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THE DAILY Daily Paper $8 a Year 'Let oar Just Censure PHONIX. Attend the Tme Event." Tri-Weekly 85 a Year BY JULIAN A. SELBY COLUMBIA, S. 0., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 2. 1867. VOLUME III-NO. ll. i THE PHONIX, r?BLisirr.D DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY. tim GLEANER, EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY JUUAN A. SELBY, CITY PRINTER. Offico on Main street, a few doors cbovo Taylor (or Camden) street. TERMS-IN ADVANCE. SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Taper, six months.$4. 00 Tri-Wceklv, " " . 2 50 Weekly, ' " .? .1 50 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at 75 couts per square for tho first insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. ?3" A liberal discount made on the above rates when advertisements are inserted by t?ie month or year. AGENTS. W. C. Moore, Abbovillc. J. R. Allon, Chester. Julius Poppo, Anderson C. H. S. P. Kinard, Ncwherrv C. H. W. T. Sims, Union. J. M. Allen, Greenville. SPECIAL NOTICES. 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Dec ll ly SMALL HOUSE EOE, SALE ! aTHE PRESBYTERIAN MISSION CHAPEL, on tho square South of thc Asylum; suitable for a small family residence. Anplv to R. L. BRYAN. April 21 TO RENT, THE ROOM over tho store of Thomson Earle. Applv to April 19 ALFRED TOLLF.SON. TO RENT, THE apartments over the stores of Kenneth & Gibson and thc sub .scriber. Possession given immc diatelv. For terms, ic., inquire of April 19 ' JAS. BROWN. ^ 20 Per Cent Below Cost, ^ fTlHE remainder of our stock of DRY _L GOODS, consisting of Brilliants, laconetts, Mouslins, Bereges, Cambrics, Table Doylies, Napkins, Ac, Ac. ' Also, our entire stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, at 10 per cent, below cost. Call - non and get a lit. April 20 FISHER A LOWRANCE. Biscuit ! SODA, Cream, Sugar, Tea and Butter CRACKERS. Ginger Cakes and Snaps, and Novelty Cakes. FISHER & LOWRANCE. April 18_ SILKY CULTIVATORS. ONE HAND CAN DO THE WORK OF FOUR. Thoso who uso them do pot call them humbugs. Made in Richmond, Va. Price EIGHTY DOLLARS. CORN PLANTERS $20. _April7 FISHER A LOWRANCE. X> U XUBLAJliC SIKH TOBACCO. T WHOLESALE or RETAH-. Bv . April 2 FISHER A LOWRANCE. HARDWARE. IRON, STEEL. NAILS, P0TWARE. Tin'd and Japd HOLLOWWARE' Carpenters' and Blaclcm's TOOLS SCALES. AXES, S. W. Collins' and o?^er brands. PAINTS, OILS and GLASS. In store and for sale LOW by FISHER & LOWRANCE. MEETING OF COLORED MEN-OR? GANIZATION OF A UNION PARTY SrEEOi BY GOVERNOR JAS. L. ORR. Wo aro indebted to F. G. DeFon taine, Esq., for the full report which follows, of tho meeting on Monday: The colored men of Columbia, on Monday morning, held n lnrge, quiet and interesting meeting, with a view to organize a party and adopt a plat? form of principles, looking both to their own welfare and the interests of the two rnces. As on a previous occasion, a number of citizens were invited to be present mid address thc meeting. Among these, wero his Excellency Gov. Orr, Hon. James G. Gibbes, Col. L. D. Childs, Messrs. John Caldwell, T. J. Robertson and A. M. Hunt. A band wns likewise in attendance, and discoursed its music between thc various speeches made. The assembly was called to order about half-past 10 o'clock, and S. 13. Thompson chosen Chairman, who, in a few well-timed remarks, stated the object of tho meeting to be tho organization of a republican form of State government that would bo acceptable to Congress and to tho two races of tho South. An earnest prayer was thou delivered by Rev. -, (we did not learn th-j name,) after which, on motion, a committee of thirteen was appointed to draft a series of resolutions expressive of the sense of thc mooting. The white members of this Com mitteo wero Messrs. Gibbes, Caldwell and Robinson. The colored mem? bers were "William Myers, N. E. Ed? wards, Janies Davis, P. Nowell, E. Thomson, G. M. By mun, J. Fitz simmons, C. Wilder, Wm. Simons. 4Tho Committee retired to perform their duty. Tho Chairman then called upon his Excellency Governor Orr to ad? dress tho nudience, (which, by this time, numbered nearly 2,000,) and he did so as follows: SPEECH OF GOVERNOR ORE. MY FRIENDS: I have accepted thc invitation to address you on this oc? casion with great satisfaction, but 1 regret that personal indisposition will prevent mo from elaborating thc views I had intended to submit, anti that I shall bo necessarily restricted to a limited linc of remark. I am glad that you aro taking some interest in tho present political as peet of tho country, and aro alive tc tho importance of the questions in volved in your present and pros pective situation. Tho conduct o your people, commencing with tin inauguration of tho lato war, hm elicited tho approval of all right minded men. During its progress you demeaned yourselves with quiet pursuing your ordinary avocation without the exhibition of turbulence or violence; and when its closo re suited in your manumission, you di< not even