The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-08-13
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to warning and to experience. The
retired Shareholders of the South have
so conducted matters since the war as
to suggest at least that amount Of SIM
ilitude between themselves and royalty.
As they have always confessed to an
admiration for kings, perhaps they are
proud of the likeness.
All tourists in the Southern States
during the past three years have
brought back the same story: vast areas
of opulent soil, eager for the wonder
working touch Of husbandry, still
abandoned to the weeds and the will
derness; immense reaches of water
power, foaming and tumbling in idle
ness; boundless mineral resources,
sleeping the sleep that has been unbro-
ken since creation; magnificent sites for
villages and cities, occupied by dingy
tumble down houses, and by crowds Of
unhappy gentlemen, destitute ofmoney
and Of both will and skill to make it.
In addition to all this, we are informed
that the scenery is of matchlesS beauty,
and that in many Of the states, and for
many months of the year, the climate
is the most delicious in the world.
But why does not Southern society
revive? Why this universal stagna-
ton? Why this torpidity in the re-
Operative powers ofthat portion of our
country which has been the most high
ly favored by Nature? Archbishop
Whately, in a memorable passage, has
said that it is one of the perpetual
wonders of history that countries des-
olated by war rally so swiftly, and
cover over so soon the awful tracks
left by the chariot of Mars. Why does
the South present an exception to this
rule?
The cry comes to us from every part
of the South that they need energy,
skill, above all, money.
But why do not the men with energy,
with skill, with money go therel Ev-
er since the surrender of Lee, thous-
ands of the most substantial Northern
men have stood ready to go to the
South, and to carry thither exactly
what the South wants. We are ac-
quainted with extensive agricultural
districts where the farmers, at the close
of the war, got ready to sell out their
farms, and to take their muscle, their
money, and their brains to the South.
We know of hundreds of men in our
large cities, with ample means, weary
of commercial life, tired of our rugged
climate, anxious to settle, with all
their wealth, their tact, their civ
ilizing experience, upon estates al
ready for sale in the genial and fertile
regions of Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Missouri. Why have
they not gone? Whatare they waiting
fort
They are waiting for peace !!
They have remained on the hither
side of the Potomac and Ohio simply
because these very white gentlemen of
the South, who stand wringing their
hands over the want of energy, skill, ,and
capital in their communities, have
chosen to act like maniacs or idiots,
and have kept their country in such a
condition of anarchy as to frighten
away the very immigrants who would
have brought prosperity to them.
Where is all the Wanted sagacity of
Southern men7 We used to hear that
every one Of them is trained states
man. If craftsmanship means anything,
it means this: the ability to compre-
bend new situations as they occur.
Except in the case Of such rare men as
Gov. Brown, of Georgia, has there
been any exhibition of this kind of
statesmanshipi On the contrary, has
there been, among the so-called leaders
OF Southern society, the exhibition of
anything since the war but sour, OBJ
stinate, blind, Bourbon-like faulty,
either in learning or in forgettingG
Had these men comprehended the
situation, they would have said: "We
appealed to ballots; you beat us. We
appealed to bullets; you beat us. The
contest is ended. Our idea goes down.
Your idea goes up. Therefore we turn
and admit the new order of things.
Come and help us, We need your
farmers, your artisans, your teachers
your capitalists. Show us how tc
build up a civilization of free labor