The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-06-02

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ticle, thcn urged him to send it to
the National Intelligencer,. at
Washington but with the modes,
ty Of true merit, he said he" had
not the vanity to suppose an arti-
Gle rejected by the Spartan would
be published by the paper which
was then the first in the United
States" He was finally prevailed
upon to allow it to be sent.
It was not only accepted and
Immediately published, but was
warmly complimented editorially,
and :" "Opithlfco (Mr. Reinhardt's
nom de plume) requested to write
a series of articles celebrating the
subject. He did so for length of
time, awakening SO much interest
in the public mind, and especially
in Congress, that he was invited
to Washington, (perhaps to lay his
views personally before a commit
tee,) and was actually on his way
there, when lie met with his death
by an accident in Raleigh, North
Carolina. ,ga -
All how would the eye of my
old friend have beamed,. had he
lived to see last Monday, and
heard the roar of the cannon fred
by the electric current from Prom.
ontory Point, as the last blow was
struck, completing the work
which lie had so successfully ad-
vanced. But perhaps he witnessed
the scene itself from that Heav-
enly sphere, whore all is made
right which now puzzles us here"
He rests from his labors, but his
works do follow him. 1t is true
the special line Mr.. ,Reinhardt ad-
vocated is not the one now COM
pleted |; his far seeing mind fore.
told the objections to this route,
which during the past winter We're
fully realized. At one time the
trains were showed up two entire
weeks, at one point. The result
was that an act was passed by
Congress, at once, chartering the
Memphis and Ell Paso Railroad {;
and SO certain was the Company
that this (Which was Mr.. Rein
hardt's route) wonld be the ulti.
mate channel of travel and traffic,
that they asked no subsidies of the
Government, not dollar, though
the road just completed received
twenty thousand dollars at the
completion of each mile, besides
enormous land grants. as.-,.
The South need not then hang
her head, when the Pacific Rail
road is mentioned. When was
ever she found wanting when
brain work was demanded Aud
If heretofore she has left the hand
work to others, may it not be as.
cribed as much to her magnaniln.
! ity as her pride-her Willingness
to share the honors of an achieve
inent, rather than Gas has been
said) disdain of manual labor 2
For her past record, the South
hsed not blush I; but for the pres.
ent and the future, the education
of the hands as we'll as the culti-
vation of the intellect is demand.
ed, and an acknowledgement of
this truth by both men and women
that new circumstances have cre-
ated new duties and responsible
ties. sfa..s. ...e. '
Especially let MS encourage and
honor the young of both sexes
who strive by any honest means to
support Themselves. rather than be
a burden upon their relations
teaching both by precept and ex
ample, that labor IS honorable and
dependence Dc ssoao degradation,
even for women, heretofore sc
sbielded from care and guarded
from the necessity of excrtion by
the tender consideration Of South
ern husbands and fathers. The
will to make their lives all sun
. shine still remains, but the ability
is wanting. But when did adver
. sity fail to develop all that is best
! in woman, without losing that soft
. ness and refinement Of manner
and delicacy OF feeling, which Is
their characteristics. The wome.
of the South may, now prove tha,
they can be what God made them
the belp-meet aud crownine
blessing of man; not his burden
|, or his temptress, as Satan wouit
! make her. sS
Our noble chief, General Lee
3 was in the city last week, and BY