National Republican., 1878-11-04
SOCIAL OsIRAlIsM.

The following letter, from a gentleman
of education and of the highest respectable
ity to friend in this city, shows to what
extent social, rs well rs political ostracisin,
is carried toward Northern people who at
tempt TO make their homes in the South.
1t is no place for Northern man who en-
tcrtains sentiments not in accord with the
late in5urgent population. They do not
know what liberation or good fellowship is
outside of those who have learned and con-
tinuc to practice hatred toward all Union
people, whether among them or elsewhere; !;
hence it would be as comfortable for
Northern man to attempt to hold neigh
bory relations with the warlike Cheyennes
by settling in their midst rs to find com
Portable home among the Bourbon Demo-
Gratis in any State of the South But we
will let our correspondent tell his own
tale:
COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 81, 1878
! DEAR SIR: Situated rs you are, in q cOmmu-
| nifty where mans political and religious
opinions are respected ; in the midst OF pleas.
ant social relations and surrounded by genial
companions and hOnorcd and trusty friends,
/ you eau NidlCNlN nave l4lt NoHItptlDll
of the pleasure attending the reception of n
letter like yours of the nth instant by man
of Northern birth and education aud Republic
can ideas living IN this region of false ciyiliza-
/ tiun and cruel injustice. You cannot apprc.
cate the thrill Of pleasure that fires up the
soul as the eye runs over tho welcome lines
II is like the providental fall of mama to the
perishlng multitude in the wilderness. Indeed
| 1t is mama to the neglected, slighted, insulted
mmishing heart in this social Sahara, where
! every conceivable species of 0straCism that dia'
hOlical hearts aud minds can invent are proc.
trCd against you by your neighbors simply
because you entertain different political
faith from theirs, aud was faithful and true
to your country, when they were false and
tried to destroy it. brightest in dungeons
liberty thou art" Ifthis be true well may tn,
Republicans here, upon the same principle, ex
claim: Brightest in South Carolina, social re
spcct aud political freedom, thou art'-iO
either is Us little known to US rs is persona
liberty TO the poor, condemned victim Of til,
dungeon chain.
The only pleasant intercourse we have Is b,
letter with our friends in the North, and wher
we get u letter from one who appreciates ou
situation aud sympathses with us 1t illumi
mates our whole social natures as fash o
lightning opens up to the view Of the be
nighlcd traveller the splcndurs of some bcauti
fu landscape amid the savage gloom Of night
. j llt nICN Ol nope DtElh 10 klnult III our neafts
and we think we can discern, though family
the bow Of promise in the political horizon
aud, thus rhccred aud encouraged, we rcsigl
ourselves again with better spirit to our heav!
yoke, trusting aud believing that ere man,
years the loyal hearts of the nation vii
GRANT Us President who will redress Ou
wrongs and deliver US from this terrible bond
age, put upon us by the pcrfdy of the politica
trader who literally asCended to his high Oflic
; over the dead bodies Of hundreds of true Re
puLicnns aud faithful and loyal citizens
No man who has not resided here can hav
anything like just conception of the stat
. OF things in the South for the past two year
. look around me every day upon the crosses
Outrugos ever committed against the rights O
man. Outrages that would not be tolerate
for moment In any law.abidug community
f That would raise such u whirlwind Of popula
( Indignation rs would make the guilty perpC
traitors tlemble for their lives but which her
secures for them the protection Of the author
tiles and makes them the hattcred pets Of Sc
cietY, Witnessing these Things, | ask wher
Is tho boosted beauty aud strength Of our Con
slitutiOn2 Where the secured rights Of tn
citizen? Where the protection Of life an
libertyY And | am forced to answer that, 5