The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-16
A Northernsr's View OF South Carolina.

Carolina. AS his visit was made in view
of the possibility OF his becoming re-
sident here, his comments are of value,
inasmuch as he is shrewd and careful
observer. and has travelled ientensively.
The following are, extracts from his let
ter to the Windham County Conn
Transcript:
After journey of upwards of l 200
miles through country rich in all that
bounteous nature can bestow upon il.
j find myself in the famed capital of the
no less famous old Palmetto State. South
Carolina. To say that Columbia is O
beautiful place is but to repeat what has
already been written and Rewritten hun
dreds of times, and yet with all its ma
terlal beauty, its numerous advantages
OF extensive manufacturing power, its
beautiful and inviting agricultural re-
glons, it has failed to induce that talent
and enterprise to its vicinity 80 necessary
to its development. There are, no doubt,
good and sufficient reasons for this state
OF things, for this is the very heart and
soul OF what was marked out for great
and powerful confederacy. Here are to
be seen the ruins of what was expected
to be the capitol of that union. The
State House was in process of construc-
tlon when the war broke out, and to-day
it stands almost as left by the workmen
who dropped the adze, the saw and the
trowel to shoulder the musket, in what
they deemed to be the defence of their
homes and fre-sides. The building is
quite pretentious in its appearance, of
white marble, finished inside after the
pattern of the capitol at Washington. las
far as it was finished at all, and had it
been completed after the original design.
it would have been one of the most i'm
posing; as we'll as one of the most sub
stantial structures of the kind in the
country.
The people of the North never can
realize the desolation and horror chat
overspread this entire country. Houses.
crops and stock were all destroyed, and
people rendered penniless in almost the
"twinkling Of an eye."
believe the personal safety of indivi-
duals is as great in South Carolina to-
day, or at least in the Northern portion
OF it, as it is in most places. The only
trouble to be apprehended is from the
lawless class that infest all States; but
the numbers are 30 small who make this
their business, that few determined
men can hold every Ku Klux there might
be in the community in perfect subiec-
tion. The well-disposed, law-abiding
portion, while they might not extend ali
the social privileges to Northern immi-
grants, would do nothing severer than
to let them entirely alone.
There are great inducements to be
found In every one of the Southern
states. Some have advantages that
others have not, but all of them possess
kind of natural superiority over the
colder portions of the North, which, of
itself, it seems to me, ought to induce
immigration.
In New England. the farmer is forced,
by the severity of the climate. to produce
from his land in five months of the year
what is to support him the other seven,
while here the soil can be cultivated
every month during the year. All the
expensive out-buildings necessary to pro.
teot his hard-earned crops from the seve
rity of the weather are all unnecessary
here. His stock can remain out the en-
tire year without the necessity of DAVIS
housing
He can grow everything here that he
can grow in the North, with far greater
certainty of success, on account of the
leuBtn oi tne season, while there are
many things indigenous to the SOIL like
sweet potatoes, cotton, tobacco, figs, &C.,
that cannot be produced in the more ri
gorous climate of Connecticut. I saw
fine oats and wheat about Columbia.
ready harvested. Cotton looks well-so
am told by those familiar with its cult.
vation; and will, unless some unforeseen
circumstance prevents, produce an ave-
rage crop; and the same may be said of
Georgia also.
Corn is in fine condition, particularly
in this State. saw field after field of
it containing many acres each, where the
stalks were as high as my head. Fruit
is In fine condition. Peaches are abun-
dant where there are trees, while small
fruits like str wberries, blackberries,
raspberries and wild plums are in profu-
sion. saw them ON both sides of the
railroad for miles and miles between Co.
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