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COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, August 13^1867.
Interference with the Right of Suf?
frage.
Since tho Tennessee election, as we
learn from Memphis despatches, tho
discharging of negroes who voted for
the Brownlow party is still going on;
that the cousorVativo press is urging'
employers to uso this method" for
teaching the freedmen who are their
best friends, and that the streets of
that city ate full of idle negroes.
However, sore tho Tennesseeans
may feel under the tyrannical rule of
the dominant party in that State,
and however unjustly so many of
them have been disfranchised by the
enactments of the State Legislature,
yet wo must believe that the polioy
now being adopted is wrong in prin?
cipie and must prove mischievous in
its rc-nits. Bi'is wrong in principle,
for compulsion in- controlling votes
is^but' ?notfceVf?rm of bribery-the
most detestable practico connected
with the citizen's ? right of suffrage.
It is not yet forgotten how indignant
the people of the country affected to
be when the manufacturers of Con?
necticut, last spring, discharged hun?
dreds of their employees because
they voted the Democratic ticket.
It is no argument to say that what is
sance for tho goose is sauce for the
gander; two wrongs nevor made a
right, and if our condemnation o? the
Connecticut employers was just, the
samo rule must apply to tho work
now going on in Tennessee.
Indeed, such a policy is more cen?
surable, under the circumstances, in
this latitude, than anywhere else.
Its victims oro to Le found only
among those who have exercised tho
right of suffrage for tho first time; it
hus been inculcated upon this now
class of voters, in season and out of
season, that the Republican pnrty is
tho only organization friendly to
them; that it effected their emancipa?
tion; that the Southern whites are
not their friends; and all such teach?
ings os these have buen so systemati?
cally plied, that it is not to bo won?
dered at that they go as a unit with
that party. It is wrong to punish
them for doing what they firmiy be?
hove is right, and, us we have, inti?
mated, tho practice of buying votes,
or controlling them, by deprivation
of employment, is criminal, and sub?
versive of tho true principles of Re?
publicanism.
But wo have said that this policy
must provo mischievous in its results.
A singular method, truly, of teaching
tho freedmen who arc their best
friends, for Soitthorn omployers tobe
driving them from their lubor, and
compelling them to live in idleness,
tho broad highway to vice aud crime.
Tho effect upon tho minds of these
people will inevitably be, that those
who taught them tho Southern whites
were inimical to them wero right, and
that their truo friends aro to bo found
elsowhcre. Tho simple truth is, that
in tho Southern States the two races
aro mutually dependent-the land?
owners needing labor and the colored
people employment. We aro justly
indignant that any ono should teach
antagonism between thc two races
lot tis see to it that wc do not our?
selves commence this work und carry
it out more effectually than any peri?
patetic lecturer.
But again; suppose all the freed?
men in tho South choose to voto the
Republican ticket; eau tho Southern
people alford to discharge them and
dispenso with their labor in tho field,
or elsewhore, because they do so?
Thaddeus Stevens threatens to con?
fiscate tho lands of those who treat
tho freedmen iu this way, aud wo be?
lieve Oopgress would' pass such a
measure; but if tho policy referred to
were generally practiced by tho em
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! piojera of the South, thpre ifould be
little left to cohfiscate, fur forms and
lands -without labor would bo utterly
worthless.
Tho people bf Tennessee, beyond
question, have had grievous provoca-. '
tiou to adopt the course they aro now "
pursuing; and that being a recon?
structed State, the - contemplated
pains and penalties of Mr. Stevens
would not apply to them ; but in the
unreconstructed States, every effort
should bo made to avoid' collision be?
tween the races, because mutual con?
fidence and friendly relations between
thom cac alone rescue these States
from their poverty and present suf?
fering, and restore them to their
rights in the Union. Proscription,
on aooount of political opinion, ex?
ercised against the black men, would
keep us indefinitely out of the Union,
and , unquestionably lead to further
disfranchisement among the whites.
THE F Ann ELECTIONS.-The next
election, outside the unreconstructed
States, will be that of Vermont,
which will occur on the Sd of Sep?
tember, and the day after California
and the. other extremity of tho Union
will follow. A few days afterward,
on the 9th of September, Maine will
bo heard from: Nearly a month will
then elapse, at the end of which
time the great States of Pennsyl?
vania, Indiana and Ohio will engage
in the political struggle-their day of
election being the 8th of October.
