The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-09-11
The Daily N ews.
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER H.. 1866.
rhe Great west VS.. the Eas

The Great West VS.. the East.
ar. Editor OF tie Daily Neaos:-My attenslon 'e
has been called to a very able article IN your
paper Of the 4th inst, on the "Greae "ess :,
After paying very just tribute to It's rca soi oa
and mighty streams-its strides IN "es.'li .-,>-
onulence-you use the following languase .e
Morally it is sink iniquty dsard lis su1lI for the
lower order, and elbows ,iess Il social inter-
cnnrsa than that of any other country ~ ,n0 NTnr.
having the least pretelsions to ~ h;oo
aar a5son an robbery hre rife; 1ncdenss - "a
nv alonements and seduction occuPy f ~ dsnH,ss.
every paper while in the hoi nous spirtuas aud
1ason dsanstng humbugs have risen TO tne Jug
o!uet U.s5 rr6;1e Mormonism has oDgalneu ts-
crnits until it requires sepaiaee oo'So ~ t'
accommodation -, ~ J, nj Il C., r
,,,;so hv those who have ever visited or spent any
ie.s;dsr.hle time in the regions alluded TO- The
se,t Of country between the Ohio River and I'll the
Gnlf of Mexico is peopled with Gloss very similar
N every respect to that of South Carolina. Be-
fore the war it had its vast throng Of land pro-
prietors, whose purity Of moral character was IN
ferior to none on this Continent; its beautiful
Women, whose chased dignity, superb education
and elegant address, gave them pre-emlnen@ce &c CO
even in the proud cihesof Europe. =5zd
II s.murder, arson and robbery" exist, it's sup
porters are gangs Of thieves that ever follow IN
the wake Of wealth Sand opulence; for instance,
take New York, London. or Paris, but visit those
cities and YOU will see nothing Of it, unless you
keep the company that supports 1t. 80 WIN inc
West A, sz#z.=5z=.s.-..
Elonements. Seduction, Fourierism, Freelove-
ian, and spiritualsm arc the offspring OF Yankee
pnr;tan;calism. and if you follow them to their
source. YOU will find them in the inhospitable re-
oiona Of New England, which is far removed from
the "Great West" 5a5s.#=5
Bioany and Mormonism are one. Their haunts
of vice are in the "Great Basin" on the western
a,ona Of the Rocky Mountains, and do not form
sny part of the country known as the z"creat
Vest" g s5 @.i5 ss.,lz=5. -
.lNorth Of the Ohio River the people, the land
t5rop,rietors TIER materially from those OF the
South. They are a,rough, hardy, democratic peo.
nle in actions Il not in sentiment. They detest
nristocracy; their highest aspira tons are good
farm: plain living and q moderate educaslon
They are inveterate politicians use harsh Ian
guage, and, hate with 2 vengeance. Those who
seek their political fayors must succumo to those
sam. ignorant whims, hence the trash that infest
The halls Of Congress from that region. =
The merchants, bankers and incorporated conf
naniea Of tile West are usually liberal in the e2-
trer1de, ATraye where you will and You will lind
none sof til st groyelng penurious shylockism that
ofs I'll
non6polies JUST glance, ifyou please, at the ral-
roads at South Carolina, whoaro just now making
charleston q way station betw Augusta and
New York, ,t See the enormous extortion praceloed
witb'i:1punia on tLe citizeas OF this State "
coll6ratione OF every class, one ~ tiifee
lli,lGreil pc. cent III advance oi rates eaiore the
war Steamship, ra:!!;'a.a. whars ana gas CON
.,anes 81, combine ia crush the hearts BLOOD out
OF O. CITY once the pride and admiration o1 proud
and aristoclatic-- pure and good people, would
the s.Great West'' stand thia2 II will answer9my
own question:. Never! aneverlsftt iiff .'y.@'5.@
u Tbeipeople would rise in the majesty of their
mower and demand ohange;aif IL the change did
not l1uit then they would keep changing till the
evil iyas CORRECTED. Meetings Of merchants and
allinterestea would be called, resolutions adopt
ed, and the trembling shareholders, fearing pop
ular outburst, would bo! only too glad to comply,
.beforgB the coming storm-that "next meeting OF
theIiegislature.a' Terrible things those Legisla-
tutee il the Great West for disobedient corio-
s.sto rations ii ii so IN South Carolina Alas alas
Wen, Rome las had it's day, and so with this once
noble State. Is IS S s. =f=5s=z =
West--what you say Mr. Editor? ". B. K.