The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-07
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4Ene, the great Republican paper Of the
Nosthswsst. is exhibiting q aremarkable
tenderness for tbs South and clear
parnsption ofs Hsr horrible sAonditlan.
This great paper, too. hss not failed 10
asoribs $our suffering 30 tie proper
cause.-the blunders and Grimes Of its
own party. Surely, surely. this is q
hopeful sign and one thai. at.presages that
the period of relief is upon us from u
Western alliance, which will be all tue
stronger for common wrongs and mu-
tual material advantages. In the 7ri-
6une, OF the oath ultimo, there is some
Southern correspondence. at great
length. which not only lays bare the
true reason of the depression and ruin
of this section, but specifies aud indi-
Gates the most seasonable measures for
uplifting what has fallen SO low. Treat
ing OF the basis Of our prosperity. in
ordinary times, the Tribune correspond
ent says:
The industry OF the South has always
been chiefly agricultural, and upon the
prosperity of this class must depend
the general condition Of the country.
Why don't they diversity iudustries-
establish manufactures? Why don't
you poor men at the North ride in oar
riages and dHink champagne for dinner?
Because they haven't got the money.
10 establish manufactures Mt the South,
or anywhere, requires capital, aud to
put up hundred cotton, shoe, WOODEN
aud other factories requires great deal
of capital. Why don't Northern men
and Erglisl,mcu who have cnpital come
down here and pnt up these factories?
They have the money to do it with.
Labor is cheap, water power is abuu-
dant, and hero is the home market.
The irue answer. / suspect, is, that
they are not willing to pnt their capital
where it will be subject to the risks OF
negro aud carpct-bng spuliation, and
who eau blame them? Blame there is,
somewhere, of course.
The blame is then put where it indu-
bitnbly belongs. upon that corrupt aud
deadly Radicalism which has overthrown
the right OF local self.government, de-
bauched tho suffrage and given official
sanction to carnival Of rogres. The
correspondent thus continues:
There are two remedies-aot imme-
diate and effectual, it is true, but valuu.
BILE, neverthelt ss.-which occur to INV
own mind. have not heard them pro-
posed here by any one, and I am not
in n a.
lie mind whether they can e7en End q
hearing. Aud yet. if they conld be
accepted and put into practice, it would
not be long before the North would
gain new empire, abonnding in wealth,
resources and prosperity-an acquisi-
ton fnr exceeding California; Iessening
the burden OF the public debt; swelling
the growth OF Chicago and Now York
and every Northern city; and. more
than oil this, opening up home for her
settlers and those OF Europe. better and
more attractive than any the West can
offer. a restored and rejnvenated South
is that new empire, and would be
worth vastly more than any new and
unsettled country not yet rescued from
nature. These two measures would 20
far to restore the South. Tie one
would be to follow tho principle which
| believe is embodied in the NIassachu.
setts Constitution. and limit suffrage,
not by race or color test but by the
conditions of being able to read and
write, and the payment of some slight
tax to the State. This provision would
insure to nearly every Southern State a
good State government, economy. or
der and low taxes. The next would be
to follow out tho plan OF Mr.. Jefferson.
He proposed not only to free tho blacks,
but to COLOMBO them in some suitable
tropical country. Is this not better
than perpetual jealousy and conflicts
of the laws, or Tor tho negroes to be
huddled together in portions OF the
States, and then to gradually die Out?
1t is plainly the interest OF the North,
and especially Of the North west, that
the prosperity Of tho South Shall be re-
established, and that this large section
should not remain dead member of the
Union, but q prosperous and developing
country, approximating at least to the
average, in comfort, order and advance
ment, OF the Northern States. It is
not 80 to-day. The contrast between
the two is painful in the extreme. I
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