Next will come the elections that
occur on the first Tuesday of No?
vember-the 5th. They aro New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary?
land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Wis?
consin, Minnesota, Illinois. Kansas,
Missouri and Nevada. Colorado will
vote on the 12th of November, which
will close the list of fall elections.
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THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.-The
telegraphic despatch from Gen. Grant
to Gen. Butler, in August, 1864, is
reproduced in the New York Tribune,
of Wednesday, as forming part, of
Gen. Butler's report tc tho committee
of Congress in relation to the Ex?
change of, prisoners. The Tribune
says:
In August, the rebels offered to re
uow the exchange, man for man.
Gen. Grant then telegraphed tho fol?
lowing important order: "It is hard
on our mon held in Southern prisons
not to exobnngo them, bnt it is hu?
manity to those left in the ranks to
fight our battles. Every mau released
on parole, or otherwise, becomes au
active soldier against us at onae,
either directly or indirectly. If we
commence n system of exchange which
liberates all prisoners takeu, we have
to fight on till the whola South is ex?
terminated. If we hold those caught,
they amount to no more than dead
mon. At this particular time, to re?
lease all rebel prisoners North would
ensure Sherman's defeat, and would
compromise our safety here."
This is a clear avowal of a policy,
and appears to relieve tho Confede- j
rate authorities of tho responsibility !
which it has been attempted to |
fasten on them, of refusing to make '
an exchange.
BEAUS ia THE TERRITORIES.-Tho
Goldsboro (N. C.) Stur learns from a
farmer in Carteret that, on going
into his corn field a few mornings
since, ho was greeted by flvo black
bears, helping themselves to the
young com. Being alone, with no
gun, he concluded that a quiet re- ;
treat was prudent.
On publishing which statement,
thc Wilmington Journal says:
'This might have been expected '
when North Carolina becamo a Ter- I
ritory, Bill Arp to tho contrary not- !
withstanding."
THE MICHIGANDERS.- The Michi?
gan Constitutional Convention has
adopted a clause conferring suffrage
Ul ->n tho negroes, tho Indi?ns, und
tho ladies. Wo doubt whether tho
Michigan women will foci compli?
mented by the order in which they
i orne. Tfyo n'ew ^C?nstittiti?n does
not gb'into effect until ratified by the
people.
WH?T? OB "BliACK SuPi?EMAC 1'. -Tho
New l^S^Herald concludes an article
ns follows:
'"The whole issue in the South de
{>onds upon the spirit in which these
a wa of reconstruction are applied.
Ii tho restrictions against rebels are
rigorously .enforced, while the ne?
groes, without question, are freely
admitted, to tho suffrage, aa .they..
have boon so far, the negroes will
rule in tho work of reorganization
and, send, whom they .please to Con?
gress. If, on the other hand, the re?
strictions against the Southern whites
are somewhat relaxed, and the re
Slimmen ts to suffrage aro fairly np
ied to the blacks, the white majori?
ty, where it exists in any Southern
State, will be brought into action,
and white ascendancy will be tho re?
sult. We believe, too, that under
this System. Southern reconstruction
may be so fairly accomplished as to
compel even the radicals of Congress
to accept it; for if the idea of uni?
versal suffrage has now gone so far
that it cannot be arrested, that other
idea of a ' general amnesty is closo
behind. If Jeff. Davis, on the bail
volunteered by leading radicals, can
be turned loose, surely we need no
longer delay in lotting all the smaller
fry of the rebellion go scot-free.
Now, then, is the timo for President
Johnson to make the issuo wo have
suggested between bis mode of exe?
cuting tho laws of reconstruction,
which menus Southern white suprem?
acy, and the Stanton method, which
means Southern negro supremacy,
and twenty or thirty negroes in tho
two bouses ns a beginning before tho
expiration of tho present Oougress.
