The Indianapolis journal., 1890-12-14

the motive or method by which the result
WAS produced. Aside from the struggle
itself and from the bitter legislative period
OF reconstruction days. and the political
visited us, we must now grasp the grand
results which We are now enjoying. and
acknowledge the inestimable benefits that
have accrued TO our people and section.
When travel through New England aud
through other States of the North realize
the folly of an agricultural people at
tempting to cope successfully with man.
ufacturing people,"
CHARACTER OF THE PROSPERITY.
docs the new prosperity of the South
extend beyond the creation and increase of
her manufacturesp
''Most assuredly. For that matter, you
cannot create and develop manufacturing
and mining interests without stimulating
the agricultural interests, unjust and un-
equal laws to tho contrary notwiths tand-
ing. We are raising more cot ton and OF
a better quality and get o better price for
1t than ever before in the history of the
South; and the same may be said of grain
there before-so was the climate, and so
were the veins of coal and iron ore that un-
derlie the whole. 1t is the development of
these resources that has brought prosperity
under the conditions of the South before
the war.
"You would be surprised, If you were fa-
miliar with those conditions, to note the
improved state Of farm lands. The mater
ial prospect = of the South is still chiefly
in her agricultural resources. But I'LL
proved labor-free labor-the rehabilita-
tion of exhausted lands by systematic
fertilization. have not only greatly in
Su S.vs the douaS hsd the value acre
the land itself. The immense phos-
phosphate beds. natures storehouse, have
contributed to this. But they also were
there before. The great underlying motive
out of sore adversity and stimulated by
necessity-the relief from the incubus of
slavery. Our people have simply cast
traditional sentiment aside and gone to
work, every fellow for himself.
I'VE are not politically or socially per-
feet, and never will be. The growlers and
kickers are not all dead yet and never will
be. The drawbacks OF old political huck-
sters and unconscionable demagogues af-
fiict Us the same as they do you here in the
making good time and wilt get there, as the
saying goes, with all of our feet. We would
get there more quickly and satisfactorily
II there were no politicians to nag and goad
US at every step.
THE negrof He is doing we'll. and. like
the rest of as. will do better if let alone
The negro Is ae necess ary 20 us az we are to
him. That expresses the whole situation.
He is doing his duty to himself and his fam
ily-is earning an honest living. and Great
ing homes, and LAYING mp material wealth
for himself and his children. In helping
him To do this we help ourselves. He is in
the full enjoyment Of his liberty, and, as a
rule. he makes good use oft. This is quite
ns much as any body can truthfully say of
the white lab0ring class in the North.
THE NEGRO Is NOT OPPRESSED.
Il hear very frequently up North that
the negro with us is down-trodden and op-
pressed. and ell that sort of thing. but if
such is the case he IL ignorant of it, and on
the whole. rather likes IL, for we never
hear any such thing from him at home. As
laborer he has no equal for patient in
dustry and stubborn endurance. 1t is to
our best interests to give him chance to
prosper found q home and become rooted
to the soil; and he naturally gets better
treatment from as than ne would receive
in the North. He il neither starving nor
tramping. He can confidently look tor,
and actually receives. more favors at the
hands of the men who once owned
him than the poor white laborer
IN the North can expect or get from