then givo vent to those ex cesses which wero feared by many ii tho Southern Staten, and no doub hoped for by bad men in otho localities. Being in a position which enable me to acquire information lroui ever portion of tho State, I can say fin thor, and with much satisfaction that, during the present year, thos of your peoplo who are engaged i farm labor aro pursuing their dutic with more steadiness and assiduit than duriug tho year preceding Such conduct shows that you prc perly appreciate tho great boon c freedom which has been bestowe upon you, and ave disposed to do tin which, while making you worthy au useful members of the community will command tho respect of all goo citizens. [Applause.] As the Executivo of South Cari lina, since November, 1865-whe your manumission had been but short time declared-I have sougl to hold the scales of justico equal , ! etween you and the white race, j have thrown tho protecting arm tho State around you in overy i stance where nets of oppression ha ! come to my knowledge, and whe ' wrong has been done your peoplo 1 . inconsiderate and vicious white me I have endeavored to bring all sui to justico and to condign punis ment. I havo had equal occasion reprobate the conduct of persons your own color. So long as I co tinuo to dischargo tho duties of tl position-nud its sands aro ronni rapidly out-I shall act in this i; partial and disinterested manner; I ? if there bo any leaning required, shall always bo to that sido which least ablo to protect itself. [A plause. ] You have- accomplished a great deal, but much yet remains to bo done. If those of you who aro ablo to read will refer to the history of the Israelites, as written in the Bible, you will find that thc progress you have- made since you have been re? lieved from bondage is much greater than theirs, And you will lcaru some instructive lessons in tracing that history, which will admonish you uot to attempt to make too rapid pro? gress, lest, in HO - doing, you fall by the way-side. According Lo the accouut givcu us iu the Scriptures, tho Jews were in boudage 430 years; and when tho Almighty had determined that they should bo relieved, Ho sent plagues upon tho King of tho Egyptians, that ho might bo induced to allow them to depart in peace for the Land of Promise. He turned the water courses into blood, nnd afllicted the Egyptians with locusts, lice and frogs; nnd when Pharaoh still refused to comply with tho promise made to Moses, tho first born of tho Egyp? tians wore smitten in a singlo night. Then it was that tho cry went up, "Let these people go." With all their worldly possessions, tho Israel? ites set forth upon their pilgrimage to the land of Canaan. Pharaoh, recovering from tho stunning effects of the nllliction that had been sent upon him, determined to pursue, and found them upon the shores of tho Ked Beti; but just-ns they ap? peared to be in his meshes, thc waters parted; the Israelites passed over dry shod; and when Pharaoh and his host followed, God, in his wrath, caused tho waves to como together again, and the mighty army vanished from the face of the earth. Yet tho Israelties did not reach thc land of Canaan for a long time. Suf? fering aud privation was their lot foi many years. Now, my theory of thc object ol the detention is this: That this poo pie, having been in bondage 43( years, were disqualified by the* waul of self-reliance, of knowledge, of iu telligence and training, to occupy ni once the country that had been sol apart for them by Divine Providence They traveled in tho wilderness foi forty years, and when they finnlb entered the laud of Canaan, Mose had fallen; Aaron had been gatherci to the land of his fathers, and ther< was none but Joshua and Caleb o all that vast host of males who wer numbered at Sinai, above the age o twenty years. Tho distance from Egypt to Ca naau was less than 300 miles-a dis tance, that may now bo traveled, bj railroad, in tweuty hours; but fo forty years they marched and counter marched, passing through a perioi of probminary training, until nnothe generation came upou tho stage, am euterod tho laud of promise. It i conclusive to my miud that tho forme generation was permitted to pas away because they could not bo trust od with tho possession, and it was rc served to thc moro eulightened an experienced generation which fo! lowed, to enjoy tho inheritance. Now, my frieuds, comparing yon own couditiou with that of tho Is raelites, tho progress you have mad in two short years ought to excit your surprise, and to stimulate yo to fresh exertions, that you may mor fully merit tho signal favor with wine you have been blessed since the hov your freedom commenced. High and important duties aro bi foro you to perform. Freedom si cures to you tho fruits of your lobo: it is true; but there is somethin moro to bo doue. You have got t look out for your households, and I educate your families, and uot unt another generation grows up-I a talking frankly with you-will ye find that amount of intelligence amor your raco which will entitle you