Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-05
THE FRIENDLY FEELING OF THE
SOUTH FOR THE NORTH.

;" Monday last:-'.The Vicksburg Herald
jubilates over the fact that the Yankees
in are again invading the south. It says
About twenty years ago they came
!, with fire and sword, but now they come
to invest their money in factories, rail.
roads, lplantations, patent medicines,
d. faro banks and other banks With
reference to the faro banks aud patent
n medicines. .the south CAM continue to
ostracize northern importations without
exciting a sectional growl. If they
come. the north disclaims any respon-
ID sibility for them; they will be the direct
ly results of southern invitation. With
respect to the other items, it is a cheer
n ful thing to hear the friendly and vel
n coming remarks of a representative
southern journal. It says that the
Yankees ARE whooping up things all
along the line, aud propose to fight it
g out until you can't tell the difference
between a northern and q southern citi-
zen. They are marrying soathern girls.'
9 etc. The Herald asserts that the
'Yanks have captured Atlanta. Rich
mond, Charleston and New Orleans, and
r there is a report that a raid will soon be
made on Vicksburg.' 1t is the tone in
which these facts are stated, rather than
the facts themselves, which indicate the
extent to which the wal line is beng
abolished. The process may be slow.
but 1t seems to be sure"
The comments OF the CD. are char.
acteristic because they are ~disingenuous
and unjust to the south. It is not a
matter OF to-day, yesterday. armonth or
a year ago, that Yankee capital. Yankee
men and women and Yankee enterprise
and thrift have been welcome In the
south. They have always been So It
was the scum like Moses in South Caro-.
lima, and other carpet-ba scoundrels
who went there to plumber that was
detested by southern people. not honest,
well-meaning citizens. And no wonder
they robbed them to the verge OF bank.
raptcy. and lied about them as though
they were very devils. That kind
OF cattle would be- no more welcome
now than they were then; decent peo-
pie from the north are no more well
come nov than then. 1t suits republican
newspapers to make it appear other
wise, and even so ''too-too" an sssthete
as Geo. VIM. Curtis in writing on the I
proper feeling OF the southern people re-
garding Gartield's assassination reioices 9
hat at last there is awakened in the &
south a generous feeling for the north. '
At last! As If the southerners had been 9
up to this time q set Of barbarians, de. l
void of religion, culture, or any of the a
finer feelings. ia. d
1t is such u%tterances as these from 9
.purblind, p~rejadiced partisans which a
keep up whatever remnant of bad feel is
ing there may be In the south, and this tt
Is not manifested against the north as a "
section, but only against the republican Ia
party which fortunately is becoming 1t
less and less representative OF the true lie
'tate OF feeling 10 that part of the coun- st
'ry. 1t Is In spite of the efforts OF the tt
'epublican press that the Yankee Is be. ca
ginning to find out that he is welcome VI
q the south ii he intends to be a useful
lilzen. Iwj
There Is another feature about this in
migration into the south which republi. 50
newspapers are not so ready to CO
'rlnt. Before the war a. every observ. it.
mt person knows, the most ultra and va
abld southern men" were those who up
Moved there from the north. While str
q occasional n might retain his ca
reconceived views, the larger part OF to
lem became thoroughly imbued with ne
'e virus as our northern friends ho
'ould call it of pro-slavery-state.riehts vii
otions. Many of them, Substantial hin
%lanters, became leaders of regiments
the confederate armies. soldiers in the no
anks, or supporters of the. u by tIol
leir voices and their wealth. It was of
le ''hill fellows" who had little At tiol
AXE, who were the few union men ma
no were found in the south sohile the me
ar lasted. There were others alter. T
ard. So now OF the northern men arb
substance, either in brains, Drawn afr,
money, when they 60 south they find con
q rant of the republican press to be The
Fossly misrepresentation they find cul. vo,
re n refinement where they had ex ma,
'cted anything else they find christian .cr,
cling and patriotic love OF country mo,
they were led to believe only A ]
'fianism and disloyslty existed: thew tod
the rough. unruly and djsorderiy hi,
ement republican, and the property on
conservative, ohurch-go,np ted
ement democratic. They are surprised in !
hrst, as In many instances this ia in. Nh.
rting the order OF affairs to which they witt
g accustomed, but being themselves ing
spectacle people. they drift into asso. was
tito with other respectable people, has
d seeing safety for their property and has
em'elves only by cooperation with div,
3 intelligence about them they become wre
mocrats. They might be republicans hss
hey were IN the north. but being in the hal,
nth they are democrats. This accounts
the fact that the places in the south l
lich are most indebted to northern IN
9ltal and thrift are the strongest dem. Is 10
attic communities. keel
There is nothing that republican wne
spape wonld M. ..-., desl
alnst democracy. but there are two hece
sons why. just now, they concede the d III
'ndly feeling of the south for the INTO
Is, that 1t Is so manifest that anu
be hidden; the other is, that wei
is no political canvass in progress 70 N
render it necessary to lie about it. VINO
Ter plain so or under oath, either of L ari
ich would he readily done If it we're ~ vi
ught necessary to further the inter- w
of the party. Eugl
poun
'dward Atkinson, OF Boston, and I'll. State
D gentlemen connected with cotton oo,.,
astries that employ $45 600, 900 cap. cbee
and run $4,000, 900 spindles, arrived
Atlanta Sunday last. On Wednes. III
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