The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-23
THE SOUTH ANDHER WANTS.
NUMBER III.
Undue Dependency Destroys Credit and
Defeats the Fruftion OF Actual Sue
cess.

! Defeats the Fruftion OF Actual Sue
cess.
He who despairs OF his country foregoes the
gifts Of God, and with censorlous self.esteem puts
the talent In q napkin which he should bring
with increased treasure, at any cost to himself,
in order to receive the rewards o. industry, the
swell done'' OF dutifui obedience
To preserve hopefulness in any emergency, to
keep faith though the earth trembles, the sun
darkens and the tongues OF men suffer confusion,
has sublimlty about It that puts shame on
carnal courage, adds inspiration to the forecast
OF genius, and enshrines truth beyond the male.
violence OF the malignant, the cavi!s Of the CAL
| lous, the tears Of the timorous. Before this
temper Of the mind
-All ills have bounds-plague, whirlwind, nre
Even p Power FER; can spill but bounded sums Of
Whist fearless Faith nvoles thousand charms
From out the womb Of want and false alarms,
Filings Oh, the scene Of doubt and cruel care,
An interdict tu sloth, soft but sovereign prayer
Ever since the day the multitude cried out,
"CrucIiy Him ~ the honest heart is forewarned
of popular acclaim, for It stands condemned by
| the blood OF the innocent.
It is nothing that Cedron Is crosse', and
Gsthsemane Is at hand. 1t is nothing that the
scalawag Judas betrays for his price. 1t Is moth
ing that the impulslye Peter goes away in the
exigsncy, and with curses and oaths denies the
despIsed Nazarene. 1t is nothing that the Pr&tor
| OF The pavement expresses doubt even OF truth
| itself. II Is nothing that the Syrene countryman
bears the cross that should drink the most pre-.
cious drops. 1t IL nothing that the timil follow.
| ers should confess disappointment In Him who
should have redeemed I,rael. It is nothing that
Ian c1ipl- frnp fha cris nj IN q
nothing that the Heaven-rending words, Eloi !
| Elo Sabathani are wrung from all that is
mortal of the Incarnate God. There Is one left,
| good man aud just who consented not 10 the
begs the body. wraps 1t In fine linen, and annoints
and entombs that with honor which the whole
| world dcspised.
IL is Joseph, OF Aramathea, who looks for the
brightness OF the coming morn in the night OF
the world and feels the music OF @ high and holy
faith swelling In his heart
Like the first notes Of organ heard within
Cathedral aisles e'er quiet symphony begins.
Let not the hallowed illustration appear tres.
nass on holy ground. Next to The crlc!GXi0n of
the Son OF Man. there Is solemnity III the COM
plete and Overwhelming snbversion Of people,
such as even caused the Saviour OF mankind to
weep over the unhappy city VI his lab0rs and his
love. There is deep sympathy awakened by
such an esent wherever civilized man cweils,
and the human mind reyglves the Incidents OF
history.
A rause In the pulsatlons OF human society,
when suspicious whispers even Of friendship fore.
tell perchance irs speedy doom, is portentous
moment when the lie or deaN OF people nang
upon q thread, and none are safe In the common
disaster, however se!fshlJ they cling to their
gains, however valnly they trust to their treas
ures.
her history when ominous whispers OF the col.
lapse OF her industries pass from mouth to mouth,
and at no time since the surrender OF Lee have
men looked around them more hopelessy. It is
freely sal ave have strlven for restoration under
every hindrance. hardship and harassment with
brave hearts and willing hands. We have rebuilt
our cities. renewed our mighty avenues OF trans
portation achieved narrowly on to four millions
Of bales of cotton. What OF IL l. all turns TO
ashes on our lips. We are none OF Us stronger for
the effort. None OF Us hold our own. We are all
like spent swimmers, each man rearing his droWn-
Ing comrade: each Intent only on nlmsclt. VINO.
ever else might sink" True, and sadly true Yet
who distinctly discovers an indrmlty, has begun
the process OF remedy It Is precisely TINS dis.
