The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-10-22

GudG lcSIlfS OCCdSlOus
The New York Herald pertinently
asks why the republican editors at
the north do not reproduce articles
appearing in the southern newspapers
such as the following from the Menu
phl5 Appeal: "The south needs the
north, but no more than the north
needs the south. We need each other.
The verdict of the war was that the
union was indissoluble-that we were
destined to live together-and the
southern people would not change
that verdict if they could" This is q
sample of the opinions expressed by
all the progressive papers II the
south. There are several reasons as
signed for the non..reproduction OF
such articles. The most superficial
and yet. apparently truthful one, is
jealousy. The northern papers recog-
nize the fact that with our rapidly in
creasing population, the thickly popu-
lated moth will soon have to unload
some of its human load
and the tendency Of those who leave
the north will be to the delightful
country in the south. That country
of which so much is written and SC
little Of its true merits known. AnC
as 5000 as this overflow from the
north begins, and the people who have
money come here for investments Of
necessity, and not as now
because of their inclination
and desire for change, then
will the soath shine forth as a bright
particular star. Then will her in
mense resources be developed, and tht
claim to being the creates
country on earth be full.
realized. These same northern
papers recognize our great natural ad
. vantages over the north-the miit
winters, the cool and salubrious sum
mers, the fertile soil, all things t.
create an Arcadia-and they fear al
| exodus to the south. The course o
empire" takes its way westward, bu
the course of industry and capita
takes its way southWEd. The north
quick to see an inclusion on thei
vested rights, fights manfully 70
their own attractions for an
il&i,cr
but It viii soon come, as sure as eff
/ feet follows cause, just rs sure is i
} that there must soon
reaching out, Abuthward, O
the arms of capital and labor. Thi
: is the jealous reason assigned for the
silence in the northern papers for tn
J approaches of the southern press
: Another reason is the political one
The north fears the southern ascend
ancy. She has proven it in her strict
ures upon Cleveland for his southern
selections for his cabinet. The mar
row, bigoted view of government ha
taken deep root in the north; the,
fear the cultivation of the south an,
its advantages; they see in the nea
future the broader, liberal and NOR
comprehensive views Of govern
ment, as taught in the soutl
at the front and they fight agains
it.
The south furnishes a vast field O
political rot and outrages to draw
choicest morsels from for the tooth
some reports of those who delight IL
seeing darkness reign everywhere els'
than at homo. These same sources Of
knowledge poison the opinions giver
to the fair thinking, honest mindel
men, land keep them in ignorance Of the
true state of affairs. Instead of the
northern republican papers being {
true index of the public pulse ant
opinion, they cr1minalIy concea
that which would injure them
They conceal that which furnishes
them ground to work on to dig fol
political capital. But this is all chang.
ing; the progressive, liberal views are
| UcshAAS uOOP AoOI1 buco0 udIIOWrulluu
ed bigots at the north are having, as
each year rolls by, less effect upon the
fair~thinking man, and soon will be
seen the south in the vanguard OF
wealth, of progress, of genius, of all
things that make country great and
the blesU of the gods. The goal is
up hill, but she is ascending it on a
full run.
THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH