The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-01

| We need not go far to illustrate what
mean. To-day, TO our shame and dis
credit be it said, there are Representa-
tiveS from sovereign States upon this
| floor who, deep down in their hearts,
know that this election bill is as damna-
be, illogical, inequitable, and vicious q
piece of legislation as was ever attempted
to be placed upon the statute-books of
this Republic. Applause. And yet at
sacrifice of their manhood, sober judg-
ment, their sense of fairness and Just
ness, feeling the keen sting of the eau
Gus lash, they will support measure
which will add untold miseries to the
woes OF the unfortunate people it is de-
signed to help, stir up race troubles and
factional strife in our fair South land,
and breed political confusion worse con-
| founded.
do not know the distinguished au-
thors OF this bill Perhaps the most dis
tinguished, the honorable gentleman
from Massachusetts, Mr. Lodgel. know
has achieved great reputation as a civil
service reformer. In that respect con-
cede that he is a grand and glittering
success. He can indulge in more lofty
defamation on the beauties of ciyil-ser-
vice reform and at the same time secure
more patronage for his political henoh-
men and retainerS than anv member OF
the Massachusetts delegation, and that
Is saying great deal. Laughter and
applause. But however great success
ne may be in the line of civil-service re-
form, as statesman, if this piece of leg
islation is a fair criterion of his work,
he is most profound failure.
The distinguished gentleman from
Massachusetts has been, | am told, an
extensive traveller. He has viewed the
splendors of sunrise as it fell on noun
tain and cliff and glacier from the sum-
nit of Mount Blanc, he has placed his
footsteps in those of Hannibal and Ma
poleOn along the historic St. Bernard
Pass, he has seen the gondoier life at
Venice, the peasant life of modern
Greece, the life of the laZaretto and the
nobility in Florence and Rome; in
word, there is little of scenic splendor,
of historic, social, or political interest in
the Old World which he has not com
PEELED to yield tribute to enrich his store
of knowledge, of men, and of things
But, like many Americans, he has failed
to see the loqliest part of his own coun-
try, the territory south of Mason and
Dixon's line. Had the distinguished
| gentleman ever been South, had he ever
had an opportunity to see our people, TO
study the political situation there, to
realize the lmmensity of the social and
political questions that confront them,
! he would not to-day be advocating the
: passage Of law which will postpone the
settlement of those grave questions for
long years to come and ALLEVIATE the peo-
1 pie of the two great sections of our com.
S mon country.
'But, as the distinguished gentleman
~ has never embraced the opportunity to
= visit the coming "El Dorado of Ameri-
can adventure" let him at least come
: with me in his imagination and look at
! the South as it was in 1865 and as it IS
to-day. The close of the most disastr-
i Gus war in the history Of the world
!. found the South in a condition that
u words are powerless to describe. Black
ened chimneyS, with women and chill.
IS dren crying for bread in the ruins oi
= their homes, marked the path Of the vic
q torlOuS Union army. Cities and towns
e. were desolated, fields devastated and
ST destroyed, and hundreds of millions 81
IS dollars invested in slaves wiped out oi
le existence. Bankruptcy and ruin stareC
lie the people in the face. AS the victor
as Gus legions Of the Union army, amids
" the thunder Of artillery and the plaudit
70 of the patriotic multitude, marched
OF through the streets of the national capi
tai the ragged and foot-sore Confeder
IS ate was wondering where to get brea'
~ for his wife and little ones as he locke,
10 on his ruined and devastated home.
ne But, nothing daunted, the Southerne
II went to work, and by indomitable pluc
e and energy was soon on his feet again
ne The losses incurred by the South in th
ay late war are almost incalculable. 1t
ne stated that the actual loss from the wa
OF aggregated s., 900, 900, 600. 10 1880 Tia
he total amount Of capital invested in mar
re ufacturing enterprises in the Unite
ut States was 81, 700, 900, 900. If ever
,st manufacturing enterprise in the Unite
Ii. States had been wiped out Of existenc
ge by some great calamity the loss woul
les only have been half as great as the lo
us ses entailed upon the South by the laf
ng war. On the heels Of this fearful lOs
ali by war and destruction OF values cam
gh political misrule and degradation
against which it seemed almost hop
en- less TO strive.
ect The State governments fell into tt
lte hands of the most disreputable gang
lck thieves and plunderers that ever dl
ID, graced nation, and the very name
I'D RepuDlicanism became stencil in Il
)uf nostrils Of all honest men. BY bloc
me shed, violence, and intimidation the
md governments were wrested from G
thieves and plurderers and to day wit
out exception are held by the Dem
cratic party. In spite of this long G
lie Of misrule and all the evils Of reco
ch. struction the South has prospered
in never section prospered before.
South now, and your journey Will
through a continuous aud unbrok
eep strain Of the music Of progress, q
lm- . whirr Of the spindle, the buzz Of {
llch saw, the roar of the furnace, and
~ thrOb Of the locomotive. The next ce
aNe 5us Will show Il 10 be the richest sect
iie; Of our country.
nali Let ne briefly submit few statemel
lre as to the wonderful increase Of wealth
olhl the South in the past nine years.
the 1850 the total wealth Of the South !
Gus, = 5l3. 436, 900. Ia 1889 it is estimat
ften at 81 220, lG6, 900, an increase Of 81 sc
nee, 600, 900 Tne assessed value Of prope
: II, in the south is about 81 per cent. Of
lsei true value. On this basis the incre