Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-01-01
The Great speech Of Mr.. Henry W. Graey
before The Boston Merchants Ass0-
eiati0n.
THE NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF THE SOUTH

THE NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF THE SOUTH.
The following Is a report of the address
delivered, on the 18th of December before
| the Merchants Association of Boston,
Mass, by The lamanted Henry W. Grady,
who died at his home in Atlanta, Ga, on
Monday morning of last week, Dec. 23rd.
On the Same occasion Elk President Grover
Cleveland delivered an able address on the
influence of business men 10 politics.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Ceveand's ad
dress, Mr. Grady WIS Introduce, when be
delivered his admirable address as fol-
lows
Far to the Sontb Mr. Preside:.t, separat-
ed from this sectiOn by line--ouce de
fined in irrepressibls difference, ouce traced
in fratrcidal blood, and now, thank God,
but vanished shadow-ies the fairest and
richest domain of this earth. 1t is the
home of brave and hospitab'e people.
There is centered Ill that eau please or
prosper human kind A perfect climate
above a fertile sol Yields to the husband
man every product &c the temperate zone.
There by night lbe cotton whitens beneath
the stars, and by dag the wheat locks the
sunshine in its bearded sheaf. Il the same
field the clover steals the fragrance of the
wind and the tobacco catches The quick
aroma of the raius. There are mountains
stored with exhaus'ltss treasures; forests,
vast and primevai and rivers htt, tum
bling Or lettering, run wanton to the sea.
OF the three essential items Of all indus
tries, cotton, iron and wood, that region has
easy coDtrol-in c0tt'D, fixed monopoly; !;
in iron, proven suprs macy; in '''uber, the
reserve supply of the republic. From this
assured ard permanent advantage, against
which artificial conditions carnat much
longer prevail, has grown an amazing sys
tenn of industries. Not maintained by hu
man coutr,vance of tariff or capital, afar off
from the fullest and cheapest source of sup
ply, but resting in Divine assurance. with
in touch of field and mine and forest, not
st amid costly farms frcm which competi
tion has driven the f.rmer in despair, bnt
amid cheap and sunny lands rich with agri-
culture, to which neilher season nor soil
has set limit-this s3stem of Industries liz
mounting to splerdor that shall dazzle
and illume the world. That, sir, is the pic
lure and the promise of my bome-a land
better and fairer than have told you, and
vet but fit setting in its material excellence
for the loyal ard gertle quality of its citi-
zenship.
against that, sir. We have New England,
recruiting the republic from it's sturdy loins,
shaking from its overcro~ded bives new
swarms of workers al d touching this land
all over with its eu' rgy and its courage
Ard yet while in the Edorado, of which
have told you, but Is per cent. of the lands
are cultivated, its mines scarcely touched
bat
euudist ant, the sorrd of the human voice,
can not be heard f,o;n Virginia to Texas,
| while on the threshold of nearly every
house in New England stands son seek
| ing, with troubled eyes, some new land in
which to carry his modest patrimony. the
strange fact remains that in 1880 the South
| had fewer Northern born citizens than she
had in 1S70-fewer ID ITO than in go. Why
| is this? Why is it, si' though the section
| al line be now but mist that the breath
may dspel, fewer men of the North have
crossed i5 over to the South than when it
was crimson with the best blood of the re
public. or even when the STAKEHOLDER stoo6
guard every inch of it's way?
"There can be but enc answer. 1t is the
very problem we are now to consider. The
kew that opens that problem will unlock to
the world the fairest half of this republic,
and free the halted feet of thousands whose
ewes are already kndlipg with it's beauty.
Better than this it will open the hearts Of
brothers for thirty years estranged, and
clasp in lasting comradeship million
lhao6, now withheld in doubt. Nothing,
! si. mt this problem and the suspicious it
! breeds hinders a clear understanding aud a
perfect union. Nothing else stands between
/ Ms ard such love as bound Georgia aud
! Massaon setts at Valley Forge and York
town. c5astened by the sacrifices of Man.
ssas an0 Gettysburg, and illumined with
The coming of better work and a nober des
tiav Jhau e as ever wrought with the sword
B q sought az She cannon's mouth
/ }f this does not invite your patient hear
Ling te.uient, hear one thing more. My peo-
u ,s vour biotaers in the South-brothers
81 sSssseod, - degtiuy, in all that is best in
- b. and fuiure-are so beset with this
sa that their very existence depends
light soluhNn. Nor are they wholly
3 for iis pre- sence. The slave-ships
\ saspub.a Rsiiai from your ports; the
-nrse;i in cur fields. You will not
ssne ,Eaific. 20 l the institution But
5ee,ags that in its wise and bu-
iss3. s-,i.isirasa0J y lifting the slave to
saf I hich he hed not dreamed in his
n. ma apd givtllg him a happiness
49, uIA sisedom our fathers
SAVING sJa1 excellent heri
s3rn' - war this institution
2 q As heartily as you
sss;sgessss ss,fy is gaae forever from
sss 5 A the zee nan remains
,fasl sitaag precedsnt9ol
sgses arpa]4eg conditions
,,ssiInilhs sacss yaa s'-tss
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