The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-28

South. Mr.. Foney with his two papers, is
panic-stricken at the prospect. And the
crowd of adventurers who have gathered
round Wells agonized at the approach of the
peril, see no way of escape save through the
installation of that defeated functionary by
military order, as a warning to Southern evil
doers.
Strange as it may appear, the radical ex-
Governor of Louisiana reports quite differ
ent state of affairs He actually declares
that the Louisianians have for the time
dropped political talk and are busying them
selves with their own concerns. Not only
are they working instead of talking, but the
prevalent feeling has so improved that call
the excitement and bitterness of one year ago
has died out" The result is a degree of
prosperity which the whole South will soon
share. He expresses the opinion-which the
Times has more than once advanced-that
" the South generally will soon be the most
prosperous and richest section of the coun-
try" In support of this opinion, Mr.. Hahn
states that in all the States through which he
passed on his way from New Orleans to
Washington, he saw evidences of returning
industry and wealth" which indicate "the
most beneficial results to the South and the
whole country" Even in Virginia-where,
according to the worshippers of Wells, the
sun has almost ceased to shine since the cleo
ton of Walker-even there the observant eye
of Hahn detected "evidences of general in
dustry and thrift"
This view of the case is not wholly novel.
1t is in exact conformity with the representa-
hons of our correspondents and of the South
ern press generally. These have shown be-
yond all reasonable doubt that the South has
ceased to be violently partisan. Those of its
people who have been restored to the privi-
leges of the Union are wisely devoting them
cole "a -. Il.
who live in States yet unreconstructed await
only the progress of events to enter the same
career. There are some, doubtless, however,
who are not reasonable, and for their edifca-
ton the testimony of Mr. Hahn is opportune
and important
Another of his remarks deserves especial
notice The people of New Orleans, he as
serts, cease to talk about the war; and there
is a general disposition to forget and forgive
the past. This is the best sign of all. In
dustrial activity and business prosperity are
excellent in their way. But the value of both
is enhanced greatly if accompanied by an
abatement of the passions and antipathies
engendered by the war. This change seems
to have taken place in New Orleans-perhaps
the last place in the entire South
where its occurrence might have been ex-
pected And if in New Orleans, with its bit
ter and bloody past, and with the occasions
OF GAclJenenJ WHICH are incidental TO q large
city, there is a general disposition tc
forget and forgive, we may safely credit the
statements which ascTibe the same disposition
to the greater part Of the Southern people.
1t has manifested itself in Alabama, where
| Republican assemblages have recommended
to Congress the speedy removal of the disa.
bilities which remain subject to Federal con.
troll; in Mississippi, where the radical Re
publcans have proclaimed their hostility tc
| prescription in all its forms; in Tennessee
where the men who have built up the Repub-
ican party in the State are battling for Sen
ter on a platform Of which the removal Of
disabilities is a leading characteristic; and il
Virginia, where victory has been achieved on
the same basis. Forget and forgive is the
best maxim for the hour. 1t is uppermos
in the South, Mr.. Hahn assures us. And il
its adoption by Southern Republicans gene
rally, we see the highest triumph of recon
| structiOn