Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-25


baogers. The correctness OF our post
ton uScn the subject was long ago
demonstrated. In fact, from the very
hour that President Hayes recalled the
troops from southern polls, Kidding tho
land Of the carpet baggins politicians
who plundered it, the southern people
began 10 fulal the predictions we had
made regarding them. They have by
their wise conservatism and their oon-
tinued advance in prosperity, more than
justified the confidence which we felt
in their disposition to put aside the
snimosities Of the war, and, in spirit
Of genuine loyalty, 60 earnestly 70
work TO rehabilitate the land and TO re-
construct themselves upon the pattern
II loyalty to the Union"
The Telegraph lays claim to nothing
il is not entitled to. Despite its Repuo'
lean predictions, it has been for years
not only justbut generous to the South
Indeed it has time and again, in the
midst Of heated campaign, defended
the South against the assaults oil the
organs in a manner that should put the
southern people under lasting obllga-
tions to it. But the Telegraph is not
content with the knowledge that
.he correctness Of its position has been
demonstrated and with bearing tribute
to the loyalty and conservatism OF the
South. Continuing, it urges the advan-
tsges Of the investment Of northern
capital in the South, holds up southern
enterprise, industry, and confidence as
examples to the North, and administers
q singing rebukc to the northern Stall
warts. who still refuse to recognize
that the war is over. II says:
1.-The growth Of the South in COM
merce and manufactures has steadily
progressed since its people ceased to be
treated as conquered community by
their conquerors and during the last
four or five years-during which they
have been wholly freed from all sorts
of political interference and have had
nothing to turn their attention away
from active pursuits-their material,
and especially their industrial, devel-
opment has been phenomenal. Despite
the mercantile depression, which has
oppressed not only this but also other
countries, the trade Of the South has
been most prosperous"
They I.he southern peoplel have
found that there is more beneath the
surface of the soil than they ever
dreamed Of in the old days when the
pillow and hoe were their only emblems
of industry. They are now, and have
for years been, digging down to the
beds ofcoal and iron, building railroads
and canals, erecting factories on the
borders Of their cotton-fields and re-
fnerics ameng the sugar-cane.
up here in the North we have not
during the last two or three years been
expanding our industrial capital. On
the contrary, we have been largely con-
tracing it, and, instead Of pushing for
ward, have sat down by our closed
mills to talk ofthe evil Of over-produc-
tlveness, and the hard times which have
psralyzed trade of all sorts. The con-
trast which the South offers is an in
structive one, and should have the effect
of convincing even the most vociferous
admirers of the bloody shirt, which,
following the example set at Kennebec
last November, has been pretty wildly
Haunted in the platforms Of recent State
Republican conventions"
And what is the lesson to the south
ernpeople in the Telegraph'sutterances?
1t is, We think, very plain. Let the
South continue to pursue, both in bust
ness and in politics, the course she has
pursued ever since the carpet-bag
regime ended, and unbounded pros
perity is assured. Let her continue to
guarantee good government, and it is
only question Of time when she will
have ali the capital she needs.