Let Mr. Johnson prepare at once to
try New York and Pennsylvania on
this test, and bo will discover, before
tho re-assembling of Oougress, that
they aro not yet ready to bo jostlod
by Sambo in tho United States Se?
nate."
COLUMBIA, S. C., AOOUST ?.?, 1H?7.
A ma-s meeting of tho citizens of Colum?
bia and Richland District was called for
the purpose of adopting tho platform re?
cently formed by tho Convention held in
this city. By request, the Secretary read
the platform of tho Union Republican
party of South Carolina, when tho follow?
ing preamble and resolutions were offered
bj- Messrs. Nash, Fit/.simons and Thomp?
son:
Whereas tho ii'Jth and 40th Congress of
tho United States of America have pre?
scribed tho conditions for tho restoration
of tho State to tho Unibn, thereby recog?
nizing and providing for equality before
tho law for all, irrespective of color or pre?
vious condition; aud whereas wo heartily
approve of tho principles and self-evident
truths enunciated by Congrese in tho seve?
ral acts providing for the restoration of tho
State to tho Union; therefore, bo it
/tesol red. That we pledge ourselves todo
all in our pow er to carry out tho moasures
of Congress for tba restoration of tho
Stato.
Mesolted, That we, the loyal citizen? ot
Columbia and Richland District, do hereby
adopt thu platform of the Union Republi?
can party, which met in Convention in ibis
city July 24, 1867.
Reaolved, That tho proceedings of this
meeting bo published in tho Daily Phoenix,
of Columbia.
Messrs. Gurley, Nash and others, being
called on, delivered short and exteniporate
addresses.
On motion of Rev. A. Richardson, tho
meeting adjourned sin? die.
C. M. WILDER, Chairman.
P. F. TOLANO, Secrotary.
Funeral Invitation.
The friends and acquaintances of Mr.
and Mrs. JAMES BAILEY, aro invited to
attend tho funeral of tho latter, at the
Catholic Church, THIS AFTERNOON, at 4
o'clock.
A YOUNG LADY,
ANATIVE of Charleston, is desirous ot
a SITUATION as HOUSEKEEPER;
or, if such is not to be had, sho is willing
to tako charge of an infant in a very re?
spectable family. Can give any refcrenco
that is required. Apply at this" oflicc.
Aug 13 1*
TO ALL OONCEPvNED.
THE undersigned reqnestH all persona
holding receipts from him which aro
unstamped, lu produce them, so that the
proper STAMPS can be placed thereon, as
ho ha? no desire intentionally to evade tho
law. SAMUEL E. STRATTON.
Aug 13 2
A PARTNER WANIED,
IN a PLANTING INTEREST, next year.
A Plantation as good as any in tho
State and in good repair, and my own tirno
and attention furnished-it any responsi?
ble partv will furnish money to carry it on.
l-'or further particulars, address'.'C. V. D.,"
Columbia PJ O., S. C. Aug 13 tuf
53 To Holders oi Tavern Licenses. .
MAJOR'S OFFICE,
Coi.ouilA, August 12, 18u7.
A LL pe-rrfons holding thdaboveLicenses
/\_ in this city aro roquircd to closo their
jar-rooms on tho tirst three days of regis
.ration in the Upper Dux, viz: Thursday,
ho 15th, Friday, tho JOth, and Saturday,
ho 17th instant-tho peaco and good or
1er of thecitv requiring such measures.
August 13 5 THEO. STARK, Mayor.
NEOBC- Fxi0^rrx, XN RB&T?CK?.-1
The Louisville". Courier, in., speaking]
of tko attempt to extend negro sUf
frago and equality into other States, {
outside the unreconstructed, says:
Th? people should not-nay, they
will noV-stand the infliction of sn
gross an outrage-an outrage so
pregnant with strife and disaster. As
far as Kentucky ia concerned, her
sous are united' in this matter, and
they neither wish nor will have negro
equality. Two days ago, such a ma?
jority was given in this State for De?
mocracy as is almost without prece?
dent. Not only will every man who
voted with that majority resist any
attempt to force negro suffrage upon
our people, but even tho few who.
supported the radical and third party
candidates will, almost without ex-,
ception, unite with them in such a
ca use.
