American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-07-07
The sopth-Her Agricultural inter.
ests, etc,


1t has long since become apparen
to every rejecting mind, that tn
South has nothing to expect from
the present Radical Congress bu
wrong and oppression. They inten,
to infict insult and contpmely upon
the Southern people for their DARN,
and temerity in attempting to chang,
their form OF government, chooa,
their own rulers and make their owl
laws. Forgetting, or disregardin9
altogether, the leading and cardina
doctrine asserted il the Declaration
of Independence, that to secure Ger.
tain malienable rights governments
are instituted among men, deriying
their just potcerS from the consent Of
the C0rerae6," they declared wal
against these States for attempting
to put into practice this true and
sound theory Of government, and
having by mere brute torce-by the
power OF numberS-Su succeeded in CO.
erGng an unwilling people, they seek
to oppreSs and humiliate them far
Their, By every species of indignty
and oppression.
Looking to the future, candOr con-
pels us to say, there is but little hope
that this state of things will be
changed for some years to come. We
believe that the Radical party will
be sustained in their policy at the
next elections in the North and West.
The time for the second sober
thought" has not yet come with oul
enemies. The audacity of our ere
bellion" is yet too fresh in their
minds for them to "forgive and for
get" They yet hate us with a cor
dial hatred, and intend to punish us
to the extent of their power. The
people of the South, then, must bear
patiently what they cannot preyeLJ,
and work out their own salvation in
the only way left them. They must
put their shoulders TO the wheel
their hands to the plough, and rely
wholly ard entirely upon themselves. .
The great need of the South now
is the tulI development of her aari-
cultural resources. With climate
the most salGbriCus and varied, and |
soil diversified and unsurpassed in
richness, she holds within her own
bosom the prerequisites of prosper.
ity, power and greatness. If these
resources are not cnergetically and .
industriouSly developed, the South
will ever remain neutrality in the
great race Of progress. The fertility
OF her soil and the variety of her eli
mate-producing the great staple
that finds mani et in every seaport
in chris,endOm, and all the cereals,
and nearly all the fruits known to ,
the tropical regions, she possesses {
an incalculablc advantage over the
Northern States. Her snowy fields
Of cotton, her yellow fields Of wheat
and rye, her broad acres of waving !
cora and sugar cane, and her planta- )
tons OF rice, present to the eye of
the bchOlder picture that excites
both wonder and admiration. And T,
It is these products of our country t
that will yet reclaim our people from {
poverty and deSolation, and exalt
them to wealth and power, if they !
viii but act vigorously and energet- |
cally to secure present prosperity 1
aud future greatness. !
That they are determined to do !
his, we are convinced by what we y
see and what we read daily in the !
newspapers from every part Of the t
South. The recuperative energies t
Of the people have raised them out I
Of the slough Of despond," ndthey
are working with a viii and deter h
that know no such word as h
fail But, though much has been b
lone by Southern planters to draw E
rom mother earth ali that she can =
yield, much more can be done which s
las been overlooked and neglected a