The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-08-22
I am no apologist for the Southern people,

ges committed here my notions of Republi-
canism are utterly at war with such practices.
I was soldier in the United States army du-
ring the war; and no man rejoiced more than
did at the downfall of the Confederacy, because
it re-established the integrity and supremacy
of the Federal Union. But this does not war
rant the annihilation of the enemy after ne has
laid down his arms and made an honorable
surrender.
am also Republican, and am identified
with the party here; but this is no reason why
/ should stigmatize those who oppose the po-
litical principles which l espouse as traitors
with he public veal, and unentitled to the
privileges of free citizens.
The point want TO make is this: That the
only persons the Southern people are inimical
to are venal and unprincipled politicians, who,
under the misnomer of Republicanism, seek to
force obnoxious and oppressive measures upon
the people, for their own aggrandizement, re-
gardless of the public good
Your next question-namely, opportunities
for business-is more difficult to answer. The
professions are all crowded. Merchants COM
plain of hard times and dull business, but this
does not prove anything it is fashion of
theirs-force of habit, perhaps.) A large num-
Der of persons, reduced by the war from afiu-
ence to comparative poverty, and who never
before knew what it was to labor in any capac-
ity, being now compelled to earn their living
"by the sweat of their brows," pretty we'll sup
ply the demand for labor, both mental and
manual. Still, cannot but think that with
the increased development of the natural re-
sources of the country, which are varied and
abundant; the progress of internal improve
ments which the spirit of the age demands
shall 90 forward; the building of new lines of
railroads and telegraphs, the establishing OF
manufactures, &C., &C., there is room enough
for all who may desire to find homes IN this
sunny cline.
To those who may wish to turn their atten-
tion to the cultivation of the soil, l would say,
come to South Carolina, and come at once. No
section of our country offers better inducements
for investments in real estate than does this.
Land can be purchased here for from one dol
lar up to twenty dollars per acre, and snug
little homes of from twenty to sixty acres and
upwards with comfortable residences, can be
had for 81, 900 to $1,000, and large tracts of
land suitable for sub-dividing into small can be
bought at exceedingly low figures.
am satisfied that as soon as the upheavings
of society consequent upon the war can have
time to subside, and peace resumes once more
her wonted sway and the natural advantages
of the South become more generally known,
enterprising, home-seeking thousands will pour
into her borders from all parts of the world.
And when they come with honesty of pur-
pose-come to help build up the broken for
tunes of the State; come to people her unoccu-
pied lands, and to cultivate and enrich her
wasted fields, to rebuild her burnt cities and to
found new ones; to make the shores of her
splendid water courses ring with the busy hum
of machinery; to fell her mighty forests, and
to dig down into the bowels of the earth, and
bring up her rich metals, and refine them and
apply them to the various uses of man--then
can guarantee them hearty welcome, from
the whole people, and respect, and social con-
fidence and consideration.
would add, that those who once make their
homes here are never willing to leave, if they
find suitable means of making living. There
is charm in the climate and fascination in
the beauty and luxuriousncss of the plants and
flowers, that must awaken even the dullest ma
lures to admiration, and attach them to the
country. I have known but one person who
settled here since the war to get dissatisfied and
leave, and confidently expect to see him back
here before the end of another winter.
Hoping that have answered all your ques-
tions fairly and honestly, without doing vio-
lence to the feelings or opinions of any fair
minded man, 1 am, very respectfully,
J. F. ENsoR.