The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-25
THE NORMAL SOUTH.

Before he greav war la which the on
| iegvor WIS made to create Two separat,
nationalities, the state of ailaii both ~
ritlly and politica ly, was different il
the south from that prevailing Ia tn,
northern portion of the union. The
southern people were deficient In enter
pri and lacked the great spirit O
yankee observation-disclosures condensed
ia the word, "git up aud git" They pre-
ierred the easy jog-trot of life u the
swift pace OF It's race course, aud rather
preferred he enjoyment OF the present
To the cares for The future. Their deal
ings with each other were essen
northern bre' hren, and the contests
Tor living and preference were not 81
sharp. The state of society was more
even in its tenor; the cultivation OF
neighborly goodfellpwship and the ad-
vancement of tn. S ci Il good wa, more
considered than the accumulation Of
fortunes. This may have been sotne-
what incident to the institution of sia-
very, but Ii isOthernialism has any
virtue, climacteric influences affected
the result.
The HERAI D has ever beae the zeal
Gus advocate of red0ubled energy, of
manly self assertion and devo cd
effort in the great work of building
up our fallen fortunes and rehabilitaling
the south with its former greatness and
dignity, but is it not possible to go u
bow-shut beyond the target ahd"ove' do"
the thing? Is IL necessary to crush out
the generous spirit Of our people to a.
tempt to unnaturalize then4 and m Ike a
New England trader of southern
PLANTER? Are not our res 'ective posi-
tions with reference to the cultivation
of the soil about the same? We Till
farms aud plantations, not gardens, and
still have the colorei population rs our
laboring peassntry. True, they are
free, aud have the opportunity of adj
vancement, but they are the same race
and their employers are their old
masters. If the sun shines longer and
warmer in the south the people absorb
more of its genial rays, and it seems
f.lly to resist the laws of natural CRAWL
tation. We are not AS hard people as
the men of The north, nor do we desire
so to be. Let us be natural; let us re-
main southern, and forever discard the
idea that in order to be progressive it is
necessary to engraft on our natur, s the
features of character with which we
were not originally endowed. The peo-
pie of sunny Italy were once the rulers
of thu world; those of Greece we're. for
many generations. Spain extended her
empire further than the eagles
of NAPOLEON ever scared,
and there is no reason why
the inhabitants of the south should NJ t
be both enterprising and generous. Let
us initiate or rather emulate the virtues
Of the northman, but retain the liberal
impulses OF the southern. Give Mann
mon the go by and seek different OBJ
iect than that of 'iches for their own
sake. Turn a retrospect towards the
times that are passed-renem its
happy lie flow, and don't introduce dis
-urbing causes. Our sky-canopy is too
broad to cover a perfect hemogeneity.
Let each division then form it's own
social system and he content in the re-
lection that natures laws are not being |
There is more than one road |
% greatness and empire-a good, pure
Jeople are strong people.