The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-16
UMBfA.-S.C.
Wednesday Morning, Juns le, 1875.

IHE NEW SOUTHf the head
of ''The New South" the ohicagoSRc-
publican, the leading Republican journal
of Illinois, has an editorial column, the
general topic of which may be inferred
from the following paragraph 1T the be-
ginning Of the article -------.
''Thcrc hns been q. marked chungc in
public sentiment within the past few
montlsz=achapgein-N IN N ortherA. sentiment
as to ri, thS aa rsa! s9eti9n Has 2. St the sestAern
people of the North toward the South.
Much. of; the tyonhlo ut the. South has
arisen from q mutual misunderstanding
between North and South. Northern
sentiment hns been heretofore mainly
constructedupon thcoutrnecs committed
in communities that were infested with
the vicious and desperate classes left by
the war composed largely Of men With
ont family ties, without occupation,
without means, add unrestrnined:- by
moral or social Influences in the indul-
gencc of their passions and prejudices.
Southern sentiment has been forced into
n false, narrow and resentfu} tendency
by the influence Of Northern men %hb
have gone into the South to litc uroh
politics rs a business.
The .1tt5,pr odds Ill
1--WE at the North have been too ready
to, accept every exaggerated report L3f
negro Expressions; they mt til South have
bcsu too snspfeioas iof the motives Of
every Northern man WHO hns COME
among them The new era which .Fe
thinkrws see ahead for the Southern peo-
pl6 il to be reached by simply bringing
the people Of the North and South 11enfer
together, oShowing each section to lle
other In its best and not in Cts worst
pHpsea, and remoeing the suspitions &nR
PAjudioeaon both sides" u
SAHpn.2ahe many inauenoes,, working
ID this end oflAte, and which, being pcr-
s6AalIahd, Aooinl, are Virtually outside Of
paktgl poh,iey,p lie Tribm,e refers to tlie
letters m in 'thse Ke@ York : iitiifaala Of III
fo}dhoH, a,gentfemAn of good Judgment
an3 perfect credibihty, who writes und&
hiS owns signitute;; ind Without instrues-
tjpn or restraint Of whakh sces. tTie
ferrea YIA kAobservaton} 4B the
condia94i 4pds ap&it of Sths saqAcrn
people, spoken Of Is "ehtirely; trnssfwor-
thy" Mr.. Kelly admits that he, along
with the mass of people at the North,
had been NeRtysaipsTthis rsgfrd Re
fercncefs a{s6 made to tcfonfrmations Of
& local ene II Vsr5RRpsl " Rl aAsFasses' which ske
cSnha n4n XsSmmhniEd of Pie IN
j&8ko| |At sha4 Heens sdonsao asathSrE
sentiment. The Rev. Mr.. Stocking, Of
Chicago, has just added his voice to
those revelations. Tribune. states
sermon Madr. Stocki6A, onaaarcccnt
Sunday dssSa raums ofshis personal
observations during Il recent tour in the
South, and, us such. it was an eloquent
appeal fog reconciliation. and the, ,proRex
anpSeciatsA of tie trislsand hatdships
with which the Southern people have
been sorely visited. BIr. Stockings vo-
cation and tastes would naturally bring
him in contact. SSAhhesyest classes Of
Southern soci cideona yet be pictures he
presents Of poverty where there had
been wealth, and of misery where there
had been prosperity and happiness, are
t Sa. Ins ss.siss s;3ax saas
ance for the desolation of the South. 1t
S l $ assRsifii +; EfSalssi fat1sJ
rG3cnge and lawlessReeS were, the fruits
oA1heir IniSaksh stfdggfe. add oaE Ten,
&Qcy has been to exaggerate and intens
SHY ,ssiAfe$dpf pallisti4g apa moAny ying
them! y The whole country might we'll
have been thankful that there was no
war of races, and no fresh outbreak
against the yGe9sral GoYem4ent; instead
OF this, there hos been disposition in
Stocking found people no longer able
gliEs fo5thF @essst sne5 5essias{ Of a'ia, liz,
bordened- beyond endurance with taxa
ton apd official Plunder, visited wit h
flood, famirie and pluagc, and yet with
out thought of resistance. and aspiring