The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-22
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MR. EDITOR: The only lover which
can certainly and speedily raise South;
Caroline fromsher present depressed
conditions. is e large imnigrationx
Undoubtedly a large maje rj.y Of our
people will acknowledge the truth of
this fact, when they look around snd.
see our resources undeyeloped, and
even many of our fields untitled, for
want of population. Yet this very
majority will continue to pursue q
course of action which must prevent
the end they desire to attain-the
ostracism of Northerners. simply be-
cause they are such.
The South, and particularly this
State, is possessed of magnificent re-
sources. The climate and salubrity
Of South Carolina are unsurpassed
anywhere in the world, and the at
fractions that she affords to immi-
grants are such as will bring them
here, if our citizens pursue the right
course. Our resources can be de-
veloped only by energy coupled with
capital; our people have the former,
but not enough for the fields open
to its exercise, but have not tho lot
ter-this can be brought only by ac-
tual settlers. AS an evidence Of the
amount of money brought into q
country by immigrants, 1 will men
tion that in one year previous to the
war, 250,O00 immigrants landed in
New York, and it is estimated that
each one of them, on an average,
brought with him five sovereigns,
making a total of So, 400, 900 in our
greenback currency. The question,
then. is how can we attract settlers?
Namely, by welcoming every man
for the pursuit of the honest pur-
poses of life, from whatever part of
the world he may hail, and by cor
daily rendering him the right hand
of fellowship.
The Southern Democracy say that
"they desire to bury the dead issues
productive Of the war and have
peace" but they have not proved by
their action the sincerity of the pro-
| fession. The ostracism of North
ern gentleman, simply as such, is
very inconsistent. The result of this
very unfortunate course of action has
been, that since the war capital has
drifted by this State and gone else
where, where q different course has
been pursued-to Savannah, for ex-
ample. Is it reasonable to expect
that Northerners, possessed Of deli
cacy Of feeling, and that sentiment
which characterizes the gentleman,
will como among us to do business in
our cities or cultivate our lands, when
they know that their wives and
daughters will be, by our people, ex-
cluded from society, no matter how
fully qualified they may be to orna-
ment any they may enter? People
may say that such is not the case,
but it is the case il this city, at the
least. Since the war, one of the
most honorable societies of this city
has passed resolution prohibiting
an invitation to q ball to be sent to
| any individual from the North.
Now, if our people desire to regain
their prosperity, they must recognize
their situation, adapt their course of
action to surrounding circumstances,
and acknowledge merit and value
wherever found-taking things MS
they are, not as our wishes would
have them. When this is done, our
State will be quickly filed by IN en-
ergetic and intelligent population,
who will force out the negro and de-
velop our resources, and raise our
State to position much higher and
more prosperous than any that she
has ever yet occupied. The future of
South Carolina is much more in the
hands of her citizens than they
think; with them it rests to rescue
her from her present prostrated con-
dition. PROSPERITY.
Stephen Riley, the colored man
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