The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-25
Correspondence National As'eAigencer
Ana Interesting Letter from tho South.

Correspondence NWtCHU IWetl1JeUCS7.
Ana Interesting Letter from tho South.
LOUISIANA, December, 1S65.-If
we abstract our thoughts from the
present, and strive to f;,thom the
future of this beautiful country, there
are certain possibilities which impress
themselves upon the mind. Here
has been one phase Of American de-
velopment. 1t has dominated over
the oborigines and their successors
of the Latin race. It had organized
the production of n most important
agricultural staple. It had accnmu-
lated wealth, and acquired sectional
power. A conflict arises between tho
North and South-those two great
lobes Of American development. The
Southern system is overthrown. The
North, flushed with conquest, AFRO
giant with power, attracted by the
inducements of soil and climate, goes
to the South. Ollice-holdcrs swarm.
The needy and enterprising occupy
every avenue of employment. The
cotton mania spreads like an epidemic.
Northern men buy and rent planta-
tions. They hire laborers. Officers
engage the services of disbanded
colored soldiers, and exchange the
field Of glory for the field Of grain.
Others finding the immense advan-
tages which the South possesses for
the conversion of it: valuable staple
into u moro valuable fabric, bring
their capital and skill into the South
and build up Il system of domestic
manufactures. TO this may be added
the commercial interest which finds
so much encouragement in the open
ing trade of the Gulf cities. There
must be an end Of strife ut some
period, or under some circumstances
which tend to appcase the animositics
Of rival peoples. Whensocvcr the
the calm shall come upon the cXaspe-
rated feelings of the North and South
there will be q fusion for some COM
mon purpose. 1t may be for n war
against some common antagonist, or
it may be peaceful progress towards
the occupation of the adjacent and
cotcrminous countries. When that
period shall arrive, men will again
behold ENGLAND driving off her
Roundhcatls and Cavaliers, and after
wards claiming us triumphs of her
race and institutions all the results Of
American powers or of American
enterprise. This war has done much
to rc-unitc the sections in any COM
mon enterprise, by modifying the
distinctive peculiaritics of each. The
Southern people have recognized the
standard pcculiarities of the race in
the courage, perseverance,, and re-
sources of the North The North
has been compelled to pay Il tribute
to the hcroism, endurance and dig
nifty with which the Southern people
have borne the trials Of war and the
SORROWS Of snbjugation These pco-
pie have also exchanged some of the
distinctive qualities for which each
has been distinguished. Perhaps tho
Southern standard of personal honor
and the mode Of vindicating its viola
ton may be adopted. Possibly the
Southern people may find that the
practical employmcnts Of life do not
necessarily degrade the individual
who adopts them. A higher standard
of social character, Il better average
of national enterprise, Il more favor
able disposition to respect and defend
each other may result. The extreme
intolerance, the selfish cupidity which
would reduce the South to bondage,
will be rebukcd by the better feelings
and better interests of the Northern
people. The sectional oscillations
will subside into federal tranquility,
and possibly the war may carry the
code of honor into Connecticut, and
cotton mills and shoe factories into
New Orleans.
Then expansion must commence.
The Federal Government has stimu-
lated the commerce and manufac-
turcrs of the North 1t has built up
and imported manufacturers, and
surrounded them with the ring fence
Of u tariff. 1t has stimulated the
Northern appetite with the confisca-
ton and spoil of the South. Where
is the market for these manufactures? ?
Where isthe freight for this shipping?
Where is the prey for the adventurer?
These questions find their answers in
pansion Of the United States. AS
Europe ''precipitated itself upon
ASIA" SO will the American people
occupy the commerce and produc
tions of the Eldorado which spreads
away into the dreamy sunshine of tho
tropics and citra-tropical regions. 1t
may meet the moral disapprobation
Of the philanthropists, but it is as
much q physical predestination that
the cold the sterile North should seek