The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-20
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gs.urasy AoEntng, Mcysmhar go, 1859.

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Es.urasy HoSaing, November 90, lS68.
The Relpstona Of Lshsr lsaasi Capltais-.
Esettgr7 Of q NorhsnR Man.
We copy from tiie Charleston lMe,os
lthe letter Of Mr.. W. 8. Hsnery append
cd. It will be found temperate. sensible,
manly. Mr. Hsnery has Been State
ss.SS:.:sator. He is practical mechanic
quiet. Discreet gentleman -an earnest
and patriotic- -Carolinian- We are pleased
to. and him expressing himself as ne has
ut this time. AS some Of our readers
doubtless know, movement on the part
OF the laboring men has been progress
ingsia Charleston for some months. This
movement is championed by the radical
organ. we believe, for party purposes.
Is pleases that organ to be a mischief
naakeF,I it can In any way embarrass
the decent people of the State. It's
party has deceived the negro, time and
time agains # now socks to bamboozle
the lsboring whites, and under the pre-
tense OF jealous interest in behalf
OF the laborine class, It artfully seeks to
draw white recruits into the miserable
meshes of radical trickery. We have
not heen unmindfnl Of the malignant and
petty career OF this Charleston Repu6li-
can. Its purpose, is to belittle and be-
foul everything that. is South Carolinian.
it takes especial pleasure in throwing
dirt upon all those memories and asso-
Citations dear to the sons and daughters
OF the soif here. It insults the living,
and it does not spare the dead, of South
Carolina. dtcalunniases the Democracy
OF the State. It asperaes the conduct and
naisrepresents the motives of large
portion of our people. So far as refers
to South Carolina history and South
Carolina views and sentiments. It may be
sa.;;al that II touches nothing that it does
not defile. It is a literary harpy. And
this is the journal that undertakes to take
up the cause of the laborilig whites of
South Carolinu! II the white or black
labor of the State decides to move for an
increase of,wages, and,to array itself as
class against employers. We would consi-
der the movements unwise-unwiee itself
and worse than unwise under the self
constituted leadership of the anti-South
Carolina organ Of the carpet-bagger. AS
for ourselves, we desire to see all classes
OF our people profit by their industry,
and We shall support with oarnestness all
measures that tend to advance the inte-
rests-of the laborers of the country. But
Clearing the Greeks even whilst bearing
presents" we turn from the demagogne-
ism of the radical programme to the wise
suggestions. of Mr.. Henery. Here is his
letter:
''To THE EDITOR OF THE News: I was
panied to SEQ my name used, by ono of
the speakers at late meeting of the
working men of Charleston, rs the cham
pion Of class. While have ever been
the friend of the workingman and mo-
chanio, it is evidently in bad taste for
any particular class in a community to
array itself against all others; aud while
fully appreciate the compliment ten
dered me by my comrades of the arts. I
must feel that am equally indebted to
many warm friends in almost every class
OF our community for the high honor
conferred upon me, in being selected to
represent them in SO honorable body rs
our Senate of 1866; and would further
say, that it is my opinion that any one
who would consider the interest of but
one class of his community in such
place. is unworthy of the position to
which they had elevated him.
$50 far as the organization of our in
dustrial classes into societies, for their
mutual protection, benefit and elevation,
is concerned, this is but right and proper,
and eminently move in the right direc.
tion; but when they do this at the ex-
pense of all other classes, and with view
to compel larger support than compe-
tition will warrant, then have they lost
sight OF the high aim for which they set
out, and no movement can succeed which
expects to build up one interest at the
expense OF pulling down another equally
entitled to support. In my humble judg-
mont, this is not time for exciting dis.
cord between employers and employees,
and If our sensible working men will look
the matter rightly in the face, they will
lind that it is not the disposition of those
who are now affording them place for