I take the front rank in civilized lif t presumo there is not ono in fi' hundred among thc colored peop of tho South, who enjoy tho a vantages of education. Those wi have dono so, have improved thc opportunities, and profited large from the increased intelligence ai influence which has been derive Your first great care, therefore, looking to tho future, is to eduea your children; not merely to teai them to read, write and cypher, ai the elements of knowledge, but impart to them lessons in morals, \: liteness and self-government, and instil principles into their heal ! which, in ten, fifteen or twen years hence, will mako them an orr mont to you, and a Messing to socio) These lessons must bo inculcated tho tendier iu tho school roo and by tho father and mother aron tho hearth. It is there that the nn favorable impressions are mndo up tho young mind aud heart, and charactor is formed which, in tho ; turo, becomes a pride or a curse. Another point: You must pract economy. There is now no comp sion upon you to labor, at tho will 'another; but your own sense of p I priety, your interests, require that ' you shall labor moro assiduously than i you have ever clone. There is no ; ono now to pr?vido for your wants, j Whatever there is in or around your i little family circle, whether it be I money or food, comes from you. If I there be comfort there, yon bring it ; if there bc distress there, you bring it. As you thus control your own affairs, let your chief aim be to make each one of your homes a happy one. To do this, you must bo economical, industrious, euergetic, civil und re spcctful. Save your mouoy; put it into a small house, or, if you desire a farm, buy five or ten acres and com meneo its cultivation. You will feel that you have a stake in the welfare of thc community. There will bc some? thing for you to live and labor for; aud my lifo upon it, when you have thus become tho possessor of pro? perty honestly earned and paid for, you will enjoy moro respect for your? selves, and fool that you aro entitled to tho respect of others. I repeat it again-husband your resources; save tho odd pennies; indulge in no un? necessary extravagance in dress, liv? ing or otherwise. Iudustry and eco? nomy will tell; but they must go hand in hand. If not, no matter how earnest you may have been, tho result will bo that when your heads have grown grey, you will have pro? fited no moro by mero industry than if you had lcd an idle and dissolute lifo. I am glad to observo another im? provement, namely: That very many of your most intelligent and respecta? ble people, who havo themselves ex? perienced the awakening influences of tho holy religion of Jesus Christ, are devoting themselves to your spi? ritual welfare. These persons havo it in their power to clo your race much good, or, if they take the wrong di? rection, much harm. Those who have less intelligence must necessarily look to their superiors, and it is therefore important that you should be so in? structed by them as that you may not be led iuto trouble, and that design? ing meu may not bo advanced or aggrandized at your expense. With reference to politics, my friends, I havo not a great deal to say. Tho man who devotes himself to politics embarks in a very poor employment. I have been at it now for twenty-five years, and therefore have a right to speak with some expe? rience upon tho subject. But thc clays of my political existeueo have nearly run out; and when I retire from my present position-I may add hero that I am both disfranchised and ineligible-I never expect again to hold or seek another political office. What I may say to j'ou, there? fore, upon the subject of politics, can bo relied upon as tho expression oi ono who has had no little experience, and who claims to bo disinterested. Your State matters are of mucL moro consequenco to you than na tional affairs. So far ns you are cou cerned, the constitution which thc State of South Carolina will adopt i: a subject of greater moment to you than tho Constitution of tho Unitcc States, and tho legislation of Soutl Carolina of moro importanco thar tho legislation of Congress. Why' Because the Slate constitution cover: the limits of tho State, and affect: your interests directly. The Stab laws are thc laws to which you are tr appeal for protection, and the yindi cation of every right. If a man un dertakes to defraud yon, you go t< the State courts to seek redress-to i State judgo and a State solicitor. 