Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-11-09

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aud property Ia tho s0Htb. kept alive
continually BY reports 81 NH'kliS ab0
other disturbances exaggerated 10 Is
true, but still admittedly In most cases
with some foundation at the bottom.
Let these drawbacks be- removed, and
then not only will the bright antieipa.
tons of Jct be realized, but also the
people of the South find u sure
speedy relief from an incubus, which
they unavailing Struggle to get rid Of
The South UencefOrth the
Land.
but utter the belief OF all observ-
ing men when l say the South, after
much tribulatiOn is now OH the TIRES
hold of future that will he positively
dazzling. Her day has come. She
has been, "Ike blind horse among
saw logs" stumbling through the most
stupendous revolution, commercial so
cial, agricultural and political, that is
recorded in history, The very corner.
stone of her peculiar civilization was
upset when slavery fell, but the chaos
into which she was plunged is passing
away like clouds after storm, and or
der is emerging as her new civilization
is steadily settling and grounding it.
self upon the rock of Free Labor.
Lashed in every direction by the an
Cry pillows OF conflicting parties, fear
full prejudices and narrow interest,
she has had terrible struggle, but it
is almost over, and future, gorgeous
with the hues of its splendor, opens
before her like new morning. This
is not the idle vision of dreaming
youth. 1t is the conclusion to which
sturdy facts and inexhorable figures
poiGt from every direction.
HOPEFUL FACTS.
Slavery before, and the turmoil Of
reconstruction since, the war, togeth-
er with the alnrements of the West,
kept the swelling stream TO immigra-
ton that flows unremittingly across
the ocean, from turning South. But
slavery is gone. Grants election will
give rs permanent peace 10y forever
blasting the smoulderng hope Of the
turbulent elements, and the West rs
damned and overdOne. The great de
sert is uninhabited because il is too
bleak aud barren for man. Almost
every nook and corner that is desira-
BILE is occupied, and there is only one
I'll Dorado in the world left for the i'm
migrant to HE tot is the South
The stream of new people seeking new
homes only grows larger as good land
in the West becomes scarcer, and ii
must turn Southwark or turn back to
the East. The South does now, and
always did, yield richer reward to
labor than any other portion of the
country. She is now producing about
as much cotton, and getting vast
deal more money for it than she did in
the palmiest days of slavery. The on
ly difference is, the money that former
~ went into the HANDS of the planters
, is now more generally distributed
among the laboring masses. In add
ton to her cotton, which is re-enthron
t ed as commercial king, and bring
} back gold from other lands, the SoutI
, has this year raised all the corn shi
!, needs, and is thus forcing the West Il
seek a market for her cereals in En-
rope, through the Gulf. A few year
J ago-since the war--New York court
: ed the West and dreaded tie South
= where she had burnt her fingers. I'm
5 perceptibly the tables have been turn
ed. The West is now regarded some
what unfayOrably, while the South i
flattered, and her merchants are thi
season haughtily informing the prince
, of Gotham that far from wanting Ion,
| credit, they have plenty of money, an
{ propose to pay che cash for what the
get.
| HOW TO KEEP THE STONE ROLLING
!, The South is certainly coming out Q
the kinks in spite of all obstacles, an
!, faster than she dreams. The trans
> cendent question of the hour is, Ho-
: can this progress be accelerated Ire
ply, by relentlessly turning her bac
on the dead past and recovering, a
# quickly as possible, the political cont
e debce of the Northern people. Mi
/ lions of stout arms and hearts stan
, ready to plunge into her wilds and col
S vert them into meadows the momen
n they see order enthroned and g We
; Gomez inscribed over the door. Sh
Il must abandon such miserable juggler
l. as attempting to Sneak into power b
e the thin mask of running Greedy.
o she cannot accept Grant, who is bt
). another word tor what the North r.
e CARDS as the situation," she ought {
n least to leave off the ostracism of goo
9 men who do accept him. She ought
: avail herself of every opportunity |
= move closer to the Northern heart an
IS pr0re the sincerity of her desire for r
d Cancellation. She says she is onlyho
e tile to Northern plunderers, and
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