The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-14
z Como and Settle Among Us.

Como and Settle Among Us.
The following article from the Pc
tersburg (Va.) Express, is applicable
to South Carolina:
es This invitation we extend to every
ghonest, industrious white man who
may be looking around for q place
. IN which to establish home
stead. ~ s9a SsFs gr
81 We have ,designedly used the four
qualifying adjectives expressive OF
the character of the men we in
,Vite, and are free to say that if they
are lacking IN either requisite, we
should infinitely prefer their remain
! ing away.
We require them to be hon est, be-
cause we have no room for rogues or
rascals QS ~ ia&xn
We wish them to be industrious,
because the sindolent and idle would
( aford us no assistance in our coveted
renovations.
We expect them to be upright,
because we desire no affiliation with
! the depraved and dissolute.
And we want them to be white.
because we have peculiar pre-
ference for the white, over any other
race. tn
10 all, then, who possess the re-
Quisites we heve mentioned, we ex-
send the cordial invitation-come and
settle among us. ~.
We will not demand of you an
Expression of your political minds.
We will not inquire to which side
You inclined in the late war.
Nor will we make it O condition,
shat you attached yourselves to any
particular Christian denomination.
But will expect you to possess the
only additional qualification of know
ing how to attend to your own Of
!. fairs, and to let your neighbor's
alone.
When you come, we will insure
!, you o climate delightful and salubri-
2 Ous-equally removed from the ex.
tremes OF the frigid North, and the
torrid South.
We will offer you lands 80 cheap,
that it will be within the compass OF
very moderate means to purchase
them, and 30 well adapted to agri-
cultural purposes, that with a due
Z application Of intelligent industry,
you may make them bloom as q gar
den of roses.
We will afford you outlets for the
productions Of your labor to all parts
Of the world, by railroad, canal and
river.
Are you enterprising and would
Won like tn on no na in mo N q, Go -
pursuits, we will furnish you with
water power sufficient to meet your
highest wishes, and will bring to
your doors the raw material in guam
titles to supply your largest de-
mands.
Would you like to spend portion
of your capital in building. we will
aupply you with timber from our
forests, clay from our soil, or granite
OF the finest quality from our hills.
Have you any solicitude concerning
water for drinking and cleansing
purposes, we will exhibit to your in
curing eyes perennial streams in
ample abundance-pure and sweet
gushing from fountains that never
fail.
Do you delight in the melodies of
nature, and would you be charmed
with the choral mathis of the fea-
thered tribe-at early morn when the
spring time comes, from bower and
tree on every hand, your ears will be
aaluted with the CHEEKY songs OF
merry little warblers.
Are you fond of the sports of the
fields, and inclined TO take occasional
recreation in hunting or fishing
from the deer to the hare, from Che
turkey to the sparrow, and from the
sturgeon to the minnow; our woods,
fields and waters win furnish you
with that which you seek.
In short, If you desire to find Q
home IN o pleasant land, among Q