Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-11-03
"The South Victorious"

So SAYS Wendell Phillips. So say VIC.
but in a very different sense. We hold
that the South has most gloriously benef-
Gently trinmphed in our late struggle--tlat
her gain by it will immensely exceed that
of the North--in that.
!. .Sidrery is Gboiished.-thr horrible,
barharism no longer scourgcs and cripples
I the finest portion of our country. Labor
will no more be stigmatzed there as the
! fit employment Of .emud-sils" and mind
less, bcnghtcd, degraded serfs. Had
slavery never crossed the Atlantic, the
population of thu South would heye been
/ double and her wealth at least treble what
+ they are to-day. Common Schools would
/ have educated her children; Manuiact
urcs diversified and enriched her industry.
Freedom ol speech and of the press would
have enlightened aud elevated her masses.
We firmly believe that the wealth of the
South will be doubled within the next ten
years, and that her people will find the
Improvement in their condition so great
that they viii he thankful even for the
Rebellion, since it is probable that but
for it, Slavery Wond have clung to them
another century. Even five years hence,
they wlli openly and generally rejoice that
Slavery Is no more.
IL. STATE Sovereignty and the Con.
safuiioaH Right If .Stcessioa are no more.
They were always mischieyons. pestilcnt
delusions. Nation. whose several parts
are each its superlors. and whereof any
part Is at liberty to withdraw at will, is a
iraud-a sham-a futilily. 1t eau have
no settled policy, make no binding engage
mcnts. hold no stab , position. 1t Is Il
fog bank. u smoka-wreatli. dssolting
illusion Mr. Jefferson well said that. If
the South were severed iroa he North.
South Carolina and Georgia would only
transfer their Jealousy Of New England to
Maryland and Virginia. 1t was under
stood throughout the late Rebellion that
the triumph OF Secession would lead Ia
further scccssions. Tie South wants
order aud rcpoSc: Secession Is anarchy
made chroulc- suicide exalted from All
ALTERATION into law. The last malt.
century conynls.oms of Spanish America
itly prchSure what the Soa;h would have
experienced had her independence been
Wgested Frog the Federal authorities
fhe trade Of the Missouri, uprr Mississippi
and Ohio arrested by hoom across the
great fiv below Cairo, and turned isou
New Orleans and the Gulf to New York
and the Atantie-thsre is 10 single aspect
wherein the overthrow of Secession l. not
a great escape for the South.
tit. Ihs rciea Il sophi,fs aad hatr-
sPfl6aE pntf,etdgs IS e8deL-They have
been one of the chief curses Of the Soalh
fnr julsa lay lor of Caroincs. " llian i.
tiilc>cs and their kin, who used 10 write
teh-coinan political essays III The E5rh.
mad E4gHiTtr. while tEtir neg -oe> d3.lcd
IDLY and thcr skinned estate, erew poorer
each year, were amoa- the master NUS
ances of die South. They never melted
to the Development 81 her mines, the i'm
proyymcut 81 her water falls. tEe brlG,, ~
OF her streams, the renu,a tionui her seli,
but always diverted public interest from
the useful and practical 10 the speculative
and GniHPortaut. THESE have had their
day and vanished. leuerlerth. the South
turHs her attention to matters vital to hrr
prosperity and we'll heing The pro.crs
and theory spiuncrs are n detaact lnSttu-
ton. They N.llnet cYoa read each othel :
.duye!n~, while ueh1jy else Will think %!
3oing i. THe south las thus been de-
6ycrrd ifaH ;Ae mast inerttrdfc esd pss;,-
lieut. Of hef i'toes aed husrs. fhsac years
hrncc. s,lz. uugd ts.4f several Aut=t4s4s
and >Mia.ss asj g.aaa .tafss Father taaa
have th,m bar. asa!n.
les. ;he$ua.tlISNit: :, h,i@h
ter and happier career opra, before Arr
/ lirr long B:1tt Il depression ana ell
-trac'iou j. past; tie sIAi morning o.
( Popular Ed0ta;ion and Social Progrr-5
/ has dawnei. Freely as she has i!ad M
The late sfra -..e, tic result IS wor.h - he,