The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-24
For the FArara AsD " xCHAsrc
Some Results of the " ar 10 the
South, and the Present
Outioo:x.
By c. ". b, OF FAYETTEVILLE.

Outloo:t.
| BY c. ". b, OF F.YEFIEYILLE.
Sixteen years, a55utaaif The average
length 81 human life nave passed. since
Jte a5uued soldiers - the North aud
| Jath made their last days march
U0mewsrd, and tlagrant war ended. 1t
Il well then, just Oh til! half way ground
80 take u survey of the situation, with
.aim,e,S 10 review the past aud store
lway Its lessons, II mal < well the pres
| ent with its immediate surroundings,
and b. that past aud present. with the
ken OF hope TO measure 1t We can, the
promises Of the future.
The South had strained every nerve
its utmost tension III me struggle for
liberty and self-governDent. The issue
to her OF the contest was, thatthe we'll
tempered blade, which had SO often
,prung back to its original shape after
each bending, oitimes with the harmo
~ of music in its vibrations, was snap
ped sunder, and no human workman
vas nigh with cunning art to WELD to-
gether the broken fragments. She was
the waves upon a barren shore. Moth
ing was left her unframed, save that
indescribabie somctnlE, IL her living
sons, which now hou-" we call, now
pirit, courage, endurance or the like,
as it manifests itselfin this or that form
IF action: her women aud her dead.
Perhaps TO them should be added the
IBdying hate of those who fought her
a the other side, not with shot aud
he'll aud sabre stroke but fr0m the
safer strategica} bases Of the bOmbproot,
he press and the pulpit. These things
count for naueht when weighed in the
pf progress, we shall see later OF what
fruits they have borne under a South
sfn ciluie.
The Anglo Soxoa 5 Il Of land was no
where stronger cXemp! led than III the
Southern States, whose people possess
ii the earth not from 'nagnanimity of
heir foes, but simply because it was
mmoveabie and not tlia subject Of lar
,env. Ii was real esia,e still, 10 theory
Of law only. Confs,s Jion may now
seem an idle dream cen Tra by disor
dered fancy. Il vs. . - III uncertain
- =, I,oo,,o cort.;nt,, nv not at tho
2o;u oetbonananerar ,rIosa will tbot
49, ,ne b- nm ,,,oa,,S cn,,aa,n;.b
F. H - snJ ,nI,Io :, ub;Io !,
iaLla3 |Lo c,'r,.anci,isal cbattei fon
,rA., - 60 FL Ista o,xner -.
.,9b - -. ncw.t. nra wbn.a n,i,I
was well nigh lnaddcnei by reI Gated
- -. -, ~, I'll,
'ii.'i' = p.o'iS''.i' ~
- - ~ of5oat.,,, ,'f,, =,
-, ! 49,. ~. MI,
m ans IN ,ot' wi;ch anr comman fare
r--fj,a,s ,slull hava callal rabharv
I'D or. ,-n,,aseli, i...,,}ip ,arga h,iio
- go. .-n.f,.,,, ,l,uters VIZ
Ia bara haan ,l,I - t;r chang,.
,ftb;ng.to have ~ubI;yiIcd tlen and
.oli oIt int shcro " re u ,chascrs l..
4, fa,,,i ..,,-.,,, r,uirnb3rs ., Ike dir
cnms,ancs. win t5c.ny,lye.o Sab Ii
v:s;o,, aai sa'e of 'srqe lI9ntati13s Ia,
,sst. liz roinc on however. a the
;na,,.iai condition of the masses ha>
,,,,,o,.al md * ono iDnortaut and
oirbi,. hen,.f:ciaI r,sult of the war.
Live stock Of Al! kinds was great,
reduced by The heavy drains upon it r.
snnn'y I,rga arl..i.. and tie mcans t,
.C1Ieai>h Tie farms we're wanting. But
.fs,er an what were fertile fields viii. |
ali suitable apni;anccs Of cultivation |
.gurth wa, hoat labor? BY the emanci-
patton If tne negro the we'll trained
iarm hands of the South were destroy
ed at a blow. And in their places she
had four millions of freedmen turned |
loose upon her-set wild over their
newly acquired rights, whose chief idea
of freedom was living without work.
The sointion OF this negro problem in |
its diverse shanes. forced unon the
south. has beer, and must continue to |
be for long wears 10 come. the most i'm
portant result Of the war Manfuly |
has she grappled with II. aud well. |
Ne nronoee 70 consider il more in de
tail hnreaffer.
The small land owners. who freopent- |!
II abandoned their farms at the call to
arms and trusted their families to their
friends ar tn the care ef the State. re-
TUNED fron the surrender TO 6nd the
oraatest disorder. L i to their strong
hands and resolnta nnrnose that the
Santb tasdaT op1oS har cb;af n~osnar;tv
- ~, boIonos r h;star, = avar
tr.,tb r,Ijy1 T,;tten The hr;ohfnst naee
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