The Daily Phoenix

THE BITTER BIT.—The pious Forney keeps up a howl over the impudence of the Judiciary Committee in sending for his ledger and examining it with a microscope. The Press says: "If legislative authority gives sanction to such proceedings, what is the scope of the legislative power of a municipal representative and deliberative body?" If Forney can raise such a yell over the inspection of an old ledger, how shall he dare, in future, to commend the beastly interference by Congress with great States. The Southern people and their institutions can be outraged in any way, but no polluting finger must be laid on Forney's old ledger. The ark of the covenant is a trifle to Forney's old ledger.—Augusta Constitutionalist.