The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-09-15
THET MUST STOP THEIR FOOL.
ISIf.NE,SS.

oi SundrY klllcalS or Illinois; the per-
sistcnt, mending and hate-born allu-
sions in Radical papers all over the
land towards the people Of the South,
and particularly that portion of them
that stood by the fortunes Of their sec
ton, and manfully battlcd under its
flag, during the late civil war, are ev,
licences to lis that the "bloody chasm'
has not vet been bridged; nor do we
look to see the North and South fra,
ternized as some well>meaning, but
short-sighted people would have them.
The truth is, there can be no mar
riage of heart and soul between tho
sordid, crafty, and scheming Yankee
and the open-hearted, open-handed
and lofty-soulel Southerner. 'Twould
be too much like matching base pot,
ter's ware with priceless Sevrcs.
If the Yankees ever want peace-it
they ever want the old-time intercourse
to be resumed-they must stop the
foolishness they indulge in at the pres
ent day. The results of the war
while they have proved disastrous tC
the Southern people in some respects
have proved of incalculable benefit Il
them in some other respects. The de
struction of slavery, while it robbed
them of present property, was, indeed
as they are already beginning to real
ize, a blessing though it came drip
ping blood, digging graves, firing
towns, and believing thunder from tho
mouths of cannon. Since the South
erner has lost his niggers, he ha:
learned that there is no necessity fol
him to content himself with rearing
the raw staple to furnish Yankee MILL
and factories; that there is more music
in the whirr of spindles and the clattel
of mill-wheels than there is in thu
clinking of glasses and rattle of dice
boxes; that there is more profit in
bolts of cotton cloth and calicoes man
ufactured at home than in the painted
pastebOard, even though he held thu
four aces or counted high, low, jacl
and the game every deal.
The hatred of the Yankee for thu
Southerner is natural and inherent
1t is the old hate of the crop-ear anC
the roundhead for the Cavalier thai
takes the place of sulphur in his blood
1t cannot be overcome, because the
laws of nature are something that car
not be Overridden.
The game of prescription they ar,
playing against the Southern people
will prove a losing one to them
Twenty years from now their mill,
will be the resort of owls and bats
their spindles and looms festooned witt
spiders webs-if this thing is kept up
The South will be teaming with thest
hives Of industry. Commerce vii
find anchorage and cargoes in he
ports. Industry and enterprise vii
build up thriving towns and cities in
her waste places. And King Prof
will rear his places in her aromantic
woods and on her sunny hill-tops
And to Yankee prescription and short
sightedness will she be indebted for i
all.
Looking forward to those desirable
results, We don't know but that i
would be best for us to let the Yankee
follow his own nose. As he prescribe;
the Southemer when he goes among
them, we can prescribe the Yankee
when he comes among Us. We cal
give him prescription for prescription,
insult for insult, and contempt for con
tempt. We cannot lose by it; he lose
that which is dcarcr to him than honor
than patriotism, than life itsclf-thC
profits. He cannot raise cotton t.
bring him wealth. We can cease tC
furnish it to him. We can make il
into fabrics ourselves, as well as grow
it. We can thus save the tribute Of
millions of dollars We are paying hin
every year. We can get along without
him much better than he can get along
without us. Therefore it is that w
say: Let the Yankee 90 the devil il
he waits to, and let us go to work
building mills and factories and foun
dries. With the whole world for {
market; with every facility for filling
that market with our wares; we can
soon teach the Yankee that New Eng
land is a very insignificant acre on the
earth's broad bosom.