National Republican., 1876-09-25
MUTUAL UTILITY-RECTPR0CAL PRoTEC-
TON IN THE SOUTH.

We hiveI 1 with 10 hue pleasure a
letter CLGer the a. 1ve ';rr from the
facile Tcn of Hon. VIZ. NJ EurwelI, OF
Kelley, OF Perrsylvan;H. IRE It o; the
letter ;Ss1 sIment j Iavnr OF prot :
tive tcr fl, ,'' her showing the value o. the
Colored element of the S2U:h, il util;E i,
?" 81, Ems ard operatives and urging il
IS a duty UpOl moneyed ph'larthr oDisj7
who h9ve always favored lrcC dom to aid
in establishing fP 2tories in the Sou'h
wherein tbs c'"." of people may te en-
ploYed, and stIikc" the keynote 10 the
whole of the future success of the South in
this that if they wou'd secure their BIT
Interests they must mlnuflctE-c the cot
ton goods on the soil on which thei" c0t, IN
grows. There are other ido-s embra d
in the able letter of Mr.. BIZ we'll Iues-
tioDs of race, climate, emlg. II Oh politics
and philosophy-to which We propose to
refer at another tine. Our purpose to Day
is more p.'::icr'"~ly a, re. '1t'oI ID the
author o. this rema-f 9ole le,. =, VIII ,me
notice of his artCcede"t histolJ e1d pres
ent political sts,IS, With some refle ctiors
thereon.
NJ. Burwell bps for mo7yyc--s occupied
the iroDt l~"k erODg the y:st- and
VIII on pol:iic7l &C )romy in tb;a' 1untIy.
As thinker he IS Eold independent and
Intelligent, while as W4.t2r he is particuI
larly sc, d. having Tew "qIo's and si'1l
fewer supel.o:-. A V,rg;1iau by birth
and cduc1.t'or, he of courSe imbibci many
of the peculiar political theories OF thot
people on the quC"tious at issue before the
war. Old newspaper r2lders Will remen-
Der his editorial contributors Dot only to
the papers of his own snd other S, t., bat
as well 70 that org0p of "Stlte rights, 1"
published in this city years Ggo under the
name of Tile States. The editor of the
Philadelphia Press, Who was at that time
editor Of the Washington Union, II brief
preface 10 the letter 10 wI cave have ad-
veItcd, after referring to their former Jlit-
ical differences ard their long and un-
interrupted personal re- tiopS. says !:
For US, the lesson is found in the fact
that the ablest and most thoughtiul of
{" the old-time free-traders and State
rights Democrats of. the South is now
brought to supreme sense OF the value
of Republican principles, and especially
"to a recognition Of the protection o.
American industry as the best, if not the
"Only me1ps of the redemption and su
"premacy of the Southern Safes"
A few months auer the close OF the late
war Mr.. Our we'll removed from Virginia
10 New Orleans, since which time his Fen
has been actively employed 10 dI,"c iTg at
tcntion 70 the vast resources Of the S)uib,
and in efforts 70 develop them. he Er',
up to a very recent period of his residence
in Louisiana, refrained from an active par
icipation in patty politics, preferri9g the
more congCpIal puIsuit OF writing in the
interest of material progress in his own SEC
ton. The coDfl;ct, however, IN which the
whole country IS now engaged in demand
ing the sssistlDce of all patriots to avert
the calamity of Democratic misrule, has
not failed to awaken responsive echo in
the bc1rt of the gentleman of whom we
are wriling. Mr.. Burwell loves the South,
and because he docs love it he is brave and
Independent enough to gay what he thinks