The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06

have made the hammer and the saw
and the adze, and the drill and the
ak sound in the grand march OF our
national industries Give your
heart to God and then fill your life
with good works. Consecrate to
Him your store, your shop, your
banking house. your factory, and
your home. They say no one will
hear it. That is enough. You
scarcely know of anyone else than
Wellington as connected with the
victory at Waterloo; but he did not
do the hard fighting. The hard
fightiAg was done by the Somerset
Cavalry, and the Kempt's Infantry,
and the Ryland regiments, and the
Scots CIR US, and the Life Guards.
Who cares, if only the day was won?
DR.. Talnage, in Frank Leslie's
Sunday Magazine for October.
What the South Has and Can Do.
Iion. Henry Watterson's speech before
the Bankers Convention at Louisville.J
Hon. Henry Watterson, who had
been invited to address the associa-
ton, entered the hall and was CON
Quoted to the stage, where, on his
introduction, he was received with
lively and appreciative applause.
After a few pleasing references to
the occasion, to banks and bankers,
he took up the south, which was
the special order of the day, and in
an eloquent address spoke tor that
great section. He was listened to
with the closest attention, and the
association generally applauded.
He said: 1t was not, however, to
hear of banks and bankers and
banking that you did me the honor
to call me before you. / am told
that you are to-day considering that
problem which has so disturbed
politicians-the southland that
you wish me to talk to you about
the south. The South The South
1t is no problem at all. l thank
God that at last we can say with
truth it is simply a geographical
expression. Applause. The
whole story of the south may be
summed up in a sentence: s'She
was rich and she lost her riches
she was poor and in bondage; she
was set free and she had to go to
work; and she is richer than ever
before" Applause. You see, it
was a grounding case. Laughter
So it was here. Climate and soil
was here, but along with them was
a curse, the curse of slavery. God
passed His rod across the land and
smote the people. Then, in His
goodness and mercy, He waved the
wand of enchantment, and 10, like a
flower, His blessings burst forth.
Applause. Indeed may the south
say, as in an experience of men, it
is grace for any TO say With per
feet sincerity, "Sweet are the uses
of adversely. Applause. The
south never knew what independ-
ence meant until she was taught by
subsection to subdue herself. We
lived from hand tt mouth. We
had our debts and our ''nlggers. :"
Under the old system we paid our
debts and walloped our niggers.
Under the new we pay our niggers
and waliop our debts. laughter
and applause. We have no longer
any slaves, but we have no longer
any debts, and can exclaim with
the old darky at camp meeting,
who, whenever he got happy, went
about shouting, "Bless the Lord?
I'm getting fatter and fatterr'-
Laughter.I The truth is that be-
hind the great ruffle the south vote
to its shirt, there lay concealed
superb manhood. That this man
hood was perverted there can be no
doubt; that it wasted it's energies
upon trifles is hey ond dispute: that
it took a priqe in captivating what
it called ''the vices OF a gentleman
l am afraid must be admitted. But
at heart it was sound; from that
heart flowed honest Anglo-Saxon
blood; and when it had to lay aside
its broadcloth and put on its jeans,
it was equal to the emergency
[ Great applause: And the women
of the south took their place by the
side the men of the south, and with
the spinning wheel and plowshare,
together they made stand against
the WOLF at the door,
That was fifteen years ago, and
to-day there is not q reward offered
in a single southern state for wolf
skins. The fact is, the very wolves
have got ashamed of themselves
AMI gone to work. Laughter and
applause. I beg you to believe
that in saying this my purpose is
Neither 20 amuse nor mislead you.
my words naag seem to
carry with them an unbusiness-like
levity, assure you that my design
is wholly business like. You can
see for yourselves here in Louisville
Wlat the south has done-what the
south can do. If all this has been
achieved without credit and with
out your powerful aid, and I am
now addressing myself to the north
and east, which have feared to come
south with their money, what might
not be achieved if the vast aggrega
tons Of capital in the fiscal centers
should add this land of wine, milk
and honey to their fields Of invest
ment and give us the same cheap
rates which gre enjoyed by nearer
but not safer borrowers? The
future of the south Is not q whit |
less assured than the future of the
west. Why should money which is
freely loaned to Iowa and Illinois
be denied to Alabama and Mississ-
ippi? / perfectly understand that
business is business; that capital is
rs unsectional as it is unsentimentai.
am speaking from neither spirit.
You have money to loan; we have
1 great country to develop. We
nave given hostages to fortune. and
our works are before yog, ] know
hat capital is proverbially timiq,
)ut what are you afraid of Is it
'ur cotton that alarms you? Or
our cSrn2 Or orr suOar2 PerhaDs