The Nevada picayune., 1885-01-08
No Harm to be Feared From the
 South.
Oregon City Standard.
 OREGON CITY, Dec 10, 1884.

tcuptS WuHCR Scl tuiii party olSohe are making, to fill the Northern public mind with alarm, because our Southern fellow citizens are tO have a share in the administration of our Government, are ine1eusa- ble, and seem humorous and ab. surd to those who have lived a. mong these people, and have actu- , al knowledge of the facts. Mir. Blaine sounds the key note, in his recent speech at Augusta, and la bors to establish state of things in the South which cannot be proved to exist here. Following his cue, the whole battery of parti- san editoial guns haze been let loose, and the atmosphere is sul- phurous, and filed with prophecies of dire happenings, and portents Of evil.
 l Such statements are liable to create injurious impressions, in re- spect to the loyalty of the South ern people; it is impossible to be- lieve that the country at large, and especially the North, prefers error to truth, that any but hide bound partisan is contented to rest under misapprehensions of the facts, when it is possible to remove them. No doubt, this truth is: s:hard to get at; many of the Republi can papers wilfully conceal it; selecting only such excerps from Southern pa pers as give color to their assump. tions, and not noticing other arti. cles, in perhaps the same journals, which manifest as good and loyal d spirit as anyone could desire.
 The office holders of the South also aid in this concealment, through equally unjust motives; they are clothed with office, they are not obliged to look to the con- munity in which they live for sup port but are independent oft; and l therefore indifferent as to whether they are liked OF detested. Now, make this statement, without fear of successful contradiction, that any Northern man, Republican or Democrat, can locate anywhere in the Southern States, as business man, relying upon his merits for success, and that he will succeed if he deserves it. He will find it necessary to observe the universal rule-which is, to first secure the good will of his neighb0rs; to eXer- else that charity "which is kind and thinketh 10 evil;" in short, to ae: in line with the beloved Lin coln's SC ntiment, "with charity for all, with malice towards none," he will then be enabled to see things with eyes of honesty and truth.
 have but recently come to this State, after residing three years in Southern Arkansas, going g there Northern man, and as having af- ltiliated with the Republican party, confess I had misgivings as to how l should be able to get along; my mind was filled with the same false alarms as those which now | fill certain partisan newspapers, and had vague expectations of being murdered, or waited upon by the Kuklux, or being ostracised by society, in the town intended living in. But in no single instance was there shadow of approach to anything of the kind; on the contrary, kindness and hospitality
 was extended to me, and a liberty as large as that which exists in the North, was fully accorded to me, to vote as pleased, discuss such questions as l pleased, and act as l pleased.
 My object in going being for , business, and not to pull pipe or lay wires for office of any sort, . endeavored to gain the good will of the people, and was not unsuc- cessful. I secured this, mind you
 not by making any apologies be !, cause I was Northerner and haC acted, politically with the Republ i , can party, but on the contrary, by freely discussing with the citizens
 in a friendly way, the issues of th' ' war-slavery, rec0nstruction.etc-
 and 1 cannot recall any instance where bitterness or hatred, eithel
 to them or to myself, was the re
 suits of such interchange of views
 but believe, on the contrary, tha
 mutual advantage and benefit wa I, A ft.n