The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-09-01
The Young South.
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u new era is upon them. The dISap-
pcarance of the woful rule of the adj
venturcr, the negro and the hayonrt
frees their hands from the struggle
with thci: own wrongs. Their dis
cntirallrl section suddenly lifts its
eyes from the contemplation of its
long bleeding, hnt now healing
wounds, and finds itself merged into
the new nation, partakinS of the ma.
TONS life, and possessing vast but
as yet latent Influence in national at.
fairs. Shall she step to the front
with a steady tread, and hold her
own upon this hi CHER plane, or shall
her sudden rXatalinn make her tz-
rs. distract her cnnnSrlS, narrow her
policy and cause her to relapse into
provincial in>i yuiIicance? 1t will
not do for the young men Of the South
to give themselves up to rejoicing
and ot1icc-holdiny. They arc the
light Of her future life, her brains, her
heart and her hope, and her leaders
in "a new and brilliant epoch of the
country'S history, as unlike uhr past
as night is unlike day. They have
serious work to do.
1t is their duty to show the would
that the overthrow of negro rule is
not a reaction in tho direction of
slavery, but a progressive forward
movement. 1t was the necessary
prelude to the establishment Of fra
trrnal ,eIntionS and to the beginning
of the decay of sectional anlmoslty.
The brave men of the North and the
South learned to respect each other
on the battle field, and undoubtedly
each section stands to-day fur hiy her
in the others esteem than it dld be-
fore the war. The time is suspicious,
therefore, for ccmcntinS the sections
into an enduring union upon a lasting
basis.
The North at last distinctly an
n0unces its desire to ,cceivc the South
in the national councils, not as con-
qucrcd foes and repentent sinners
upon trial and federation, but upon
the fullest equality, as proud men
coming with no apologies to make.
This generous invitation tho Young
South accepts, and turning her face
to the tutulc she bids the "Sood old
times" forever farewell. Slavery is
gone, and all that is left of its spirit
must also go. Its spirit was ncccssa-
rily hostile to immigration. The
Young South throws its doors open to
all the world, and invites the children
Of every land to come and share her
brilliant promise of fortune.
The Young South, whose motto is
Cup with tho schoollouSc and down
with the rcvolvcr,' will bend it's Ell.
cryics to providing every child with
at least the rulimcnts ofan education
so that it will DC as well equipped tol
the battle of life as if it had been
born in the centre Of New England.
The Young South, iu short, will pus|
ahead like tho West. She need moi
cease to he noted for chivalry ant
hospitality, but she should grow ric'
and powerful, and her influence il
shaping the destiny of the nation vii
be greater than it was even in thu
palmicst days Of the slave regime.
1t is some years since farmers coult
afford to be as complacent as the,
can be now. Generally this seasoi
there has been, and is now, little tt
complain of. Wheat and rye, ant
oats, where cut, have done well j
not very well, hay has turned on
: better than it promised in the spring
potatoes arc a good crop in spite "
the beetle; fodder crops, corn, ant
roots, are doing we'll, and outside q
the fam, business is looking up. W
! have got over the furry of artificial
l values we have come down to "har'
! PAM and those who arc out of deb
feel as we'll as ever. Confidence
: returning; it is y wonder that it wa
G ever lost and if any man in tn
: world should be confident, it is til
;, farmer who is out of debt, and vii
h knows how to use his farm wei
Unfortunately there are comparative
- " few such; but the experience
a the past few years onght to ad
5. greatly t. the number Of this elias
C The great study of the farmer n"
s. should be, to add to the capacity
{, his soil by every appliance known
Il science. How We have changed DIT
k ring the past few years! No M
m are now moro eager for sricnt'
!" knowledge than farmers; and yea
II ago the idea that science could
anything for the farm, was scout
by the great majority of them Is
what has been done is too plain
seen, and it IS too clearly undcrsto
now, how much remains to bc dp
he before tho farmer can say that he
a satisfied. We arc just beginning
rs know how to learn. This is the ii
I'd step in all education, and it is pref
OF certain that, in tho next few yea
ry We shall see a great advance in G
Id system eff agriculture and in its pr
lis table operation. Now is the time
lie our necessity, and necessity bel
nd the mother of invention, 4 way
cr arrive at the Dccded end will be ST
u, reached. And the end We need
lat reach, is simply to bring tho prod
i'm tue capacity of the farm to an cqu;
I'd. IT, with that of other industries VIII
)ld have, for years past, shot ahead
nd agriculture. - American ASricul
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