The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 26, 1865, Image 2
COLUMBIA:.
Saturday Morning, Aug. 26, 1866,
* Conflict ?nd *'atc or tUe Race*
rShivery has hitherto protected the
negro from tue fate of the red man.
"As a slave, he hod tl^e protection ot"
.the stvperior, the white race. If was.
made the interest of the latter to pro
feet him. Kel?us?tt?rom slavery,' and
that freedom itsserted for him which
he could never himself assert,-he can j
no longer claim or compel tho protec?
tion of the white. In contact with J
the superior race, he no longer chai- j
lenges the sympathies or finds the
guardianship of that people to whom
he was so lately subject. Should lie
.forbearall insolence, presumption and
arrogance, i? his nev condition, he
Still'offends by rivalry. As a compe?
titor, having no capital but physical
to oppose to intellectual strength, and
to tlie various moral accumulations of
the superior race-, he cannot hold his
ground except as a subordinate. Will
he be content with this inferior state
in relation to the white race? Ho
might,Aif let alone. But, jtimnlated
by tho arts of faction, fmrty, and
those destructive organizations of tho
North/ which, for thirty years, haw
boen bu8?y at work for his nun and
.our own, he will hardly be content
with any such position. He will be
found fussily fishing at everj^oondi
"tion or.privilege which he finds^in thu
pos?se.ssio? of the wmte people. His
idea of labor will -bo ?associated in?
delibly with Ivis memory of former
slavery. Ho will revolt at work. His
"natural appetites as well as necessities
wiH.promjpt him to the employment
of all Ids, cunning, in order ?o procuro
thoie luxuries, and satisfy those wants
which he need*, and for which he'
craves. Those^ who refuse to labor,
having no res*trees of fortune, must
swindle or steal. There is no escape
for it. There is an inexorable) logic
?xi tho moral law which makes it inevi?
table that all such must offend against
all law and must ?-:r r tho penalty
of offence. In absolute, propinquity
with a white rica, and contending
->jibh itupn ecp^al terms, without any
sort of guardianship, the negro's fate
rn ist be that of tao red rmm-i. e., ii
wo are to'assume what Judge Chase
seems to deny, viz: that he is of infe?
rior race., Tbe Chief Justice suetns
resolved to make it tho superior. He
announces, with a rare degree of sym?
pathy for the black, and against his
?o.vn color, that, in the Smith, tho
'former must not only be the ruling
but the aristocratic class. Tnis is in
auch antagonism to all the ordinary
opinions, feelings, tastes and preju?
dices of .the white race, that public
opinion may well suspect the speaker
ot a desire that it should be sb, and of
a determination to make it so, if this
eau be achieved by thc operations ci
a. party organization. Vree suffrage
may be one* process for this end, but
there is a.iother. Th*?re may be a
cool caloidation of tho results of a
physical conilict between tlie4 two
races, in a region where the numbers
of the two aro nearly equal; the in?
ferior race being openly or se-cretly
supplied with succour, arms and other
helps by th.it party wiii.;htairo3 at
his ascendency. And, with some two
hundred thousand blacks in arms, and
scattered throughout the South j hav?
ing their regular organizations, and
stationed in cemmancUng situations,
it is not difficult to conceive, not only
that the negro may be the ruling race,
but that it will become the sole exist?
ing race, especially when the whites
aro denied arms and organizatipn
equally. But, for some such interest?
ing calculation of. the chances and
inilaencos, it is difficiilt to'conceive of !
?nnythjug more absurd than the speou- I
lations of Justice Chase, as to the pos- 1
eibilities in the future destination of j
his favorite color. According to the |
well ftuown experience of all civilized i
pdople,? tho negro as a freeman, let?
alone, left simply to himself and his !
Own fate, must cease even to grow, in i
contact with tho superior rice. Sta
t; ;t.cs every where show, that their in
Sease wal bear no comparison with
at of the white races. Confiding |
oar view to our own country, let us ?
pee how the account stands. . Wo take ;
the fAiowing details from Abolit^pn
napers at tue Nortn, som=:' of which ;
uenocrately ualciUate how short will .
