The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, April 17, 1868, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Friday Morning, April 17, 1868.
Our Policy as Regarded North.
In connection with our Into Demo?
cratic movement, observo tho lan?
guage of tho Now Tork Herald nnd
tho Times-two of tho most influen?
tial papers North. The remarks of
tho Times, which wo first give, are
particularly significant. The fact of
tho matter is, that tho settlement of
this everlasting negro question is on
the basis of a qualified suffrage. It
puts tho South reclus in curia before
tho country and the world. Let the
National Democratic party, when it
meets in New York, in July next,
tako this position, and it takes tho
wind out of the radical sails, and
sweeps tho country, North and South,
os with tho powerful blast of truth
and justice. The Times says, in
reference to that article adopted at
tho lato Convention on tho subject of
suffrage*
"This declaration of tho South
Carolina Democrats strikes us as hav?
ing a decided interest and importance
beyond its party relations. Aro tho
peoplo of the Southern States in
general prepared to tako the same
ground? Will the whites of the
Sonth agree to embody in their State
Constitutions a provision giving suf
frago to blacks, when found duly
qualified, and to exact from thom
precisely tho same qualifications 'as
to property and intelligence,' as are
exacted from tho whites-and no
others? If they are, would it not bo
wiso for Congress to accept this as a
substantial basis of. reconstruction?
Would it not-if thus accepted by
Congress and assonted to by tho
South-form a much bettor basis
than the ono now laid down by exist?
ing laws-bettor in itself, as likely to
securo better laws and a better admi?
nistration of thom, and better espe?
cially as a matter of mutual agree?
ment-as ono to which both parties
givo their voluntary asseut, and with
which both are substantially satisfied?
"Wo suggest this inquiry, respect?
fully and solely with a view to prac?
tical results, to the Tribune."
But tho T?nes must observe that
wc uro not ready to advocato at this
time the depriving of any white mau
of his present right to vote, under
our Constitution and laws. When so
many of our fellow-citizens ari? dis?
franchised by the laws of Congress,
it would bo political suicide for us to
cut off our white votes. Besides, to
vote is tho white man's inheritance:
to tho colored man, it is a newly ac?
quired possession. Hereafter the
State maj', in its discretion, decide
as a matter of governmental conser?
vatism, to haye a qualified suffrage
for all men of all classes. lu a similar
connection, tito Herald says:
"It only remains, then, for the
conservatives to adopt a policy of
moderation towards tho blacks, in
order to carry tho whole Sont hern
country liko a whirlwind over the
radicals. The white conservatives
Lho natives of the soil, those to tho
manor born-have not como out in
their strength upon any political
contest yet had at the polls since the
beginning of the rebellion. Tho
blacks liavo not yet seen their old
masters going in a body to deposit
their votes. Instead, they have fol?
lowed tho lead, or havo been led by
thc arni by some Northern rapscal?
lion, who had been expelled from his
own region because ho would no
longer be tolerated therein, and lied
South to benefit his fortunes and
humbug tho poor blacks. Now, when
tho Southern whites conclude to
vote-a conolusiou they should not
hesitate to nrrivo at promptly-tho
Macks will naturally be inclined lo
think twico before they shack Io them?
selves to a Northern und a more
odious task-master than tho iutelli
gont among them wore ever accus?
tomed to obey in tho South. That
they will in largo numbers go with
their old masters, their old friends,
their old neighbors, their old protec?
tors, is as reasonably to bo oxpected
as that tho Prodigal Son returned to
his fathor's wolcomoroof afteraseason
of inapprociablo montai suffering und
bodily torturo. By tho whites voting
thoy will bring tho blacks to them;
and onco with thom they well know
how, with kindness, conciliation and
familiar treatment, they can be manT
aged. . Bj tb is means the conserva?
tives can carry at least half of the
Southern States yet to vote, and, so
caring majorities in tue ?.l?gislatures,
may send Senators to Congress who
will be admitted, while those sent to
the lower House will bo admitted as
friends to tho radicals, but will even?
tually provo truo to the old Constitu?
tion and to human rights, white ns
woll aa black. Wo, therefore, urge
upon every Whito Southern couserva
tive to put his shoulder to the wheel,
and, with coat off and sleeves rolled
up, push ou tho work of reform aud
civilization so much needed in this
beautiful but suffering land."
THE STRENGTH OF THE DEMOCRACY.
The Republicans are beginning to
acknowledge that there is danger
abend, from the increasing strength
of tho Democrats. The New York
Times says the result in those States
where elections have lately taken
place, shows that the Republican
party bas no strength to throw away,
and tbat it bas good reason for be?
having just ns well as it can.
