The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-07


aud character. This much, at least, we
feel at liberty to say. That the bar OF
Columbia ahould be .disparaged. ia not
to be wondered at, when We remember.
that it is the habit Of the msjority OF
Northern correspondents and OF their
vile aiders and abettors. to mssrepresent
and vlllify every thing that is peculiarly
Southern and anti Radical.
With them nor virtue. nor greatness
in mortality csn their censure escape.
Testlrnony from = Dlsinssrssted ssurce-
DE-. E.sor speaks.
5sWe have had the opportunity of see-
ing q letter from DR.. Ensor, Superin-
tendent of the Asylum here, to friend
In the North, in answer to certain inqui-
ries made of him as to Columbia and the
State. His letter. we learn, will probably
appear in full in the New York Tribune,
when we shall be pleased to transfer it
to these columns. DR.. Ensor is called
upon to answer certain questions as to
our climate. our soil, and the personal
security Of the Northern settler. The
views he expresses on these points, and
the sentiments he gives in relation to
the feelings and animus of the Southern
whites. do credit TO his sagscity and
fairness, and sn snbstantiate all we have
ever claimed in behalf Of our people and
the advantages given to US by the God
Of nature and the Giver Of all good gifts
Of person or country e
DR.. Ensor pronounoes our climate un-
surpassed. and ralludes with all the
enthusiasm OF young farmer and q
lover Of fields and flowers, to the advan-
tages we possess Of soil and products
and seasons,
As to the question of business open
ings in the State. he frankly states that
many are crowded, but intimates, what
is emphatically true, viz: that there Ia
always room IN every business for energy
and will.
As respects the all-important question
OF the personal security and comfort of
the settler, DR.. Ensor is decided and
emphatic. and states the case fully and
trnthfnlly. He avows himself Repub-
lioan in his political affiliations. and yet
he gives just suoh testimony as we would
ourselves give. He says that, whilst our
old Inhabitants do give the cold shoul-
der to the political adventurers who have
infested the country South. that a cor
dial reception awaits the Northern gen.
tleman and the genuine and honest SET
tler who comes here for the purpose of
sharing our fortunes and our responsible
ities. These persons from the North he
considers as safe as any one in Massa-
ohnaetta or ony Northorn State.
DIR. Ensor mentions, further. that
after an intimate association with men
from all parts of the State. he has never,
except in one or two cases, heard even q
word OF opposition to the class of North
ern settlers. he states that there are
now in Columbia about fifty Northern
residents; that the health OF these fami-
lies is excellent; and he intirnates, fur
ther, that they are go well pleased as to
have resolved with great unanimity to
stay. These, now, ere the views of q
Northern man. Republican and an ex.
Union soldier. Let them be compared
with the bnse misrepresentation of po-
litical adventures and OF such spirits as
the Union here, and the difference will
be seen between truth and falsehood, be-
tween candor and naaligni!y. The trnth
OF the matter is simply this: The intelli-
gent people Of the South will be pleased
to welcome good men from whatever
Northern or European State they may
come. and whether rich or poor. And
the truth, further, is, that all that the
Northern or European settler has to ap.
prehend is the incubus of the vile 60
vernment that Rsdioalism has fastened
upon some of the Southern States. This,
however, We believe. will soon pnss
away. The era Of the "thieving carpet
bagger," and of thieves and swindlers, is
drawing to close. The tree OF RAD1.
oAL1sM is hollow, and decay is going on.
Let US ring the tree, and hasten the
good work.
We thank DR.. Ensor for giving us the
text Of this article.
To Labor 10 to Pray.
Our advice to the people OF York,
Union and SpRrtanburg is: To 40 to