Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-05-04
THE NEW SOUTH.
Washington sunday Gazette.

The South has, in the last ten
years, taken the advice given her
by all good political economists for
The past sixty years or more and is
varying her one agricultural indus
TT, with manufactures. She ha-
unusual facilities for thIs diversity
OF industries. She, more Than any
country in the world, eau grow the
raw material aud manufacture it
OH the spot where 1t is grown. Side
by side with the cotton fields Of
the South are coal mines, iron
mines, mines Of all manner Of min
erals. There is no better place in
the world to raise sheep than the
foothills of the lower Appalachian
range, on both sides Of e lch chain,
from the Virginia southern boun-
dairy to the TallapOosa and the
TOmbigbee. These mountains are
the richest of all the world in iron
and coal formations. Tho wooden
manufacture, therefore, could grow
mp beside the sheep walk. while the
Manageable waters OF the South,
supplemented by her growing rail
road system will give the minimum
priced transportation. Her climate
is superb. Her soil beyond meas
ure fertile. The country between
the Potomac and the Gulf of Mex
leo on the one hand, the Missis
sippi and the Atlantic Ocean on
the other, south OF the Ohio river,
about equal to Holland, Belgium,
France, GERMANY and Switzerland
in area, Can easily support a pop
ulatiOn Of one hundred and fifty
millions in plenty and prosperity.
1t has all the natural advantages
of England aud Belgium multiplied
dOzen fold. 1t has but one enc
my-the blasting spirit of free
trale, which would keep these
States a sparsely settled agricul.
tural country, always dependent
upon the Northern States and Eng
land, always in debt to the mer.
chants Of New York, Boston ana
Liverpool.
To these States the words Of Mr..
Burrows, Of Michigan, I'm his speech
on the tarltf in the House last
Tuesday, are especially applicable.
So full Of wisdom, indeed, are they
that we reproduce them in full.
The Southern advocates of free
trade, who are cutting their own
throats without knowing it, are
especially advised to ponder the
sage advice contained in them.
"The chairman of the Committee
on Ways and Means expresses the
hope that this measure will pass.
He is not alone IN his desire.
There is not a member of the Cob.
den Club or a free trader in the
United States who is not in sym.
patty with him. More than this,
free trade England stands on the
tiptGe of expectation and dreams
with delight. | warn you, gentle
men Of the South, that this meas
ure BODIES no good to you. 1t will
arrest the investment of capital and
bring your industries to a stand.
still. There is no portion of our
onunfrv ~ baro fIis p,a,anra ohonlI
meet with more united and de.
termlned opposition than in the
South. Untoward circumstances
have heretofore retarded her mater.
ial progress, but the way is now
open for her TO march unimprded
to a splendid industrial future.
The advance is already sounded.
He who does not respond to its in.
qu ring summons will soon find
himself without party and with
out following. | rejoice that there
is new South, a new industrial
South, born of the throes of war.
But, tull Of hope and full of cour-
age, she stands to day, with up
lifted brow, facing the dawn Of a
mighty future. Her lOins are grit
for new race. With unfettered
hands she smites the earth and |
fountains Of unmeasured wealth
gush forth. Beneath her feet she |
feels the stir OF a marvellous life. |
Her pathway is already illuminat.
ed with the light Of blazing fur. |
naces. Her heavens are aglow |
with the break of a new day.
"All hail its coming,
"Aid its dawning, tongue and pen;
"Aid it hopes of honest men,
aid it paper, aid it type
aid it, for the hour is ripe;
"Aud our earnest must not slacken into |
play;
"Men Of thought and men OF action clear
the way,
"And when tho sun shall reach the re-
NTH Of that glorious day, the North and |
the South, cemented in the indissOluble |
bonds OF commercial aud fraternal unity, |
will stand together under the banner Of |
protection to American industries and !
American labor and march to grander III
dustrial triumphs."
TO heed the lesson conveyed 10y |
the sentiment of this extract will
be life and prosperity to the South
to pass it by unheeded will be |
destruction and death.
SeduCed his Sister.