The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-10
Wendell Philips and the Future Of
the South.

The handwriting is so plain on the
wall that none but fool need mistake
il. New England is doomed Just as
sure as natural laws will produce fixed
results. New England has no soil worth
mentioning, and her wealth has all been
derived from her manufactures. These
are gradually leaving her and eventually
they viii all go; some TO the West, the
most to the South, where the advantages
for proftible manufactures are located.
The coal and iron in the South are easily
gotten at, and inexhaustible in amount,
and the iron mills, the foundries and
machine shops can 60 to them better
than they can go to the shops Then
cotton and wooden mills must 60 there,
for the raw materials are, and are to be,
produced there most cheaply, uniformity
and better. Then look at the advanta-
ges Of the extra hsurs of daylight in
years run. This of itself is no small
matter. As the South grows stronger
and stronger the wealth, culture and
power of the country will be centered
there until she will become not alone
the mistress of America, but the central
empire of the world.
Among all the extreme, bold and out
/ spoken leading men of New England
Wendell Phillips is .fdcile princeps. He
of all Others has proyei BY his antecedents
that he is less obnoxious to the sus-
picion of partiality towards the South.
The voluntary testimony then of one 50
distinguished for his profound and in.
dependent expression of opinion. who
was 50 long prominent leader in the
anti-slavery crusade, may be construed
most favorably to this hitherto abused
and maligned section. Many predic
tions have been made by various prom
! inent men as to the future industrial
position Of the South, but that of Wen
dell Phillips Is most significant and preg
nant with meaning, especially since it i
4 well known that he is not in the habi
Of making utterances without meaning
Twenty years ago even Wendell Phil
. lips, with all his power and influence as
! popular orator, could not have expresses
himself 80 boldly and freely concerning
/ the then hated South, except at the i'm
: minent risk of his personal safety. Blu
) times have changed and popular sent
: ment has changed with them; and W
: may be excused for quoting one who i
/ considered the highest and most indi:
: pntable authority on such a question
) Providence works out results BY mean
e beyond our comprehension. When til
1 tide of war set in against US and disai
4 tiers came in quick succession, it becam
s evident that we were not destined I
: triumph in war. We failed, butthe han
! of Providence was still with us.
I triumph still greater and more glori0t
q than that Of arms was held in reserz
: for the South; and we see it for
4 shadowed in the startling predictions {
3 such men as Wendell Phillips, who So.
Z and Acknowledges that she contain
3 within herself all the material eIemen
: that viii bring to her wealth an
strength and power, and cause her TO b
e come not only the mistress IF Ameris
e but the central empire OF the world
: # less than twenty years has q
eomplished this wonderful revoIutie
E what may We not be justified in hopiI
Il may be the result in two more decad
4 Of time,