There never was a better thing said
than that of Charles G. Leland,
otherwise known as ''Meister Karl,"
about the New Englanders. Allud?
ing to their extraordinary penchant
for prying into other people's con?
cerns nnd dictating both the political
and social affairs of everybody with
whom they como in contact, bo re?
marked that "a New Englanders
idea of bell was a place where every?
body bad to mind his owu business."
An exchange, commenting upon this,
says it is as crisp as Macaulay's say?
ing, tbat "tho Puritans bated bear
baiting, notbecausoit was cruel to tho
bear, but because it gavo pleasure to
tho spectators." Both are eminently
typical of tho present govorniug race
of this unfortunate country.
When Madame Roland uttered the
apostrophe, "Ob! Liberty, bow many
crimes bavo been committed in thy
name!" she embodied history in a
singlo epigram. Ever tho war cry of
tho worst oppressors; the cloak for
the greatest wrong; a mero conven?
tional word at best, its poetical and
sensational significance bas passed
away long since, wbilo its practical
mcauing is accommodated to cir?
cumstances. In France, "Liberty"
means simply license; in England, to
be not severely governed; and in tbe
United States, pur excellence the boast?
ed land of "Liberty," the New Or?
leans Tunes says, it bas degenerated
into thc mero permission to conform
to tbe ideas and usages of an intense?
ly bitter radicalism.
-?-???-?
('ohne! J. P. Thomas, Chairman Slat"
Democratic Com m illee.
Sm: The Democracy of the up?
country, have noticed with regret,
tho apathy of the citizens of Charles?
ton, in regard to tho action of tho
late State Convention-in which they
were invited to co-opernte, but re?
fused, or nt all events failed, to take
part. Wo notice with feelings almost
of indignation, tho paltry attempts
by tho Charleston papers, to intimate
that they were not represented.
Now, we think it nothing but right
that the people of the State, at large,
should know it, if tho call that was
made on tho eutiro Democratic party
of the State, was made to tho exclu?
sion of Charleston. If auy corres?
pondence bas transpired Vrith refer?
ence to it, wo think it .should be
made known to the
UP-COUNTRY DEMOCRACY
No NEGROES ut TUE CHICAGO CON
VKNTIOX.-Thurlow Weed, a Grant
mau and a Republican, says:
"However blatantly members of
Congress may affect Southern negro
.suffrage in tboir speeches, they know
onougli to keop negro dolegates out
of tho Chicago Convention. If negro
delegates appear in that Convention,
not even Gen. Grant's popularity will
enablo us to carry Indiano."
What says Dr. Bayne? What says
Lewis Lindsey? Isn't that "going
back" on tho negro?
I
. Gov. Orr'?' Heresies.
. Mn. EDITOR: It might not bo un?
profitable, baforo denouncing Gov.
Orr'? ?Ud&?d tergiversations, to re?
flect how often, heretofore, he has
been denounced for expressing senti?
ments not ut tho time in accordance
with popular ideas, but which, after?
wards, became part of the established
public policy.
Who does not remember-when he
took his bold position, in 1850, in
opposition to the separate secession
of South Carolina-how unsparingly
he was denounced for his alleged re?
creancy to South Caroliua fame and
principles? Yet, what was the fiual
uctiou of the State?
While in Congress, he labored
zealously to induco South Cnrolinr. to
co-operate with the National Demo?
cratic party. For this, ho was brand?
ed as "in the wild hunt after office."
Yet, who will now deny that tho over?
throw of the Democratic party, in
1860, was the downfall of the Consti?
tution of tho United States?
During the excitement about slave?
ry "in the Territories" and "squatter
sovereignty," Gov. Orr was soverely
and generally censured for holding
tho question to be au abstraction not
worth contending for. But opposite
counsels prevailed, and what was
done to establish the "rights of
slavery" and of tho South "in thc Ter?
ritories?"
Upou the split iu the National
Democratic Convention, which met
in Charleston, in Maj', 18(10, to nomi?
nate candidates for President aud
Vice-president, how freely was Gov.
Orr criticised as to his motives, ns
well as his policy, for not encourag?
ing and rejoicing at the secession of
the Southern delegates! Yet, who
now can shut his eyes to the fact that
that split (by dividing tho Democratic
strength) insured tho election of Lin?
coln and thc success of the Republi?
can parly?
Who does not remember tho criti?
cisms upon Gov. Orr, in the fall of
18G0. for saying that secession, in?
stead of being "peaceful," would
bring "a lona and bloody war?"
Who does not remember the sevr?e
censure upon? Gov. Orr, duriug tho
latter days of the Confederacy, for
warning thu authorities nnd people of
the Confederacy, that "all was not well
with us," aud for wishing to make
terms of peace in advance of our
subjugation?
