The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-03-05

CenGly, GOl. mcclure, VINO mas re-
Gently made visit through the
south, uttered the following: 81
have spent three weeks amongst
you southern people, looking into
your resources. The one great les
son l have learned is this, that in
many things God has blessed you
far beyond US in the north, and
must go home and tell my own
people that the future heart of the
nation will be in the south; that the
future seat and centre of the manu-
features of the United States will
be in the very heart Of the south;
that the great coal depot of this
continent will be in this section of
eur country and near your own city.
These are the lessons l have been
taught by mingling with your peo-
pie and looking out on the great
gifts which a benefcent God has
given you. With water power ex-
tending right through the cotton
belt, with a climate that defies the
highest competition of the north,
with cheaper labor than we can
afford in the north, what must be
the future of the south, when she
shall develop her boundless resour-
ces? And l can congratulate you
to-day, together with the chief mag
istrate of Philadelphia, that there is
perfect peace and trust between
north and south. 1 mean net the
peace Of lip service; 1 mean the
peace of brother to brother; the
peace that will command and per-
feet confidence and trust of all bu-
siness men, and of the financial cir
c.es of the land, and that is the
GROWING contamination of peace,
whence dates the matchless pros
perity of the southern states. Let
Pennsylvania join hands with Lou
isiana aRd Philadelphia with New
Orleans in the working out of the
great Enterprise. 1t teaches q les
son of lasting trust and of lasting
devotion to the common interests of
a common country. And here with
$4,000 exhibits in one small circle
for the world to gaze upon, with all
the matchless ingenuity of the con
tinent displayed here, with the tri-
butes of the world gathered in every
part of this country, Central and
South America, from the countries
of Europe, from the cradle of the
human race, from far-of India and
Australia, with all this paid as a
magnificent tribute to the match
less progress of the American PEG
pie, what lesson there is for Us to
learn! / look upon the exhibits of
Central and South America and
Mexico and 1 turn there for the
fulfllment of my hope of the in
crease of the commerce of this land.
turn to Central and South Ameri-
can states and find that this coun-
try only ships two-thirds of its cot
ton produce to foreign country
has only one-teRth of the commerce
with these countries that England
has. Let me tell you that when the
south and the yankees get properly
mixed England will be distsnced in
the race for commerce with these
countries. Let me tell you the
truth. You want just little more
yankeeism in the south and then !
you are all right, for whenever the
yankees goes money goes with him
or follows him. l see that we are
to be distanced largely in the race,
but 1 welcome any state that will |
distance Pennsylvania in anything. |
1 shall be glad to find better news
papers than we can print or better
iron than we can make. But l see
in this little Birmingham, Alabama,
of yours, cloud no bigger than
mans hand at present, but teach
ing a lesson that no man can dis
pute, the lesson that iron can be /
made in that city and state So to Sc |
per ton cheaper than in the most
favored spots of Pennsylvania. But
l bid you God speed in making it.
Do not be alarmed about US. II we
do not find it profitable to make
iron in Pennsylvania We will turn
to one of the other thousand indus
tries we have there, and if there is
nothing we can turn our hands to
with advantage, why then we can
invent new industry"
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u j l. L L.