Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-05-08

any political advantages we may receive IN
tae inefficiency, vindictiveness and dis
honesty of the Federal officials throughout
the Southern States. Bad men in Office
can do much t. retard the prosperity OF
This section and have baneful Influence
upon the reconciliation between the people
of the North and South. We had hoped
that President GRANT would fall under the
wholesome advice Of the better wing OF bis
party, but such has not been the case, ana
while the party will lose strength, we lear
| tie country will suffer even more
The Eu.ur. OF the South. Sec" Through
Northern Spectacle.
| r. ANYTHING were wanting to reassure
orr PEOPLE in regard to the prospect that
| is before them, it might be found in the
remarkable change OF tone noticeable of
late in all the illusions of the Republican
press of the North to Southern affairs. -
The New York Commercial Advertiser tells
is readers that all classes Of our people
have q common interest in tho prosperity
of the South. Another seasons good crops
in that section of the country will do more
to place the nation in a condition to re-
sumo specie payments than all the thco-
ries of politicians, or the long drawn out
wisdom of Congress. Through much dis
tress and misery the South, In spite OF
politicians and the blunders Of legislators,
is now entering upon new and substan-
tial career of prosperity that may soon
eclipse the glories of the West and North. y
The Philadelphia North American, hither-
to one of the bitterest and most uncom-
promising of our enemies is in high glee
at the signs Of our material recuperatlon.
In its issue of Wednesday it says: 1T is
found by careful investigation into the
amount of last years crops, and their
selling prices, that the South retains about
5000 OOO,O 900 gold from them. 1t is known
that there is little debt there, the general
crash having cleaned away everything
down to the foundation, and economy of
expenditures having been substituted for
extravaganza. Taking one State for
all, Texas, that suffered as much
from the war as any, has over 3.OOO,-
OCO head of cattle within hsr limits,
and can export l, ZOO, 900 annually; better
beef at lower rates than can be furnished
from any other section. The freed people
are working contentedly for wages. The
old credit system that ruined the planters
is dying out. The planters are using their
current profits to stock and improve their
lands The books of our manufacturing
establishments and shipping lines show
the value and amount of material that is
weekly going forward to enable greater
production. This will be wealth, since it
is paid for beforehand, and not by mort
cages on hope. These facts come direct
~ home to our own interests. They un-
derlie good and growing demand for our
manufactures of every sort, with a pleas
ing assurance of payment and comforting
certainty that the raw material will sustain
the consumption, and that prices will
slowly tend downward. They are the very
facts that are wanted TO give to our COM
merce the impetus it feels on the Pacific
coast, but has so long been without on the
Atlantic.
These are fair specimens Of the spirit in
which the whole Radical press at the North,
just now. not excepting the "two papers,
both daily" OF the notorious Forney--trcat
the affairs Of the long naligned and perse-
cuted South.