Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-24
E,MnOvcrisllMent OF tho SOutb.

A Northern cotcmporary, alluding to the
destruction Of wealth in the South, by the
late war, gives the following statistics SSs'
Not one Of the slave. holding States escaped
the most terrible impoverishment, excepts
Delaware, which, Notwithstanding she eunks
all she had in slaves, has, through her nam.
ufactures and railroads, in the last; decade ins
creased in wealth over hundred pess svsIs.,S a.,
having now, as shown by the census, S97,.s
180,773 against only SAC, ,242, l8l in $780,
At tho other extreme is the State of Missis.
sippi. Her loss was greatest. Her condition
is truly dcplorablo. In 1860 she was veal
ther than any other Southern State; but to-. 4
day, North Carolina excepted, she is the
SG07 1924 ,911, against STA, ,305, ,543 in 1870.
worse, is the fact that her recovery since the,
close of the war has not been as rapid as some,
of her sister States. The decrease in LouisiS
ana is over forty per cent, che having had in
the previous census sG02, l18, ,568, against
s325,712,991 in the present Georgia aass
come down sxty-six per cent, from $685.
895,237 to S219,S7S,720; and North Caro-
lima f(ty.four per cent, from 1858, ,739 ,399&
to 1852, ,34G,S38 We might have supposed
the loss in Virginia, where the most fighting
was done, would have been the greatest; this, J
however, is not the case, as, taking the terri
tory of the old State, the decrease is only,
thirty.tkrce per cent, from S793, ,249 1888 TO
S532 ,G5S,0S9. The State of Florida suffered
forty five per cent, having fallen from $73,-
1ol, 800 to s40,l91,756. nj
The fearful exhibit comes from loss of
slaves, live stock, destruction of buildings,
Abandonment Of plantations, investments in
Confederate bonds, and corporations that went
down with the Confederacy.
There come words of hope and cheering
which will do more towards reconstruction
than oil the extreme bitter and partisan logis-
lation of Congress. The Paper published
at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania from which We
quote, adds (: 3
1t will be long time before these States
will recover. We hope, however, by the
time the next census is taken, that most of
thom, if not all will have recovered their for
mer wealth, and much more but, in the mean
doue BY tho government to assist these 6. *
in their present ruihous poverty. Is Is oniy'
question of time with the worst of them, as
with their vast resources, agricultural and
mineral, they will, beyond shadow of doubt,
rise superior to all present embarrassments
and more than make good their losses.
The most serious difficulties the South is
suffering undor just now arise out of the con-
dition of politics. These are really worse
than the evils Of impoverishment. There is
fearful bitterness between the Radicals and
the Democracy. Yet we see much to hope
for even in this bitterness in several quarters
1t is evident that Radical ascendancy cannot
much longer be maintained and the better
Glasses of the Democrats are taking hold of
the power that is passing out of the hans of
the Republicans. These Democrats are i'll,
ducing an improved order of things. Let
the good work 60 forward. We hail all suoh
signs of progress