The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-27
.sThcre is No Place Like Home,
The Baltimore Ir0ascriDt has til

ssThcre is No Place Like Jomc.''
The Baltimore transcript has the
following excellent remarks:
eve are glad to notice the return
Of Price and other Confederates to
this country. The temporary i'm
pulse which induced many Southern
men to emigratc to Brazil, Mexico
and other foreign regions, is rapidly
subsiding. 1t is impossible, even if
there were great inducements, that a
whole people should cmigrate. If
the prospects of the South, in the
future, are dark, then it it is unman-
ly and unGenerous in those who have
shared its prosperity to refuse to
share its adversely. On the other
hand, if there is reasonable proba-
bility that, in the end, the South
will weather the adverse storm, and
be once more q happy and prosper
Gus people, it is unwise to fly from
transitory troubles to others that we
know not of. There is no place like
home, and no home like the sunny
South. Home is where the heart is.
and where the dear ones are gathered
together. Whether it be hovel or
q palace the chief attraction and ioy
Of it are the fond affections which
cluster and put forth their flowers
and fragrance beneath its roof. The
South, though desolated by the hand
of war, is still the native spot of it's
children. Its beautiful landscapes
are mirrored in their hearts; its peo-
pie should be more cndcarcd to each
other from the suffcrin@s which have
been their common lot. If they
have been tried III the fiery furnace
of adversely, they have come out pu-
ritied and soliditicd BY the process.
IF they have lost mach, they have
not lost ALL The overwhelming
Heavens and the mother earth are
still the same. The stars which they
watched in their infancy still shine
serenely over their heads. The
grand old mountains, the smiling
valleys, the beautiful rivers still offer
their charms to their eyes. The
moral dignity, the elevation of soul,
the generosity of spirit, which have
always characterized their people,
and have formed the peculiar glory
and embellishments of their social
state, are still unimpaired. Brave.
genial men, and graceful, high toned
women are still found in all their
habitations. There are no ruins
which the vines Of domestic virtue
will not render less ansightly. There
is no storm 50 dark that religious
faith and hope will not discover some
rent IN the clouds, and descry behind
the transient vapors the everlasting
stars
"The South is the home of South
ern men, and, on The soil where they
were born, there let them abide, and
there return to the earth from whence
they came. Viewing the future even
III Its gloomiest aspect, let them pc
rish, if perish they must, beneath
the shadow Of the household tree.
Let them prepare to die upon the
Scared breast Of the old mother who
bore them, and who nourished their
infancy, rather than drag out a lonely
and home-sick existence on foreipn
soil
''But we are not disposed to look
perpetually on the dark side Of affairs.
Why take. it for granted that nothing
out lmpovcrishment and ruin await
the South IN the future? To our ewes.
there IS very different prospect
The thunders which still crowl an
Srlly may be the thunders of a re-
turning, not an approaching storm.
Long after fierce tempest has lashed
the ocean, the waters continue to roll
IN perllous waves and dash furiously
upon the shore. Let us wait in pa-
tlence for the storm to subside. The
generous policy of President Johnson
towards the Southern States gives
promise Of a brighter and happier
day. Madness will not always rule
the minds Of the American people.
The same Providence which has inter
posed the Chief Magistrate as a bul-
wark between the South and the ia
naticism of section, may bcrevcrcntly
confiued in to protect it to the end.
Its people will again sit in safety and
Joy beneath their own vines and fir-
trees, possessing all the happiness Of
their former condition, with none to
molest or make them afraid"