The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-05
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH


Five years ago, Rosooa CoSKIING,
In his lordly aud imperlous way, told
tho people of the Southern States
"clvilizstion and progress did not fol-
low the course OF great streams, but
moved across them." In the same
speech he prophesied the rapid decay
of the South, pointing out that II had
bean retrograding ever since the war.
That politician tainted US for cur pow
erty of riches, and even questioned
the purity OF our white blood. LIE 1T.
tie knew then the truthful chapter
written to-day. CoNKLINa has gone
to decay-gone to tho shades OF hope
less obscurity-wish mono, absolutely
none, doing him reverence. The
South, helmetted, booted and spurred,
is in the lists, victory within its grasp,
the wonder and admiration OF the
world. Then Now England echoed
the ansthema OF CoNKLING-to-day
New England stands aghsst and ap.
palled at seeing tho sceptre of trade,
which she vain.gloriously supposed
was forever hers by right of superior
genius. reaflirmed by fortunes OF war +,
aowing from her as irresistably ~
the waters Of "tho great strsams,"
metaphorically used by the senstor,
from the mountain TO tho plata.
About tho same time, five or six
years ago, thero was g little ex-csr-
pet-bsg governor of South Carolina,
by tho name of CHAMBERLAIN, max
ing u speech at Woodstock, Maasa-
chusotts. IIe, unlike CoNKLINa, had
been in the South several years, and
whilst not engaged planning and car
rying out schemes Of thiaving and
plumber, was studying the character
of the people. Ho saw giant chained
with the cords Of hate roady 20 burst
them st evory point, aud held 81 ono
end by tho carpat.bagger, and Of tho
other by tho negro. He appealed TO
his audience to strengthen tho chains
by Withholding oil assistance by tho
government to the Southern
Pacific railways, to rivers aud
harbors, increase tsxatiod on
Southern productions, disfranohls.
Ing native white voters, anu
the institution OF other methods siml.
lar to those of Russia in Poland--Eng-
land in Ireland. Ho, holder than
CoNKIdNa, said Il lot alone, Texas and
she Southwest would, in two decades,
cvorbalance New England aud ffantl-
cally appealed to his general govern.
ment TO avert this dire calamity. But
neither the government nor the South
paid any attention to Shim and behold
tho result.
We arc indebted TO tho Now Orleans
Times Democrat for statistics OF the
progress of the South for tho past five
years, which are not only instructive,
but interesting to tho highest dsgree.
Indosd they should be road with that
degree Of triumphant feeling which
characterized tho Partisan nesrly
century ago, whom receiving II bulletin
from NAreLEAN on an EuropeAn bat
Ilelleld.
In tho beginning of 1850 tho South
had Mt last aud forever
rid iteelf of the ruls of governors aud
governments forged in tho furnaces Of
reconstruction aud fred by hate. Tho
jubilee of tho Congo and the carpet.
Dagger had ended. Even then the
census showed some progress had
been made in spite of the worst mls-
rule recorded In tho history OF civiliza-
ton and with few parallels In tho rec
ords of barbarism. A comparison Of
tho wealth OF tho South In 1850 aud
1885 Is found In tho following table: