The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-28
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Saturday Morning, December %, 1872.
The Prosperisy Of Columhia.

Tho 5ptoblern which has been pro-
pended. s.HoW shall wa make Columbia
= prosperous oity?" has engaged our
thoughts az we'll as those OF otherr.
Before discussing it. wo shall have to
clear away some rubbish which enr-
rouuds it. From tho daya Of Sampson
end the sphinx il .s .been found easier
to asart riddles th. 10 suswer them cor
reotly. We ind now proof OF this fact
in tho selt,sailaeient negative answer
which AaA been Sivon to this one,
vaa> That political intolerance on tho
pARt Of tAeaa who have undertaken tho
talk ef molaiug public opinion. is the
o.eAtest barrier to prosperity hero. We
ara ready to admit that. Intolerance,
religious OF political, is bad thing, and
an obstacle to progress and development
wherever it exists. But we confess that
We cannot and it in the quarter where
it is alleged that it exists. to any hurtful
extent. We think that we speak dis.
passionately when we say 80. We listen
attentively to what is said. We note care
fully what is going on, and we hear no
outcries against Yankees or foreigners as
such. We are unable to discern any
serious or real prejudice against them.
On the contrary, We sec many OF them
amongst us. busy, prosperous. respected,
attending to their own business, letting
other peoples alone. and just as unmo-
Tested in every way and as highly
esteemed as those to the manor born.
We have in our minds eye now large
numbers OF Northern mon and New
EnElanders who have long made South
Carolina their home, have amassed a
competency, and even fortunes, here.
held thehighestp positions in churoh and
State, reared families. contributed to
bear the Burdens of society. fulfilled all
the duties of good citizens. and have
been and are just as welcome and just
a. much regarded as if they wero ma
tives, and more 80 than very many who
are Northerners have been distin-
gnished in the professions OF Law, medi-
cine and divinity, and as instructors in
schools and colleges amongst u. They
have influence in our marts Of oom-
meroe, on the exchange, and as bankers,
planters, farmers, ;. contractors, mes
chanics and 'labore g. They are aud
have been under no ban. i. 1stsr&
Since the war closed, We have had con-
siderable influx Of this population, as is
natural and as was to be expected. Who
would notc:leave the bleak hills ofSthe
froAepa North. if practicable, for : the
genial climate and fertile soil Of the
South2 It has come in two streams-
one pure. clear and wholesome. the other
foul, turbid, corrupt and corrupting.
Honestly, We have heard nothing but
words of good cheer and encouragement
TO all respectable and decent newcomers,
and of qualification that they find the
climate agreeable. their business interests
prospering, and their social relations and
experience everything they could desire.
No gentleman or honest man, no one
not an intermeddier, ever received the
cold shoulder here. Objections have
been made, and decided disgust felt and
sometimes expressed, at the presence
here OF known vulgar, dishonest and in
solent wretohes, come they from what
quarter they may. And their conduct
has justified these complaints, and
strengthened the objections to their com.
pany. What is the matter with this
whole country now, il 1t is not the plague
OF dishonesty, the pestilence Of upjusii-
fable speculation, the itching TO grow
rich upon others earnings, the low down
tone and practice OF certain persons,
mostly official, and mostly non-native9
We have two distinct GLASSES OF new
comers into this State, two streams, as
we have said. The one class is honest,
capable. industrious, moral and modest,
as gentlemen and good citizens of all
classes always are; the other roguish,
lying, forward, insulting, and watching
like 30 many sharks the opportunity for
prey and plander. The one class has
always been welcome here, and always
will be, There ia all Tho 6;ffara,oa l.,