The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-22

PRODUCTION Of steam locomotion and tele-
graphic communication. sThefufure ia
not for State" but for national develop
ment, and we Recognize the factf Our
feelings, rs we'll as our interest, already
moline US to strengthen and cement the
bonds of real union, by cultiyating feel
lngs Of good will and friendship, and
we are anxious to contribute our part to
the growth, prosperity and good govern
nent of the nation. The soldiers. rs
we'll of the North as of the South, have
prepared the way for reconciliation.
Their policy has been "forget, forgive,
conclude and be agreed, and if it had
been left to them, the animositics of the
war would long since have been buried.
The liberal sentiments of Bartlett and
others would have restored amity and
good feeling and the whole country
would have thus received new impetus
in its career of progress and prosperity
No section would have rejoiceG in such
a consummation more sincerely than the
south; and no class of our people, North
or south, now wish it tmore devoutly than
the Confederate soldiers. It requires
neither prophet to foretell, nor ora
Gle to pronounce, that there is great
future for tho United States. Aside
from the advantages of climate, soil and
location, SO frequently adverted to but
certainly not exaggerated, there are
many reasons for congratulation, when
we compare the condition of our country
with that IF the great powers Of Europe.
Prominent among these is our relief
from the necessity of maintaining i'm
mcnsc standing armies. This is the
great burden that now weighs upon and
Expresses the nations of Europe, and
like pail casts shadow of gloom over
~ vV>Ot1
can readily appreciate the depressing eff
feet of tho CONSUMPTION laws on the
youth Of Germany and France; and at
all events, how intOlerable the grievance
would be to the American people; but it
requires some familiarity with the facts
and figures to realize the enormous tax
such armies impose upon q country's re-
sources. The tendency is towards an
aggravntion of the evil All Germany is
now camp, and there is necessarily
corresponding armament of the other
8rert powers. England alone, thanks to
her isolated position and naval powers,
is somewhat relieved from this necessity
OF enrolling her entire arms-bearing
population: The exemption of the
United States from this evil, the bane of
European nations, is sufficient of itself
to insure controlling advantage in the
race for material progress with the rival
nations of the earth; and yet, this is only
one of many privileges and immunities
peculiar to America. Again, if vigor,
| energy and vitality are promoted, as we
are told, by the mixture of blood of diff
ferent nations of the same race, 1.-THE re-
verse being the case as between different
races,) then should the inhabitants of
this country excel in these qualities, and
the distinctive people that must be the
o'tcome in the future of this social
fusion, should be of the highest type of
man, inheriting the various talents and
aptibility peculiar to the several nations
from which it sprung Truly, o vast
empire is in process Of formation Its
increase in population and wealth has
| already been unprecedented. It is not
dependent upon its own natural growth,
for almost every civilized country Of the
world is tributary its development
Its history during the past century is
one of the wonders of the age, and the
same influences md causes that have
operated so auspiciously in the past, are
still Mt work. 1t is only in its youth, in
the vigor of early manhood, with a ma
tion's lifetime before it for development.
We will, then, unquestionably have on
this continent great country, inhabited
by great people. But we nre more i'm
4AAStAotSAy SpASCkACo " tuc OF
our own section, more interested in con-
sidering whether the South will share in
this greatness and prosperity. The radi-
cal change in our industrial system has
resulted necessarily in q. corresponding
change in the habits of Our people. The
| social environment has been suddenly
modified, and it is question of vital in
terest whether the effect upon the social
organism will be advantageous or the re-
verse. Such revolution in our system
of labor must necessarily produce inn
portant changes in the society, and we
are deeply concerned in knowing whe-
ther, upon the whole, the result will be
progress or decline. Whatever may be
our views of those bitter experiments,
which, under the iron rule of war, have
left us in our present condition, and
however much we may regret that we
were not permitted to work out for our
selves our own future, and to have thus
avoided the terrible effects of forced and