?d cj3-pi/ij.l'r?.i ur0vl for tho negro
.o die oat. At tua uni.* of tho lor
oation ot me Constitution of the
Jutted Seater tao blao?s were about
iuijifbl oftue pooalat?on: Tuey do,
I Ul.-?_ ,i ? mimmm
not, at this day, nnmber molt) than
one-tenth; Here follow tho tablas,
showiag the respective increase of tho
two riscos, .??cording to the regular
census, for the terni of seventy.years:
Slaves <?
Tet?*. ? l, \ Wh?es. F. CtCd.
1790..}.".....?.80.73 19.27
1800...?.T- .81.13 18.87
1S10-... .?0.97 19.03
1820.B1.57 18.43
1830:.--..i...81.90 18.10
184?).83.17 16.83
1850..8-1.31 15.69
I860-.85.8b 14.12
The foliowing table gives the rate of
increase,of the two races:
Certs aa WliUe Increase $.??? F. lacr?ate
i ?* of Pop'n. per cent. C. Pop'n. per cunt.
1790. .3,172.484 . 737,363 -
180%. 4,304,489 35.G8 1,001, KW .r>2.2o
hS*. .5,802,004 36.13 1,377,610 37.58
1820 . 7,861 ,?W7 34.12 1,771,562 28.58
1830 10,537,37S 34.03 2.328,042 31.41
1840.14,195,695 34.72 2,873,758 23.41
1850.19,553.068 37.74 3,6:13,702 26.6^
18*50.2(5,975,575 37.97 4.441,73o 22.07
j Their employment o?? soldiers in wai
has not increased their longevity-has
j fiot tended to make them Vioro pro
! litic. Our calculation is that the c?mi
j nution of the black raee,'duriug thc
vicissitudes of the las? four years, will
bc at least one million. '. In unothei
j year, fanxiut;, irregularity of food anti
i life, excess of all sorts, uiinientiouabh
j diseases immedicable, or lacking ?nedi
i cid aid, will do the work more, effeciu
j ally even than war. And what if tin
j caprices, impatience, desperation o!
l tiie negroes, shall precipitate that con
I flict which Justice Cause and his
i c infrerety perhaps, only looking for, ir
a convenient progress of time. Tiu
whites of the South, with their hand.'
tied behind them, may perish; thor?
may be a more general wreck and ruii
even thon prevails now-annihilation
?miy follow *reck-but how will th?
conquering blacks ye permitted t<
: survive? The North, ?vs a whole, wil
I then avenge upon a faction, those ter
rible crimes, and that ruin of State
and Empires, which, bu? for* tin
one lachesse, \?ould never have beei
suffered to possess any capacity to;
harm. '
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We learn, by letters from. Washing
ton^ that Pr?sident Johnson will rio
succumb to the insolence of the radical
much longer, and that, while his Ca
binet is not exactly* what Andrei
Jackson required his to be. "an unit,
tiieir differences of sect and opinioi
wi il nft make him budge ono ste
frooi the resolution ho has taken, o
the subject of reconstruction. Briefly
he will not surrender tho So-.-.th t
the tender sujroies o? the* Abolitio
faction, who, ndt content with takiu
the negro out of bombine, would er,
dow him with powers, in?Goverruties
and society, to which it is mere impoi
tiaence to hold him equal, and for th
proper exercise of which, on*che pal
of any people, there requires tho soch
training of more than, ahundred^yoan
of an individual exercise and exp?
rience in a state at least of compar*
tivo civilization. Wu take for grunter
that, in order to maintain himself i
the course be has adopted, the Pres
deut will need not merely ,the recoi
struction of the Union, but th? recoi
struction of his own Cabinet. That ht
been sufficiently indulged, hitherto
but we greatly inisti&e the man if 1
submits to dictation one hour long?
than an obvious policy requires. Ye
may look for changes in the politic
moon, which shall subject hungry p'
litieians to cloudy skies and weepir
eyes, especially araoi^jg thc wisc nw
of the Bast. The agitation upon whic
New England has kept herself aliv
and been fed, for thirty years, w
not be suffered much longer to tux tl
country with constant strife and in
tatton ^and the danger of perpetu
change and wai?. They have broug
about.all. the mischief of the nast
will they be suffered to sow the see
Vf incessant future discords?
