The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-22
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Among the many good things the At
lanta Exposition has done for the South, il
must not be counted the least advantageous
that it has drawn south of Mason and
DiXon's line some visitors who would in all
likelihood have never come South had it
not been for this great enterprise. These
visitors referred to are men who are so situ-
ated and conditioned in the present status
| of affairs in this country as to be ofincalcu-
liable benefit to the Southern people, if they
are so disposed. We refer, of course, to
such men as Governor Bigelow and staff OF
Connecticut. Mr.. Edward Atkinson and
the New England manufacturers, Generals
sherman and Raum and many others of the
same character and standing in the East
and North. They are men of intelligence
and wealth, men who are fitted to and in
fact do mould and control to great extent
the thought and finances Of their respcc-
| tive sections and those sections too the
most populous and influential in this whole
country. They are men, too, who in the
past have believed greatly, ard honestly
believed, too, in the political defamation of
the South in its alleged coarseness, lawless-
ness, inhospitality toward Northern men
and Northern.capital, and they have conse-
quenty done nothingto assist in the South's
development or soften the rancor of political
strife, But now they have been amongst
us. They have met the Southerner in his
home, they have experienced his hos
pitality, and they have seen his political
condition. They, too, have noted the great
possibilities of this section of the Union, and
the vast strides being made by the new gem
Grafton in manufactures and material devel-
opment, and without an exception in fact
with one accord they have exclaimed in
establishment: 1--WE had not dreamed of
this state of thingsl" No efforts were
spared to make their visits agreed
Bile and inform them as to
who and what we really
are, The greatest satisfaction was ex-
pressed as to the manner of their receptions
and treatment and the strongest expies-
sions of good will and future regard were
INDUCED by all, 1t takes no prophets ken
to see the results that will inevitably flow
from these visits. They will return and
disabuse as far as in them lies the Northern
mind of many of the prejudices and as
peritcs cngendered by past political differ
ences, and as consequence Eastern capital
will flow into our business marts and chan
nels South quantities never heretofore wit
messed, enterprises will be inaugurated and
inter-communication between the sections
ensue not seen before, and sectionalism will
ofnecessity grow fcebler than ever. Wonder
full revolutions in this particular have taken
place in our common country within the
past few months, to which we have more
than once referred with pleasure in these
columns, and the outlook for the
future of our beloved and beauti-
full South grows brighter and brighter unto
the perfect day. The assassination of Gar
field, striking one common and universal
chord of love and sympathy from Maine to
the Rio Grande was the beginning of an
era of new, good feeling, which the Atlanta
Exposition is outstanding and deepening in
the most satisfactory manner. All the
South needs to become rich and powerful
is to become known.