The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-25
co I ! OlLIJ MISI .lllS.S) &C.
sunaay Morning. January %, ls74a
iHsstls Of the soath and wost.

| to assumss;s national imnpoitsnees Th.
views which they have elaborated upon
cheap transpo portatipn, the necessity fsl
/ !, rehsed ,faoilisieg! and geHinet mono
i6P6lies every Kind, have found autho,
ritstiys expression In the late eonyen,
ton held in these interests in Washing
ton. Perhaps it may have gone too ia,
ia some OF its recommendations, suoh
as that the National Government should
take coguizance and CONTROL of, the rail.
= roads. But it has done good service in
showing the;rights Of the Western pro-
dncsr to get his products to market
without having to pay inordinate
freights, or to incur rainous and expen-
sive ds!aSs, TIE South and the West
can strike, hands and unite in making
this deltand. They are the most favor.
ed sections on shis continent, and they
have but 70 be linked together by iron
I, bands and congenial feelings, to form
combination, which will insure their
: ipecuniary and political Independence.
4 and give them preponderating influence
in the national councils. Simultaneous
" with, the progress of the West in
securing attention to its great needs.
and it's rightsto have tho most available
line Of travel and freight between the
points Of production and consumption,
and easiest access to foreign markets,
We notice increased attention and into
rest growing up in behalf OF the better
agricultural development and enlarged
banking liabilities Of the South. Tho
Southern! Representatives haye generally
rsnged themselves on, the. side of those
working In Congress for inHAtion and
enlargement of the currency, in opposi-
stioni 20 the policy Of early specie re-
sumption or contraction. Tho question
is !. eslored or effected with them by the
peculiar condition of the South whic.l
they represent, caused by injury to its
leading interest from tho low price OF
its; principal staple and ills deprivation
ot2.snficiens banking capital, and, we
might adds aoi 4 steady labor. Senator
Aesrsnan, rof North Carolina. in his
colloquyi Senator Edmunds. and
more recently, General Gordon. of
GeorgiaI made q fine impression in
favor OF onr neglected section. The /
effort Of tho last named gentleman is re-
terred to ia, very complimentary terms
in the eIoorrespondenos of the New York
Rsyald Wsitake pleasure in reproduc-
ing from tho Herald the atriking de-
seription Of the effect md tendency OF
Gordon's speech: atsoaa1
'l1 It was refreshing. it says. to behold |
Gordon. Of Georgia. to-day, when he
rose on the financial question. Gifted |
with native eioquence and confidence
in theSmsstery OF his subject, schewing
maSuaoript. he gallantly grappled the
was late Major-G -General in the Oon-
federatej army, and present at the sur
render Of Appomattox. is ane, soldieriy
appearing man, OF erect mien, and
bristling with intelligence. He spoke
scholarly and argumen tatively, and, at
times, reached somewhat the idenl of
the grand advocate of his stricken and
impoverished section. While some
doubts had arisen of his reconstructed
ness. Yha gave expression to 'suoh Nh
tionaI loyalty and deep feeling for ,h q
honor and dignity Of. the whole country
as would warrant the opinion that the
stern school in which he had served
during the rebellion brought him out
only the purer for it, like refined gold
He tempered the discussion with such
beautiful sentiment that one might huve
said it was not o case of .'hard cash. y
but sympathetic fealty. In tho course
OF Gordon's arguments, which were
very good and mestetly in fgurative
illusions, he drew q painful yet prac.i-
cal view OF the present condition OF the
South. 1t had become Improbable to
plant cotton, and, during tho coming
year. not more than ons.thirl oi crop
wonll be planted. The Sout!, VAS snf-
feriLg for banking facilities au,l car.
rency. He ably reviewed. the case as
presented by those who preceded him,
and said tue panic was prodnoed by the
rigldity, non-eiastioity nnd iusufflcienoy
OF the currency, the system of which
had made us q nation OF speculators
and gamblers Gen. Gordon endorsed
the views OF Logan and Morton, show
inr what fta iiI afrocta ,r , .ot,., A..