Evening star., 1867-06-05
NORTH AND SOUTH


II civilization should be judged by its bene.
ficisl effects in elevating the great mass of the
people, then that of the Northern and Eastern
States, aggressive and progressive in it's char.
acter, must be assigned higher place than the
conservative, or rather effeminate, sort which
prevailed in the South as q result of the aeon.
mutation Of capital in the hands of q select
few, who through Its means developed vo-
luptuous and ener waiting refinement, contrast.
ing strangely with the ignorance and poverty
Of the bulk of the white and black population
growing out of the barbaric Institution of
human slavery. We know that ssthe chiyalry'
delight in comparing "the two civilizations,
very much to the advantage Of their own; but
their ingenious theories are put to flight
by the dry facts and figures in the sue.
cessive census returns which show not only
most wonderful increase Of population
in the free States, but an augmentation
and diffusion Of wealth, and a dissemin alton
OF knowledge among the whole people, which
has every year widened d the distance between
them and their sister States in the South.
What ofDraper calls 'the differentiation" OF
the country into two sections commenced long
before our present Government was formed.
The contrast in character, sentiment, and pur.
pose between the settlers at jamestown and
those at Plymouth was as great as can be
III t"o COlOuloS ITOm LQe same COuQ.
try. Whether choice or necessity governed
me location Of the ease and pleasure loving
cavaliers in the sSunny South" and the pill
grim fathers on the bleak and sterile coast of
New England, it is useless to inquire At anv
rate, climatic influences tended to increase the
original differences, until the widening
breach was. bridged over by 8 union OF
the colonies fer defensive purposes After
tney had gained their independence and
formed union of the States, the Northern peo-
pie gave themselves up to the DEVELOPMENT of
the resources of their section, lin the language
OF the South to money -gettingD while the
Southern people, the F. F.'s, leaving their
plantations to the care OF overseers and slaves,
were allowed TO employ their elegant leisure
IN managing the Federal Government, particu.
iariy the Executive branch, which they did
for long time after they had become a small
minority. Finding the free States growing
much more rapidly IN population than the
slave States they clung with tenacity to the
doctrine Of States rights as their principal re-
lance against the North. and strove by all
means to maintain their ascendancy in the
Government. For this purpose they wished
10 carry slavery into the Territories. But
''moral ideas were doing their work, and the
struggle came, with what result we all know
The political principles for which the South
contended went down with their military
power, never to rise again, and while some OF
the ablest men in that section see and recop-
nize this fact. there are others who seem to
nope Tor some miraculous interpositisn OF
providence In their favor. even yet But the
Northern people have placed the government
where 1t properly belongs, in the hands OF It's
trends, the loyal, Union. loving majority, and
there it will remain. 1T the South attempts to
regain political power by an aflliation with
n Northern Democrats or otherwise it will be
labor lost. They can never again hope to
obtain the ascendancY in this country of the
aristocratic ideas and principles based on
class distinctions and political inea ualiry
which were co-existent with human slavery,
ana always out of place in q democratic
government But they can do better
Let them give no more attention to politics
tnan their duty as good citizens req uIres; but
nend all their energy to the great work of
oulio!ng up the material prosperity of the
South, by developing the immense resources
with which that section Is blessed. To do this
they must notonly 60 to work themselves but
encourage the immigration of skilled and in.
telligent labor, offer inducements to capital.
Its, and establish common schools in their
midst. By the time they are able through
these means to rival the Northern States in
population, intelligence. and wealth, they will
nave ceased to desire that their section shall
rule, as against the North, because they will
then have broken down the barriers between
the two. and brought about q homogeneity of
sentiment and purpose, which will make the
country in fact what it is in name, the United
States Of America.