We Uote.tb.at Governor Perry's prt
ence is eagerly and freely called fe
in various portions of the State, ai
his approaching arrival even a
nounccd, leading tb frequent dise
p?intment iu certain sections. B
the Governor", for obnous reasons, 1
made Greenville, his own residcn<
his Hcadqxierters, and thero ^stt*
and visitors may reach him with lit
more cost and difficulty than if th
sought him ni Columbia. The
sources of the Provisional Governor
tl lis or any oilier Stale, at presei
will not suffice to enable him to wt
der where he will, And endure I
severe exactions of any hotel in any
our cities. Carriage ana travel, al
are by no meanf* pleasant* easy or t
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' expensive; Arid, briefly, to sum up all,
what business, the Governor has ut
present to do, can be aa well aud mach
inore cheaply done in Greenville than
either at Charleston or Columbia.
Our private advices in??rui us, iudeed,
that the Governor has Iiis hands full
of hrtsines and has been doing a great
deal. His work is incessant, and he
tells us that his official patronage is
entirely exhausted, already-an assur?
ance which must prove monstrous dis?
tressing to many still hungry persons,
j The Governor writes us cheerfully as
j to the future of the State-assures u.s
j that the curtain is gradually uplifting
! before our vision-that the President
j holds forth the most favoring aspects,
j and his given his sanction to what he
I-has been doing. We presume that
i the Governor will so time it as to be
j present at the assemblage of the Con
i vention; and with his papera so-pre?
pared as to render necessary no delays
in the proper prosecution of business.
Engaged in this, wo do not soe any
prospect of his visiting Columbia, or
any other part of the State until thc
I period assigned for, tho assembling of
the Convention. He would np doubt
be quite pleased to gratify the curi?
osity of all parties, in ail places
but obfeys the rule which puts "Busi
1 ness," the wheel horse, before "Pleas?
ure," the fancy pad.
TIic Oath.
The Charleston Courier reminds its
readers of thc oath ?efore the election
and what oath is necessary. We 'Ar:
the following from that paper, and re?
peat the counsel to those desirous of
voting to take the amnesty oflth. and
make themselves sure'of the right ol
suffrage, if they deem that privilege
desirable : I
*T,-, solemnly-that ? have
carefully read the Amnesty i'roclauia
tion issued hy Andrew Jon ?ison, Pre?
sident of thc united Statos^>f Ame?
rica, on May ^2J, lo?io, ai al tTiat 1 anj
not excepted from the benefits ol that
proclamation by any ono of the four,
teen exceptions therein made, exccpS
"Sworn to," ?to.
"I,-, of the County of ?-, am"
State of-, do solemnly - -, in th?.
presence of Almighty God, that ? wi]
h ?reafter faithfully support and define
ute Constitution of tn .- United States.
and tho union of the States there
under, and that I will, in like manner
abide by and faithfi?ly support al
laws an I proclamations which hav<
? been made during the existing rebel
lion with reference to the emancipa
tiou of slaves. So help me God.
. "Sworn to," &c. ^
CORKliSPOSDENC't:.
GEN. HATPII: ls it necessary, in or
der to qualify a voter, that he sliouh
have taken both ol the within oaths
Many are under the impres>iou thu
tho second is sufficient, although th
^2i),(HK) clause deprives any of th
right to vote except by procuring ?
special pardon. Respcctiullv,
' _ W. T. BENNETT.
Upon which Gen. H.t'ch endorsee
the following reply:
"Respectfully returned. This ?>ri
of oath is only used by those applyjuj
for pardon."
