The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-10
TINE RtouPfaATlvs POWER or THE
SOUTH,

SOUTH,
II WAS q source u no little astonishs
menl 10 the masses Of northern people
during the war that tho south, Shen
her ports were closed by tho blockade,
and her supply on hand Of war mater.
ais was exhausted went vigorously to
work to manufacture them That from
the heaviest siege gun, down 10 the per,
ousson cap, including powder from her
own nilre, there was nothing sho failed
10 produce, and from her own domestic
resources and by her own domestic In
genuity, Tho mechanical aud indus
trial genius Of our people was vastly
underated, and when our frat ron,clad
ram burst into her war-ileel, aud sent
her proudeAt ships 10 the bottom, or n.y.
Ing NJ best speed Of steam and sail out Of
harms way II began slowly 10 pcroolate
through thepublio mindofthe north that
perhaps tho south might yet prove foo
worthy Of scientific consideration, This
fact sent the fleets Of the Union into the
bays, harbors and rivers Of the coast aud
interior, and left clear, open, unde-
iended ocean 10 tho bold Semmea, The
result Ia still felt aud will still belet by
the country Tor u generation or ao The
north, indeed tho whole country paid u
fearful penalty for the great miSiaEo Of
deaplalng and undertaking tho foe,
Al the close of the war, without
money, crushed In the field, pride
mortified, homes deaolato, business
destroyed, labor system uprooled,
hundreds OF milliona Of capital
destroyed and without u dollars credit
In the markets Of tho world, tho south
commenced business again, Indeed, IL
was nm nnpromising outlook and,
added TO all this, miserable set
Of harplos, poor interruptions ana
dishonest In every fibre Of their being,
we're sent here 10 govern the conquered
provinces II seems that God, man,
the devil and the elements, had all
conspred TO destroy even hope NJ the
south, Thirteen years have passed.
and what measure of commerce the
country carries on to-day IL principally
IN southern productions, Tho yulturos
have gone back 10 the frozen north, tho
truth with regarI 10 the south Is ur.
denlood, and our whiom enemics
are coming here in numbers
our factories are busy our fields sups
piled with willing aud well paid labor,
our people of all classes notwithstand,
ing the wrelched policy Of the governs
ment with regard TO the finances
slowly but surely growing rich and |
opulent. There will soon DO thirty feet
OF water on the bar at tho mouth of tho |
Mississippi, and Now Orleans will again
become the bonilicent mistress of the
cotton trade.
Did II wal-bruised subiugated, pills
laged, burned and usod-up country
ever before recover from such disasters
as these in thirteen short years and
during twelve OF them contend against
q hostile national administration at the
same timcY
This is II wonderful result, How was
il worked cut What causes lie at the
bottom OF itY Simply the wonderful
fertility of tho soil, the genial climate,
md the energy and intelligence of the
people Think of it, thirteen years
ince no single friendly voice was
aised in the national capital to
Head our cause. The men there
we're the hired tools of the ultra
'rlests who ministered at the affairs of
'ate, and who kept alive the fires of
ectionalism only to pillage where war
ad mercifully spared. To-day the
outh stands represented by her ablest
nd best men, her purest and truest .
ervants in those halls. She is safe, and |
his fact with the others mentioned, il !
anding the good men and pure women
Ithe north, to the fair and sunny states Q
the south. The crowded population
the north and her unemployed and y
arriving mechanics are finding happy n
Ones honest bread and warm wei, il
,mes here. =,
These are some of the wonderful re.
Hts OF the recuperative powers of the
nth, and when we have worked out :.
ON under the weight of the burdens B
aced upon our backs by the prepon- :,
france OF capital against us, and when OF
oney advantages are more nearly u
Iualized, no other section of our broad y,
ld Reunited country will be half so A
osperous, m
- - ne
THE Examiner is down to fine point il
ter long tussle. "rho degree of he
angism should not affect the case" dc
Iats lust what does affect IL becausa.