The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-02

A number of Eastern and Northwestern
cspit lists, some years ego, set up a very
complete and eA,ensivc iron idrnacc in
Estl cor'lty, Kentucky. Theirworks cost
them, it IS rqid, m Won Of dollars They
not orly employed the people IN Che neigh
borhood of the" u iace, but brought from
the East number Of skilled worl men,
tlus adding, according 70 our Eastern no.
tons, IN several ways, u the wealth and
p, lspe.,y of the Stats. "A HftB 4 R
But the real old Kcntuckian has no such
foolish ideas of the means to prosperity.
TO him prosperity consists N ''wallopping
nggers," aud in ''sloshirg around" gene
rally. Moreover, ike that other enlight-
cnod beng, the Chiuaman, he does not ike
s,.angeiJ; and an Ea3tAl and Noithern
man, according to I'is MOTORS, has no bust
ness in a Southern State. Accordingly, the
Red River. I~on-Works, as these Estil
county furnaces are called, do not prosper.
The LOUSY lie CtmnG,id says:
''WeInyc heretofore detai' led some ofthe
operations Of bands Of . mod and disguised
men in that Vicinity, nd II ou~ daily of
Saturday we gave the testimony of one of
them who has Ia led States evidence.
The result of the outrages they have COM
mittcd has been to drive oil, so many of the
skilled laborcrs, induced by Che Company to
iniuie ate IN the State, that its operations
have been seriously embarrassed. fnot for
a time wholly suspended. No erect VIC I.
lencc has been offered to Them that we
know of, but coming from pcaccable COM
mun'tles 10 engage IN peGceable petsliits.
they are UNIV ling TO I've where Illegal
mobs execute their " il with 'npunity, and
where they feel that thei" right to talk free
ly and act in any 'cgal way that pleases
them is orly enjoyed by perrs-
sion of a mob, whose w.ath, by some
at any time be called down on them. They
are unwilling to live wrere they must de-
pend on their owl al ms for the protection
and security which the law should secure to
them" eioiia1'9 9t3
We know beforehand the a-lswer that
WI be made by some foolish Southern
newspapers 10 this account. They W u say
that the men who are uncomfortable in
Kentuck} are Republicans, and that if men
w only go there who are ''m harmony
With the sentiments of Che people," they
will not be '1jured. We would IKE to
send them Iia'', Connolly, Tweed, Nathan
icl Sends, Sweeny, '2gersol', Gae5ey and
'hc whole re ment of Democratic plumber
ers, end the'r a'les 'd defenders, who N
fest New York a1d make t a'most as I'm.
pleasant pie C for decent men as Ken.
,Icky. ..,,......,.
But VIC wonder t. at Southern men &c
not sc that hey al doing en- Almost fata
i1j'- y to the" s. 4 by permitting lawless
ness end otof-s violence. Ono rsuch cas-
as tbs of the Ell Comfy iron works W !
for years mc'le capi s''sts shy Of INVESTING
in KontlclIy enLcl pr 7es,9eld the best elias
Of workmen ayerse TO gong there. 14,
The miscreants who'were permitted b,
publ; opinion N Kentucky 10 make Est
county Uncomfortable to Eastern wol'fme.
may keep up Che good old Democratic ma
joii,y ~ The State, Dat they have robbed
Of millions Of capital, and of thousands o
skilled laborers, who would be even NOR
valuable than the capital. lIHr p 81
This is a large coratry it has plenty o
room ior peaceabc work. aen /; ana if the,
are not wa led or not welcomed N Ken
lucky, they v Y find room IN Indiana, o
Illinois, or N'lsogr. or Karsas, or az
other Of dozen No. The. 4 Sta;gs all read
and eager to welcome DO h capital and 10
Dor. 80 luN tni uJis'