them in silence and qdiet
in their private lodsings. The pay OF