The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-20
Observation-Disclosures iAaySs BSo1g6t'

'snd ssvssaaRshsrGx' may 30 brought
within it. The great duty Of our people
10 to come up to the aid Of the Governor
in dsmanding that pnlyx reasonable and
juss s5ta1 shalt be impcked :pponltheih
Tho should strengthea hi hands and
the Hands u all in his artywho,S in he
pars. arc making stand against heavy
taxation, Legislative frauds and conve-
nient processes by which their money is
taken 80 unsparingly out of 'othefr
pockets. You see here the Republicans
are divided rs they have never been be,
fore since they assumed tho reins Of cont
troll over South. Carolina. This will-Ibe
the opportunity of the people. They
must take advantage Of it and speak out
with the authority which rightfully
belongs to them. Let them demand that
only proper and necessary tax shall be
levied, and that it ahau bo. applied to
only proper and necessary objects. The
Orangeburg Ne,os, also Q Republican
journal, says that if the Governor should
''puta quietus upon this last swindfe of
tho Legislature, by vetoing it." it shall
move that meetings be held ut tho
Court Houses, on some sale-dav, in
every County in the State, and rosolu-
tions of thanks be passed and forwarded
to him" The idea is not a bad one.
We would suggest, that to the resolutions
be added one or two that the tax shall
not be more than eight or ten mills. mt
the ontside, that claims must have n
harder road to travel, and be undoubt-
edly authentic ana valid, before paid ut
all, that several Of the leechcs now suck
ing the blood of the State he summarily
cut of, that both salaries and offices bo
reduced. that appropriations for sham
education shall be kicked ont of the way
and, in general, that the Government
shall moro closelyapproximste economy
deeency, honesty and justice. aaN y =
Quail AND PARrn1DoE.-The Tart, Field
and Hlrm corrects common error North
in calling partridge quail.
call FARMERS" it says 'and pot hunt
ers say quail. The sportsman invaria-
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 the partridge is white and in
variably lean. Again, the quail il po-
lygamous, while the partridge is monoga-
NOUS. Our partridge is bird far tho
superior of the European Quail, hence
one reason why the two should not be
confounded."
APRIL AMERICAN ANNIvEnsARIEs. April
may we'll be called the month of Ameri-
can anniversaries. On the 10th of April,
100 years ngo, Was fred the first shot in
the cause Of the American colonies-the
SHOT that "rang around the world" On
tAs 18th of April, the first shot Of the
South was fired on Fort Sumter. On the
14th! Of April, ten years ago. the flag of
the United States was raised again over
the ruins of the same fort, while but five
days, before General Lee Ind surrend cred
sAA" VI thC N'Oulc(teTilttS 1OrCpS
to General Grant. On the 14th of April.
1776. was, organized the first anti Slavery
society ih -sindrica, fhs Brooldyn Eagle
notices it us II significant fact that the
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the
Abolition of Slavery and the hurried re-
sist,.nce to British oppression were Or
ganized Mt about the same moment. The
republic and the agitation That WAS, in
less than century, to test its strength of
self-prcseryation, were born together.
There was, however, no sympathy then
between the friends of American liberty
and Of abolition. New England was en-
gagged III tho slave trade, and slavery pre-
vailed in Northern as we'll Us Southern
colonies. There would never have been
a union either for Independence or n
common government, except by the to-
leration of slavery. AS has been already
stated, the celebration of the hundredth
anniversary Of the battle Of Lexington or
Concord occurred on Monday. Quite q
controversy has been going on between
the two towns ns to which fired the first
shot Of the revolution. Mr.. George
William Curtis, who hns been selected to
deliver the orntion in Concord, has been
asked his views on the subject. He an
swers: ts..' 4 =
Eat Lexington. the militin, sixty or
seventy in number, wero drawn up in
line, and, refusing to disperse ut the Bri-
tish summons, were fired upon by the
British, mt least GOO strong Then the