The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-05-20
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article by Mrs. Harriet Bcecher Stowe,
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sh''.'su ~ so"i"of with
ssfhere4 are s;rns ii Chsrleston. no Lass
than IN Jacksonville and Savannah that lie
tide Of life Is beginning 10 turn in favor Of
the South. and property Il returning slowly
aud surely. MANY Of the old Commercial
houses are returning to their business stands.
One or two good crops have given an i'm.
pulse 10 trade. Northern capitalists are
now ihoroaehlx ON the move through the
Southern States, giving the impulse 81 their
money We met a Committee Of such at
he Charleston Hotel, who arc bound on a
voyage ofexploration through all the South.
ern States.
With returning prosperity and wealth vii
nsss s ~ ne ,,@s,, s s,I ma = 70 much ~
ask Of human nature 70 be amiahls and re-
sss I rssor,s when S new channels Il
honorable effort shall have been opened 70
sa s 1 ~ saaa sense ,a and manly ,;sor
which they are now showing shall have
nsosas losia - iesass i, ha n J h,,S.
feeling gradually decline The North and
ins sOu,a, ones ,s s,usa ~ as,s'i snagv \.
nothing. Their principles Of life and labor
are nsep p, one ana , sas sane and sHey
They rauss use each others money must
buy and seIl, and conduct opersi'o =, on a
win become united in ieeliur, and finally,
and 70 conclude, Romeo and Juliet will do
icvs 4 .n;,o os ss,,!o oSp ny, ~ 40 - and
love win be born Of hate, and the Mouta-
ssa,s Are .as shsu
eraiion." 49,
Mrs. Stowe has just journeyed to the
North from her residence among the
orange groves and live oaks upon the
banks Of the st. Johns river, 10 Flori
da; and under genial Southern sur
she has written to her Northern journal
on her Northern tour, in bland anG
hopeful mood. We could wish her con
illusions were based upon somethin:
substantial and truthful but We feai
they are like her oser-drawn aud high
ly-colored pictures in "Uncle Tom
Cabin" the creatures Of her imagina
ton alone In reading her letters from
aUnder the Orange Groves" of tn,
South, one cannot help feeling that the,
proceed from modified and Modified sen
timsnts and feelings, with the slightes
shade OF remorse, at having been a par
ticipant in the work Of alienation OF tn
sections, which eliminated in suel
widespread wreck and ruin Of tina
fairest portion OF our Union. Ii II
view OF what has been done, all who II
anywlse participated IN doing 1t, shoult
be seized with that feeling in such al
intense degree as 10 cause them t.
smite upon their bosoms until repent
ance was wrought within them, there
would be more hope of reconciliation
and an oblivion of the ''painful past.
But the story Of Southern wrongs--the
unprovoked crusade against the South
her spoilatiou, robbery and butchery
by the North--will be handed down
from sire to son, throughout the geaer,
atoms, and ever blacken the pages Of
our eountry's history. Could Carthage,
bruised rival and massaered victim oil
Rome, forget and forgive the spoiler
Can Poland, the best blood of whose
| citizens mingled with the waters Of the
Vistula, at Warsaw, love and fraternise
with her slavic Prosecutors? Can
Irishmen cherish affection for England,
whose CALLING yoke has wrung their
Withers for more than six hundred
yearsi When these queries can be
answered afirmatively, then may il be
affirmed that the citizens OF the South
ara ra,dv a, l;,.L ,h. h.,.a ,vh;.h s,o,o
ths., T'ha so.,h IN, r.c,ra,,,. -,