The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-02-21
The Intelligencer Job Office.
"There is No Place Like Home,,'

'sThere is No Place Like Home,@
The Baltimore Transcript has the effol--
lowing. excellent remarks - ~ .-yqt''s go,
owe are glad to notice the return OF
Prize and other Confederates to this coan- .t9.l
try The temporary. impulse which indut-,
ced many Southern men to emlgfate 10
Brazil. Mexico and other foreign regions,
is rapidly subsiding 1t is impossible;
even if there be great inducements, thatsa
whole people should emigrate.volfithee
prospects Of the South, in the future, are
dark, then it is unmanly and ungenerous5
in those who have shared its prosperity TO
refuse to share its adversely. On the 9th.
er hand, if there is reasonable probabll-
ity that. in the end, the South will weathI7;
er the adverse stoFin, and be once more q
happy and prosperous people, it is u unwlse y,gs3
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 togetlti-
er. Whether it be a hovel or a palace,
the chief attraction and joy of it are the
fond attractions which cluster and put
forth their flowers and fragrance. beneath
it's roof. The South, though deso1ated by
tlfA hand of war, is still the native spot Of,
its children. Its beautiful landscapes are
mirrored in their hearts; its people should
be more cndeared to each other from the
sufferings which have been their common,
lot. Ifthey have been tried in the fiery
furnace of adversity, they have come out
purified and solidifed by the process. If
they have lost much, they have not lost
all. The oyerarching Heavens and the
mother earth are still the same. The
stars which they watched in their infancy
still shine screnely over their heads. The
grand old mountains, the smiling valleys.
the beautiful rivers still offer their charms
to their eyes. The moral dignity, the ele-
vation of soul, the generosity of spirit,
which have always characterized their
-people. and have formed the peculiar glo-
rv w and embellishments of their social state,
are still unimpaired. Brave, genial mem
and graceful, high-toned women are still
found in all their habitations. There are.
no ruirs which the vines of domestic viz.
tue will not render less unsightly. .Theres
is no storm so dark that religious faith and
hope will not discover some rent in the
clouds, and descry behind the transient
vapors the everlasting stars. 1s..,,xs
aThe South is the home of Southern;
men. and, on the soil where they were
born. there let them abide, and there re-
turn to the earth from whence they came,
Viewing the future even in its gloomiest
osnect, let them perish. if perish they
must, beneath the shadow Of the household
tree. Let them prepare to die upon the
Scared breast of the old mother that bore;
them, and who notrished their infancy,
rather than drag out a lonely and honiel'
sick existence on foreign soil. l7'''.
"But we are not disposed to look perss
petually on the dark side ofafairs:3 Why
take it for granted that nothing but inn.
poverishment and ruin await the South
in the future {? To our eyes, there us a
very different prospect :. The -thunders
which still growl angtily maybe the sthun-e
ders Of returning, not, an approaching
storm. Long after a fierce tempestshasi
lashed the ocean, the waters continue to-
roll in perious waves and dash tllrlouSsly,
upon the shore. Letsus wait IN patience. patiileel
for the storm to subside: i. The: generous
policy of President johnson towards the,
Southern States gives promise Of a brlght-.,
er aud happier day. Madness viii not al
WAYS rule the minds of the American peos-::
ple. The same Providence which has in,
tterposed the Chief Magistrate rs q but.
warrk between the South and the fanatl-
cism of section, may be reverently conf
ded in to protect it to the end. It's people:
will again sit in safety and joy beneath
their own vines and fig tress, possessing
all the happiness of their former'conditio,n!,
with none to molestor make them afraid"