The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-05-15

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thsyear.
n- For announcing candidate, Five Dollar
I'm advance,
Ealisorasl Notes, On the South,
Williams C Prime, -Rsq., the Editor o.
Sho New York Journal Of Commerce, has
Recently been on a visit to the South, and
astonishing his paper with "editorial
nosesn on her resources and necessities
We made q short extract last week from
the observations of Mr. Prime, and here
viii preilent two more editorials from the
sama pen. In connection with the ex
tracts also given last week from the New
York Eaprss, these observations are in
Interesting and instructive, TO say the
least: ~
There was never. offered Co. capitalists q
more promising field Of Investment. 1t
needs only: visit to; convince them OF
this, and they will be welcomed with the
utmost cordial;ty, whether they come as
visitors or; as residents Itsmatters moth
ing what is the politicaltaith of the North,
ern man; radical or conrervative, he Will
be, welcomed and well received. The
published statementsao the.contrary OF
this are absolutely untrue. IF a Northern
rowdv gets drunk in aSouthern hotel, be-
coanes rotous and receives deserved pun
ishlnent, it is genersay published in the
North as an instanceof Southern Threat
1nenEsef N orthern travellers. All classes
offhe people, old andyoupg, are impress:
eIE with the conviction that they need
Northern visitors aad settlers among
them. We have. seer, in several instan-
ees, groups Of Northern travellers, con.
versing in hotels with Southern men,
where, in the course Of INSTRUMENTATION,
sStappeared that someof them had been
soldiers on opposite sides in the same bat
Ties; and the courseioS the battles formed
&c once 5he subject Of animated and in
cteyested conversation, but: in no instance
was there the slightest insult, ill-feeling,
ofspassiom displayed. We have seen SINH
lar conversations 2betReen. civilians where
fhe, subject was the loss Of near and dear
1,eEEatives on opposite sides of the contest.
Insshart; che war has already assumed in
The minds of men o sort;of historic aspect,
tsresults are esacceptsd as conclusive, and
no one, dreams Of ever again opening the
duestioninro rolved, = - -
< aneof the best societies which could
be formed now would be a benevolent
soeeEY 60 promote intercourse between
tlieStwo, sections. 1t is not the expedl-
lions Of political speakers which will do
.Goed. dit is the wish to the South of hon-
,est.men who have no political ends to
serve which should be encouraged.
We speak Of the Openings for capital.
These, openings are OF two classes; the
frst. I'm: the way off leans of money, the
second in the way Of purchases of prop
erty, There is; OF coarse, apprehensions
on the part of. Northern men that the
values f:Southern securities may be over
estimated. But. we are persuaded that
there can hardly be lower depth than
has now been reached. Certainly it is
. impossible that the reaiestate of the South
ram ever be worth less than it is now Of
ferea at. There ere 10 better securities
In the world than are now proposed in
bonds and mortgages on Southern real
estate. The margins are ample. on the
present low valuations, while they are
rom four,ffths to nine.tenths of the value
Of the property eight years ago. We
have seen improved property of the best
class. which was ,salatle before the war at
$4,000 offered nowtor $4,000, and a
.ioaIi asked on itof IS, poo, withouta a taker:
;yy,s have seen plantations formerly worth
.feIY dollars an acre, including cleared,
swamp and timber land, now offered ur-
sentIy al S1.25 an acre.. without finding a
nuscEaser. The general depression is SO
GREAT that men are anxious only fora lit
fie money en which to endeavorto make
s. new start from the beginning. They
regard their present ruin as absolute.
Ehe question for capitalists is of course
simply, whether the future promises a
Better state:of thing; and higher values.
sTf js impossible, to look over the rich
lands of the South aad doubt that they
will again hereafter ,ss heretofore produce
wealth. and sustain commercial and poIiti-
caI poWer. Thes.wcrld wants their pro-
dnce. and. the world will have it, If last
year;scrop had notpsoved TO 80 many a
allure, tits year would have done much
toinerease values ana aronseindustry.
.:1f an election Of any kind were to be
held in the South within the next three
months, thereiis no reasonable doubt that
threeSonrths of the negro vote would be
cast with the Southern white vote. There
~is perfect accord betyeen tho larger: por-
Siol of the freedmen and the white popu-
Iation. This isbnt nisural. The negroes
Wgro as ardent enenies Of the North as
their masters during The war. They had
no theories to sustain and no special care
nc n, srjisf questions we're involved in the