The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-19
The Completion or southern RECOMMENDATION.

| The Completion OF SOutuerh necOssss sD.~'--s
Throwing aside the vaporings Of a few native
fre-eaters and the spasmodic efforts OF hungry
crew of Northern and Western politicians to
retain office, we may set down reconstruction
in the South as completed, or if not entirely so,
yet in such fair way Of entire realization as
to excite no fears or apprehensions about
speedy and satisfactory result. Evidence OF
this is to be seen in the Introduction OF North
ern capital for the purpose OF investment In
manufacturing, in the construction OF new and
the Improvement Of old lines Of railroads, in
the cutting up Of vast estates into small and
convenient farms, in the introduction OF
hardy class of mechanics, artisans, agricultur-
lists and all those industrious classes which
unite in making prosperous communities, in
| tho gradual cessation of partisan strife, in the
Improvement of Southern State credit, in the
Unexpectedly large supply Of cotton and other
staple productions at the Southern shipping
| ports; but above all in the determination OF
| the Southern men to cease growing and OF
the Southern women to cease 'pouting" and
together put their energies to work-on the one
hand to restore the physical prosperity Of the
South, and, on the other, to revive those do
mestic joys and comforts of which the homes OF
the Southerners have been so long deprived.
Among the pleasant indications Of the prac-
tical reconstruction of the South we are happy
to quote remarks like the following from
Virginia paper, referring to the arrival Of
number of gentlemen from New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Hampshire
and Delaware, and also from Germany, for the
purpose of investing in lands 1--WE hail the
advent Of new settlers who will bring to our
city and the surrounding counties their energy
and capital The more we have Of them the
better. They need not fear to come to conn
try in which every good citizen is welcomed,
no matter from what portion of the Union he
halls" In like spirit Vicksburg paper,
hitherto one of the fercest in its demand for
Southern rights, observes 'sthat the only policy
for people striving to emerge from the COM
plicated misfortunes of an adverse war is to
resolve, over and above every circumstance to
the contrary, to indulge alone in cheerfuiness
and industry" A Georgia paper gives the
particulars of a large gathering OF people to
attend an important railroad convention. An
Alabama journal announces the arrival OF
number of New York capitalists with view
to develop the resources of the country. A
New Orleans paper chronicles the fact that six
hundred thousand bales of cotton have reached
that port already this season-an amount more
A., s,,fo fcr fho
last year, which ended on the LIST of September
This, of course, does not include the receipts OF
sugar. molasses, &C. At Mobile thirty thou
sand tons of shipping are in port loading and
awaiting cotton cargoes. At Savannah there
are forty thousand tons of shipping loading
with cotton, rice, &c. The port of Charleston
is also carrying on fair trade with foreign
ports and gradually recovering from the severe
depression that has attended its commerce
since the war; In the interior (of Georgia psr-
ticularly) traffic is so brisk that people for the
time forget even their own relations and home
duties in transacting business. Ask a man
how his family is, and ten to one he will answer
you, Twenty nine cents a pound (referring
to the price of cotton).
Briefly, we declare that reconstruction is
completed in the South, or so nearly that it
cannot longer be made bugbear to frighten
old women with; that an trouble is over, and
that all the South has to do is to raise good
crops, make money, be economical, carry out
Che laws of Congress, pitch the COLLINS of con-
s.itutional amendments to the dogs or the radi-
"a - Ia oh
for the amendments now in Congressi onal throes
about negro equality will never be incorporated
in the constitution-place their trust in Grant
and .let the niger slide" Iffact, the country
is practically relieved Of its concern about the
negro, and it is time it was. For upwards Of
thirtyyears twenty -four millions of whites have
been wasting time, talent, blood and treasure
to free and elevate four millions Of blacks.
What has Il all amounted to? They are, of
course, free, as dDery human being should be
who has Judgment and intelligence enough to
appreciate a state of freedom but 1t IL grave
question whether the mass Of the blackies are
any better of. or even as comfortable, as well
fed. clothed, sheltered, doctored and otherwise
cared for in their present condition as they
were when in q state of servitude. A few
instances exist where negroes have shown I'M
usual intelligence and adapted themselves to
conditions in life which reflect honor upon
their race but these are isolated cascs-.he
exceptions to the general rule-and it viii re-
quire ages Of freedom, surrounded with all
the appliances Of learning and knowledge, to
elevate the pure black man to an intellectual
standard with the white. The negro question
being definitely settled, and reconstruction in
effect accomplished, the South has nothing
now TO do but TO advance forward In its career
of prosperity, civilization and progress
The TREATIES WITH ENGLANp.-The Sena-
torial Committee on Foreign Relations has