Who does not remember tho odium
heaped on Gov. Orr, only ene short
year ayo, for being willing to accept a
(pialified negro suffrage? And yet this
is now one of th? planks in the platform
of thc Democratic parly if South Caro?
lina, which includes fonr-fiftlhs, or
more, of the white population of the
State! *
The swiftness with which evouts
have borne us. time nnd again, to the
apparently advanced position taken
by Gov. Orr, should teach thinking
men how nnwiso as well ns unjust it
is to proser il"1 pien e,>r opinion's sake.
JUSTICE.
DEATH OF A MYSTERIOUS CHARAC?
TER.-An old hermit who has lived
solitary aud alone for thirty-five
years, near Albion, Michigan, was
found in his hut a few days sim e. A
correspondent of the Chicago Journal
writes: "The greatest mystery has
always surrounded him, though since
his death the fellowing story has been
circulated hy those who claim to
know: It is said that years ago ho
was a wealthy merchant in Now York
city, and was engaged to a beautiful
and accomplished young lady; but
his brother, who was in business
with him, became his rival, and se?
cured the hand of the lady in ques
ticu, upon which this man betook
himself to the wilds of Michigan,
bought some land, built n small hut,
and hero ho lived in the utmost se?
clusion. He raised his own produce.
For clothing he used nothing but
cotton bog?, which ho put on iii cvoiy
shape imaginable. In the winter he
wore neither boots nor shoes, always
goiDg bare-foot, and always slopt in
his coffin, in which he was found
dead."
DEATH or LORD CARDIGAN.-James
Tilomas Brudeuell. seventh Earl of
Cardigan, who led the celebrated
charge of the Six Hundred, at
Balaklava, and whose name lins beou
1 prominently before the public iu
more or less honoiuhlo connections
throughout most of his earner, died
at his seat in Northamptonshire,
England, on the 28th oi* March, in
consequence of a fall from his horse.
Local T.tems.
The Phoenix Weekly Letter Sheet
Prices Current and Market Report
will bo issued this (Friday) afternoon.
Those desiring copies, will band in
their orders as early as practicable.
Tm: VOTING IN COJA'MDIA.-Thc
total vote in this city is ns follows:
Upper Box, 783-whites 391; colored
392. Dem) "rats 4M; Republicans
358; doubtfn ll. Democratic ma?
jority 56. Lower Box, 1,314-whites
380; colored 951. Democrats 400;
Republicans 910; doubtful 14. Tho
official count will commence this
morning.
DAVIS'.-The entire vote is about
79-Democrats 53; Republicans 2G.
Harper's Pbrnse-Book; or, Haiul
Book of Travel Talk for Travelers
and Schools-being a Guido to
Conversations in English, French,
German and Italian, on a New and
Improved Method. Intended to
accompany "Harper's Hand-Book
for Travelers. " By W. Pembroke
Fetridge, Author of "Harper's
Haud-Book." With Concise and
Explicit Rnlr-s for the Pronuncia?
tion of tho Different Languages.
New York: Harper ?t Brothers.
The above is the comprehensive
title of a very interesting work,
which bas beeu preseuted to us by
Mr. J. J. McCarter. It will prove
useful to tho student as well ns the
traveler.
A SOUTHERN PKODCCTION.-We
have received from the publishers,
Bleloek ic Co.. of 130 Canal street,
New Orleans, tho prospectus of a
novel, entitled "Albert Hastings,"
which will bc issued by them on the
2Uth of this^month, written by Mrs.
Mary S. Whitaker, formerly a re?
sident of tbis city. The prominent
idea developed in this book will be a
faithful portraiture of tho peculiari?
ties of Southern society, sketches of*
domestic life, and aeourate descrip?
tions of its beautiful and peculiar
scenery. It is said to be written in
! a style that is marked for its exquisito
! beauty and luxurious word-painting.
Written, too, by a Southern lady, a
devoted worshipper of its charming
and magnificent landscape scenery,
the authoress revels with the true fire
and enthusiasm of a poetical nature
in her descriptions of all its beautiful
excellence. The authoress prefaces
ber Vcnvoi with these explanatory
lines, descriptive of tho period when
i tho first incidents of tho book were
I begun :
j I'm thinking of : he sunny land,
With blazing skies of blue and gold;
j Where ripened lb-Ids extended stand,
Savannahs green and mountains bold.
Tho price of tho work will be $2.
"SENSIBIIEUTTEKANCL."-The Now
York Times, a serui-Ilepublieau pa?
per, docs not seem to think very
highly of such teachers of the colored
pooplo ns Beverly Nash. It rather
believes in Pleasant Good and bis
I friends:
"A number of Soi " Carolina ne
i groes bave addressed a forcible letter
to Beverly Nash, about bis attempts
to stir up ill-feeling between tho
blacks and whites, and to bring about
a war of vaces. They tell bim that
the success of bis efforts will bo tho
ruin of the blacks, and charge bim
with trying to 'lead astray our peo?
ple, while you are yourself led astray
by the low and corrupt teachings of
unprincipled white men, who* have
not tho respect of their own color,
and who rertninly ought net to bo
tru*-.ed by our people.' The letter
is the most sensible utternuco wo
have yet heard from our colored
brethren."
