The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-06-04
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GENERAL SUBJECTS.
Ak enterprise worthy Of the soutl
nslsits promised fltt.sfo i now s
ing TIL attention and cycling thclencr-
gy Of its 1nqst active nrinds sIh l
Southern Pacific Raj 1oaR' which it Is
proposed shall be run from San Diego,
California, tIrngh. Tie Junction OF ING tlh1ei
rivers Colorado and ella, along the val
ley of the ella ard south Of the same to
FL Paso, on the Rio Grando, thence TO to
4 copyoniept point near the thirty
ond parallel west. Of the Brasqs at or
near5thc river in. the State Of Texas, f"
which main trunk feeding roads from
St. Louis, Cairo, Memphis, Nicksburs,
New Orleans and Galveston are to con-
ncctAmay now be said to be under pro-
Pccss Of Construction and will speedily
| &c built With which the northern road
can never successfully compete-Twhicif
will conduct through the South the trade
and travelo Of Europe and' Asia and
which is destined to produce for us the
most remarkable commercial, Industrial
and social revolution that eyer dlstln-
guishcd people,. sigEeilta loga Hnal
|. $50 grarr "a gem }E atilnlagrs
As ifih anticipation of coming events
/ r.
many of the papers of Georgia speak Of.
the coming tide of Chinese immigration
and express the opinion that at an car
! ~ day We will have our waste lands
cultivated by that thrifty people, our
social condition improved by association
with a race of steady habits and have
even new religion with its temples Of
worship rendering the South assortl Of
social microcosm of human nature.-+-
| Louisiana has already and Alabama is
about to enter upon. the experiment Of
| Chinese labor. The N. Y. Jouynqt 3,
Commerce speaks for US and Gays
HOur intcrcst--our Emission, 4 if any
lbodyeprcfers tocall it---is to import the
cheapest possible civilized labor that
the broad face of the earth can furnish,
and put it at work wherever it car
work.. For the wheat and corn lands q
the West, the Germans; for the rail
roads, canals and public works, the
Irish and for the cotton and carIe bot
toms of the Sa.lth, the Chinese. The
last importation is the nosturgent ofa H
for the negro race, under the fostering
Of those who most profess to be IT.
friends, is dying outs. The Chinese
would more than mako good the svoN
caused by tho extinction of tlle South
ern negroes. When it comes TO- voting
nobody should beniec-in these, days
but the Chinese cannot vote anNtik they
become na4uralizcd or reach the secout
generation of adults, SO that a discussion
Of that contingency is unnecessary here
4 If it is objected that they, arc idqlhtQfs
then the reply is ready that bY bfip gin
them over We put thcm Within reach Q
the Home Missionary Society: Re
garded from every standpoint, but cs
pecially from that of business. Interests
the Importation Of Chinese fto-tRea abah'
doned and wecd-growh plantations of tli(
South is much to be desired.R ~ 80
OF one thing we may be very suro.-
The labor question is going to settle IT
self. All we have to do is to urge for
ward our own industrial interests and t.
beware that others do not step in before
us to seize all advantages.
aaa
TINS wldAbc unavoidably so in many
cases. Princcly estates in Virginia
North and South Carolina arc now being
boughtup BY northern capitalists ano
divided into small farms where hundreds
settle upon "thc old plantation" This
is all right-but VIC would like to sec The
injured Southerner getting all tho ad
vantage attaching to the subdivision o
his estate.
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COMMERCE is the great agent of hu
man civilization. Science and art
morality and rcligion-arc essential but
subsidiary. 1t is commerce which dis
seminatos these, bringing mankind TO-
gether, and stimulating the races to thai
competition or emulation which leads OF
to improvement. Make then the ways
easy-the roads smooth-leading to tho
) communication and interchange of the
thoughts and products of all the physi-
cal DIVERSIONS of the earth. Build rail
roads--you cannot have TOO many, ever
: if some barely afford pecuniary re,
! muneration; they will connect you will
the outside living, moving, struggling
world, which will fire yon with its Gu
ernics and buy and sell with Won Fo,