Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26

,,.-.oD, rroeu,ly returned from the
u.,,,h' rn States report the gradual growth
healthy prosperity, ard a degree Of
Ys.ftioAl N opef6luess 10 which Aey have
80 heen strangers. These representa-
..s,sss 49, sfe mot universal IN their aFphca
,;on There are two or three States, and
q rortions OF others, which have not yet
.,,rned the corner In these cases the alb
scnoe Of an assured peace represscs the
confidence which is essential TO systematic
industry, and prevents the efforts which
are elsewhere productive OF manifest ad.
vantaees. Generally, however, marked
change for the better has occurred. The
bulk Of she people In the reconstructed
States are realizing the reward OF labor;
they are fast emerging from poverty and
depression, and are prepared to pront 10y
the lessons of painful experience. This
is more especially true of the cotton.grow-
ing districts, the gains uf which promise
10 far exceed anticipations; but 1t is mea.
surably true, also, in regard TO the main
hodv of the South. Even In Virginia,
where uncertainty prevails, things wear
greatly improved aspect.
The increasing value of land is one of
the noticeable evidences OF improvement
Ever since the close of the war, Southern
lands have been absolutely valueless. The
more man possessed the poorer he
seemed TO be. They were available
neither for sales nor rs basis of credit
A few cents were all that could be OBJ
tanned for choice tracts in Alabama,
Georgia and adjoining States, and even
st these prices buyers were far be
tween. This condition of the land mar
ket exists no longer. A general advance
In value has taken place. The owners are
better able to keep what they have got,
and, besides, buyers are increasing rapidly.
Lands which six months ago might have
been had in large quantities for dollar
an aero arc now held at five, and the pros
pect is a steady advance toward the real
value, which is as much beyond the pres.
ent figures as they are beyond those of q
recent period. South Carolina fully shares
the benefit of change. The rapidity and
extent of tour Charleston correspond
ent writes" can only be fully appreciated
by those who have had opportunities foi
observing and contrasting the present con
dition of all classes of Southern poopl,
with their condition twelve months ago,
The real estate operations of Senator
Sprague in the neighborhood of Columbia
coupled as, they are with an alleged inten
tion to establish manufactures there, may
be expected TO strengthen the upward
tendency. There can be no doubt that tbt
facilities for the prosecution of manutac
turing industry presented by the South ar
vastly superior TO those of any other por
ton of the Union, and IL seems probabl
that they will soon be turned to account
Mr.. Sprague is not the only Northern car
italist who comprehends the worth of tn
hitherto neglected resources of State
which seem designed by nature to verif
the combination of "tho plow, the looI
and the anvil" in the sense UNDERSTOOD b
Mr.. Henry G. Carey, without the III
healthy stimulus of legislation on whic
he and his school rely.
The land owners, moreover, are pr
pairing to help themselves. They hay
learned the importance of attracting POI
ulation, Georgia and Virginia have bot
witnessed beginning in n direction
which associated individual effort is moi
effective than aught that State machinCI
can do, and we look forward to large plaI
for the introduction of immigrants
mistake will be made if reliance he place
wholly upon foreign labor The Mort
waits but for an assurance of honest we
come TO send Southwark no inconsider
bic proportion of that stream of cncrc
and wealth by which, until now, the We
has almost exclusively profited. To a
tract this, 1t will not be necessary for Il
South to organize as for exertion in di
tant field. Only let 1t be seen that Il
Southern people really intend to subo
dinsto politics to material development
and that their large land owners are pr
pared to divide their estates on terms tn,
would be mutually advantageous, an
there will be no further lack Of Norther
industry or money. That they are doiu
this TO a very large extent may no long,
be doubted, and already they begin I
count the profits. " Y Times