The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-31
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Tuesday Tuesday morning, August 81, 1853.
Weekly Review or tho state Prose.

Weekly Review OF tho State Press.
The Winnsboro Ne,cs, of the 2Sth,
under the caption of CONCESSION con.
sistent, necessary and harmless, f" repeats
the idea before advanced, that since
'.ours is simple majority government.
both State and Federal" virtuous and
wise elements can become efficaoious in
il only by getting on the side of the ma
jority, or by getting the majority on
their side. Take the Government as it
is, and get the control OF it by getting q
majority, says the Ne,rs. And the Ners
adds that, cas- one of the means to this
end, the right of negroes to vote and
hold Office must be at once, and not too
tardily, conceded"
The Charleston Gaxette, on the subject
Of Chinese labor, argues that the South
needs not so much hireling, transient
labor, as o settled, substantial popula-
tion. We want, says the GaseAe, active,
hardy emigrants to come among US, and
make permanent homes upon our soil.
Itiopposes the introduction OF Chinese,
and particularly the coolie class, and
writes itself upon the record as in favor
OF the interests of the white man.
The Darlington Southerner repeats it's
protest against filing the South with
Chinese, and expresses itself satisfied
with the negro as o laborer.
The Barnweu Sentinel regards the an
tagonism Of races as metter that can
not be avoided, and predicts that all the
efforts now making will bs unavailing to
counteract it. Upon the subject of the
duration Of radicalism, the Sentinel is
satisfied that it involves state of things
which,. from the, nature of the case,
cannot long last.
The Barnwel Journal comments upon
the heavy taxation that has been imposed
upon the people, and referring in par
ticular to the land tax, argues that this
will have the effect ut once to check
immigration, and thus retard the gene
raj prosperity.
The Orangeburg Ne,os insists upon it
that the Democratic party is powerlcss
for good--oannot redeem the State--that
this is the work of the conservative Re-
publican party. .
The Anderson LnteNigencer. in some
judicious remarks upon the recent Ma
tional Labor Convention, says:
eve are not an advocate of Chinese
immigration; on the contrary, our pre-
dilections are decidedly in favor of lot
ting the heathens remain in their own
celestial empire. But there are nume-
rous people in the South who desire to
make fair trial of Chinese labor, and
we are quite willing to allow them the
privilege of experimenting in this or any
other manner they may see proper, so
that it is not detrimental to the country s
interests. In a word, we embrace fully
the Democratic doctrine of free trade
in this matter of Chinese immigration,
and only drop the hint concerning this
action of the Labor Convention for the
benefit of it's adherents."
The Charleston Neps says:
"The advantages and disad vantages of
conservative or liberal Republican
movement in South Carolina, similar to
the Walker movement in Virginia and
the Senter movement in Tennessee, are
now thoughtfu)ly discussed by the press
of the State. The extracts which we
make from the leading articles in the
different papers show the way that the
current of feeling is now setting, and
prove that mt present public sentiment is
opposed to having any third party. Two
parties are thought to be enough, and as
the State elections do not take place un-
til the fall of 1870, it is the general
opinion that there is no pressing need of
public organization for political pur-
poses"