Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-03
THE SOUTH.
SOME vIEws AS TO WHAT Is BEFORE
IT
Another Letter from M. john s. SWAMI
Many Pertinent Points
Discussed.


great a change In the conditions OF people
e. has come no out Of The war between the
states; or OF 50 radical, sudden, and com-
peie an overthrow OF the constitution, lave.
and political and labor conditions Of any pea
pie: nor 81 80 terrible and costly proof OF the
poverty and weakness OF people solely
agricultural In their pursuits. 10 lS6l'G2
the southern States. with population SIS en-
nghiencd. heroic, and warlike As any. learned
together 10 defend and maintain for them.
selves at least. and for "a many states az
might choose 10 league with them, the Cons'i-
tutiou Of the fathers made by men living
under institutions and engaged in pursuits
common It the time 10 81 the states against
tie revolutionary .f'tr0rt Of a very large por.
tion Of The population 81 the States that bad
ensncipaicd their slaves aud become largely
commercial and manufacturing, needing the
monopoly 81 The trade Of the agricultural
South snd determined 10 have IL 81 whatever
cost. Ia that war TIRE odds were fearfully
against The Confederate States not only on
account 81 the disparity OF Numbers, one 10
three, bat because OF tho want Of manuiac-
tories and railroad transportation. The con.
quest oi these states was the most complete
and disastrous IN history.
when the Greeks conquered western Asia
thc result Vas a mere change Of dyuastics.
The socisl, economic, political, aud labor
conditions OF The people were not DISTURBED.
The relation 81 lord sud yassal, OF the rulers
and the ruled. their maeistcrial, religious,
sod political officials were untouched. The
only difference realized by the people was a
change 10 tho supreme mead. Alexander be.
came Darius; that WAS all. Il was Inc same
with the Roman COpqucsts. the MObammedan
conqncsis, the NOgul c0nquests Of India, the
Lurtus conquest % Chira, the English con.
.n..a rsff trrfff Ttst.Tf
fhing was changed except our religion.
From the magistrate TO the judge. from the
legislator OF a state TO senator Of The United
states. the whole Government was put into
the hands Of The ignorant, vicious, aud IN
competent, and strangers, whose motto was
ulunder. Ruin widespread followed, and
ioT tiae we were In despair Grant and
HAYES, sustained by the Democratic sympathy
Of the North. saved us. An this came from
our complete conquest and exhaustion, and
that from our want Of manufactures and
railroads. We should learn something
from this. But there are many
80 busy over present penny, 50 absorbed
ia the past, that they see nothing, learn
nothing, and get lost in its cobwcbs. The
northern people have made financial and
economic laws their study. They are as far
superior 10 IA IN these matters ~ we are 70
them IA constitutional Law ard the abstract
science OF government. This has been our
study 10 the neglect Of the other.
Toe Confederate states went 10 war with
ont manufactures, with a very imperfect
railroad system, with hardly any arms, and
DO means TO supply them save from the
battle. fields won by their her0lsm, and our
army was starving with immense supplies
ana no transportation, no manufactures TO
give work and exchanges 10 our population.
L. nngn Iona
qucnt from the exhaustion OF hunger and
nakcduess, Suffering Of their families NJ
home, indifferent arms, and conquest. IL Il
impossible ia the present conditions OF the
world for any nation TO sustain itself IN
war without manufactures and railroads.
Diversity Of labor and occupation sas essen
usl to the health and strength of a nation as
diversity Of food TO the animal body.
THg PRESENT TENDENCIES OF SOUTHERN m
DUsTRIEs.
n We take the amount Of northern capital
invested ia the South in the last ten years in
manufacturing and kindred enterprises,
81. 600. 600. 900 or more, as bass OF culcula-
ton and Il Is safe Oneh under the present
tariff twenty years more will make tie
amount $4,000 100000. with no little foreign
and home capital added. We will then have
larger income from manufactures than
from our cotton and tobacco crop, and,
think, in less time. These southern States
viii then have become pOpulous, rich, and
powerful with absolute free trade, with over
forty states and some 9O,0OO000 OF people,
giving Us q market OF vast proportions. The !
southern States, subduCd bY the railroads, |
looms. and anvils OF the North, will have be- |
come victorious and all,pOWeriul In peace |
and the producers 81 everything needed By |
man except coffee and tea. Cuba will in that |
time OF at no distant day have become one OF |
these States, capable under American enter |
prise OF supplying more sugar than all |
America can consume, and to large extent |
coffee, and giving us an immense market Tor |
the grain and meat 81 the West and the pro- |
duets Of our looms and anvs. For II Is inn |
possible 10 suppose that 100000 OF peo- |
pic. and such q people, will remain passive |
with the gateway OF their commerce IN the |
hands Of a weak power. Cuba Is 10 us as |
Constantinoplo is to Russia.
WORLD WITHIN OURSELVES.
We will have become n world within our |
selves In this generation. This must be the !
inevitable result under our present tariff. |
let rs he watchful that il be not injudt-
ciousiy disturbed. Would it be wise to en-
danger our prospects by expermcntsI
Within thai time the cotton. manufactures OF
the south will have reached vast proportions.
and so with iron. II is admitted that Penn
svlyania cannot long compete with us IN The
Of iron. and to-day wc arc sell
ing our cotton manufactures In the markets
OF the North. Are We 10 risk 80 great re-
suits by following theorists and the poetry
Of dreamers sOhooled IN an economic policy
adapted 10 the conditions Of Europe! an
speaking from facts that viii not be contro-
Verted. To induce capitalists TO continue
In,
and now railroads IN the south, in addition
% our nstural advantages, we must give
them assurances OF q stable tarln. high
enough 20 guarantee them against foreign
Nothing ls 60 tImid rs capital.
TO qoiuio details would open an endless field.
will illustrate bv two familiar examples.
4 be tart on common cotton cloth II. be-
lieye 3 cents Yard But It is manufactured
and sold in the United States at . cents a
ysrd wholesale. The > cents yard guarau-
tees against foreign competition. The home
brings prices down 10 within
about one fourth OF cent per yard OF what
the English manufacturers could sell at here.
The profits snd The pay for the lahorer re-
main here. This Is an immense industry,
md has made England rich and filled the
,ess with her commerce and ships. II has
made New ENGLAND rich, and u about 10
make the South rich and powerful Steel
alls, an immense business. The English
.teel rails were sold here, | believe, at S35 a
Ton. We laid a very high tirlii, and for a
ew years the price rose very high. But
competition has brought It down below the
hen English price. Knight enumerate very
many things OF vast consumption where the
=. ult has been the same.
The GRE At NAPOLEON.
when the great Napoleon got control OF
france, her armies suffering for food and
'iothinF, everything Stagnant, bankruptcy
he excluded from France all
English manufactures. lie laid tariff eX-
''udInz foreign manufactures. aud In every
conceivable way encouraged home manuiac-
urcs. France Al once became vast ma :
'hine- shop, factories went up like I
naglc, everybody got something 10 do. The {
asmer and manufacturer each had a home I
naTket. From starvation, poverty. and des> I
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