The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-01-11

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Commonwealth bonds is surrendered to
the mster of the system. The Balti-
more id Ohio railroad, which, long ago,
did tlhgreat business of the Southwest.
is NOT cut off in Mid-Virginia, while
| Gener Mahon's road from Norfolk to
Bristolas been tapped below it's point
of ju1flon with the Southwestern sys-
TEN, al its future probabilities are not
considerable. 1t is a marvel that with
the rafoad advantages of the Southern
count so few men Of actual capital are
| cOmming for their management. The
SOuthaS built ~ enormous quantity of
road turing the last fifteen years, but
the gaat majority of it is merely tribrl-
tary Northern Adventures, who are
accus1 in the South of having fired the
NOrtfrn mind with statements of the
disloalty of the Southern population.
Whilehey in the meantime gObbled ND
the impoverished railroads and con-
strucad their OWn systems to burden
futrU generations in the South.
sCTH CAROLINA THE WORST OFF.
Th debt Of South Carolina before
the FAR was very slnall-s0mcthing
abou six million dOllars-and the State
elaiR to have had better credit than
any3tate in the Union. It's bonds were
alw8s sold abroad and were the favO-
ritGoondS there, generally negotiated
by Earring Brothers. The interest on
thes bonds was paid during the war,
andn many eases it took $500 of the
Confederate money to raise one dollar
of Qld to meet this interest. Just at
thd,lOse of the war the Bar1ngs intima-
tedhat they would find credit for the
STAG on the security Of it's superb Sea
Islad cotton, bnt the course of recon-
strptiOn has destroyed these chances,
anfthe State of all others in the South
wlrh had the brightest society and
st0d most independent under slavery
is NV the most degraded and beaten,
am the conscience of a large part of our
cOTtry is satisfied by making the re-
mgk that the State deserved all this
foiits precipitate action in secession.
THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
is3pparently in Il very fine condition.
Bob parties, Democratic and Republic
ca, assured me that its debt was no
CRATER than its capacity, and that it
hal sufficient railways and public works
%teaccOunt for every cent of its debt;
lSides, some Of its railways were pay
ig from the start. | will presently
consider the material condition of Ala
lnna. At present it will do to take a
lDk at its public men. The Governor
ehct comes from Huntsville, nearly at
tic Tennessee line. He is a tall, slow
nOtiOned Yankee-like Radical. who
ctme into office fully aware of what his
rlatiOns were to be to the dominant
larty. He was ON Ostensibly good terms
nth the retiring Governor, Lindsay
lindsay was u loquaCi0us, semi-scru-
gulOus man, born III Scotland, and he
lad, probably, perceptions i'll advance
IT his associations sufficient to assure
Aim that nothing was to be counted
lpOn in the Democratic party, while
5lle peace and repOse of the State lay in
making a good utilization with the Re.
publican administration. Both the
Gover1lOrs, incoming and retiring, were
Eold Alabamians, and yet there was 6
marked difference between them. Il
IGovernor Lindsay had moved into New
York city from Ireland and become
Mayor within three OF four years, AMI
EOne had called upon him officially, liz
would have seen a fair presentment OF
the retiring Governor of Alabama
Neither of the men would have seemed
Of Alabama-Lindsay, black-haired an(
AoASlS 1OpA1IISS 10 SANN HtCNL w SOOu NV
ing and plenteOus speech; Lewis, tlt
caTpet-baggers' candidate, has dignity
business, and thrift about him. I formed
the opinion in Montgomery that many
Of the better Democrats would prefe'
to sec an Out-and-Out Radical Admins
tratiOn in power than a crisis III affairs
PARSONS AND sPENsER.
Passing the judicial candidates anl
coming to the great men who are sup
posed to be of influence in the United
States, / thought [ saw that the prOmi
nent politicians on both sides fell be
low the ordinary capacity. On the Re
publican side the chief men were Par
sons and Spencer. Parsons is a hale
rOtOund, capable man, born in tn
| North, and he was Provisional Cover
nor Of the State at the close OF the re
b%ellion, although during the rebellion
the great flood had compelled him t.
hide in some official position under tn
COnfederacy. Spencer was a man VIII
affinity for Alabama. The highest RAM
he eve attained in the North was
clerk of one of the bodies of the low
Legislature. He went into the wal in
bridesmaids capacity, and came out
colonel. He is q very singular type O
a carpet-bagger in this, that he roam
about like q cosmopolitan and almOs
everybody will speak to him. He is NO
a bad man in any sense, and NIGH
make. under fair encouragement stuff
Gent Senator far Alabama under exist
ing conditions, doing equity to bot
sides.
Parsons is a mar Of less popularity
inferior power to organize politics an
larger mental and manly heft. H
would have made under the old cOndi
lions of Alabama a capable public man
but they hate him there on account c
his ability more than they hate Spence
on account of his adaptability. TIL
organizing rebel was a failure in wa
and he is now a failure in peace. I'll
advice is worth nothing, MS his militar
capacity awaited nothing. If he wOul
only stand aside his section might /
revived; but in this country nothin
stands aside-demagogue or failure.
TEXAS IMMIGRATION. =.
Texas is the. only State in all I'll
South which is receiving a steady an
-Ireliable class of immigrants. Of thes
q very small portion comes from EuroT
G and the rest is nearly equally divide
: between the Northwest and the Gu
lave States. The great wave of S0utl
t srn immigration toward Texas star
: Ii North Carolina, although some vi
gnians from the bottom Of the gre;
valley and from the DanVille COUNT
: have taken up the same line of marc
+ From both CarOlinas the impulsion hg
: been remarkable, and when the travelo
: reaches Georgia and Alabama he fine
: q marvellous movement of the best al
I Freshest blood in the South cuttiI
$ loose utterly from old conditions al
f goingacross Northern Louisiana, by Il
f Vickshurg and Shreveport railroad,