This oflicinl correspondence, wine
hos been kindly furnished us by th
Provost Marshal, Maj. Steuben, wu
directed the inquiries at our suj??
tion, will definitely settle tho !a>
question which ran be misc;! as to th
efficacy of tho amnesty oath in estai
lishing tho right of suffrage to cac
individual, and lends to the foUowin
conclusions:
1st. That the oath of amnesty, i
prescribed by President Johnson, i
\ his proclamation of May 29, 1S<>5, <
j itself re-establishes the right of cit
zenship, and entitles the party takin
j it to vote, provided he docs not coir.
I within any of the fourteen exceptio:
I therein named.
j 2d. That said oath entitle.-* tho.?
! who are who are within the except)
i classes to vote, provided they ha*.
received special pardons from ti
President.
3d. Thur, for the purpose of obtaii
ing such pardon, it is necessary f<
! the applicant to take both the oatl
! above indicated.
I 4th. That the first oath is only n
j oessary to parties who are applican
; for special pardon.
I otu. That, in any ??vent, it is aiwa;
necessary that a party shall bc a. leg
voter under the Constitution as
; stood prior to -the secession if tl
State, before ho will be entitled
vote at thc ensirioK election.
Poor is the educat ion w hich neglec
the muscles wilie it tries to inform t
mind; the highe/Jt lifo is over the a
perfection of the two-tho shrine
eon! eet fair it tho temp!-", flf body
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Coorrai RIVER ATTFA?BS.-A state?
ment of Acting Master Mantell, com?
manding TL S. steamer Potomska,
contains the following passages, which
may bo of some interest to Cooper
River proprietors, planters and refu?
gees. 4He says: . .
"While on duty, with the 'Potomska
on Cooper Uiver, myself and crew wore
constantly employed night and day* in
removing the 'deserted women and
children to this city; giving aid and
j assistance to persons in need : keeping
.the negroes at work and on the plan?
tations; preventing destruction of pro?
perty and, putting down unruly and
insubordinate persons; sending to
f town-abandoned provisions to feed
j the starving and destitute; providing
j medical aid and comforts for those in
need; and wherever it was needed,
j rations were issued from the Potonis
I ka j officers and men sent miles away
! from any comm, iud on errands of n\er
I cy, and in one instance were ambushed
I and captured.
j I deem it proper to say tirnt I hold
! certificates and receipts for all aban?
doned grain, and furniture, &e., ve
I moved from Cooper Uiver, also my or?
ders for so doing; ?nd ? again repeat,
iii justice to myself :iud crew, that we
aro 'willing and able to? meet any
charges that moy ever be brought
against us. that may tend to lessen the
respect aud confidence of our Govern
mont and superior <>dicer.--.
DEATH UP COU SKI ULES.-We are
pained, iays tin: Montgomery 3/??7. in
record th-"death thia morning of ono
of our oldest, most talented and most
prominent ?iti7.e::s. Col. J. J. SeltAds
is no more! He-expired at his rosi
dcuer ie. i h if :*.? at lf'l._. a. m. yester?
day, o? inii??iunation of tho stomach,
from the effect <H which he"had been
suffering for several .lay*. He wa* a
native of South Carolina, und tva*
aged about titty years.
Col. Seibels was one o? cur most
pforninent citizen*, ami h:?l bein
frequently honored by the. people oi
his adopted State, am*the> Government
of the United Suites. -He was Ministra
to fhe court of Belgium uad?r th?
administration of President Pierco,
which position he rilled with diguitj
and honor to Ilia C?overnme?i und
with credit tobinisoliJ lo I?S-lS! '30 'ol,
ho was the editor of zi\r, MoiVtg??rnei>'
A'iveriizer and. CtizeU*: and during;ti:?j
Presidential canvass oi 1800, he ?dit?e
thc Confederation, a strong Douglai
o-isran.
lu 1861, on the secession of Alabam?
he accepted the position of Adjutant
General o? the. State; and dorina: th?
first year of the war he was electo?
Colonel of tho Otb .Alu. Infantry; urn
wrtut with that Regiment to Virginia
where ho remained twelve months
when he resigned his position am
returned to his home in* this city
where ho has quietly remained :w :
private citizen, ui> to the hour of hi
death.
