The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-04-10
The Future of the South.

against depressing circumstances in +
mo nope of better things in the future. VIII,
ich "e morning Is dark and cloudy, and Il
at. .ain - iaiiing, we look abroad for the sigl
is DoCter weather, for we know it will n,
to ram always, and that, however dreary I'll
an weather may look now, the sun will shin
out again.
~ In the present terrible condition ~ ~
to oo.n'ry' IN the midst of anarchy, demoralj
ut 1a"on and heathenism, ignorance and in
70 competency in Office, impudent rapacitv
"a having laid aside the veil of affected hon
r eey' on olushlngly grasping at the publ,
~ FUNDS, all obligations of the moral l.u
J. ',"mpled under foot, and human blood
4 'eu "ahyln our streets in open defiance
oi tne law Of the land, no wonder that tho
lu.'n VINO loves his country and his kind
: nonors virtue and respects the law
VINO believes in God and hereafter.
should feel Mortified at the condition ~
whlcn the country has been reduced. were
1t not for the elasticity of spirit refar,ed -
above, we should be almost led ~ aosa.:o
" .ne country and its people but that
spirit saves us from despair.
| we oei1eve in God, in His mercv. and :,
hs providence, and that, though He does
permit the wicked to prosper for a time in
s"o Gnu he always scourges them thronp oh
'neir 1nlquities. Those who denv H;n,
ana openly defy His law, are doomed. ana
~ 'ne workings of His providence will dis-
appear rom the earth. The legitimate "a.
eu''s % New England civilization are de- l
stroylng the Puritan race in their o,,,, t
home' and those who are trying to introdno. {
1t among us shall melt awav hoe,.o n. {
~. and notsonly they, but all that t
aid and abet them. '""' /
!" 'he 1aH conviction, then, that the t.
present state of things cannot last md e
' -. NC VINO once purified His temn,e o.
VIZ" Tue scourge, will not permit orr d.
'e""'i'ui south to be made den of thieves gi
III people can bear with patience what ia b!
o gaining and SO degrading in the present III
''eie IS reaction coming; we are in a co
'a'e OF fermentation, from which. wb.n fro
'e dfegs have sunk to the horton, of
1r people will come forth strenotbena,, far
ia purified by the process Ca $50 led
ofins 10 purify the foulness of the atmos- mi
'efe' and He permits anarchy and vice to fat
Afioe ior time, in order that His chill for
en iioH 'helr sufferings may learn to love ant
rue ana respect order. VIII
~ real Christianity should become ,r.,,. But
!. among us, and Gods law shonld he bee
III III higher estimation than mere bum., bett
mon, we would become n oreo+ 80 brol
1 nave great future before ne orde
er condition can there be any tbino 1.st ty,
and permanent in a government into
pie. We have all the muteria, .,.,.. suou
~ ~ make up great people, and If ton
ooed'ence to His will, we con,a 81 the I
providence on our side. our Aino
'pe'isy would last as long as the earth order
e know no terr;tor, unity
oi Sne south, that has greater VARIETY ..on
larger assortment of .1I ~ .Aliety, ton f
rs that are copsidere,, soe.1: 'e.iai ing e
tn' prosperity and power for a neonle 'ne
her we consider her c,;n,.t- peopie' quent
''efnai natural resources. Excluding our sc
.nu ana Missouri, and limiting her
DRY covers more tbon soo ooo e' ner body !;
, Win no desert, but all CAPABLE of "-i'n
'a'nlng full average population with 'o Pr
""n'ries OF central Europe. With
nan one-third of the population of vas 49,
rny lot
ilh' OF less than one-half of that of :. e'"t
nii'ain and Ireland, her territory 90. ~.
nave hfty millions of people, and.- nrina;I
uot, she one day will have more, t;oa r
IL Immense extent of coast facing t;n..,:s,
iantlc on one side and the Gn1f on "ns u''
'ef' europe ON the east, and the West ,,,,,ossPi
anu south America on the soutb ,,,,e.,~,
'ortunities for commerce ara 90 e. 4ui
, it is nossib1o are DIS iaVor- that my
Her o1;u Guy country to TIMES OF
her climate is the choicest on the IL
iouated as she is in the most favor roooo =,
tv regions ~ne' oe1"een Both, So
nroooI, En- 'i'h ana u TOO EXTENDS
p'oach 10 the tropics, in that part ,aco l.,
'i'h latitude where God created nEa5 J.,
re onr plossa, d., no CHOSEN people, predesti
u and died; a region which gave -.
the largest empires and the great tauis1 w
whether we speak of warriors or a., = :.
"a and -, poe's' orators or the ideal
well as the birthplace of the ran;na,,
and the arts. And what countrv o.
ritb not,,uo, ana more Both spr,
'apabie of multiplying stock of all channel -
the highest perfection, and a soil Eoac,a.sa.0