The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-04

stitution of slavery, both religious and politi-
cal For many years this crusade against
slavery had the effect of keeping out of its
limits nearly all of the surplus population OF
the North, as we'll as that of Europe, who
sought our shores, and who wers imbued with
feeling of repugnance to that section Of the
country mainly on account OF the 'institu-
ton" Added to this, the idea prevailed ex-
tensively that the successful cultivation of the
products of the South could only be accom-
plshed by negro labor---oottoD, sugar, rice,
and tobacco-and that the white men OF
Northern Europe and America were oonstitu-
tionaly incapable of enduring the labor of pro-
ducing these articles in such u climate.
The slave system of labor also prevented
the planters from seeking, or in any way en-
couraging, an influx of white lsborers, as the
two were, to certain extent, antagoHi5tic;
while on the part of the whites a reluctance to
place themselves on an apparent level with
the blacks had much to do with the absence
of a white laboripg agricultural people in the
South. Hence the broad and fertile territory
of the Northwest, much OF which was thrown
open to freedom and cultivation by Che mother
of States, Virginia. being free from the objec-
tiOns which presented themselves in the
South, rich and cheap, we're naturally and
eagerly sought for by the immigrants, foreign
and native; and by their labor, perseverance,
and frugality have become rich and powerful.
Their wilderness has been converted into
fruitful garden, and their influence is felt
throughout the world.
The late war having resulted in the ab oil
tion of slavery and compulsory labor, has
been the means, at the same time, of opening
up ito the world the boundless resources of the
country, in its soil and varied productions its
watercouTses and mill privileges, its miners
wealth and genial climate; all now free from
the objections once urged or thought to exist
there. Land is good, plenty, and cheap. The
old plan of colossal plantations is vanish
ing with the old system of labor which called
them into existence, and an entirely different
social status is being inaugurated. There is an
abundance of valuable timber; its watercourses
furnish an inexhaustible supply of power for
mechanical and manufacturing purposes; its
mines Of coal, iron, copper, and gold are capa
BILE of yielding an abundant supply OF these
necessary and precious metals. With the
modern improvements in agricultural imple-
mtnts the cultivation of the staples has been
brought within easy range for white labor, and
must prove remunerative to all who engage in
/ the business.
The prosperity and perpetuity of this coun-
| try, as a whole, depend, in a great measure,
on the developmt mt of all its parts; and there
| is every reason TO believe that when we sha' |
have peace we shall have prosperity; that the
crushing hand of despotic government will
be removed and its fostering care bestowed
lnsteao; tnat party resentment ana strl1e Will
be abandoned, and that the whole South will
rise refreshed and invigorated and, with an
| industrious population, again take its once
proud position in the nation where intellect
shall not be tabooed nor ignorance exalted.
| When the Ku.Klux myth shall be forgotten,
and the carpet-baggers shall make room for the
sturdy sons of TOLL when the white man shall
rule under the Jeffersonian motto of Equal
and exact justice to all men, of whatever per-
suasion, religious or POLITICAL" when faua-
ticism shall be banished the land, or confned
to its original limits, then unmolested labor
shall meet its just reward.