Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-04

very r RAdical journsl), reviewing the sit
uation, says: "Southern leaders are
earnestly advising the people to give
more attention to the hitherto neglected
branches OF industry, and are loud in
prOclaiming the great facilities for their
| prosecution possessed by the South. The
cOnse quence will be that there will grow
up between Us a well regulated unity of
industrial and economical relations, tend
ing more towards permanent harmony
aud good will, than could possibly be ef-
fected by mere political measures. There
fore it is that We hail with much pleas.
ure, the signs OF enterprise in the South,
looking to the founding of manufactures,
and the prosecution Of commerce. Many
of their best minds, with q zeal deserv-
ing OF all praise, are bending to this
good work, and il We mistake not, the
North will have 20 look to her laurels in
the departments hitherto monopolizsd
by her. Senator Sprague recently de-
clared that one Of the very best cotton
mills in the country, Is in Georgia, and
every Southern journal Is full of railroad
and manufacturing projects.
As an indication of the spirit actuatiDg
their leading writers on the subject, we
may qu0t1 cIe conclusion o. an ar1cie
in that intensely Southern periodical,
De BOlV's HeUtelg, for December, 1883
After enlsrging upon the necessity of
fostering the material resources of the
country by the young men, the writer
says: But how can the young men
carry out these interests? ? Only through
their representatives.. The character
OF Southern representation must be
changed. Legislators of metaphysical
minds or high powers OF defamation
were once chosen by Us. We now need
sound thinkers and practical workers
men Of facts and figures. We need
schools for practical mechanics and sp-
piled science; public appropriations for
cotton mills, steamships; for opening
mines and forging iron for producing
all that we possibly can at home for
employing the poor, and repairing the
social dilapidatlon OF war, This class of
men must he sought out, and with their
aid the natural powers Of the South will
The industrial and political harmsnies
of the South restored, the physical and
financial power OF the South ests blished,
sha viii again resume her position in the
National consideration. The 90
cisl and political resurrection Of the
South will be eternal. There will be no
second destth o. hos S.i"i a~',.iii m am,
show not only an indomitsble determin-
alton TO rise, but an ambition to rise in
the right way, and all such efforts de-
serve to be met by proper Congressional
legislation, looking TO the fostering OF
commerce aud manufactures in the
South as well as In the North.
VIII,
We commend the following from the
Philadelphia Press. That paper and the
Washington Chronicle are showing great
interest in the question Of emigration to
the South, having opened an office of
Immigration IN Washington, in their
office Of publication, and having offered
to advertise, at half rates, any S )uthern
property offering inducements 10 North
ern capital or labor.
There is one point in the article which
we suggest could be improved. 1t Is the
criticism on the disposition of the South
to rely too implicitly upon General Gov
ernment aid, There is no doubt In our
mind that Congress should improve our
rivers and give aid TO our railroads. For