The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-10-12
sGOLIJlIBIA.
Saturday Morning. October b. 1867.

unprincipled men, and widely circu-
lated throughout the Northern States,
between two or three years ago, that
,itMas nnsafe for Northern men TO
even visit the South, much less Co
,immig CRATE for the purpose Of settling
here, at that time. perhaps, required
,the Seutilsf sfn press 70 endeasor. to
correct the erroneous statements.
But wefelt pretty well assured that
the majority Of the Northern people
were, long ere this, convinced that
such reports proceeded moro from
Adamagog ogs.ism, than irem any fsoaaun- fsoaaun-
dation in iiest We saw q notice in
one Of our exchanges few days
since, congratulating the, people of
: Virginia, as well as those desiring to
immigrate there from the North,
that '.the Richmond Whig joins the
;Staunton Nfadicasor. in holding out
its hands to ali worthy Northern inn
migrants who viii come, with energy
land capital, to reviyify the State.,',f
We fear that -such notices, copied
Sby our Northern exchanges, will re-
'yive the impression, that up to this
time, it was unsafe for Northern
settler toFscon1e among us. The
Wbig and Vindicator are right in any
,seneouraeamenA they they @ sssy be ahlls g e
give tor N Nofthern, or other immi-
grants, but certainly their course
in 80 doing, is not new, as far
as Southern journalism is con-
scerned, nor should it be inferred
from il. that the Southern people are
just getting rid of any prejudice or
bitter feelings they may have felt
against the people Of the North, at
the,clese Of the war. This journal,
and the large majority Of the leading
i sneWBpapers Of the South, have labor
r.ed very emerge geticalIy and persistent
~ for two years past, 60 induce
Northern capital, skill and industry
to come among rs and help us. a
And we take this occasion to renew
Y and press the invitation. Virginia is
"a noble State; her fertile plains and
valleys viii well repay any invest
! ment that may be made in them, and
her various resources for manufac-
turing, mining, &C., Will amply re-
pay the skill, labor and industry that
is1nay come to her aid. But South
Carolina peculiarly needs, at this
times- enterprise, labor and capital.
Fer former't thriving cities have to be
sebuilt;; her prolific plantations have
.scsse reviyified and restocked with
animals, agricultural implements,
and, above all, supplied with an eff
eient system Of labor. All these the
thrifty immigrant and the energetic
capitalist can supply. Her richest
tracts can be obtained ''in lots to
suit purchasers her resources await
development; while her abundant
water power will drive any quantity
: Of mills and factories. Her people
what shall we say of them that is not
known and appreciated by every in
&eligent Northern man or foreigner,
who has ever visited their hospitable
homes? Whether in the time-hon-
-ored mansions of the wealthy plant
ers along the coast, or in the less
4.pretentious abodes of the generous
people of the middle and upper Dis
tricts Of the State, the same courte-
, GUS greeting and genuine hospitality
was ever extended to tho stranger.
That noble spirit has not been
,-quenched--it has rather been quick
, ened-by misfortune. The bitter
memories of the past have been for
gotten and buried with "the lost
cause the whole people of the State
rallied to support. Politics have
been abandoned for the more prac5i-