American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21
The South As It Is.

The Baltimore Gazette says: 4
kpe' ial con- srontt Mt of the New
York Tribunr, who has been in
: every Southern State except Fior>
fla, writes a very interesting &C
count of his observations among
the growing manufac uring estab
lishmenta, which are springing up
ike May flowers all over the South.
His experience, covering a long Pc
tiod OF time, and in almost every
section, must have struck the Til
bane people with considerable as
tonishmeut. Instead of witnessing
scenes of murder and outrage, or
wading through rivers of human
gore, lie walked p accful!y and as
aweetly as summer morning
through, as the correspondent re-
lates, "uSost Of the mills, often
n.One, observing and examining
everything with all the fulness and
leisure that desired; have visited
,.sany operatives in their homes, in
sIsrting their houses and surround
Tags, learning us much as possible
about sanitary matters, their food
social aad personal habits, use of
leisure time, tbei: morals and gen-
,rrsl tome, temper and character"
Here Is, then, a gentleman evIdent>
~ fair-mirtled, sincere and honest,
sent through the South by bitter
and viruisnt partisan journal. who
comes back without the record of Il
single political murder or the shad
ow VI . cloud upOI the picture of
1s.sce and cOntentmcnt, of conf
siencs and affection, of growing
prosperity anl tranquil happiness,
whicn truth cOmpcls him to draw of
~ much misrepresented and ma
ligue.i section. 81 found it i'm
possible" he says, "tO obtain from
say of tho hands with whom /
talked any expression of dissatis
faction with their employers. j.!
couii not observe anywhere any
Indications Of res;l ssh, IS o di.cou-
tent among the mill people," n.
shO'.guns evidently, no kuk'ux war
paint. no Krarney ism or Schwab
lam in the South tor the corrrspon>
dent bears very full Testimony that
"the Southern Opera'ive. are
more placid and cnntentcd and less
restless Than people of the same
class in New England. They art
more domestic, settled and regular
in their habits and character.
There is far less moving about from
vnc mill to anot her here than III
the N"rth. All, or very nearly all,
the hands In Southern factories are
Southernrrs, natives of the region
arounM the mill i'll which they
wofk, and they all belong 20 mne
primitive, simple and old-flshioned
order of things than now anywhere
in existence In connection with the
factory life of New England" In
TACT, the whole ar icle is a very
complete answer to the Outcry
against Southern lawlcssness and
sectional iu-qu,iity. The meal and
women in the mills were mild ana
-swuet-tempeIed, and the general
disposition OF character anything
but such AS has been painted to OK
cite and ir.f,me the distrust Of
Northern people. a bright picture
j. found Ia the conclu, ling para
& rsi,i,, y mich. cannot offer less cause
fsr qualification in the North than
n will encourage the South: sIn
various ports of the South 1 nee
sgss of the gradual accumulation
eli capita, and o! the work Of lay
ing the foundation for new or ex-
pan.led business enterprises. "a coral |
INJECT kind Of work going on out of
sight, but which is sure to he mans
fest by and by" II the Tribune
would continue to publish more OF
Euch letters about the South, to
present in such truthful colors the
real culditIon Of aff.,irs in that Sec
zion TO lis Northern readers, and
bring about feeling of mutual
confidence AMI esteem, rather than
10 attempt 10 drive the rrpudin-
IiOnis;s Of Virginia as the "enter-
ing wedge" to break up the State
government under which sucl. pro- Z
ress has bean possible, it would be
it's place in journalism,
and doing the whole country al
genuine service.
DIR. JOSEPH JONES, President OF
the Lnisllnss S,ate Board OF