The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1869-07-31
(" The Old Confed. "

And now for the Southern.
white, wha: of him? There is
but one way to put it, and that is,
that "the old Confed," as he
loves to style himself, doesn't
care a d-n. He is growing rich,
this victim is. Despite every i'll
of these eight years past, this
wonderful, this most amazing
country is bearing him up as a
strong swimmer would bear a lit
tie lost child to the shore. He
has gold at home and as like as
not a little something put away
over there beyond the water in
British trust. Ofcourse you will
not see or know this if a casual
observer neither is it to be
gathered from the columns Of the
Southern press. Macauley talks
somewhere Of that singular style
of architecture which prevails in
despotic countries, whereby hou-
ses look mean and gloomy with
out, but are filed with Persian
rugs and golden arbesque within.
So there is hereabouts a moral
architecture which tells by q
plain exterior nothing Of the re-
furnishing and refitting of for
tunes within. 1t may be a reve-
nue. man with a new despotism,
or one of those lice of despotim,
a detective, that is peering about
and asking questions, and small
satisfaction will either of those
birds get. It takes a long and
wide look, but the moneys there.
As for what the papers say, it is
a trick of the trade to talk Of the
extreme poverty of the South,
for the gentlemen of the press. be
it known, are some times apt to
hang on to a good grievance for
the sake of the fine period it en-
ables them to turn. The South
is not paradise, but it exhibits
Ia highly remarkable state Of
prosperity under the circumstan-
ces, and verifies in every part Of
it that l have seen the frequent
observation. I'VE are coming up,
sir" In that part of South Car
olina where not one mansion
house in the army track was left
standing, I was told, but three
days since, that the cotton was
perfectly magnificent" On the
upper line of Sherman's march
to the sea, one of the very best
wheat crops is reported that ever
grew in the State Georgia
From Shreveport, La, I met an
old gentleman who said his folks
were much pestered with sundry
chasings and sightings between q i
party of United 6tates troopers
and some loose ishftomstlie bor-
ders, but that the lt'crap" was
''fust-rate," and I'VE was a going
ahead" In Alabama / asked ono
who would be. it's Governor. to- .
morrow if the people could have
their own way about it-and we'll
does the gallant gentleman merit
it-how the State was getting
along. / looked for a long reci- ;
tai OF unnumbered woes, but the
answerswas "Fine. These fel. q
lows Il. e., the saints rob us
with, taxes. but our people are
making money. aN'll be all right =;
And tlius goes the tone Of ,infor.
nation. Wherefore o. stated, !
the late rebellion 10 only to be
properly described ss not caring
. continental. That eth oil Be
right I" is the form in which this.
'insascianoe finds expression, and .
what that means is that misgoy.
ernmeht must have an' end, and
that to have plenty.of money is
the waytto put it down. l
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