Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-04-25
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Restmiaister Advocate.

the sense it is used by certain North
ern papers s71 Northern capitalists
and SPECTATORS.
The abolition Of slavery was a
blessing to that section, and to Mary
land and the border states not in the
ConfsderAcy, but in the border states
it was also a robbery by the govern
ment, and the United States to-day
owes the citizens of these states for
every slave stolen by the army or set
free by LincOln's proclamation. The
blessing would have been more COM
plete il the protesting negro-lovers
had continued their work and taken
every negro north of Mason and Dix
on's line. By - abolition Of slavery
the people Of the South were forced to
rely upon their own exertions alone.
Lands that were worn out and be-
coming worthless, under the care Of
the blacks. are now being reclaimed.
Crops have been more varied, the
acreage titled greater and the yields
increased. The lack of Manufacturing
industries was made apparent by the
late war, and during its existence the
value of the coal. iron and other min
srsl deposits was realized.
When hostilities ceased, and mill
tary and carpet bag governments
ceased to Cypress the people. and
which sat like a pestilence upon the
Southern states, the Southern people
began TO reclaim the waste places and
to inaugurate an era Of industry and
enterprise. Agriculture received an
impetus that is still moving on, and
preparations were made to open the
mines, build furnaces, start cotton
and other factories. and to develop
the untouched wealth Of that country
in minerals, timber and water-powsr.
The result of their enterprise was
wonderful, and the magic growth of
towns and cities has never been
equaled in this county. Vacant spots
of ten years ago. are now busy centres
Of manufacturing. Admission, Bir-
mingksm and Bessemer are monuments
to Southern energy and enterprise,
and they were projected. started and
principally built by Southern capital,
az wefs ali OF the other towns and
cities that have grown up in the past
twslve or fifteen years. After these
enterprises were inaugursted Northern
capitalists and spectators have gone
South and Joined in developing the
resources and industries. These are
the people who talk most of the New
South. They talk and write as though
there were a new population in the
South, that the coal and iron have
formed since the war, that the water
power has originated since that time,
aud that the timber is Of recent
growth. They talk glibly about the
changed political sentiment in regard
to the tariff. but each recurring cleo
tion proves the falsity of the assertion.
They also call themselves the repre-
sentatives of the New South, and have
been offensive and obtrusive in their
advice and suggestions to Mr.. Har-
rison as to how to apportion the
Offices in the South, and particularly
as to how to break up the Democr attic
party of that section. The talk Of the
New South 10 put forward by these
men, and BY the Northern press. to
create the opinion that there have
bean great changes in the South both
as to political sentiment and to busi-
ness industry, all brought about by
these new comers, attracted by the
inviting field for enterprise. and who
now want to claim that it was their
capital and enterprise that started the
South upon its road to industrial
growth. manufacturing sscendancy,
increase in population and wealth.
Col. James A. Gouldsn, business
man Of Pittsbury, Pa. and a native,
we believe, Of this county, has recently
been on trip South, and in an inter-
view with a representative of the
Pittsburg Post said:
II am surprised at the increased
life and activity there. Georgia and
Alabama particularly are having a
boom. Florida, too. Is awake. and
money is pouring into that state. In
truth the whole South 10 awakening
to the fact that its natural resources
are second to those of no other section
of the Union, and that its future must
necessarily be prosperous one. As
q fruit and vegetable, fish and game
etate Florida has no rival. In cotton,
timber and minerals Georgia and
Alabama lead the wsrld. Towns and
cities are springing up everywhere as
If by magic. The claim that al the
capital invested 10 from the North IL
entirely wrong. The statistics of