1 the Legislature imposes au unjus and onerous tax, you appeal to th' State constitution, for the Legis lature is but the creature of tba constitution, deriving from it, an? it alone, the power which gives i strength and vitality. In thc ap proaching political contest, then lore, remember that your interest are moro involved at homo and ii your own State Government, than i any advantage which may be derive from attaching yourselves to the ta: cif either of the national parties, no^ ' known as Republican or Democratic Now, your people must make u their minds us to what should b incorporated in tho State constiti lion; for whether it be with referenc to free schools, to homesteads, to th abolishment of imprisonment fe debt, or to any other subject, til Legislature is sworn to carry out il provisions. Seo to it, then, who you choose your candidates, that the ; pledges aro secured. Bo not, hov ' tiver, too exacting. You are intercste as much us wo are in presorviug ha mony between tho two races. Yo desiro to remain here. I desiro 1 remain here. When I saw hundrcc and thousands of your peoplo seel ing new homes in tho West and Soutl west, it filled my heart with regre because I felt we could not afford I spare a single arm from South Car lina and tho work of regenerate which we aro called upon to perfori I say to you frankly, that if ye make unjust exactions, you may su ceeel in South Carolina, because there aro more black people herc than white; but it is not tho caso in North Carolina, or Georgia, or Florida, or Alabama. lu Mississippi and Lou? isiana, there aro a few more; but do you uot perceive that, if you are extra? vagant iu demanding moro than you are really entitled to, and you succeed in arraying tho white race against the black, and creating prejudices-which, happily, do uot now exist-do you uot perceive that thc same injustice which you attempt to visit upon thc white man in South Carolina will be visited upon thc colored mau in North Carolina and elsewhere? Auother point : Tho largo tracts of land now owned by our planters will probably bo cut up into smaller tracts and sold at comparatively chenp rates. Suppose that, in South Caro? lina, tho price should bo so low ns fifty couts per acre; can your people, with tho scanty earnings of the two years during which you havo boon free, buy and stock those farms, and competo with tho white mon from Pennsylvania or New Hampshire, who will soon bo prepared to make South Carolina their homo, and who, in a fow years, will swell tho white population of our State until it fai exceeds your own? Thero arc some four or livo hundred thousand white people who como to this country every year. Consequently, thero wil bo this great aeldition to tho natura increase of tho whito population, ane there being no emigration from Af rici to increase your own, tho result, in t few years, must bo an overwhelming majority of tho white race within th< limits of thc State. Under thes< circumstances, am I not right in ad monishing you to practico modera tion auel modesty in making demand: npon those who will represent yo? and your interests? Occasionally, I hear utterances o distrust. 1 'We aro afraiil wo shall bi cheated." I have no doubt theri are bad white men ns thero aro ba< black men. But you havo this love iu your hand which secures protec tion. Suppose you adopt a sensible rational platform, and with it, go bc fore tho Convention of South Carob na. Then suppose tho men who rep reseut you iu that convention forgetting tho pledges they gave allow a Constitution to bo adopte without iuserting thoso provision which affect you and your privileges in the shape of free schools, home steads, &c. Where is your redress I will tell you. It is in tho Act o Congress, which declares that afte tho constitution has been adoptei by tho convention, it shall bo sub mitted to tho people. If they arc no satisfied, all they have to do is, b; their vote, to reject it, and elemaui auother. Why, my friends, if yo were not to raise j our hands, and constitution should bo seut by a con vention to the people for their con sideration, ami its provisions failo to secure your just rights, it is you privilege, even then, to voto agni ns aud demand a revision of tho instrti meut. It is thus that protection i thrown around every man-white an colored-in the entire State, and th power given to tho people to b themselves judges of tho charade of the fundamental law by which thc aro to be controlled, Congress has seen lit to give yoi universal suffrage. I think it was mistake. I think if thero had been limitatiou-for instance, such as? th a"bility to read and write-it wool not only have threwn a sofeguar around tho community, but stimi lated tho ignorant of both races t attain to that intellectual conditioi tho reward of which would have bee the right lo vote; and wo should hav seen, as a result, that in ten yeal from now, there would not be a free man in tho State nuable to read an write. Under existing circumstances, hov over, taking things as they are, will is to be the result with tho vast pr? portion of thoso who aro both er tin ly uneducated and ignorant ol' tl duties of citizenship? How are thc votes to be controlled? Somebody going to control them, and they ai just a.