The Dawson journal., 1885-04-09
WILL THE EXPOSITION BENEFIT
THE SOUTHf
Written for the DAWSON JOURNAL.

WHICH ID HOW u AuIIy uo'olopoti
reality, is not merely the evidence
of the growth of the South for
the last twenty years, but it is the
expression of her desire for in-
creased light and knowledge and
capacity.
The Exposition has two leading
features of which we wish to
speak; these are its industrial and
moral lessons.
The first object of the Exposi-
ton was to represent the new
south and show to the world how
completely portion of the U. S.
desolated by war, with millions of
her treasures gone and bereft of
thousands of her best sons,hqs re-
cuperated. This new south was
born amid the throes of war, and
the young giant, as he laid off the
harness Of the soldier, clutched
with determined vigor the plow
handle, the hammer, the throttle
valve and determined to win his
way upward to success. At the
Exposition our success is shown
and our hopes and prospects fore
cast. It is true the Exposition is
not southern, but national and
worldwide, yet it is held in q
southern city and among southern
people and the South is we'll rep
resented. The northerner and
foreigner will judge of the South
by what they see at New Orleans.
Here they can compare the exhib-
it's of the principal nations of the
world and form an intelligent con-
clusion of their resources and civ
ilization. In the main building
are the exhibits of Mexico, Hon
duras, Guatemala, Denmark, Swe-
den, Great Britain, France, Ger
many, China, Turkey, and many
other nations. In the government
building are the exhibits of the
United States and of the different
States. The display by the South
is full and impressive, represent
ing her varied industries and her
unbounded resources.
Florida is there with her trop-
les, Georgia with her minerals,
Texas and Arkansas with their c.
reals, Louisiana and Mississippi
with their cotton and sugar, and
all the States with their agricultu-
raj implements and machinery.
The visitor cannot fail to be i'm
pressed with these displays. They
show that we have a country as
bright and a climate as balmy as
Egypt's sunny skies, that our soil
is as rich as the richest valley of
the Nile and that our section is
as rich in minerals as the tabled
golden fece. The stranger will
be impressed with our energy and
achievements, our possibilities
and advantages. The educational
force of such a display will tell
upon the generations to come. Ii
there was not a counteracting in
fuence we might hopefully say
that this Exposition would set in
motion a wave of immigration and
a stream of capital that would soor
force the South forward and de.
mand for her the highest position
OF any section in the United
States.
But alas! we fear this influence
will be overshadowed by another
more potent and more vital, ant
that is the moral influence Of the
Exposition. Thousands of mel
from the North and from Other
countries have visited the Soutl
this winter who have never visited
it before and will never visit i
again. Knowing that New Or
leans is the largest southern city
and that it was selected as tn,
most suitable place for holdiny
the great Exposition,t they will nat
urally conclude that it is repre-
sentative city, and that it repre-
sents the character and civiliza
ton of the southern people. Whel
they go back to their homes the,
will talk about us and write abou
us and Judge of us by what the,
saw in New Orleans. What vii
likely be their opinions o
our morality? New Orleans i
notedly one of the most immora
cities in America. 1t is filled will
gaming houses and gamblin,