The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-12
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Tuesday MoEnipK. December l2. 1871.
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- ssgS' EsusS$ Eipolsa.
"The condition Of. the South ern States
ie. unhappilys ppt sneb a. all true patri.
!, Otto citizens would like to fsNe.H Social.
O5sruNism for opinions sake sipSraonal
Z! violence, or threats towards persons en-.
tertainiDg political views opposed to
those entertained BY the majority OF the
Z old oitinens, prevents Immigration and
Z the Hood OF tmuch- needed capital into.
the States lately in gebellioN. j II vill be
happy condition OF the country when
the old oiti3ens OF these States will take
an interest In public affairs, promulgate
ideas honestly entertained, vote for men
: representing their views, and tolerate
Sthe same tEesdoan Of expression ana.bal-
nal in aat sesss
The abgvss fallacious passage we ex-
tract from President Grant:A, late mess
sage to Congress. oAs he seeks thus t6
dignity charges which have long been
made and refuted, We allude to the sub.
jeot again. since every repetition of .
false allegation should meet with. re.
peated denial. OUR readers will reool.
leot that President Grant has not always
held the views contained in the above
extract from his message. Whilst he
was general, and before he entered into
political life, he was sent South tore
port on Southern affairs. and he made
very different statements from what he
would now make. judging from his pre-
; sent attitude to the tSoptha .:sgltat iawas
before the military hglo,i'. ieli. into the
hands OF the Radical politjoians-before
dreams OF Presidential honors PASSED
before his vision before he narsbved o
naturally narrow mind and gavSl up TO
party what he should have kept tor the
whole country. ~aaa
I. The presidents fsmargs that ,t,thb con-
dition OF tie soutnssS ssstbealiG s1nhap-
PLY saot suoh as at true. passisssS oiti-
aens, would like 70 sssS,' We Heartily
concur with the Prsstde lent 10 tblsA Their
cena;t;e: =!;ss s f. All nsa nsssaAA;s 70
ns. But @hen the Ptesident goes on to
imply that this unhappy condition is
due to .'social ostraoisnn. ,or5 eersonal
violenve.." OF ''.hrssts,'' prexAating i'm
migration and capital, he shows either
inexcusable iSnorance Of the actual State
{ of affairs in the Southern. States. or
Willingness, in agrave State Paper; TO
accept the materials ont! Of which de!
signing politicians make party or sec-
tional capital. In. ... 4ia... 4.,....s.,...
Ever since the close of the war, and
the downfall Of th6 instta atSon sof Airssoasn
slavery, the policy OF opening these
Southern States to. immigration and
..foraign capital has beenAtheir: obvious
course-at once the diotata Of, common
sense and natural sympathies.. Nor has
any Southern State failed to open wide
its doors to these Influences. q ,Immi-
grants from Europe. settlers from the
North, and capital have been invited and
re-invited'to to the South. The press have
spoken. Public and Representative 500
havA ex-~l--..'"oonventi ntions have spoken.
In some cases. Governors and legislative
bodies have spoken. .All have said to
capitalists and settlers Come doyn
and assist US with your means, and your
votes, and your, labors,, to help us re-
deem and regenerate our shattered land"
We of the South, have in good faith
sought to. open this section to these
needed influences. We desire these In
duences now. At the same time, we do
not intend to make any unworthy sacri:
foes TO get them, feeling thai An: good
time We of the South. with OF without
foreign aid, shall so increase our local
power as again to have rightfut share
in the land Of OUT INTERCHANGEABLE land
that we, from our fathers, had III trust.
Let us say to President Grant. that he-
little understands the philosophy ,of the
Southern situation. He, ia simply i'm
posed upon. or ia wilfnlly blind and un-
just. The s'sooial ostracisffi :" :, tho. "per-
sonal violence, a", and the ''threats,n
whereof he speaks, whenever they have
been applied, have been, as as general,
we might say. universal rule. applied to
those unworthy persona Who have oome
to the South to make their fortunes by,
illegitimate. vile, inoendiary agenoies-to
those persons who. in any community
whore misrule prevailed wonld be liza.
BILE to "ostracism, = or ssviolence," or
'threats." The oatrasism Is the ostra-
oism OF unworthy persons, and the vio-
Ience and the threats are for thieves,