The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-31
G. )LUMBIA,T S. C.
Tuesday mornlng October 81 1871:
Settlers vs. Political Advsnturera.

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Settlers vs. Political Adventures.
The Union, of yesterday, gives the
views Of its correspondent, "Trnth," and
its own reflections upon the subject mat
ter of s.Truth's' communication. It
has been said that truth is mighty and
will prevail, "aIbut this ''Truth"is weak
and thin, and won't prevail. II there ho
one subject upon whioll our head is
level" it is, o, Union. and 0, "Truth,"
on the question OF settlers from the
North and from Europe. In season and
out of season we have advocated the
policy and entertained the genuine feel
ing OF encouraging the ingress in this
State of on enterprising class Of settlers.
II the writer Of this article could, with
propriety, divest himself of his imper-
sonality as journalist. it would appear
that no one in tho whole Suite has ex-
tended more generous welcome to the
white settler than he. And this has ul-
ways been the spirit of tho PHOENIX
since first IL rose from the ashes of Co
lnthbia..i- TWeIhave never indulged in in
lisotinli nate slaldse' dfrthe North. and
have, always -dfawnsa setere liue OF de-
markation between the genuine, bona
tide settlers aud the thieyiug fscarpet-
bagger.:'' And these liboral continents
expressed ia the .PHGN1x do ,reaedt the
views Of our natiye-born,. and adopted
sons generally. The fact OF the jmatter
is, our views'h have ever been liberal, The
Union, for instance; drew it's. nnimnting
breath In the State OF Conqecticdt, aud
we,mentiou, this not Wy way Of Idispa-
ragement.. Now, Q. Uai0a: think you
that We hold that State noted onlyror it's
wooden. hams and nutmegs, and its
clock of poor manufacture? We believe
that there are as good people in Conneo-
t!cut as hero-and. so with respect to the
other Northern States. We have in this
State esteemed friends from Vermont.
New York, Ohio, and elsewhere. We
care not where man comes from pro-
vided he has the elements of genuine
manhood. But we have ever held that
the North and South could materially in
struct each other. We can learn much
from the North and the North can learn
something from us. We hope that the
little waif which our paragraphist picked
up from gu exchange will not wound the
sensibilities of Truth after. this arti-
ole. .Ws hold, 0, .Truth," that there
arc some flowers gro sing nenr Plymouth
Rock as we'll as foul weeds. We admit,
O,*Truth," that tho sumo will hold for
Kings Mountain and the banks of our
Congnree. But, remember this. that we
do not intend to let the' e''carret-baggers, I"
ms they are known, hide themselves un.
der the skirts OF tho settlers. The skirts
of snch gentlemen aud sturdy citizens as
Messrs. Wheeler. Pearce. Mckay, Bush,
Vicks, the Irwins, the Ly Brands, Lowry.
Steers. ahd others. are broad and pure
too pure for The ''carpet-bagger" to 60
under them far refuge. For ourselves,
we open wide the doors of the State to
white settlers The Union, however,
will excuse ue from expressing the wish
for any settlers from Africa and Asia. In
this respect, the Union exceeds us in
hberality, and long may it exceed us
thus.
And now we end with question to
Union" and "Truth," each. It seems
hard to them that we consider that scar
pet-baggers" should be more modest in
their claims. Suppose. o, TRUTH" that
Southern men, mostly of tho wosst class,
should settle in New York, and at once
seek to array tho Irish or the German
element-strong and respectable as that
element is-against the nntive citizens.
and undertake to fill in New York all the
offices of honor or trust. Would you
not, as native, New Yorker, think the
case rather hard? You must see the
point. We shall merely throw out the
suggestion. And suppose, O., Union,
that a native South Carolinian should go
TO Connecticut and establish q news