The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27
The Future Fta ( OF the south.

stssBaffcE fcag From the Albany Evening Journal
! The failure of their cause isssnaturally
kcenly felt by the great mass of the Southern
people. They had been deludeds BY their
1 leaders into the idea that theaachevement of
! Independents empire would be comparatively
an easy task, and although the delusion was
speedily dissipated, they hoped, mail = com
paratively recent period. that they would ul-
timately come ont of the conflict With flying
! colors. While they believed that the atrug-
gle might be long, and even doubtful, they
Ibid not abandon the faith that events might
take such a turn as should make them vic
tors at last. But their hopes we're SO rudely,
so suddenly shattered-the catastrophe came
| so unexpectedly fabric of their ambition
toppled and fell with such fearful crash
that they are stunned with surprise, despair
and horror. In losing the Confederaey, many
Of them doubtless feel that they have lost
all. rti ,tasas 4
But this feeling viii be only temporary.
The Southern people win gradually emerge
from the pit of despondency intoEwhich they
are now plunged. The "sober second
n new M light fhss sssR s .ss ssssaSa as sSsa
seemed to them in the hour of del eat great
loss, may, if rightly improved. be great
gain. They will take heart with such words
Of comfort as these from the larts Debats,
and resolve to become partakets With Us in
the future greatness and glory of this free
country: ,-.
"To return into the bosom Of o pc~erful
empire without hur,ilia,icn. without other
sacrifices than tho e imposed by the spirit of
the times and the very necessities of the war,
to return to industry and the arts Of peace,
and TO take pa,t II, the great nsorenie,a Of
such is the lot of the South, and this lot fan
swpasses all The adrantages scih srhsch itiiad
been htred by tie nstigators Of Mis unfort,:-
nate enterprise"
Is the picture o-erdrawn? With such
bright prospect before them, may not the
Southern people take heart and accept their
new DESTINY: joyfully, thankfully? Their ate
is indissoluhiY linked to ours. q
They may become partakers with Us IN al
the blessings that the future has in store for
a great nation. Our triumphs will become
their triumphs our giery will be theirs as
well. They viii enjoy with us all the bless
ings which follow in the footsteps OF peace.
The new career of development which opens
TO and invites us, they may tread, not AS in
feriors, not az subjects, but as equalsaand
partners.
ed. Emaacipated from the curse that has SO
lorg fet.ered and withered it, it will enter up
on a nebler and higher state of progress.
New blood will course through its veins. |
New1;fe Will timl ltthrough all members. 4 |
healthful ciyilzatioii will rise from the ruins !
of that condition Of semi-feudaksm By which /
it has been 50 long cursed. The very earth |
itself Will feel the auickening breath OF the |
new social disren.ation. The soil once !
blighted by slavery, viii recover its richness, /
and ihe halfdesert wastes viii blossom Ikea J,
rose.
: Wh.l'a grand fyture--what a bright desti /
nv Tor North and Sonth. The war en led Il
the cause of the war forerer removed the /
.r. rphs of peace Will begin. A whole con
tinent at our, disposal the. best blood and |
sinew of all lands couaing to our shores IL !
limitable eistas of wealth opening before us
dn every side; boundless resources at our
command the oPportsnsty 10 hfeon'e the /
greatest power the Gun ever shone upon are 7
ours ...s