The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-05
The opportunity Of ,hs south,

Notwithstanding all that may DO
asserted by politicians In periods Of
excitement, nothing Is palmer to
tho observer Of average intelligence
than the fact that deep-rooted feel
Ing of kindness for tho south por'
yades all olasses Of northern people,
Sectional bitterness terminated with
tho war Both sides suffered by
tho unfortunate strife both exhlb-
tied attributes that could not fail 10
command respect and, on the prln'
ciple commanding tho old officer In
"phe Lady Of Lyons" that he never
admired u man no much m he did
after no had fought with him, peace
came accompanied with any amount
Of kindness aud good feeling. I'm.
fortunately, those generous impulses
have been more or less crampod and
checked by selfish actions on tho
part Of some who saw profit In
contention, but they have not been
destroyed, and today In tho great
northern hoNrt thoro Is only kind.
ness and good wishes,
These feelings have caused gon
oral acquloscencc In the plan sug'
goHtod, by which the national
government IL asked 10 md In the
speedy completion Of tho Texas and
Pacific railroad, Tho Intelligent
northcrncr secs IN this great i'm
proyomont something that is des.
tined TO vastly benefit all the
southern statos, by stimulating tho
the trade Of their scNports, by in
crcOSing tho traffic of their railroads,
by attracting u large emigration, by
poopling immense areas Of tori
tory now unproductivc, by putting
IN circulation u largo amount Of
capital, and, generally, by restoring
business activity TO people pros
tratcd through no fault Of thoir own,
He is disintcrestodly anxious TO
have these results accomplished, and
no can 500 no good roason why tho
Same power that has done so much
in the north should not repeat the
good in the south, particularly rs
the desired end can DO obtained
without injury or embarrassment to
the national treasury,
Such being the sentiments Of tho
people, generally, of the northern
states, the opportunity offered the
south 10 golden one, and it will be
singular, indeed, If its intelligent
statesmen do not avail themselves Of
IL without hosilancy, There is no
valid reason why tho entire south,
through ils representation in con.
gress, should not unite to secure the
desired government aid for the COM
plction Of this transcontinontal
highway, and the arguments in
favor Of such united action are as
numerous as blossoms in II cotton
field. Similar favor has boon shown
the north time and time again, and,
when such favors were asked them,
no obstacles were interposed by the
statesmen Of tho south. On tho
contrary, they were always liberal
advocates of this policy, and wit
messed its marked effect on the pro-
gress of the northwestern states with
avowcd feelings Of national pride,
Now is the time for them to ask
kindness for kindness-good decd
for good deed.
A comprehensive, national work,
such rs this southern line of trans.
continental railway is destined to
be, is worth putting forth the best
efforts of the south to obtain. There
is, in its construction and in its fu-
ture of operations, more of real
benefit to every great interest,
present and prospective, in tho re-
gion south of Mason and Dixon 8
line, than can by any possibility be
extracted from u score of mere local
improvements The north sees this,
because it has profited by similar
works, and it is magnanimous
enough to desire that the south may
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