Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-30
q, /; !, JANUARY j AIN 80, 1867.

ent year 'applausel thereby largely con-
tribnting to the wealth and the prosperity
Of Northern Industry and Northern COM
merce, as well as that of the South. 1t has
pleased God to make MS one people for all
, these purposes, not only pOlitical' but com-
/ merclal and socialg andtt is NOT possible that
there should be prosperity at thec Nortt-redL
oenuine. hearth prosperitp- tp-aohile there Is pros
tratton and aodit, aid suffering dna thcdpdcity
10 produce, at the South! y Applause. NJ q
are bound for our own sake, if for nothing
else, to so aid the, South to-day that she
may be enabled to produce as large crop
as possible for the Year 1867. With all
your aid you can only help them to make
a little over half a crop this year. They
did not make half crop Of food last year.
They made very nearly half crop OF cot
ton by bending their energies to that one
thing, but there needs to be complete re-
construction Of the industry Of the South
manufacturing and mechanical, as well
as agricultural, to my mind very much
more important than any political recon-
structiOn. [Applause.l The Industry OF
| the South must be revived and re-encour-
aged, and if it is only said that the North is
| trying to help the South. tens of thousands
will be encouraged to help themselves, and
| help each other by the mere fact thatwe here
are putting forth exertions tohelp them. A
| few bushels of grain in each neighborhood.
and of useful seeds aud of implements of la
Dor that they media whenwe speak to the
| South saying "try to help yourselves and
we will give what help we can," there will
| be a revival of national prosperity and ma
tional brotherhood which will be many
| times the value of all that it will cost. |
do believe then, that apart from all ques-
| tions which would think subordinate, all
questions of politics and past differences, it
is the present interest of the North to say
| to the South, "Do your best to make a
crop this year, and trust to us to help your
poor, your needy, and to put indictments
wherever they are needed" 1t will be only
few months now until the South will be-
gin to receive Something from her wheat
crop; vegetables will be grown; and soon,
trust, the manufactures will be rebuilt
that the war destroyed, and hundreds and
thousands of women and children employed
there who could not be effectively employed
in cultivating the soil. Friends In New
York! Ibeseech men, with no thought of
party or past differences, to give their en-
ergies to this work. L believe New York
CITY alone can we'll afford to commence
with subscription of million of dollars
for this purpose, and | am very sure that If
she does this she will stimulate Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, and all the
Western cities and smaller towns to initiate
her example. Let us say 70 the South, Be
of good cheer, the dark hours are passing
away" and the very fact that we say that
will give assurance to her that it is true.
She needs to be cheered, she needs to be
encouraged, she needs to feel that the suf-
ferings and the sorrows of the past are not
her eternal inheritance; that there are bet
ter times coming and that there are cheer
ful words spoken to her by the people of
the North. Friends and neighbors on be-
half of your whole country-on behalf of
the North, and on behalf of the prosperity
and growth of this great, and think, this
generons commercial emporium, | beseech
you let us make great beginning for this
work in the city of New York. [Applause.l