The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-14
Columbia. s.. G.
Wednesday Morning, June IA. 1871.

Wednesday Morning, June IA. 1871.
The Primary Need Qf tho South.
With the political combinations now
forming, and the political speoulatiops
80 freely indalged in the more favored
sections Of the country. the South can.
not but be, concerned. It would, how.
egef, Be great mistake for the Southern
people to allow the public energies to be
diverted from the paths OF material de.
velopment. H.. ,t'~ ',-,,'''i ,... n
''To labor is to pray" a.
The great need Of the South is the de-:
velopment OF her great and varied re-.
Bourses. This Is the work thns is alwaJs
before,:us. Let us ever keep this in
mind. The South must be, ,powerless
until she regains the wealth, she has lost.
In vain will She seek L; have her voice
heard, her will respected, her. policies
enforced, until she can WELD the power
born of her,renewet and invigorated in
dustries. Whilst, therefore, we fully ap-
preoiate the sbsoluten need Of that reform,
local and general. which is essential to
our weliare-whilst we should hold our
selves ready. to make common cause with
good men every where who are seeking
to control the Government in the in
terests Of all sections OF the Union, it is
to be borne in mind how essential it is
to keep flying ever the banaer Of indus
trial activity. In season and ont of sea
son. amid the heats. OF summer and the
blasts OF winter, the necessity. is laid
upon US OF the South to work with unre-
mitting ZEAL, Ours it is to extract ell
that is possible from the. soil. to extend
our manufacturing facilities and in every
ways:tp' utilize the hdvantagea of our
soilepd climate. And, it may .bs eaid,
woe info us if ne. lAborinot-vith our
hadds and our brains. Woe unto us ii
We receive not the great truth that the
regeneration OF our Southern country
must acbme primarily and largely from
shes fde7elopnen.s-e. aar material nd
vantages. ~ #
We seek not to dignity Filthy luorc. y
We Know that ''the love OF money is
the root of all evil" But the wealth
that we invoke for South Carolina means
power. dignity. influence. Independence.
It is churches, schools and colleges. II
is food and raiment. It is homes TO,
the homeless and lands for the landless
It. is education and refinement. 1t il
moral and mental strength. It is peace
and contentment.
There are periods when State need,
the services OF gallant soldiery. There
are periods when statesmanship and ora
tory may be essential to promote the
public veal. There arc occasions when
argument and logic and rhetoric are
available. But these are not. the agen.
oies that We more particularly need now.
More than the graces Of thss, scholar,
more than the arts OF the statesman,
more than the powers Of the orator, we
require practical methods and physical
achievements, and that kind Of intelli
gence which directs the forces Of the
material world. To come down. all ol
us in the South. to the plarfe of usefu
labor-this'is at once onr duty and on,
necessity. The forces that will save d.
muet berecruited from the ranks Of la
bor-from the "heroos Of the workshop
and "the. monnrohs of the SOIL" Thus
upon the basis of invigorated INDUSTRY
would We build the fabric Of political
nRroaM., il'
The recent railroad disasters have
caused inventive brains to set to work
to discavsr some means by which a
train could be stopped suddenly at the