The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-27
COLUMBIA
Saturday Morning, October 81, 1865.
The Two Policies.

The Two Policies.
A Northern journal writes in the
following sensible manner:
''There is time coming when the
South, to be really and truly inde-
pendent of, and free from, its oppres-
sors, must be commercially and tinan-
ciauy. severed from all connection
with those who would hunliliate and
degrade her. She cannot eternally
be newer of wood and q drawer Of
water for New England and the
North. We know that, situated us
she is at present, she is bound hand
and foot to capital and capitalists
here, but in the nature of things-if
she be but true to herself-that con-
dition cannot last The present must
must be endured, but there are eman-
cipation and independence looming
up in the future, as the fruits of her
own manufacturing system, the crea
ton of Southern shipping interest,
the fostering Of the mechanic arts by
encouraging European emigration,
the establishments of direct trade with
foreign nations, the transaction OF
her own. brokerage and commission
business, the encouragement OF q
wholesome native literature, and Of
al the other elements which go to
constitute substantial independence,
and enable great people to live upon
their own resources, and not simply
upon the forbearance Of their enc
mics"
This is the truth, and this Northern
writer appears to understand tho
roughly the position of the South
and her only sure remedies for the
evils she labors under-truths which
we fear the Southern people are too
slow to understand and comprehend
For upwards of a third of century,
she has been newer Of wood and
drawer of water for New England
and the North; but as the writer
above quoted says, she cannot be
eternally so. He properly says fur
ther, if the South be true to herself
this condition of things cannot last.
That is the rub-if the South be
true to herself For many years before
the war, she was not true to herself
She concentrated all her talent and
energy on politics, instead of de-
voting them to the advancement of
her material interests. During all
this time, New England and the
North, by all the legislation they
could devise, were heaping additional
burthens upon her, and throwing e
every conceivable obstacle in the way
of her financial and commercial inde-
pendence. 1t need not be told how
much moro aggravated and oppres-
sive that legislation has become since
the close of the war. The North still
clings to her oppressive policy, which,
if anything can accomplish the de-
sirable end, must drive the South
into policy of financial and COM
mercial Independence. AS regards
our political union with the Northern
States, that is in the hands Of our
enemies; that of our commercial ia
dependence is in our own The dis
position now evinced on the part of
the North can never promote tinan-
cial and commercial union between
the two sections. Let the South cs-
tablish her own manufactures, create
a shipping interest of her own, es-
tablish direct trade with foreign ma
tions, and the work will be done, and
the North will learn, too late, per-
haps, that coqciliation is wiser
policy than oppression.
A radical writes to the Baltimore