.MAIii Ar.KANGEMENTs.-The post
office open during tho weok from 8)o
a. m. to G p. m. On Sundays, from
I'-., to 5'.j p. m.
Tho Charleston aud Western mails
aro open for delivery at 4,'.. p. m., and
close at. 8}? p. m.
Northern-Open for delivery at
8'a. m., c'oses at 2.45 p. m.
Greenville-Open for delivery 5'...
p. m.. closes at 8 p. m.
Peu Photographs of Charles DickJf
ens' Readings. Taken, from Lif"
Viv TCnto Field. Lcrir.g. Uo.-?l?^u,
186S.
As tho Southern people were de?
prived of the opportunity o? seeing
and hearing thc groatest novelist of
the age, in his wonderful personation
of the characters ho has created, wc
are enabled, thanks to Miss Field, to
view the "counterfeit presentment"
of the author and dramatist, as he
appears in his scries of readings.
"Pen Photographs" brings the scene
more vividly before tho mind, than
we would have believed possible.
Words, in this instance, give a better
likeness than many photographs*
Miss Field's genius is per lliarly
fitted for the task she has so success?
fully accomplished in thc brochure
now before us. Her style, always
graceful and elegant, has, besides
these qualities, the vigor and terse?
ness that are needed for vivid de?
scription; and her handling of the
difficult subject could not bo sur?
passed. Nor does she fail to give
thc subjects of the readings the same
attention that she bestows upon the
reader. She presents them with a
freshness and originality, that only
the author himself could surpass.
Decidedly tho next best thing to see?
ing Dickens with the naked eye, is
to look at him through Miss Field's
eamern. We believo that our book?
sellers have the work; or, if not,
they can easily procure it. Its re?
markable cheapness places it within
reach of all.
NEW ADVEUTISEK???TS.-Attention a etti
?id to tho following advertisements, pub?
lished this morning for Ibo dr st lime.
C. H. Baldwin A Co.-Hams, t te.
Meeting Fourth Ward Club.
Ladies' Depository-Fat li ions.
H. Y. M. Dramatics.
In ono number of the London
Times, wo havo a statement of the
vast imports and exports of the Bri?
tish Isles, from which it appears that
tho commerce of England is increas?
ing in a steady ratio, which was ouly
slightly interrupted in 1867-the
value of the imports for tho Inst six
months of that year being over ?178,
000,000 sterling, and of the exports
for tho same timo over ?211,800.000.
In another number of tho snmu jour?
nal, we have the return for tho poor
law board for 1867, which shows that
nearly a million of paupers wero re?
lieved from the poor-rates, which was
a great increase of pauperism over
that of 1S66, and an increase of 43
per cent, over that of 1865. In Lou?
don, thero were 103,000 paupers in
1865; 123,000 iu 1866, and 117,000
in 1867. Here is a remarkable con?
trast of commercial prosperity and
pauperism, furnishing a dreary com?
ment on tho boasted civilization pf
England.
A CURIOUS AND SAD ACCIDENT.-A
sad accident occurred in New Orleans
not manj' days ago. Mr. Warmonth,
one of the Republican candidate-: for
Governor of Louisiana, makes his
home at the house of his friend, Mr.
John Dean. While lying upon his
bed asleep one day, a little child of
Mr. Dean climbed up and tickled his
feet. Tho sleeper involuntarily gnve
a convulsive kick, which knocked the
child from the bed to the lloor, the
little thing striking upon its head,
receiving injuries which resulted in
brain fever, and finally terminated in
death. The mental anguish of the
gentleman who %vas the innocent
cause of this distressing event may
bo better imagined than described.
INCREASE OF SUICIDES,-Thc New
York W< rid is compiling an appall*
ing reoovd of recent suicides gleaned
from but one day s exchanges, from
all parts of the country, clearly
showing that the suicide mania is
now t pidemic. They ni?pear largely
to pi -dominate iii tho West. The
writer tells us, however, that "as
mau} as twelve or fifteen suicides
hove occurred in New York city
within as many days, and in thc ag?
gregate of tho cases there and else?
where, the,majority of tho self-mur
derors are women." Tho causes of
these suicides are various, some being
fri.m ill-success in business, some
fv< >m intemperance, both malo and
fournir?; some from domestic in?
felicity, others from insanity, ill
heal th, etc.