, 1877-12-15
The South as It Is.


Mr.. Henry Watterson, editor Of the
Louisville Courier Journal, concluded a
lecture in New York as follows:
Referring to the rowdy element In
the South. he said it was net the young
gentlemen of the first families who did
all the violent deeds. Il was with the
Southern population as with other peo-
ple-the lower element of society was
the most dangerous. Crime was crime
wherever it was found. Nothing was
more unjust than the exclusion of char>
ity toward the South. No people were
more homogeneous than the, people of
the United States. The vestal fire of
the United States was still strong
enough in the American heart to keep
the fire of freedom bright in the affec
tions Of its people. 1t was like nature;
one touch of it made the whole world
kin. That which may not be good for
one State might be good for another !;
and it was civil trust with intelligence,
guided by the intelligence of the greats
est number, that would ultimately pre-
vail over all great wrongs. 1t Was ab-
surd to suppose that any people living
within the sound of church bells could
love license for its own sake. If the
manhood of the South was less true
than it is it would be held to its stand>
ards by the womanhood of the South.
The worst that was said of the South
ern women by the Northern soldiery
was that she showed too much fidelity
to the lost cause. But if in the time of
war her triumphs had been SO full of
grace and power she had far excelled
them during the time of peace. for she
had been called to add to them the bur
dens of poverty in her everyday life.
She had become familiar with the un-
familiar broomstick, the unused darn
ing needle, the vacant clothes chest and
the vacant coverlet. In the days of
their prosperity the people of the South
we're pleasure seeking, easy going
people. Men who lived upon great es>
tates, surrounded by slaves. had every
inducement to grow indolent. The
Southern gentleman had plenty of time,
and he thought be had plenty of money
to lose. But the crash came, and his
fancied prosperity fell in one common
ruin. There was nothing left now of
tbs gilded structure. The South that
is is quite unlike the South that was.
1t no longer devotes itself to days OF
idle pleasure. There had been caba-
listic figures placed on the face of Amer
lean destiny that the wisest of men We're
unable to read. The lecturer said that
he was happy that slavery was over and
that it was absolutely gone. The very
life that made Southern indolehce and
folly possible was all gone. Nevermore
need the remark made by the Governor
of North Carolina to the Governor of
South Carolina be regarded as witty
remark. Henceforth it was the aim of
the Southerner to out>Eankae the
Yankee.
Operations connected with the
submarine tunnel under the Eng
lish channel have already been
commenced On the other side of the
channel, several pits having been
sunk to the depth Of about 10
yards. At the same time the French
and English committees have def
nitely drawn up the conditions Of
working for the route. The prop
erty of the tunnel is to be divided
in half by the length-that is to say,
each company will possess half the
line, reckoning the distance from
coast to coast at the lowest tide.
Each company will cover the ex-
pense of its portion. The general
work of excavation will be done by
the Great Northern of France, and
on the other by the Chatham and
Southeastern companies, the two
latter having each a direct route
from Chatham to Dover. All the
materials of the French and English
lines will pass through the tunnel
in order to prevent any unnecessary
expenses and delay OF transhipment,
as in England and France railway
companies use each others lines,
and goods can pass from one line to
another without changing vans. It
is understood that an arrangement
will be established for a similar ex-
change of lines between all the En-
glish and Continental railway COM
panies when the tunnel is complet-
ed. The tunnel will belong to its
founders. At the expiration of 80
years the two government will be
able to take possession of the tun-
mel upon certain conditions.
There ie speck of war down in