The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-08-09
Southern Progress.
Comments of the London "Times."

comments OF the LONDON LINES.
The wonderful weslth-prOducing power OF
the United States de6es aud seats at naught
the grave drawbacks Of q mischievOus Drotee-
tive Tariff and has already obliteratsd, almo.
wholly, the traces of the greatest OF modern
civil wars What is especially remarkable IN
the present development of American energy
aud success is its wide andeq uable Distribution
North and sou b, east and west, on the shores
of the Atlantic and Pacific along the chain OF
the great lakes, in the valley of the MIssIs
sippi, and on the coasts of the Gull OF Mexico,
the creation OF wealth and the increase OF pop
ulation are signally exhibited 1t IS quite
tTue, as has teen shown by the recent appor-
tioument iof population in the House OF Repre-
sentatives, that some sections of the Union
have advanced, relatively to the rest, in an or
binary and unexpected degree. But TINS does
not imply that the states which have gained no
additional representatives. or have actually
lost some have been stationary or have reeeded.
The fact is that the present tide OF prosperity
has risen so high that it has overtoWed all
barriers, has filled up the back'Waters ana
established something like IN approach TO uni
form success. The older settlements, which
in their own time, and not so long ago, were
the wonder of the world, have been outshone
by the newer communities, but they have
suffered no loss except that-a large one 1t
may be admitted-which is measured by senil-
ment. 1t is worthy of remark that the three
main sections of the Understanding the
Pacific states which are still in their infancy
are at present almost equal in political power,
as calculated in the distribution of representa-
ton in the next congress in accordance with
the results of the census Of 1880. The New
England and the Middle States-Maine New
Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island and Connecticut, New York, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Mary land
have in the aggregate 102 members IN the
House of Representative. The Southern states,
substantially the section which seeded IN or
der TO resit the breaking up of the slave
system in 1861 including Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida Alabama,
Mississippi, louisiana and Texas, have in
che aggregate, 10 members. The Western
States proper-West Virginia, Ohio In
diana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Kansas, have,
an the aggregate, 1O4 members. The first sec
ton, the Northern states have neither gained
nor lost: the Southern states have gained four
teen and the Western states sixteen members
1t is not impossible that early IN the next CEN
fury the remaining section of the U nlon-the
Pacific states-may have attained to an equal
ity with the rest At present, however, this
section has only nine members in Congress,
and includes only four states-California, Or
eg1n, Nevada and Colorado.
sneakiug more generally. of the states of the
Mis- yissippi valleey-is the dominant fact IN |
t,- higher politics of the American Union.
But its effects have 10 Il certain extent been
IOft Cdsteu. n more StgHgtCuHt punt H tfte
statistics of the congressional representation is the
eridenee oftke Terival Of the South. Or the thir |
lie N Southern states not one loses represen-
tatlve in the new appcrtiOnmeRt, and only four
are stationary. At the close of the civil war
few would have predicted that in the present |
pol teal rearrangement, while Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont have to submit each
10 a reduction of their representation in Con-
gress, Virginia, North Carolina, South Car
olina and Georgia receive an increase. 1t is
not by any means So surprising that the South
western states should make substantial gains,
for these, and especially Texas, were, TO
great extent, unsettled at the date of The war,
and their vast natural resources were certain
to be stimulated and opened up to external en-
Lerprise on the restoration of peace. The
older states of the South, however, were sup
posed to be altogether dependent on the system
of slavery for their prosperity and political
Importance. The disasters OF the Confederaey
were believed alike by Ncrtherners and South
erners, by Americans and foreign observers to
have given a fatal blow to the social centre of
tae secession. Within the past ten years this
has been riHmphGnty disproUsd and the fact is
placed in evidence BY the Tsddjustment Of the
fedtral representation. The Southern states
have prospered under q system of free labor,
" thou' ~ssigniu0 official mower into the
lands Of the negro freedmen. Thai the problem
has ne>n sue sfuIIy solved, in spite of diff |
leulties within aud without bears testimony I
. the political capac ty of the people and Of c
ords ground for h.pe tn II in the United States '
he future OF the negro may be rescued from the 3
nIschieyous interference of professional o
hilauthropists and self-seeking demagoguts S
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