The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-03
The Remedy.


We are told that half the evils
under which the countryis groanipe,
ars attributed to the mutual misun-
derstanding of the people of the two
great sections. In q country go
widely extended as ours, it is hardly
to be expected that very intimate &C
quaintance and very warm sympathy.
should exist between the inhabitants
OF extreme points, separated as they
are by intervening hundreds and even
thousands Of miles. And yet why
not? All are bound together in one
federal compact, under one central
Government; the channels of trade
radiate from the great mmercial
cities in every direction, permeating
the remotest region of the lane;
travel is unobstructed in every quar-
ter, and Americans are great travel.
ers. America, too, is the land of
newspapers; scarcely town or viii
lage is without its daily or weekly
Journal, the exponent of the wishes,
wants, feelings and opinions of it's
locality. How, then, does it come to
pass that any man in any quarter
who takes the trouble to inform him
self can be really ignorant of the
feelings and opinions prevailing in
any other quarter? We venture to
assert that the people of the South
are better acquainted with the North
than the people of the North are
with the South. And in giving our
reason for that opinion, we shall sug-
gest the true remedy for Northern
misunderstanding.
There are two ways for the people
of one section to become acquainted
with the other: One is by visiting,
seeing for ones self. This is, of course.
il the power of comparatively few.
The class of Southerners who visit
the North are men of intelligence,
standing and character, who go there
for purposes of business or pleasure;
they are capable of bringing back in
telligent reports, and their reports
may be relied OH by their friends at
home. On the other hand, the class
of Northern men who come South is
made up chiefly of needy adven-
turers, who leave their country for
their country's good. They seek to
foist themselves on the Southern
people, nolenS volens, and if their
arrogant claims are rejected, they are
horribly outraged. Viewing every
thing through the Medium of distorted
passion and the prejudice of personal
resentment, of course they send back
tho most unfavorable, false and ex-
aggerated reports. The remedy is
plain: Let respectable, fair-minded,
well-disposed gentlemen os the North
visit the South-such as the party
from Pennsylvania and Maryland
that recently passed through this
city. They will meet everywhere in
this broad land kind treatment, hos
pltality and welcome, and when they
so home, they will tell their friends
the devil is not SO black as he is
painted.
The other way of becoming ac-
q tainted IS by reading the newspa-
pers. Northern newspapers are cir
culated and read very extensively in
the South. From them We can get
an accurate view Of Northern OPT
Mon. But comparatively few people
in the North ever see paper printed
in this region; they read only garbled
extracts, and consequently arrive at
very unjust conclusions. Here, too,
the remedy is simple: Let the people
of the North, who really desire COR
rect information, subscribe to leading
Southern journals, and read them
carefully. They will soon find that
we are not such outside barbarians,
cut-throats, outlaws and blood thirsty
savages as their interested dema-
gogues and violent partizan politi-
ticians would have them believe.
Will they not try remedy so simple
and easy?
Richmond Enquirer and Ecamier.
There has been nothing but con-
fusion and difficulty in all the public
works carried on by the Government
since the passage Of the eight-hour