The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-11
THE &OIEEH-HER POSsHREL
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Of the globe better adapted TO sup
ply sll the wants and necessities Ut
life all the Injuries Of life, all that
g indispensable for the scCum ula-
ton OF wealth ami the solid enjoy
ment Of real happluess, than the
Southern section Of the Federal
Union. As TO climate, the South
| stands ahead of all ratiOns neither
100 warm in summer nor too cold il
winter. Ia the South can be grown
nearly every product Of the earth.
and soon her factories, mills, found
cries, shops and mines will not only
compete with those OF the scientific
aud civilized world but will out strip
them all in the race for the suprem e
acy and dominion OF the markets OF
the world. Already ia the coarser
grades OF cotton and coarser goods
The South can produce cheaper and
sell cheaper than aither the North or
old England. AS to the production
and manufacture Of iron, Alabama
is unaerselling the great iron and
steel producing States OF the North.
Thirty-nine cotton factories In the
South to>day are making larger
dividends and undertaking fourteen
hundred North.
Machinery costs no more South
than it does North. Labor is az
cheap again and the raw materials
for manufacturing the finished pro-
duct are raised at her door stills and
dug from the bowels OF her own
ody, With skill and capital, there
is nothing to prevent the South from
| furnishing the civilized and heathen
world with more than half of all
manufactured cotton goods consum
! ed, and oDe>fourth of all The pro-
ducts of steel und iron used by men
or nations.
If the South is only true to itself
and will utilize its immense and I'M
bonded natural resources. with its
own capital. energy, and skill, the
| dag is not far in the future, when it
will become the mostwealthy, in
| fuential and powerful section of the
Union Tue North has been her
master for nearly thirty years, but
there is no reason why the South
should not 10 the near future become
the upright, queenly mistress OF the
| North. Turn about is fair play and
the South IL as much entitled 10
wear the chaplet and crown as Tie
North. She has the advantage 10
climate. She has the advantage il,
labor. She has the advantages in
RAM material. Yes thu Sunny South.
the genial, intellectual, warm, gen
erous hearted South has many very
many advantages over the froz Il,
cold hearted North. She Produces
| her cotton in her own fields, clips
the wool from the back Of her own
sheep, digs the iron and steel ore
e. ENxnt al e bar
and her coal and coke fields cover
many thousands Ct acres OF her soil.
Rich to OVERLOOKING in her mincrsl
resources, she stands preeminent.
Her gold, silver lead. zine and mica
mines are the finest and richest On
the continent. Her water power is
more than sufficient to drixe all the
machinery and turn all the spiniles
and carry all the looms of the world,
From the beginning she possessed
| all these advantages over her sisters
North, but she has only Of late
awakened to the realization, worth,
influence and power.
1t Is no ne,o South as some seem
to think but development of tue
same glorious grand old South
1t is the infusion Of more life,
energy, push and vim, begotten OF
new conditions and surroundings in.
to the grand oldSouth Of our fathers
The susceptlbilities and capabili~
ties of the South can not be yet
measured by the MUD or magma
ton OF her people. She has plumed
her wings and shol her feet and
started out on the roysI road of in
yestigstion, discovery, progress anC
success SO recently, and has ad
vanced SO rapidly and so success
fully, that the most vivid imagina
tiCn and fsr-reaching minds can mo-
begin TO foretell her future honor
greatness, glory, wealth, grandeur
and power. " hen there shall be
cotton factory, an oil mill, knitting
factory, d clothing factory, a sho
shop, a machine shop. foundry.
furnace, buggy and wagon anC