THREATENED DISCLOSURES.-The
Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Inquirer, referring to the
Ohio impeacher, Ashley, says, in
his despatch of the 3d instant:
"His tampering .with the perjurer,
Conover, will be ventilated next
week. His own hand-writing will
expose him. A memorandum of
point? he desired to have Conover
swear to, thd reward to be given for
the service, and Conover's pardon on
the late conviction of a. jury, form
tho basis bf the expose. Conover has
written n full account of tho over?
tures made by Ashley. The plan of
the impeachers, as related by Ashley,
the promise of protection given to
Conover, ns a reward for per j my,
tte., all will appear next week."
Immense frauds upon tho revenue
have been discovered at New Or?
leans, by General Steadman, the
newly-appointed Collector of Internal
Revenue, and communicated to the
Treasury Department. They occur?
red, it is said, during the administra?
tion of General Renton, the late
incumbent.
STOLEN,
ON Saiunlav night, Oth inst., a modium
sized KAY MARE MULE, with a whito
spot on each wide of her back, caused by
thu saddle of harness, and a scar on tho
left side of her face. Ry examining her
mouth, you will find one of hor lower teeth
broken out, next to the corner tooth. Tho
letter O branded Tm her left forc-ahoulder.
A liberal reward will bc given to any per?
son who takes her up. and uotiiies thc sub?
scriber, at Frog Level.
August 13 4.* L. C. STOCKMAN.
Georgia Cotton (Mns.
THE subscribers, agents for Messrs. W.
G. Clemons, Brown A Co., of Colum?
bus, Ga., aro nroparod to UH orders for
their GINS, which comprise Single and
Doublu Cylinder, and adapted to either
water ox horse power. Theso Gins aro
made by a factory established over twenty
years ago, ami comprise all the chief
points of excellence, namelv: SPEED,'I
LIGHT DRAUGHT and GOOD SAMPLE.
?ar Circulars sent when requested.
RICHARD O'NEALE A SON.
AUK 13 ' ' " . ' ||8wf
RICHARD O'NEALE & SON,
Commission Merchants.
FROM thia dav, our chargo Tur Btorage
on COTTON will be 25 CENTS ARALE
PER MONTH. Our largo Brick Ware?
houses aro 'situated separate from other
buildings, and, having a watchman con?
stantly on guard, wo believe thom more
secure from lire than any other in the city.
Wo are proparod to mako LIBERAL AD?
VANCES ON COTTON consigned to our
friends in Charleston or Liverpool.
ON BAND,
30 bales Gunny Cloth,
100 coils of Groenlcaf and Manilla Rope,
10,000 pounds C. R. Bacon Hides,
500 bushels Whito and Mixed Corn,
200 pounds Baling Twine,
Which wo offer at marke*, rates.
August 13 ||(5wf
United States District Court-District
of South Carolina.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
rrUIIS is to give notice, that on tho 30th
X day of July, A. D. 1SC.7, a Warrant in
Bankruptcy was issued against tho estate
of MELVIN M. COHEN, in tho District
of Richland, in tho State of Benth CaroU
na, who lias been adjudged a bankrupt on
bis own pot i lion; thar tho payment of
dobts and tho delivery of any property by
him aro forbidden by "law; that a meeting
of the creditors of said bankrupt, to provo
their debts and to choose ono or moro as?
signees of his estate, will be held at a.
(-oort of Bankruptcy, to bo holden at
WinneborO, Fairfield District, before J. M.
Rutland, Register, on tin. loth day of Au?
gust, A. 1). 1M07, at 12 o'clock m.
J. P. M. EPPING,
U. S. Marshal, ftB Messenger.
' Anrf 13 2
FOR RENT,
A HOUSE, on Main street, contain?
ing six rooms. On tho premises aro
_.a good kitchen, stable and ab neces?
sary out-riuilding8. Tho location is oppo?
site the South Carolina University. For
further particulars, apply to JOHN Molls*
TOSH, Main street, ono square below tho
State Houso. Aug ll G
JOB PaWriNO.---Tlie Job Office ot
thc Plu?nix is ns complote ak .ny iu^
the South. It is furnished with new
fonts of type of all descriptions and
of the most modern styles. All work
executed promptly, with taste and
slcj?L, and at reasonable rates.
