The national Republican., 1868-12-09
THE SOUTH COMING TO ITS
SENSES.

We Judge that the Southern people are
awakiDg to correct appreciation Of the grand
future which lies before them. While under
tho domination of slavery they could see
nothing Of the undsveloped resources Of their |
land. To own large plantations and to work |
them with slaves, producing only such crops
as would bring them money, immediate
money, which they aud their families spent In |
idlensss and luxury, wa, the chief end Of life
and pleasure. Even after the abolition Of
slavery, they came slowly to definite and
correct appreciation Of the situation, In an
economical point of view. They were hlled
with prejudice towards the North, to charao-
terirs 1t by no harshor name, and accordingly
resisted all forms Of reoonstruction which the
North would accept rs applicable to their con.
dition. They also stoutly resisted emigration,
and their actual opposition and stolid indit-
ference in this regard, as matter Of course,
kept from them that capital indispensably
necessary to develop their immense re.
sources.
We are glad to see that q change has come
over them, and We note this change more par
tioulsrly in the altered tone of the Southern
press.
We groupe together the following extracts
from Southern newspapers. They indicate q
decided change In Southern sentiment, and
give hopeful promise of abundant and fruit.
ful results.
That fre eating journal, tho Memphis Ara.
kanehs, has the following. 1t says:
ave must induce immigration, but to do
this we must present inducements 10 the way
ofprivate and public enterprise that will bring
and industry. What have we in Memphis to In
duce immigrationl Nothing. We must estab-
have srery sSSSptass Msnufsc,Sres S % isn wi M
lead directly to large increase of population,
and this to wealth and greatness. 1t Is not
heWins the ane @ timber Of the St. frsnoIs
river country, and shipping 1t to Europe; that
Texas and and AsssMs Are sStt0n fac
we are bringing furniture from the North,
when our own section offers every facility for
successful competition"
Tho Memphis Appeal, another whilom bel.
ligsrent Tennessee Journal, is equally emphatic.
It adds:
"The era of prescription has passed. Our
with a Chinese wall OF prejudicss against for.
eigners, have at last begun to see that popu.
land is settled and cultivated the more pro.
duce will be put upon our markets; that the
more houses there are rented the more pros.
porous our towns; and they have made up
their minds that hereafter they will encour.
age immigration and i'm migrants. They want
ss the OF iGs and %
sfsut. that are ioo1ins lor the s s.fe., poP"fs
tlon and the best land"
Toe TAlladegs (Ala J Reporter says:
"The wealthy iron men of Pennsylvania are
finding in the hills of Shelby. Aibh and Tai
ladegs richer ores and finer metals than old
Lehigh county itself ever possessed. Who
unpretending village of Cross Plains would
now be aspiring for the centre OF large Ger.
man colony Our people have scarcely yet
walked up to the Importance OF the changes
going ou. The Pennsylvania will teach US
me y.Se 9. iron 9rs s ras e DS f59p
The iumbermsn from Maine will carve his
fortune from our pine forests, and show US the
Tho Nowbern IN. C } Jouynal Of commae.
adds tersely:
The material redemption of our State 10
very greatly dependent upon the introduet hon
OF foreign labor. 1t is the backbone of the
prosperity OF the West and Northwest, and
can be made the same to US"
Our neghbor Of the Norfolk Express erie,
out, ''eOms over and help US " It says tha
We need population We need sturdy workers,
who shall be induced to come over the great
waters and make our people their people, aud
our God their God. We must be prepared t.
receive man, from whatever quarter, whoever
they may be, that come manifssting such sen
timents and possessing the essential qualities
of honesty and industry.
We might multiply these extracts, but ",
have not the space to-day. We cannot. how
ever, let this opportunity slip to cougratulat
our Southern brethren upon the altered toni
and spirit Of their newspapers. Tho day /
coming when the entire South will be file,
with busy, energetic. and wealthy populations
and when peace and ordsr will prevail an,
the whole land will bud and blossom like tn
rose May that timo be hastened.