Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-05-01
THE SLAVE AR1srocRAcY.

The early introduction of slavery into
the colonies increased the wealth, power
and self-importance of the gentlemen -
thus forming the slave aristocracy whom
Stephens, Hampton and Preston now rep
resent; the effect of which was todegrade
the laboring class by placing them, in
the estimation of the aristocracy, on
level with the slave.
THE sTATEsMANsHIP OF THE NORTH AND OF
THE SOUTH.
The aristocratic leaders claim that the
of the South, has been superior to that
of the North. This question can be fairly
considered and correct Judgment formed
by contrasting the advancement of the
people of the two sections in all things
that stamp true statesmanship upon either
citizens or States.
BEN HILL ON SOUTHERN sTATEsMANsHIP. :
Ben Hill in one of his lucid moments is
reported to have said:
In 1887 wise men predicted that the
Southern States would excel allsothers in
point of population, power and wealth,
| owing to their area, their fertility, their
vast industrial and Commercial resources.
But in spite of these established facts,
why is it that the sayings of these wise
men have not been realized? Other sec
tions of country inferior to ours in every
respect, have attracted the notice of the
world. and why has the supe-
rior South been ignored? Do not charge
| God with it; for He has not favored more
highly than he has the South any country
upon the face of the earth. He has Gre
ated for us Paradise, but we have not ap-
preciated the gift. Why have States, in
ferior to us, advanced with such giant
strides, and developed every element ot
power, while we have been content t
look upon their towering greatness with
out even the desire to emulate their prog
ress? Our failure is to be accounted fol
in ourselves. The primal cause of our fail
ure, as a people, is the fact that oar system o
labor aoas SLAVERY. The strength of peo
, pie lies in the establishment and main
tainance of good schools; knowledge i
power; ignorance is death. We have no
, improved our natural blessings, becaus
! labor has been degraded and dishonored
. address of B. H. Hill, at the Univer
: sity of Georgia, june f1S71.)
> THE TWO CIVILIZATIONS CoNTRAsTED.
: Less than one hundred years ago th
e Constitution was formed, and the Unite
d States became a member of the family {
nations. But we were two peoples, wit
y two civilizations. It is true, as Ben Hi
says, that "wise men predicted that til
i Southern States would excel all the otl
n ers in point of population, wealth an
e power, owing to their area, their fertilit,
their vast industrial and commercial r
st sources" ''But, in spite of these estal
% Used facts,'' E'the sayings of these wiz
v men have not been realized" Why
gr Simply because the craftsmanship of Il
i South, if, indeed, it may be called state
of manship, has not equalled that of Il
n. North.
ID The Statesmen of the North found
d. their civilization upon the free school al
IN free labor as the corner stone; the Stat,
he men (?l of the South founded theirs up
"a slavery without the free school. In Isl
as the population of the North was 24, "a
nd 57s, that of the South was IA 900, ,315. T
srs wealth of the North was $24 ,493, ,917 81
ed that of the South was $3.50, ,524, ,O92.
he the Northern States I,940,o45 person
dy over ten years of age, were unable to re
tilt and write, and mostof these were of Il
nd eign births but in the Southern Stat
6,67S, ,642 of the same age were unable