Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-09-01

rupted dozen times over. Hon.
Joseph Pulitzer, of st. Louis, has
put this aspect of the question very
convincingly. In a recent speech
he said:
"Over one-third of ell our exports
are raised in and by the South. Ac.
eording to the most eminent Re-
publican statistician in the coun-
try, Edward Atkinson, of Boston,
the value of the last ten cotton
crops alone was not less than ST.
500, 900. .0OO and probably So, 900, ,00O,-
600. Two-thirds of this had been
exported-which means that for
one single staple produced by the
"rebels" during the last ten years
this country received the enormous
sum of 2000 millions in gold, or
more than the entire National
debt. from Europe. That this was
largely due to the operations of re.
gained self-government is shown
by the simple fact that while the
cotton produced In the four years
of carpet.bag rule of 1865, '67, 1853
and '69 amounted to about $780,
600. 900, in the years of 1876. III, '7S
and '79, under Democratic rule, it
amounted to over $951, ,000. 600, or
absolutely more than twice as
much, an increase of over 100 per
cent, an addition to the National
wealth in four years alone,
from a single staple, of $500, 600. 600
as the difference between Republic
canism and Democracy. Ii you
will look at any Republican alma
nae you will see that of the 81, ,97S,-
OOO. 900 of agricultural exports be-
tween 1865 and 1871 the products OF
the South alone amounted to about
81. .45O. 900, 900. r. you believe that
eminent Republican, Mr.. Atkin-
son, the value of the cotton crops
of 1S70.79 was, as I said before,
about So, ,OOO. 600, 600"
When John Sherman goes around
the country, making Hayes stump
speeches, and claiming all the
credit of resumption for the Repub-
lican party, he is careful not TO tell
his hearers that resumption has
really only been made possible by
the heavy cotton exports Of the
Southern States. And yet this il
the "frozen truth" Without the
tremendous influx Of specie aris-
ing from these exports, bringing
back solid coin In their train, VT
should never have been able to re
sumo specie payments. Instead,
we should have been compelled to
adopt reputation as natlona
policy. Mr.. Pulitzer probes the
matter to the heart. He continued
NOW, Is all this the result o
bull-doZng, the ku Klux ant
Southern outrages and rebel rule
Were these glorious rebel deeds
committed under Republican car
pet-bag rule or Democracy Cal
such results he due to the shotgun
the Ku.Klux or the tissue ballot
If so, the country could we'll affor'
to pray for much more of this kin
of Ku-Kluxing. But it is not &c
These extraordinary results coul,
never have been obtained, eXcep
in profound peace and order
through perfect harmony of al
classes of the people by industry
thrift ard hard work, and unde
the workings of an honest and trul,
representative local self.govern
ment. This is also shown by tn
census just taken by Republican
appointees, according to which th
South has gained much more rap
idly in population than most of tn
Northern States. If we have pros
perity and good times to.da,
through a favorable balance o
trade, who contributed to 1t s.
largely as the truly Solid South
If the national debt has been de
creased, whose cotton has brough
thousands of millions of foreigl
gold to this country? l tell you tn
South Is the hen that lays th
golden eggs In this country, and i
is the most stupendous sin to Sian
der and kick her when she is do
ing such extraordinary work 70
the prosperity Of the nation ant
only asks to be let alone. There il
not business man in Indiana O
the North who does not really ow'
whatever good times and prosperity
may prevail, no: to the Republi'
can party, which claims all th,
credit; not to John Sherman, bul
Infinitely more to the toll an(
labor of these much-abused lat,
rebels in the South. They have
done nobly for the country, and in
stead Of deserving persecution anG
viiliication, they are entitled td
the highest praise for their good
sense, their patriotism, their in.
dustry aud their liberal, progres
sive spirit. Yes, liberal. 1 say; fol
from the last statistics it appears
that in 1878 twelve of these rebe
States spent over $1,000, 900 OF
their public schools, there educat
ing over six hundred thousand col
Ored Children free of eYpansa Tho,