The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-29
Wen said-Tho Truth Spoken.

We'll Snid-Thc Truth Spoken.
The New York Times, Which is dis
posed to tako rose-colored view of
things, some time since argued that tho
South ought to be grateful to Congress
for its manifold blessings conferred upon
this section, and thus the Times seeks to
magnify the policy of its party at the
expense of the South. The Courier
Journal. Kentucky paper, takes direct
issue with the Times and exposes its falla-
cioua assumptions. The Journal holds
and maintains with irresistible force that
whatever of prosperity the South has
enjoyed has been secured, mot because
Of reconstruction, but in spite of it." It
alludes to the ways and methods of re-
construction, to the outrages, errors and
wrongs that it employed, and remarks:
.'Yet, in spite of all this, the people
have prospered. Everything that relates
to the government of the South is at tho
lowest. Everything the party in power
could touch has dwindled. Everything
that exists in the shape of a corporation,
or public fund, or an Office, is away down
below zero. But that which belongs to
individuals, personal affairs, private en-
terprises, crops md business, which the
Government has not boen able to reach,
hourishes. Why? Because the people
are hard working, honest and enterpris-
ing. Because, in spite Of taxes, heavily
laid Oh and vigorously collected, in spite
Of an expensive administration, in spite
of official pillagc, in spite of uncertainty,
So Il t,s,
have worked. Late and early, they have
worked. Heart-sore and uneasy of mind,
they have worked. Against all the ele
ments, physical and moral, they have
worked increasingly and hopefully, and
God, not ralicalism, has blessed them
and the blessing comes in its own proper
apparel and not disguised as q carpet
Dagger, q satrap, and n ruffian. In spite
of persecution, the South has prospcred.
In spite of prescription, the good men
Of the South to-day stand where they
have always stood, and where integrity
and intellect have q right to stand and
are always sure to stand, ut the head Of
affairs.
"Even now the people of the South
appeal to the people of the North to rid
them Of foreign interference and to leave
them to that local self government upon
which our republican system is founded
All the issues growing out of the war arc
settled. Questions of war debts, Of Sc
cession, OF suffrage, all arc settled. We
need to have done with partisan ha-
ranguing and turn ourselves to the prac-
tical business of the country. We need
to have done with bureaus, martial law
and speechifying. We need cessation
Of loyal cant and bellicose bowling of
every description. But wo cannot reach
this upland of peace 80 long rs such
leaders as Cameron, Butler and Drake
are permitted to mako their turbulence,
falsehood and corruption the cue for na
tlonal legislation and popular following.
''The Now York Times affects mole
ration which itfails to carry out. Instead
of congratulating tho Sonth on its mis-
fortunes, and ilattoring the policy of
Leaders; it pretcnds to dcspise, it had bet
ter trim its lamp and look little further,
or else mend both its perception and its
counsel AS the matter stands, it glosses
over n repulsivo picture with thin coat
Of varnish, which serves only to bring
ont it's disagrccable features the more
palpably. The South is indeed pros
porous, but it owes its prosperity to itself
and to God Almighty, who always favors
the strongar and the steady plow-sharc,
the honest heart, tho sober understand
ing and the constant purpose"
Mrs. Josephine Simpson, of Toledo, a