,THB HABVEST.--We C?uld fill co?
lumns from our Wester^ exchanges,
telling of the abundant harvests in
almost every direction. The alinost
incessant rains have inflicted far less
injury than might have been expected.
It is said the crops are promising.
Before harvest they seem to do no?
thing else. In fact, crops are always
promising and very seldom fulfilling.
As tho senson , wanes "the bolls loot
bolder? t '
. The metoorio shower which was
announced for Saturday night last,
owing, it is 'supposed, to a change of
the programm?, did not make its ap?
pearance. Judging Jrom the noise in
the street, there seemed'to bea good
number of watchers for the aforesaid
display. _1
GENBBAI, FAST J)XX.-Friday, Au?
gust 1G, will be observed.by tho Me?
thodist Episcopal Church', South, as
a day of fasting, htfmit?tition- and
prayer, in accordance 'with* recom?
mendation' of the Bishops of the
Church in their lato pastoral ad?
dress. Tho Bishops ;. aleo recom?
mended that services be hold during
tho entire week, commencing the
Sabbath before the 16th, and ending
with the Sabbath following. .
DBMOIUSST'B MONTHI/V. -The.Sej. -
tomber number of this favorite parlor
periodical is fully equal to any of"
those which have preceded it. " The
illustrations aro varied ,and, brilliant
as ever, and then.' is a tone of fresh?
ness and originality about the entire
contents which contrasts 'remarkably
with other, parlor publications. We
do not wonder ladies prize it; to. them
it is fall of Useful and interesting
reading and information, besides
containing many valuable : speciali?
ties, in the way. of ; patterns,.. etc.,
which can bo got'from no other
sonrce. Thr?q dollars per ? annum,
with a premium. Address W. Jen?
nings Demorest, ?7? Broe4^?y^ New
York. '...>'. fi ?>i "> !.?.
NKW AnvKnriHKMENTS.-Attention is call?
ed tu the J<>1,owing advertisements. whirl
?re published1 this mot??hg for^'Hm"flret
S. E. Stratton-To all Concerned.' ii ?li
li. O'Neale A Son^-Commja'a Merchants.
" " *.', -Georgia Clopton Oins.
D. C. Poixotto te Son-Ahetlo?\T6.1)?y.
Applv at this Otlioe-Situation muleci.
C. V. D.-Partner Wanted. ? ?!*5" .?. V?T
Proceedings of Mass Meettaw O'
L. 0. Stockman-Mare Mulo Stolen.
Theo. Stark-Tavern licenses.
J. P. M. Epping-Court of Bankruptcy,
"j. -*">*l', '.?
A fine lot of Desirable Gooda have just
been opened by Mr. II. C. Shiver, who still
adheres to bis popular principle: of good
articles for little money? > Road bis adver?
tisement, and then examine tho goods.
FOR SALE,
C\ A C. RAILROAD BONDS.
VT. C. & 8. C. Railroad Stock.
New York Exchange. .
WANTED-C. A 8. 0. ?Railroad Bonds
and Conpone. THOS, E. GREGG & CO.
Au?n_._J_
CLARET.
ON TUESDAY noxt, 13tb inst., wo will
have on draught, one pipo CLARET
Very LOW tor casu by
Aug ll i- E. A G. D. HOPE.
NEW FL?fJB, SYI1LP ANDCORX.
5BBLS.' BEE-HIVE SYRUP.
500 bushels White and "Mixod CORN. '
100 sacks Extra FAMILY FLOUR. Low
for cash by , E. A G. D. HOPE.
Angil _
?OB* SAL?,
ANEAT SETT of STORE FIXTURES*
including Counters, Cornices, Shely
Lng.Ac, all complote, and affording an
axoellent opportunity for furnishing a new
store. Apply at this tuTjcfn . Aug 115 _
Bacon and Tobac'cd.1
1,000 lbs. Killlckiniok SmoWn? T?bt??O^
lftboxeaJ-Hrtpriced Ouswinaji. " C;
8 bales 7-8 Hoavv Shirting. For sale low
l,y ALFRED TOLLESON.
Aug 0