The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-04-17
What Northern Men Say Of the South.

I"SN"t tuc OI lDe
convention of Northern residents of the
South which assembled at Charlotte or
the 10Th of January, 1879, at the invita-
tion OF MIR. Dumont, of Charlotte, who
IN most admirable and patriotic circu.
lar, lnauguratcd the assembling of these
Northern settlers to speak the truth. the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth, ,
as to the South, her people, her laws and
her resources. The pamphlet also con.
;nins the proceedings of second con.
yention held at Raleigh, on March /
1879.
The South, or rather the old residents
OF the South, can but feel grateful fol
the manifestation of the high sense OF
esteem in which they are held by their
iellow-cltIzens from the North, who have
come to dwell amongst them. The
pamphlet contains also many varied and
valuable communications of Northern
settlers who were unable to attend the
convention at Charlotte. Truly these
communlcations touching the relations,
political, social and industrial, from
every part OF the South, should be Of au-
thorlty amongst good, well meaning citi.
zcns cverywhre in the broad Union.
Without knowing positively tho social
relations OF these Northern residents, we
were not prepared to see n relation OF
me iacts so creditablc to our people from
all directions. For we knew that owing
10 the terrible misrule under which many
portions of the South have groaned, there
was IN certain quarters more or less an
tipathy existing to the live Yankee.
That our people should have mastered
this desire to intlict the wrongs they were
I fOrrpH fn npIttrn
highly crcditable no less to the Southern
| porn portion OF our communities than to
the good sense and manliness of North
crn residents.
We find much valuable information in
the pamphlet rs to the varied industries
now existing in the South us well "a the
vast resources awaiting the full advent
OF progressive free labor. We presume
we have to thank our contemporary, the
Charlotte Observer, at whose stcum lob
print establishment the pamphlet is pub.
llshed, Tor the copy kindly furnished us.
we have only space this morning TO
give the report Of the committee on reso-
lutions, consisting Of
Rev. DIR. Mattoon, President of Biddle
University, Charlotte, n. c., formerly of
New York.
A. j. Curtis, of San Matco, Fla. form
cr!y of New York.
III. Coykendall, of Blacks Station, S.
c., formerly of Des Moincs, Iowa.
w. b. Mddaugh, of Danviile Va
formerly of Pennsylvania. ~
III. ID. 1ngersolI, of Louisville. Ga.
formerly of New York.
To the People Of the ,Scrcrai Common
meaHhs composing he United States of
4dmcricd:
We, the representatives of Northern
settlers in the Southern States, and being
ourselves immigrants from localities in
the Northern States to the respective
States following our Individual sigma.
lures, in convention assembled, do call
your attention to the following, feeling
assured that cool Judgment upon the
facts shown will set in flow the currents
of reason, and action will follow reason
ing without prejudice. We prefer to
make findings specifically and at length.
and we find
That in the States of our former homes
| there exists an active prejudice against
the South and its people; that by it and
| through it the conditions Of the country
are largely disquietcd; that it is foment.
ed and kept alive fer ends ulterior to the
common veal that the real interests of
the nation are kept out Of sight i'm keep.
ing alive this prejudice. That much OF
this prejudice, if not all of it, is due
mainly to wrong information concerning
| land partial and total ignorance of the
facts existing in large portion of the
| South.
That in the portions of the South in
which we reside, the right of any man,
from no matter where, to express pub.
iicly rs well rs privately his opinion
upon any subject and of every nature, is
nowhere and in no manner restrained
That all laws are we'll administered and
as truly enforced against the wrongdoer
as in any part of any State of the Union
That any man who has so conducted
himself at his former home Us to win the
regard of honest men and decent people,
by pursuing the same course of life in
the South. does gain and keep the regard
and respect of all people, regardless Of
any question of politics or religious faith
and we further find that being North.
ern man is certainly no disadvantage.
That every citizen recognizes that lc
is amenable to the law, and that loca
sclf-governmcnt is as much required anC
encroachments upon these ny much de-
plorcd as in any State North, East OF
| West.
We find, too, that persons foisted them
selves upon the polity of the South, anc
by their conduct cast discredit upon the
Northern name.
Those Of us who were in the army O
the Union never for moment pretended
to think of denying our uniform. or the
old cause. The Confederate soldier has
always evinced the true soldier instinct
in the grasp of those who were his enc
mics in war.
That considering rcputed outrages, i
these we've carefully sifted, it will be
found that the compainants for like act.
would have suffered ut the hands of any
people under like provocation,
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We find that no man is ostracised fo
his opinions or on account of the land O
his birth but, do elsewhere, ior his bai
acts and dishonest failure 30 meet hi
trusts and obligations. We find, too
that it is q mistake to treat suspicousl,
or to ignore the kindly Offices of neigh
borly friendship in all cases extended t,
a stranger, and that sometimes person
have repellcd kindness and then com
planned of being let alone.
We find that the Southern native ex
on politics and other topics different from
his, and views with as much contempt a
is elsewher,; done any man who truckle
o: tca:l;ca fer simple gain.
We find that to the people Of the othe
sections of the United States the Soutl
is an unknown land so far as relates t
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