trnst which Is as once the symptom aud the
disease. -
we OF the South have no little to do with our
avn poverty in our iL!eness OF speech. We wan
ton away reputation In our WI less complaints;
and though we have struggled up ln nve SNORT
years to q marvel Of production. We haze lnin-
rcd NJ IN our aD0ri strange GatuitouS Sef-iepre-
citation and diSirust that would ruln any CAUSE
oycrwhelm any pursuit With defeat We allow
others 10 put words In our mput ms as Inc ass IS
6rted 10 Ills masters wish 80 that our strength
becu;nes weakness, an1 the very wealth OF our
products is counted against US IS loss; some
pedagogue statesman discovers nc W0rthiessneSs
Of people who have accumulated more "ealtn IN
a ueIl-,ation or so than any other on the face OF
the earth. Southern ollgarchs, according to our
sage instructor, have never taken on Their coats,
have never hoeI grass Ior themseives' nave aeg,
made hay have furegone cattle anu sheep anu
swine anu breadStulij and the dairy Tor cotton
and sc Indulgence. They have never done one
tt,I fnr IN 10
hands Ul the dstlained Yankee. And thus, deliv.
er,ng hlmsclf, our lusSy pedagogue si!s plcS Id
his compacency whilst the falsity Of the caVil Is
plainly on the record.
cZlng its own method Of procedure TO the prelu-
dice Sf all Others AMI claiming. by crontery, the
excellence which was not It's proper de.ert.
II Is too much The habit OF Southern writers,
even y whilst rebuking au impeachment like the
foregoing, TO set 10 lecsuri.g In the same vein
newspaper editors e'pecla!ly-wh discourse ever
SO wisely about the necessity Of Southern youths
not being above actual hard wurk-what some
marvellous boy did With ayearling ora bllnd call,
points the moral which Is pressed home by those
who nevertheless, continue to daoble 10 printers.
ink, rather than follow their own ADVICE ana
"take the bull by the horns," or theplougn oy the
handles. ...,.,,
Tne truth is, this neglect OF personas exertion
was no more common here than elsewhere Men
OF means had their agents as they nave every
where; but the li5tIessness attributed 10 southern
proprietors Is pllpBble falsehood. Many Of tne
iirst prolessona.men, as well as planters, In the
south, can tell OF the time they "stoud between
tae handles; aud many Others, though not reared
In the school Of actual physical labor, were yet
| trained by prccept and example In the iudieious
| and manly conduct OF affairs.
Elwoad Fisher, OF Cincinnati told rs twenty
wears ago with STAINING accuracy OF detail, what
| this conduct OF arairs had done towards accumu-
latng wealth far In excess Of That Of the N0rth
and Thomas Prentice Kettell, OF New York. as
| late as 1862 IN his southern Wealth and North
eru Protits,n disclosed from the statistics or the
| United states itself an amazing array OF wealth
aud substantial progress Ut the South which
doubtless enlightened, at the time, many q south
ern statesmen US TO the resources OF his own sec.
| ton, and cunning or his own people.
! When this aggregated wealth Is attrlouted, rs
we sometimes hear, to The negro drivers OF the
| south by extremists OF either sectlon-the one
apostrophIzine the eolored adjunct, the other his
lasll-we are prepared to say she reflection may
do for negro orator or slave driver but scarcely
| for decent man Of sense. All should know, by
| this ime that these lnenals built up the wealth.
| of the south rs the hodsman builds the city, the
| drayman conducts co!Gm:rce, the st0ker w tile
| furnace propels tile steamer on the Wide seas.
The pursuit. Of my purpose leads me to review
of the wealth. progress and resources OF the South
| as the happening Of the late war; These resources
WEI e the premium for which that mighty war was
| conducted The North refused to believe Id the
| possibility OF secession until 1t came. Anu tlen
in view Of the splendor Of the wealth passing per-
/ I,o nf EenOinp or the Union. anu,