-> likely to be controlled by ba men as by good men. Ono may Inn a weakness for a drink of whisko; A glass e>f grog takes him off. Al other has a weakness for a plug i tobacco. That will carry him i ol Another luis a weakness for a pocrke handkerchief or a clean shirt, |Iaugl ter,] ami that will carry bim ol Much, therefore, depends cm tho co rect influences with which these pe sons aro surrounded; and, in th connection, allow mo to say agaii that a great responsibility will bo tl volved upon your ministers. I havo heard ti great ileal said abo controlling tho negro vote, but it not in au offensive sense. I myse tlesiro to seo that voto controlled, bi iu tho samo way that I wish my ow voto to bo controlled-by inteJ'igom and by thoso interests which mo directly concern the community : which I livo. If I ask a colored mi 1 to vote with me, I (lesivo that he shall I know it is for our mutual welfare that . I we vote together. The'interests of tho two races throughout the South are identical. They cannot be sepa? rated nod prosper. Tho same legis? lation which injures the white man, injures the black. If one is depressed, so is the other. "Whatever affects or impairs tho industry and usefulness of ono race, equally^ disturbs tho entire community'. You will bo mis? taken, therefore, should you yield to, tho seductions of falso teachers, who will endeavor to make you believe that your interests are in any way different from those of tho white man; and for this reason, I again warn you ogaiust attaching yourselves to any existing organization of a national character. Look first to your State affairs. Get your constitution right. Secure those laws which you need every hour in tho day. Suppose you join the Democratic party, and send your representatives to Washington. Why, tho Republi? cans would raiso a huo and cry at once. And if, on tho other hand, you united yourselves with tho Re? publican party, you would loso in strength thousands upon thousands of friends who cannot and will not act with that organization. Now, I believe that the great function of tho Republican party has been accom? plished, and that in tho next Presi? dential election, you will find a divi? sion in its ranks as well as in those of tho Democratic party. The extremo radical element will bc cast to ono side, and success insured to those moderate and conservative principles which aro represented by such men os Fcsseudcn, Sherman, Wilson, Trumbull and others. Indeed, I have heard it stated that this moderate national Union pavty will unito upon General Grant and elect him to the Presidency. I say, then, if you wish to exercise power, steer clear of national politics. Confino yourself to State affairs. Choose good men to represent you, and when they go to Washington, let them say to the leaders there, "Wo go for that party which will do most for South Carolina; which will give us the best legislation, relievo our necessities, and assist in building up the wasto places of the State." As I took occasion to remark ou a public occasion recently, in Charleston, let tho South go back into the Union, holding the balance of power, and then both parties will court us. (Cheers.) Thero are matters connected with both the Republican and Democratic parties which deserve, censure. For instance, a tax o? three cents' per pound was laid on cotton, and re? duced to two and a half cents after September next. Who makes cotton? From whose labor comes four-fifths of the bales in South Carolina? From that of tho black man, and it is upon his bone and sinew, and sweat and toil, that this great burden has been laid. So it is with the tobacco pro? duced in Virginia and North Carolina; but it is not the case with the wheat of Illinois and Indiana. On $506 worth of cotton produced heve, your labor is taxed" about ?j?(J0; while, on the same amount of agricultural pro? duction in the West, not a dollar is paid. I say, therefore, the Republi? can party have not dealt justly by you. Tiley may talk about the grati? tude that is due, and appeal to your feelings, but do you tell them 3'ou ave now free, and what yon want is jus? tice and equality before the law and in taxation. When the recent strug? gle commenced, it was not to set.'yon free; anel until two years elapsed, anet it was i'ounel necessuvy to mako uso e?f the coloved man as etti element of military strength in conquering the South, your manumission was scarcely thought of. Yon owe to the efTovts of your own race at the North, therefore, epiite as much as you owe to any pavty. In conclusion, I beg you to reflect ttpon thc observations I have made; to oct with wisdom and discretion; to regard, first, the interests of your State ?ind your people at home; and finally, in the selection of your rep? resentative.0, to choose those who, by co operation with that pavty which will elo most for you and for tho South, will enable US to einen' once move a peace and prosperity such ns wo have never known even in our palmiest days. (Cheers.) The remarks of bia Excellency wove well received, and from tho comments murmured through the crowd, folly appreciated-especially his advice. A coloved orator, named Rev. H. M. Turner, formerly from Columbia, for the last twelve years a resident of Baltimore anel tho District of Colum? bia, followed tho Governor. SPEECn OF REV. H. M. TURNER, (CO? LORED.) Tho speaker commoucod by saying that although a South Carolinian by