The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-08-07


ments of which medicine is capable, de-
mand that these separate but allied forces
should be held in active and harmonious
cooperation.
Universities and institutions of the high
est order; teachers and authors of pro-
foundest crudition and most exalted schol-
arship, must combine with native capacity,
moral purity, social elevation, and scientific
attachments, in the rank and file of our pro-
fessional forces.
Thus united and mutually dependent,
these more elevated and aesthetic elements
must not only be coordinate with but must
derive that sustenance which is essential
to their highest development, and to the
perpetlation of their functions, from those
tangible fruits of industry-irom that ma
teral wealth which is recognized in all
other honest avocations, as the normal and
legitimate equivalent of labor.
No matter how lofty in its aspirations,
how refined in its motives, how humane
and benefccnt in its operations, medicine,
as profession, so long us it is insolvent or
financially crippled, is as incompetent of as
sorting the dignity of its full proportions,
as powcrless to accomplish its greatest ends,
as would be bankrupt government to
maintain its position in the family of ma
tons.
In great country like ours, stretching
over so vast an area of territory, embracing
such divcrsities OF climate, so numerous
and such varied industries, the lapse of u
century has spontaneously evolved types
of character, orders of genius, and castles
of temperament peculiar to and distinctly
characteristic of the geographical sections.
These differences, so long as they were
subordinate to n great principle, and Il
common purpose, served but to augment
the vigor of the natiOn--to magnify and
beautify the national structure.
The bold and liberal spirit of the South,
the high order of her native intelects, her
capacity for original thought and concep-
ton, herpecuiar honesty and individuality
in action and responsibility, and her zeal
Gus fidelity to principles and the obligq;-
the production of II long and illustrious
line of Presidents, cabinet officers, states
men, soldiers and jurists, who have con-
trlbuted, in no small degree, to the growth,
the granduer, and the glory of the Re-
public.
The North, on the other hand economical,
practical, astute. energetic and aggressive,
has furnished the great fnanciers, the in
i11c ftcf, 4
the bankers, the manufacturers, the princes
of trade and commerce, the railroad kings, |
the milionaires, and the teeming millions
OF brave, braWny, and practical laborers.
From these elements the Nation has ac- |
quired, in a great measure, its material |
strength. ,Ia
When the relation of these distinct, but
hitherto reciprocal forces, was interrupted
by the intercurrence of nternecine strife
the practical results of the leading and
ideas of the respective sections
were made manifest, and the Cotton States
were taught lesson which they would
never have acquired.
Destitute of mechanical skill, mechanical
abor, and mechanical appliances, from
The moulding of a cannon to the cOnstruc- /,
ion of a percussion cap, or brass button.
me rushed into conflict with an open visor
md heart of valOr that courted danger
md scorned shield, /
The North came to the issue with a heart
VI adamant, grit about "with bars of brass
nd triple Steel" and invulnerable as the
ternal rock that mantles the rugged Sier-
as, reckless of the storm cloud that
reaks upon them, and of the avalanche =
hat sweeps over them. .
These prominent features, so distinctive "
the social and business economy of the -
No great sections of our country, having -
lelr origin, to some extent, in physical -,
luses, can never, probably, be entirely !.
iffused or perfectly assimilated
If the eagle is taken from his towering =
lstle amid the crags and SHOWS of the :,
ocky mountains and carried captive to -
lie sunny shores of the Gulf, when his =,
berty is regained he will mount into the
y and direct his flight to the bleak and !,
lrren fortress of his native sleeps. If the y;
ight-winged song bird be taken from his -,
Optical bowers, or his home by the South ar
"A, and transferred to the frozen region 81
the northern lakes, he will refuse to
ant his dulcet melodies, until he can re- To-
rn, on swift piniOns, to inhale the inspir- g.,
g perfumes Of his native groves. IA
So when the strong, acquisitive blood of -
2 North has blended with the warmer. I
ter current of Southern veins, we often ~
d, in after generations, restless, ener- 40,
lie, utilitarian spirits springing from this An,
ne, who, not finding in the passivity and
providence of the Cotton States an at
ctive and remunerative field of opera me
n, return, instinctively to the busy COM IRA
rcial marts, the great busting, business WI
tiers of the North and East, there to col
er the lists Of cOngenial competition, to .ne
nifty themse elves with the mighty indus is''
s, the vast enterprises and stupendous 1
pOrations where the genius of man, ma
'ed with the powers of steam and elee- gre
ity, becomes the servant Of gigantic adv
lOpOlies that are spanning the conti- loa
{ with railways, sweeping the great he
lerness of the West with vivifying pro
IN that speaks beautiful cities into a no
zeal existence floating the commerce ana
America upon every sea; carrying "h
ID to the hungry millions Of the old 7
Id. casting the political complexion and to $
lding the legislation Of States; invad- owe
the council halls Of the Government, dem
lting its laws, and shaping the des- lenc
= Of the Nation. III
, too, we find that when the quick blood Nun
ie Cotton States has penetrated, like a law,
!, meandering stream, far into The ae- less
robust and vigorous North, il returns. estal
lbsequent generations, like the migra- state
bird, to is native cline. weary Of the rigid