The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-11
White Labor.

I. Coho"SiA' .. ", January o, 1872.
;EDR0Es OoLuAtslA tDAns Fa9S1xs i!
Take liberty of askaag your opinion
atbut certain matters couoerning Ae
STATE and people Of South Caroiina, sad
desire to be enlightened by yoursuperior
political understanding with regard to
the present status of the poor, white
mechanic in your community.
To begin: I'm Democrat, and . rcd
hot one. and though not "toithe manner
born. sm. 1 believe, firm friend TO
the South. and a thorough hater OF cen.
traltxation. free-love doctrines woman
suffrage, negro equality. amalgamation
with negroes. and, in fact, all the isms
that tho fapatioal lnnatics' OF New EoR.
land are at present trying to distract the
attention of the people Of the United
States from viewing the rottenness, cor
ruption and incapaoity of the present
administration. ! hear complaints of
the present State Government almost
every day. and the heavy load Of taxa
tion upon the people. lands sold for
taxes, and general depression of busi.
ness Of all kinds. Now, it seems Il, me.
lout may Se wrongly that il We had q
good State and municipal government
here we might let Grant and his coadiu.
tors go to Jericho. as far as South Caro-.
lima is concerned. Well, You say, but
how are We going to get it? The nigRers
all vote for these Yankee thieves, and
they are heavy majority in South Ca
roiina, and Can carry elections as they
choose, and we can't help ourselves. All
bosh. Mr.. Editor; the people OF South
Carolina oAN help Themselves. I will
try to illustrate the thing and prove that
it can be done. Suppose, for instance,
a war OF races should begin. what should
be done, do you think, with half dozen
merchants here who would furnish the
black troops with ammunition Just for
gain2 Why, their white brethren would
Lynch them on the nearest lamp post.
And yet, Mr.. Editor, there is PoL1T1oA1
war OF races here. at this very moment,
and you heed it not; but keep on supply
ing the enemy with ammunition, and
playing your game right into the hands
VI the enemy OF the South. Now, I
suppose you want me to prove these
bold assertions. can do it, sir. Just
cast your Argus eye on every building in
the course oi erection in the CITY oi Co.
lumbia, nnd almost every place. for that
matter. aud who are employed there?
Do you see mally white Democrats
voters? No, sir; you see scarcely any
thing ont ink spots, and these very men
who employ them won't give white
man employment. aud yet complain of
hard times, henvy taxes, and in general,
they gro 81 about the State Government
ka a x-Sf L.
the most to soy about it, while they are
furnishing the Yankees with 5aAot. boz
ammunition every hour by feeding and
employing niggers to vote against them.
lnstead of hiring the white man who
can do more work in day. do It better
and will vote FOR them. Now. MFR.
PHOENIX. why employ negro mechanics,
who vote against white men, instead of
your white brethren?
This Is what am driving at Yon
need not tell me that white men cant be
got, for I have tried these contractors
myself. and many others T know of have
done the same. Names, persons and
places can be furnished, at moments
notice. TO prove this. Carolina will
never b, any better off while the Yam
kee gives the nigger Office, and the
Southern people feed them and give
them employment before any one else.
Well, you may say the negro works
cheaper than the white man. Not 80,
Mr. PHGNrx. BE may work at cheap
er rate per day. but can he do as much
in day as q smart Northern or Europe
an mechanic? II 7 give negro mecha-
MIC dollar day, and he does twenty
square yards Of plasterer's, painters or
carpenters work for that dollar; would
it not come cheaper to hire white man
for 81 SO per day. who can do sixty
yards. aud do it in 9 uorkmanlike man
ne13 Times are changed now, and, as
Democrats. We must suit our actions to
the times. Throw apathy to the four
winds Of heaven, that no remembrance
may be had of it, and give those en-
ployment whose views and whose inter.
ests are the ssme with yours, and the
carpet-bagger would go home and play
on his Yankee melodeon, among his Pa
ritsn rocks, and whittlo wooden nutmegs
for want Of ammunition. Yours. &o.,
A WHITE MECHANIC.