The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-06-18
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TALMAGE 0N THE sOUTT.

his visit to tho South. On last Sun.
day, 1t having been announced that he
would make some observations on his
recent trip, the Tabernacle was rather
moro crowded than usual. lie took
for his text, "Givo me.a blessing, for
thou hast given mo South land, and
he went on TO say that the fertile fields
aed sunny skiea Of the South land had
gladdencd his eyes, and he felt like one
walking in an Eden on earth.
Indeed, bis remarks are so we'll wor.
thy Of repetition that we give space to
a considerable extract, taken from the
New York Star. We couli wish that
many Of his brethren Sho hare hereto.
fore been 80 rabid against our section
would come amongst us and l,e con.
viLeed. aud bear testimony, aa TaImage
does, to the fertility Of our SOIL the
healthfulness Of or climate, and the
law-abiding character Of our people.
We commend DR.. Talmages olser, a.
tiona because they ARE accurate, truth.
ful and just
The Southerners, raid he, have their
faults-and who on this footstool Is
perfect-but they are proverlially hos
piiable and oI'en-heaTted. Nowhere
this si,le Of Heaven can we find more
cordial welcome than that which ereets
ns on the old plantation. The Souther1,
country Is blessed abandantly with lit.
eral water The HgurRtive aliings Of
water that are needed, however, are
capital and enterpsise-cal capital invested
in factories aud business projects, and
tho enterprise necessary to develop tho
resources Of the land. There Il aband
ant opportunity for the Nortlerner To
make home for himself and family in
Dixie, and IL he will mind his own
business. and not metldle with that of
his neighbor's. be Sill fare ~sll enough.
lie must not go there y l. tl,s AFRO
CANT idea that he CAN cnHt.ri Hil men
to his way of thinking lie mnst not
hoast &C his exi,lniis n k'Fiing c.afed-
crates ia the lal, ~ar Neither si.auil
he hnas It thai in "a fuaging eNls-,iiti.m
lac kille.l Hni uns'tes,si = h,.ilor go
their front nt.sp. Il Gvoild .l-.. n"t H..
we'll forSiim Ia tell iI-e ,s.,plr tha, l,s.
;;.ss vsTse $50 siisid that he i.ai s,..~ss,lpmnn
them 10 teach them farming and h"w
to manage things ecncrrl!v. M,'ldir
same Yankees get very little encourage
ment in the South.
Referring TO politieai agiiators ~ho
create no end Of i'll FEELING Isss N.-cn the
people cf tho North aud the South, DR..
Taimnga said
IL would he a COOL thing IL half a
,lpz.n dernagngnes on each side would
kindly cp,sent Ia die. as ths citizens
could we'll afford Ia pay their funeral
expenses. Il is not men who mind
Il eir own affairs wba make mischief in
the world. The citizens cf the South
have no more admiration for ioois than
We have. but they do admire honest
common sense. A great deal has l'scn
said about the supposed abnSe Of the
colored race in the South. can tell
yon that The freedman Of the South i,
better paid and is treated with NOR.
consideration than are many OF the male
and female clerks and operatives il
stores and shops of New York. Pnila
delphia or Boston.
II has been argued that the planter
would restore the old system Of African
slavery if they had the power. This i
mistake. The planters told me tha
they found it much cheaper TO emplo.
Il ieedman and pay them their wage
than it was To get tho wo,k done viii
slave labor. The owners of slaves wer
obliged to take care Of them, sick o
we'll, and in old age when they could d
no labor. II was the natRre of ib
slave 10 shirk whenever there was n
| opportunity. Not so with the free,
> man. lie takes an interest in his Ii
Dor. lie feels that he is the architcC
: Of his own fortune, aud that his success
or failure depends altogether upon hi
individual conduct The freed slavefeel
that he is man in tho sight of, Go
and his fellow men. He knows that b
. industry and frugality he can secure
home and competence for himsel
o He strives to better himself in the socii
q scale Recognizing the fact that he hs
something to live for, tho future 10 hiI
. is full of brightness.
1t has been said that the climate
the South was not as healthfuI as thl
Of the North. 0f course there are ce
tain sections Of the South, Just as he
/. in New York State, where miaSmat
" diseases Prevail; hut taken as a who
q the mortality in Dixie's Land will COZ
r, pare favorahly with that of Vernon
% Connecticut, and others Of the Norther
! States.
+ DIR. Talmage c,nined his discourse
e. plain narrative and avsRRent uptil
>, Description Of his isit to I4ooko
y Mountain gave hin, an excellent opp
r, tunity to indulge in fight of FAM
le lie said that he rode TO the top of
I'd mountain In carriage, and as he ste
80 upon the summit and looked shout hi
i, the scenes of the last seventeen ye
Is. passed in review before his mental +,
at ion. In imagination, the gate Of hea'
lg opened, and the spiritu Of two soldi
II a who had lost their lives in the wal
Is m the rebellion stepped forth. Oneof
N, soldiers had belonged to the Confeder
", army, and the other had fought on
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