Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-06-05
THE NORTH AND SOUTH.

iieeio surprising, considering us
bitter partizan and sectional pre-
ludice: philadelphia is one of the
most radical and intensely sectional
Of all American cities, yet since the
war she has expended more money
IN enterprises intended to develop
the resources of the South than any
other northern city. New York not
excepted. For the credit of Phil
adelphia it may also be remarked
that however intolerant Philadel-
phians may have been politically
they treat with princely hospitality
and the most brotherly welcome all
those southerners who visit their
city, whether they go as individuals,
military companies or societies."
1t has been one of the misfortunes
of the South that there has been
very little practical common sense
controlling in its newspapers. Those
who write for them seem to ignore
the fact that men will differ in their
opinions of public questions and adj
ministrative policy, and that each
citizen has the same right to his
convictions of what is best for the
country that any ether citizen has,
and ought to be respected in it's ex-
preston. Instead of this, however,
it has been the habit for the Dem
ocratic papers of the South to de-
nounce and abuse Philadelphia, be
cause a large majority of its voters
are with the Republican party. A
few years ago twas common for ed
itorial writer's to advise Southern
merchants to boycott the business
men of the Quaker city, for no other
reason than they were loyal to the
government during the war and
have been overwhelmingly Repub-
lican since. 1t never occurred to
these party-blind zealots that the
wealth and intelligence of the North
are with the Republicans, and that
it is the capital of such that the
South must look to for aid and de.
velopement. Had the Republicans
OF the North been as narrow mind
ed and prejudiced as the Democrats
of the South, the statement we pub
llsh above and the facts we adduce
below would never had an existence.
Even the Lynchburg Adrance has to
admit this, and we must say it is
about as constipated in it's views
and impractical in its opinions as
any Southern paper we read. 1t,
however, cannot place upon record
evidences of Northern sympathy
and good will, without letting out a
volume of it's gall upon Philadelphia,
merely for the reason that the cit
liens of that city believe the Re
publicans are right and the Demo
Gratis are wrong. 1t is the wealth
lest city in the Union, according to
population, and this wealth has been
accumulated as the result of Repub-
lican policy. 1t is natural, there
fore, for it to vote straight on the
Republican side, when it is choice
between the prosperity which Re-
publican administration has assur-
ed, and the ruin and disaster which
have always followed Democratic
ascendancy. Yet we have this adj
mission by two Southern papers,
prefaced with the reason that al
ways attends the subordination of
reason to prejudice.
1t is fact worthy of note that
Notwithstanding Philadelphia has
always been considered one of the
most sectional cities in the country,
and the most hostile and selfish in
its dealings with the south both be.
fore and since the war, yet the truth
now appears that more Philadelphia
capital has been expended in the
south than by any other city, not
excepting even New York, whose
trade and commerce with the south
has exceeded all the other northern
cities combined. In illustration of
this fact 1T may be stated that Phil
adelphia is interested in two mills
in Augusta, two at Athens, and one
each at Atlanta and Savannah.
Georgia. Another firm has large
interest in mills at Augusta and
Columbus. The largest owners in
the Hope Mills, at Fayetteville, N.
c., and the Maverick Mills, in Barn
well county, S. c., are Philadel-
phians, and the same is true in MANY
other portions of the South.
In this connection the New Or.
leans Times Democrat mentions that
the Southwest Virginia Improve.
ment Company and the Bluestone
Coal Company, both of which con-
sist principally Of Philadelphia cap
italists, control important interests
in Virginia and West Virginia, con.
tanning a fine quality of coal but not
yet developed. The owners of Gro.
zer Furnace at Roanoke; the Long