The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-07-08
The Effects of the WariUpon the In
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f9lHGroteii teiiaGibBon9 Sis4nondf IN ccaulay, Ir-
wing, sPFebcott, Motleygand nearly all the
eatlhistorihnsp hayeabeen in favor of free
! institutions II a large stuayfofhpman affairs
bringing conviction that these j institutions @ ons
| are most efficient in promoting the bappir
| ness and well-being OF Communities. Buck
! le, in his learned i0Histofy Or Civilization 7
1'says,9tha all The great lreforms have been
itheIre removal of some obslrue tiendo oihnmaD
lfreedonby Sachla reform, more rad ical and
! tthpropgho in the scope dof its operations,
and wider in extent than any which aprece-
! ded it, has swept over our Southern States,
conyerting 100000 Of the inhabitants
from simple chatties ihto2freeinen L9a7-os
1neitrhei mostimportantloeffe this stu
pendous reform will be experienced byithe
| mass of white inhabitap ptsa tl5he South, in
.baRtaWingonRoH them b apd their q ,ch hillEen
the priceless boon of education. Among
all the inhabitants OF the country those
Who & viii be most behefitted BY the suppress
tTsfoif 7of the rebeffo on are the fahs and Gle
oflithe. SdathefA armies s whoiihaVe been
lighting suchsblihd desperation to pre-
vent this result, foro ntbey,9Will DOW enter
upon that path Of forethopght,D economy,
adyaneement and prosperity, which, isT the
iLnyaIriaPle accompaniment OF popular edu-
| cation. t''''"l - p -"
hdiO One Of fthe necessary consequences Of the
extension of education will be afar greater
variety Ofaindustrial pursuits. Ignorance
was essential to- the existence OF slavery,
aud this. ignorance was Incompatible with
the skill and intelligence requisite in the
construction and management of machine
ry, and in all the mechanical operations.
| Hence the devotion ofiSoutherh labor to
the raising of rice, tobaccoQ Qcotton,H hemp,
neutrality-suspicious. products. 10 these
pursuits the whites, asIwell as the blacks,
were mainly devoted. 4, pretepsion could
be more ridiculous than that the white men
of the South have scorned to. labor; there,
as elsewhere, the great mass of the people
are poor and must work or stafVe.i We
fiknoW from personal observation that
throughout the South there has been no
4diffculty in hiring thousands OF white men
Ito work, cat the market wages, Abbott
/ Lawrence once wrote u letter of advice to
the people of Virginia urging them TO en-
bark in mining iron ore and smelling 1t,
on the express ground that their ignorant
| and nnskilled dalahorlwouldi be adapted to
this industry! But Abbott Lawrence un+
derestimated the obstructions WHICH slave
ry and it's concomitants offered to even the
rudest mechanical pursuits, and it was
found impossible to follow his advice.
l'h Now all these distinctions are removed,
and no man can estimate the results; he
whose imagination is capable of the bold
est flight will come nearest TO the TRUTH
"A vast horde of skilled llahorers from The
Northern, States and Europe will pour into
| the South, and mining, manufacturing apf
I mechanical Industry Will spring at once in
to life and vigor the ribs ofthe mountains
will be blasted asunder the streams vii
be turned into mill courses, ;ncities; canals
and railroads will be constructed, anC
wealth, will be accumulated with q rapidity
unparalleled in the history Of man mankind. j.
TO aid all this varied Industry there wll
| Be a demand for new machinery" new i'm
plements and new in endless variety
This immense enlargement of the erea o
freedom is corresponding expansion o
the call and the rewardto inventive genius
--7tScientifc american. r., .oaiqed sait,9l 9liq