The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-25
CHI A r L ES TON
MONDAY MORNING. JANUARY Is, 1869.
jack Bunsby and tho Port Royal Rail-
road Scheme.

We do not feel that it is either shame
or disgrace to have been born beyond
the limits of Charleston or South Carolina,
and if there is any dishonor in being an
adopted citizen of this State, we are will
ling that either of the editors or prsprie-
tors of this paper should share that dis
honor with the worthy and substantial
Germans, Irish, Scotch, English and North
ern men who have made South Carolina
their home, and who, in their devotion to
the interests of this old State, do not fear
to be excelled by the good men and true
who were born within hearing of sweet
st. Michael's chimes. So much for the
sneers of ga Native" at the "new born
sscitizens who edit The CHARLESTON News" "
in the letter in regard to the Port Royal
Railroad, published under that signature
in the Courier of Saturday.
What ga Native" says in regard to the
scheme of building railroad from Augusta
to Port Royal may be true. Ifso, why not
But never since the days of the immortal
Jack Bunsby has there been such stun
ming display of incomprehensible oracular
wisdom. Captain Cutie said Of his friend
Bunsby:
If you we're to take and show that man the
buoy at the More, and ask him his opinion
of it, Wal'r, he'd give you an opinion of 1t
that was no more like that buoy than your
uncle's buttons are. There amt man
that walks-certaiuly not on t1ro legs-'hat
can come near him. Not near him. His
names Bunsby. But Lord it might he
anything for the matter of that, with such
q mind as his.
And as the name of Bunsby might, as
Captain Cutie said, be anything with such
mind as his, it is not queer that "a Ma
"tive" should lay down the law in this Pc
culiar fashion:
If Charleston is to lose her present pres
tige by the building of this road, why it is
the clearest evidence Of the wisdom of its
projectors.
"dence of wisdom" to cause Charleston TO
lose her present prestige? Or docs he
mean that Charleston must lose her pres
tige, and that no one can foresee it but this
prophet or son of a prophet? Or does he
mean that Charleston has no prestige, and
cannot lose what she never possessed, ac-
cordiDg to the familiar principle that you
cannot "tak' tho breeks off Hieland
ssman." Or if he does not mean either Of
these things, let the original Buusby an
swer:
Whereby-why not? If SO, what odds !?
Can auy man say otherwise? No. Awast,
then.
But it is not desired to do "A Native"
injustice. Let him have the benefit of the
doubt, and let us see whether his next SEN
tence will make his meaning clear. ga
Native" says:
If Charleston is to diminish, which we
do not admit or desire, why hat would be
proof positive that Port Royal was the
place.
Read this over! "If Charleston is to di-
sminish that would be proof positive
'thut Port Royal was the place" What
place? The place Of diminishing; or the
place of proof positive; or The place of
Charleston; or the place of Port Royal; or
common place? Nay, we have it Port
Royal would be Charleston. AS Bunsby
said:
For why? Which way: II 80, why
not? Therefore.
A little further on ga Native" scars aloft
and chants this little song, "We" ("A Ma
'stive'') "love Charleston, but we love South
'.CaroliRa more" Just as Captain Cutie
might say, "Afaiction sore long time he
'bore;" or as we might say, awe love "a
Native well, but do love Bunsby more" j"
But it seems to be difficult for ga Native
to exhaust anything but his own English
and the patience Of his readers, 80 he says
Small in territory, small in population,
surrounded by large and powerful States,
how is she to maintain her relative postum
to her sister States unless she has CONNER
cial supremacy; how is she to accomplish
This either by increasing her commercial
facilities through Charleston, or if that
caunot be done, why then 60 to Port Royal.
This bangs Bunsby, and out-Herods
Herod. What becomes of the relative posi-
ion if South Carolina has the supremacy
If the State is supreme, there is the end Of
4 the matter without palaver. Jack Bunsby