The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-31

Toms Greek Grange, delegates aud in.
vited guests adjourned to enjoy one Of
the finest barbecues we have ever had
the pleasure of attending. There was
an abundance Of eatables Of all kinds.
Tho Committee Of Arrangements, as
sisted by the ladies OF the Grange, de-
serve a great deal of credit for the
handsome and elegant manner for the
way in which the tables were arranged
There was nothing to mar the pleasure
of auy one, and everything passed of
we'll. Yours, INVITED GUEST.
| THE SoUTH.-A writer in FraSsr's
Magazine, on the resources and capa.
billties of the Southern States OF this
republic, does not hesitate to express
the opinion that the Northern journals
the condition of the South in more
sombre colors than the actual truth
warrants, and this, he thinks. is the
reason why European emigration md
capital seek the Northern instead of
the Southern States. Perhaps this
case might be put in different way.
at the North. the press assumes vast
proportions. and is prolific in it's re-
ports. descriptions and eulogiums of
the resources of all parts Of the North
and West. At the South, the press is
very limited in extent and poorly sup-
ported. It is chiefly partisan. red-hot
with sectional bitterness, and devotes
little or no attention to agriculture,
mining, finance, railroads., banking,
insurance, commerce, navigation and
tho internal resources and advantages
Of the South. When Northern emil
grants go South to settle, they are
termed oarpet-baggers.
The above, says the Augusta Chroni-
Gle and Sentinel, is taken fron the edi-
torial columns of the Philadelphia
NORTH american. It would be difficult
to cram more falsehoods in smaller
compass. The Southern press has
labored zealously and Increasingly
since the war to build up the South
and to repair the ravages of Northern
armies. The Southern newspapers
have never failed to lend helping
hand to any enterprise which promised
directly or indirectly to benefit their
section. They have never inquired or
cared whether the men who had them
in hand were Northerners or Southern
ers-Demoorats or Republicans. They
have in good faith invited capital and
immigration, and the bona .fde settler
has always been received kindly and
Hospitality. The Southern press has
been partisan and bitter to this extent:
1t has refused to accept or sustain the
Infamous governments which politi-
cal party North put over them, for the
purposes of plunder and oppression.
It has denounced villainy and fraud,
and arrayed public sentiment against
their authors. It has repelled such
slanders as those manufactured by the
Philadelphia North American and other
Radical papers. This is the partisan
ship of which Southern jour1als have
been guilty. II is not true that "North-
ern emigrants, who go South to set
tle," are.termed carpet t-baggers. And
ment are the Northern settlers them
selves. We call those persons carpet
baggers who come here from the North,
not to make living by honest indus
try. not to aid in building up and i'm
proving tho country, bnt who come to
make business Of politics, who at
tempt to array the races against each
other, who strive only to obtain pos.
session of government. in order that
they may grow rich by theft. fhese
are the carpet. .baggers. We do not
say that all of them are dishonest; that
there are net exceptions to the general
rule; but we are speaking now Of
class, not of individuals.
The laboring men from the North,
the mechanic, the farmer, the mer.
chant. the lawyer, the doctor, who
come among US to make reputable
livelihood, are made welcome, and
have no complaints to make OF their
neighbor. The capitalist who comes
to develop our resources is Just as
cordially received. It is true that the
South is unable to offer the same in.
ducements to Northern and European
immigration as the West. There are
no public lands in the South to give to
settlers; no great trunk railways built
by means of Government grants,
which keep agents in Europe for the
purpose Of turning immigration over
their lines. But We offer to every ho.
nest laboring man, no matter what his
nationality OK his political opinions, O
delightful climate, fertile soil, cheap
land. varied productions, unexoelled