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

vited guests adjourned to enjoy one OF
the finest barbeoues 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
Thele was nothing to mar the pleasure
OF any one, and everything passed OF
we'll. Yours, INVITED GUEST.
| The SoUrH.-A writer in Fr,aser'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
are accustomed, from habit, to portray
the condition of the South in more
sombre colors than the actual truth
warrants, and this, he thinks. is the
reason Why European emigration and
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 its 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 cup
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 aud
the internal resources and advantages
OF the South. When Northern emi-
grants go South to settle. they are
termed carpet-b -baggers.
The above, says the Augusta Chromi.
cle and Sentinel, is taken fro:n the edi-
torial columns of the Philadelphia
North American It would be diffi.nlt
to cram more falsehoods in a 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 O 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-Democrats 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 q polti-
cal party North put over them. for the
purposes of plunder and oppression.
1t has denounced villainy and fraud.
and nrrayed public sentiment against
their authors. 1t has repelled such
slanders as those manufactured by the
Philadelphia North American and other
Radical papers. This is the partisan
ship of which Southern jourfa's have
been guilty. 1t is not true that "North-
ern emigrants, who go South to set
tie," are. termed carpet-baggers. And
the first person to deny such state
ment are tho Northern settlers them
selves. We call those persons carpet
bnggers who como 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 ct
tempt to array tho races against each
other. who strive only to obtain pos
session of government. in order that
they may grow rich by theft. these
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 q
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 s:ve 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 wo offer to every ho.
nest laboring man, no matter what his
nationality or his political opinions, O
delightful climate, fertile soil, cheap
land. varied productions, unexoeIled
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