Col. Seibela was a gentleman o
fine, commanding persona' appearanc
-a man of exalte?! legal and liter*>r
attainments, and higblv esteemed b;
.'1 who knew him intimately. As ;
iitLsen, he w'as quiet and unassuming
anjl as a husband and fafher, kind an?
'indulgent. His den th will bo sorel;
lamen L? I by a larg? ciaclc of persona
imd polit?.vil friends, not rudy in Ala
bama, but throughout the Souther)
States. To i .<? afflicted family we olfe
our sincere condolence.
TH2 COT?KET>EUA?E VlO?-PRt-SipEN
Sr:r.>:i".N-s A?O POSTMASTER-GENEUAI
REAGAN AT Four WARBEN.-There ar
now but five prisoners at F?>rt War
ron. vice-PresidentSfcrph'etis, forth
last tea days, ha< been released fron
close confinement, and is permitted b
walk wherever he pleesos in the fort
between nrveiiie and au?l retreat, an?
even ascend the ramparts. He i
always unguarde*!, and seems to ap
oroidute his relief from his dungeon
^Tiother prisoner is Mr. Reagan, tin
bat Cf nlerat.- Po dmnstir-General
A third is Charlies'Cheshire, one o
the sirperVisors of Brooklyn, Ne\
York, who in in dose confinement fo
Roihi? frauds.perpf-f rated ih the recruit
ing department* his sentence beim
six months imprisonment and a fine o
$2,000. His eel] is so situated that li
can see from bis, wintlow the whole ex
torior of the fort, abd he Was soon re
cognized by ac quain truces of the Sr
veuty-first. A fourth prisoner is .
British captain- a blockade nirniPT
an ri a fifth party who refused to- talc
the oath of allegiance. Reagan is al
lowed to take an hour's walk each daj
attended by a guard. .
.mt '- -. .
No man ought to enjoy "what is to
good for him; he should make himse
worthj- ot it, and rife to its level.
Keep the hoiYops at arms' lengtl
Jiover turn a biasing ronnd to SK
wbefher it. han vi. ?ir rf* fide to rt
I Local Item?.
j TO insure inset t ion, adWtiaersj ere r?
! crated to hand in their notioca before 1
J o'clock p. m.
j FORT EoTar it.'?xBc^^t?ckaoldew in
I this rallrosd arc counselled to note the pur- .
j'port cf tho advertisement in inspect to it
I And thom, s.3 contained hi thia dav's paper.
In our advertising columns, this morning,
wiii be found one from our eutorprising
citrZ?U) E. E. Jackson, who oners a very de?
sirable lot of hardware and building mate
ri?is. Wo would advise i?t&t of ont noter*
t?nate friends, who wish to Keep ja bbers out
.of tueir awrea, to exami^m Jackson's ?toce,
of ?ne door-locks especially.. Our lady ac?
quaintances ?will examine with pleasure lui
varieties of worsteds and cheiitse?, to say
nothing of many other commodities, useful
in boudoir and at th? todvt.
Fto? DE Aatutpo.-Cohen will be tho
death of us-Melvin Cohen, we mean. He
has sent us a nice little present, done up in
purple paper, of choice and genuine Havana
cigar?. One puff is enough for us. Will it
be enough for him? sieh itS aroulal After
siaolAg tho su Vdu Florid* and Bonton ci?
gars tor four yvars, to nave a r?ngale of the
genuine Spanish, ia enough to make one
co?tent to puff out his last breath. Tue
cruel boy .will tue lbs death of usl And think
of the name-Flor de "Amando-Spanish
dower of love, we suppose. Woll, our first
ti wee their t w? named Amanda. Is tlierc
anything in tins coincidence? She waa an
oluisii girl-sha j?ted us-'and, what was
the result? Where is Amanda? There in
no oue to answer. If you ever wander to
the old cemetery, at the plantation- of Cy?
press Grove, you will bud .an answer. Poor,
I T.car, ',aprioior.s, lovely, silly Amanda! There
biie lies, and hero are we puning a-Jirst-ratu
Cuban cigar, having an approximation to
her name. Tenxpws fwjit! Oh! Tiiae, what
years have passed! What conditions'. Sh??
sleeps we?-and, Cy the time that we have
j smoked ou* these turee remaining Caballos
? -the gilt of Cohen-we, too, shall sleep,
j And in tiiat sleep what dreams shall come?
