The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-24
MEMPHIS APPEAL.
wEDNE DAY, ): NOV. "a, 1856
The NEW Isy.sIDN OF THE
NnuEH

THG NEW INyAsIDN OF THE
SOUTH.
twenty-five years ago hostile army
vwooped down upon the South. EV-
ery Southern St6ts was invaded. The
enemy came with file aud sword and
all the implements OF war, and ruin
and devastation followed the track OF
the invading foe. The belligerents
we're in earnest and the world wss
startled and appalled, at the mighty
drama enacted between the North
and South. No nation had ever been
so impressed with peace, 80 little fit-
ted for war. In foreign lands there
are perpetual standing armies; the
young men are in the garIisons or out
upon the sea behind the guns OF the
battle ships. Ours were a people
who had never seen 5000 soldiers in
array. Butsarmies sprung up in both
sections as rapidly as the crop oil
armed men which grew from the ser
pent's teeth sowed by Cadmus. The
old and young men Of the country took
their placesin battle and made their
breasts living wall OF defense. Ter
rible was the conflict. There was no
hating in the mighty tragedy until 1t
was finished. There was a deep do
sign through II all and mighty work
to be accomplished. The design
was that OF Providence-deatiny, or
call II what you may-so abolish
slavery, the existence oil which
was perpetual menace to the peace,
perpetuity and prosperity OF the
Union. Slavery was exterminated,
and, despite the strong passions en-
Rendered, the lesson is daily sinking
deeper into the hearts Of the people.
When the triumphant invading arm
les folded their tents and quietly stole
away the people Of the South breathed
ireer and deeper, and HAltered them
solves into the belief that they would
never be invaded again. But start
not, dear reader, when we tell you
that another army Ia marching down
upon the South. But this time 1t
comes not with fire and sword, but
with money, enterprise and every
thing that is necessary to help the
Southern people in making the South
the most prosperous section OF the
Union. Every Southern Stale has
been already invaded by an advance
guard, but the Inman-Harper scouts,
who arc now making careful recon-
noissnce, presages the coming OF the
mighty hos that shall invade and
oveIrun the South. Let 'em come;
we will not welcome them with
bloody hands to hospitable graves"
nor with the grape that greeted
them on 80 many battle fields
in the sad long ago; but
the grape which make the wine and
the banquet, or something to that ell
Iect, as WAS said by &. s. Pfentiss.
And what makes this new invasion Of
the South more acceptable and siRnin
cant is the fact that 1t has not been
inspired by any organized efilrt 10
make known our resources or to in
ducs capital and emigration. The
people OF the North are a shreWd, cal
culating, intelligent reading people
and they have the sagacity to see that
the South has the greatest natural ad
vantsges for manufacturing Of any sec
ton OF the Union and must necessarily
grow in that direction. They also se'
that the South is the best wooded por
ton Of the Union, and perhaps un
snfpassed by any country in the world
The invading army know better thar
our own people that all metals anC
minerals are found in the South II
prodi9al proiusion, and that the waite
power ia sufficient to turn all the ma
Chinsry OF the world. They are also
familiar with the fact that the in
creased value OF the crops OF thu
twelve Southern States in lSS4-S5 wa
$l32,772,37s, or % per cent. Thu
fruit and garden truck crops have in
creased from $l0,75l 500 to $23,S7l,
900, while the value OF stock in thu
Southern States, including the i'm
mense herds OF cftile in Texas, ha
sprung from 1896, 378,4l4 to $573, 704,
762, or 80 per cent. The grand invad
ing army moving down upon thu
South sea from the statistics OF tn,
country that Of the to,al arabic lane
in the United States, 3es, lS0,000 acres
80 per cent, or nearly two fiiths, lie il
the Southern States; and to this will
soon be added, by the redemption o
swamp land in Florida, Louisiana an'
Mis- issippi, by the construction o
Levels along the Mississippi and othe
streams, aud by the improvement o
waste and barren lands, some 1900,
900 acres more. OF this immens
amount only 6.679,COO, or slightly owe
10 per cent, is occupied for farms
grazing aud similar purposes Th
South TO he a second time conquere
by the N rth. But this time it is to b
invaded md Ruodued by an industris
army that will build up the wash
places q the Sou h, and thereby con
tribute TO the prosperity oil both sec