St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-22
New YOpk'S Governor Talks
About His Trip to the
South,
Pats the SouthronS on the
Back for Bravery and Hos
pitality,
Says Kind Words About the
Probabilities of a Pros
porous Future,
And Will Expect All Their
Votes in the Election
of 1892.

ALBANY. n. Y, Oct. 21.-GOv. Hill
jeet of his trip to Atlanta. Ca, and his
impressions OF the South. The governor
said he had never been further South
than North Carolina before. and al
though he had heard and read much
about the prosperity of the region. what
he saw was in the nature of revelation
to him. He was particularly struck
with the widespread feeling of hopeful
ness which he saw everywhere.
''The people of the South" con-
tinued the governor, mot only
the rising generation, but also these, the
greater part of whose life was passed
under the conditions existing before the
war. seemed to be thoroughly recon-
ciled to the new conditions, and to be
and manufacturing enterprises. If
there is any longer any prejudice
against the importation of Northern
capital and brains, / did not observe it.
There is naturally feeling of aversion
to those Northerners whose chief pur-
pose in the South is to stir
race prejudices, by political man
ipulation, but am sure, from what [
saw and heard. that all who take up
residence in the South with the sincere
motive of helping to develop its indus
tries and sharing its prosperity will re-
ceive hearty welcome. The resources
of the South are certainly illimitable,
and the best feature is that the South is
thoroughly conscious of them. The
growth of cotton mills. the development
of the iron mines and the increasing
NETWORK OF RAILWAYS
with which Mr.. John II. Inman had so
much to do, all surprised and interested
me exceedingly. The race question is
serious one, but / am inclined to think
it is working itself we'll. With the
growth of industries there is an increas-
ing demand for labor. The white pop
ulatiOn thus far has furnished most OF
the employees in the mills and factories,
but this is limited in number, and with
the spread of manufactures, negro Ia
Dor will be in demand. 1t is not
to be expected, in the present condition
of things, that the two races Will work
side by side with entire absence OF tric-
ton, but there are many influences at
work to diminish the danger of clashlng
between the black and white. | saw
the black men and white men laying
bricks and doing carpentry side by side,
and working together on plantations.
and [ shall not be surprised to see them
in few years employed together upon
work which requires more Skill
and Intelligence. The Southern peo-
pie are even more hospitable than
thought they were. Nothing could
have exceeded the cordially and wermth
of our reception in every place where we
stopped. Somehow the people practice
the art Of entertaining in greater de-
gree than the people of the North.
There is no GOODNESS or stiffness about
their manner, and they have delight
full faculty of making a stranger feel
perfectly at home. and they are race
of orators. 1 have not listened to so
much eloquence in a long time as |
heard in our few days experience
down there" What are your i'm
pressiOnS. governor, as to the loyalty of
the SOuth?" ''There is no doubt of
THE sOUTH'S LOYALTY
to the Union. The people would not
restore slavery if they could. All ref
erences to the UAion were loudly APP
plauded, and the American flag was I'M
furled everywhere. / saw no evidences
of attachment for the old order of
things, and did notice. what to me was
both welcome and significant. a general |
effort to avoid the expression of any |
which might give Offense to |
NOrtherners. With such spirit taking |
possession of both the North and South, !
it cannot be long before every vestige |
of sectional feeling is erased. In all our
receptions, the only thing saw which, |
even by stretch of imagination could !
he considered as suggesting the Con-
federacy, was the six grey horses which |
carried us to the exposition grounds at |
Atlanta. and | am surprised that some |
of our Northern newspapers which seem
to have forgotten that the war is over /
did not profess to see in this sure sign |
that the South still has designs upon the |
Union. What | gathered from talking |
with Southerners l met was that the |
South wants to be let alone. She wants
and assistance from
both the capital and the business ability |
of the North, but she does not want to
be treated as political dependency,
and she does want to be allowed to man
age her local affairs according to her
own ideas. Her people are brave, gen.
erous and ambitious, and | believe a
great and prosperous future is before
them"