The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-11
HOPEFUL INDICATIONS.

SENATOR JOKES, of Florida, has but re-
Gently returned home from an extended
tour through the northern states, which he
made the means OF carefully posting him
self with reference TO sentiment in that
section, both politically and otherwise.
The senator is very learned and close on
server, and being actively in politics would
naturally desire to arrive at only correct
conclusions, whatever they might be. His
impressions and the facts observed by him.
as Just related, are Of an exceedingly graft.
flying and encouraging character to US of
the south. The senator found that the pc.
litical animosity towards the south was
much weaker than he had supposed, and
that bloody.shirt campaigns were no longer
popular. The people there are now discoy.
ering that such harrangues and methods
are only for effect, the tricks of the
politicians, and have no substantial
basis in the actual thought and con-
dition ofailairs as they are at the south at
this time. At last the masses of the north
are recognizing the fact that the war is in
deed over and that the south is part and
parcel of the Union, entitled to its rights
and views on political questions just as is
the north or west. The senator argues
therefore with reason that it will not be
long, indeed, before political sentiment
will undergo great revolution in the
north and that the democracy must gain
largely from the change. nut that which is
most hopeful and encouraging to us is
the fact that throughout all portions of the
east and north and among all classes there
is exhibited the keencst interest in the
south and the most eager curiosity to learn
about everything connected with or part OF
us-the condition of business and society,
the character OF the land, the products, for
ests, streams, wages, supply or demand of
labor, etc, etc. This interest is exhibited
by farmers, mechanics, manufacturers cap
itallsts and Adventures generally and pro
misculously. This augurs well. 1t indi-
Gates that tho south is being looked to az
the next possible field for enterprise by the
people of the northern states, who, desiring
to seek u more genial and promising cline,
have heretofore been kept away from this
section through ignorance, prejudice an /
fear. Wcneed such immigrants and we
want them by the thousand, and that we
will have them in few years in our midst.
assisting by their skill, energy and capital
in developing the cxhaustless resources of
the south and rendering it as nature has
designed IL should be, the seat of prog
ress, prosperity, culturc and power in
the Union, such facts as these related
by SENATOR JONES clearly demonstrate.
What We need now in tho south is. money |
and men, and whatever their political con.
victions may be, material development and |
ease and wealth are of far more consequence
to us than unanimity of political faith. The |
only limitation that we could Or ought to |
wish placed upon immigration is one that |
will keep ont of our borders the shiitless,
worthless or rowdy elements of humanity. |
For such there is no welcome. but the So |
Der, industrious, honest citizens of the |
north and of the rest OF the world, the |
south is as anxious TO see as are such pco- |
pie to take up their permanent residences
here. 1.-THE prominent men of both sec.
tons would make it their business for a
time to study the conditions OF life and so.
cicty in bottle the. north and south, and
give their conclusions publicity, much
good would speedily ensue and many of
tho existing. barriers between the sections !
would speedily give way