The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-30


the South-Southern Hospltallty-Truth
from Those who Know Best.
In response to the call issued by n.
Dumont, of Charlotte, n. c., some sixty
or seventy delegates from Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida met in that city on Wednesday
last, to give expression to their views
touching the statements in the newspa-
pers that Northern men could not dwell
in security in the South, or express their
political opinions in safety. The greater
portion of the delegates had seen service
under the stars and stripes in the "late
unpleasantness."
The following were elected permanent
officers:
N. Dumont, Charlotte, President.
Vice Presidents-W. B. Middaugh,
Danyille, Va; A. J. Curtis, San Mateo,
Fla; F. F. Lawshe, Gainesville, Ga.
H. Coykendale, Blacks Station, S. G.
Secretaries-R. e. Mcdonald, Char
lotte; T. J. Conger, Congers, N. c.; j.
E. Woodhouse, Concord, NC.
The following were appointed COM
mittee on business: Rev. S. Mattoon, D.
D., Charlotte; A. J. Curtis, Florida
II. Coy Kendall, South Carolina; w. B.
Middaugh, Virginia; Major 81. D. In
gersoll, Georgia.
The committee on business submitted
au elaborate and ably-prepared paper
completely controverting in all points
the asseverations of the Northern press
regarding the treatment of Northern
people in the South, and the bull-dozing
of Republican voters. Language could
not be more explicit than that Of the
paper, and the members Of the conven-
ton, in attestation of the truth of their
statements, signed their names and States
to the document. 1t was q frank ex-
preston of their experience in the South,
and totally divested of political bias, as
Democrats and Republicans alike Joined
in it. No Southern man was allowed to
participate in it, and it is emphatically
the work of Northern men. Its truth
fulness cannot be gain-said without at
tacking the veracity of Northern men.
The paper sets forth, in proper language,
the capacities and advantages of the
South. 1t was adopted, and 10000
copies of the proceedings are to be pub
lished.
The meeting adjourned to meet again
in Charlotte on July 4, 1879. In the
meantime, Northern settlers in the South
are requested to meet in their respective
counties on February 10Th to select dele
gates to O State convention to meet
March l. State conventions elect ten
delegates to the general convention
July 4.
The following is a summary Of the ad-
dress prepared by the meeting:
To the People Of the Several Common
aoealhs Composing the United States Of
america:
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 follow reasoning
without prejudice. We prefer to make
findings specifically and at length, and
we find:
l. That in the States of our former
homes there exists an active prejudice
against the South and its people; that
this prejudice is mighty In. its influence
for evil on the nation; that by it and
through it the conditions of the country
are largely disquieted that it is ferment-
ed and kept alive for purposes ulterior
to the common veal; that the real in
terests of the country are kept out oi
sight in keeping alive this prejudice
that much of this prejudice, if not all oi
it, is due mainly to wrong information
concerning land partial aud total igno,
rance of the facts existing in a large
portion of the South.
2. That in the portions of the South In
which we reside, the right of any man
from no matter where, to express public
ly as we'll as privately his opinion upon
any subject and of every nature is no.
where and in no manner restrained
That all laws are well administered AND
as truly enforced against the wrong-doel
as in any part of any State of the Union
8. That any man who has so conducted
himself at his former home as to win the
regard of honest men and decent people
by pursuing the same course of life IL
the South, does gain and keep the regard
and respect of all people, regardless O
any question of politics or religious faith
and we further find that being North
ern man is certainly no disadvantage.
4. That every citizen recognizes tha
he is amenable to the law, and that loca
self-gorernment is as much required ano
entertainments upon these as much de
plored as in any State North, East o.
West.
S. We find, too, that persons foistee
themselves upon the policy of the South
and by their conduct cast discredit upor
the Northern name.
6. Those of US who were in the army
of the Union never for moment pre-
tended to think of denying our uniform
or the old cause. The Confederate sol
dier has always evinced the true soldie
instinct in the grasp of those who wer'
his enemies in war.
7. That considering reputed outrages
if these were carefully sifted it will b.
found that the complainants for like act
would have suffered at the hands OF an.
people under like proyocation.
8. We find that in business relations
the e1-C Confederate is willing 70 sell hi
land on time to Northern men, even t.
people who could not get the same ac
commodations at the North, East o
West. We find, too, that in the ramifi
cations of business they endorse our note
! and bank papers, and are not over-anx
) ious OF inquisitive on questions of exten
sion, and they frequently say, ut is
; much our interest as yours that .yo'
should succeed, and by your success he'll
! fill the country with thrifty people"
9. That as neighbors they visit Oh
) firesides and welcome us to the privilege
of public worship, and sympathize ii
our sorrows and Affections; that the:
admire sturdy integrity and real primer
ple: that their definition of what thes