Shall we dream of Almtuda? Wc havii
L thought of he:. Foolish, giril W,hy .did
j .she j'dtUH." She was pretty, playful, |dea
! saut-very perniciously pleasant, and-anj
! thing but wise, But wo were captured,
i nevertheless. Mic eould have dotie ?vita u.i
i what she pleased. But she was-Qot wisc'.
? Alas! bow few there arc who aro wise enough
j for their own happiness. Tuc subject is u
' melancholy "one. Lnoette, another of Co?
hen's cigars, and ?tu Mumttlt. Wo will
.? rite an elegy on Amanda.
NKW ADVKKTISEiicsTt-Attention is called
to tho following advertisements, which axe
published for thu lirst time thia morning:
Sleeting of Stockholders Port Royal ll. It.
Extva Communication Acaciiu uodgtv^,
E. E. Jackson- L-t-y Gooda.
. .. --. Drugs and Medicines?
*' ?." -Perfumery,* Soapa, ?ic.
" --Hardware.
Gen. GUhiiore-General Orders Ko. ti).
j" OBrf?/V??--Wc have to record the pro
I maturo death ol' Mr. Charles il. Silcox, a
j private of the 2?th Ohio Beglment, on duly
at this station, Mr. Sdoox ^jy.s tho victim
of a casualty, being shut whirs at a pleasure
party, ailee b: ing.released from duty in tho
! morning, lie .d'e^d on the evening" of tho
2;ld, between4 ando orelock, andw-.ia burie?l
witU due ros"pect by his comrades o;i tho
j ?lay following... He yr-*s between twanty-fivo
land twenty-six yearJ .of age; from Linen
I County, liead Township, Ohio. Ho was a
ii cod soldier, and had been promotedurom
a. private J,y tho riiuV of duty sergeant. He
ioaves many dear rchitivoa aau friends to
mourn ids loss,. It was tho lJfclaucboly pri?
vilege of the frieud who ^ites this brief
memorial to behold a gentlewoman shed?
ding t?..us upon his eouin, and laying a
beautiful wreath ot dowers upon it. 'lwo
other wreathe wen? iaid upon it also by
other fair women. They weep for him stiii,
but ho o'leepe at peace.
E. S. 1I0NE0E, Private.
Tar. CHOLERA.-The Bremen's ad?
vices tarnish dates from Cuiro, Egypt,
to tho 17th of Jilly. A commission
hud boen sent out to stop the pilgrims
p.o'.v on th<dr journey from Mocea to
Egy pt by land itt some march?s the
other ."ide of Suez. Should there bi;
appearance bf cholera among" then.,
they vfill hp. detained at a ?nfe distance
from ?Stn?v. until the disease leaves their
camp. Th?"? great, cholera which de?
vastated Europe in 1832-3 brok?: out
in July, which would correspond with
the period of the return of the pilgrim*
in theise years. The course of the
disease at Jedduh is spoken of as most
heart-rending. People were stricken
down in the street.-., where, ns strangers;
they lay and perished by hundreds for
want of assistance. Mr. Calvert, the
British consul there, is reported to
have exerted himself heroically during
tho fatal visitation. By the Litest ac?
counts th? disease lied cawed at Sna
kin.. From Constantinople we learn
that a panie ^hns consequently seised
the mort? wealthy, who have fled from
the.infected city to establish them?
selves on thc slio?c of the Bosphoriis
aud the Isle of the Princes. . In some
parte of Hhunboul this panic hus at?
tained suclt dimensions, Ihox* accord?
ing to a eorre.soudent of the Ind?pen?
dante, it impossible to WP Ik tnrougL.
whole streets and see no one" save per?
haps omj or two poor persons, whoso
means wilt not permit them to emi?
grate,
QUIDDITIES.-A tea party without
scandal ia like a knife withotvt a/
hs.adie. % '