New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-09
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
GRADY'S NEW SOUTH

A"c Character Sketch of Henry W. Grady by Oliver
Dyer. l6mo. PIP. :7;. Robert BonncrN 'oh>
Henry W. Grady left series OF ict'erS e"'''ru
aTbc New SOUTH in which he described the re
na.sance Of southern commerce and industries IN Ms
characteristcally enthusiastic and viva s'Nio' "
wonld have been difficult to find better narrator II"
the purpose. inaSnuch as he possessed inc ra'o FL.
of handling statistics in such a way as I" m'"e wv"
interesting and in speaking OF the new SOM"
necessary to employ many figures and To Tier l" t''
continually The almost white heat 81 ch'n''"''"
with which Grady approached a subject he h@n ~
closely at heart now communicates "NV'' "
some degree to his readers who ma t'c">rN'' sun
ING his cxnltaton and sympatilzinc Win nv "r
rs they follow the really astonishing Nta''>" wa
le pours out in food. Inevitably MS itN"'''
Illustration is his town OF Nltlta' al" "'N
comes all the rest Of Georgia. Nor c"i'o d HWY
impressive in>tan Of vigorous recovery from '''o
collapse he cited than Atlanta. ''rh'E NnV" VI WV
,ase is OF course full OF semi poetic ana picturesque
touches for to his orators temperament all '''"T>
,ppcared in a haze Of romance. lie first draw" a
light sketch of AtantaS condition al 'ic 'o>c vi wv
Rebellion II is sufficiently graphic.
.Tho peopc of Atlanta" lie writes. in 1-"' crcpt
ont of the diagonal holes. cut like swallows nests III
the hlsdes in which they had ah'dc' III" Size u
find their city in rnnN old QUEENS cohi" Nai'"N
thread the course Of familiar streets through a> an"
debris Five hundred shantic- were made OF tic
iron roofing of DESTROYED buildings. F"nr posts were
driven in-ron shecting tackled about them. cover
laid door cut and in these with ptiin hnckNtc'1he'
were established the Comneic2 81 system thh no"
b. asts its palatal stores. It's merchant princes ana j.
known and honored the Republic over IN I-"" 'i'rc
were but four in Atlanta worth 10000 III l--"
there are six millionairc> Whose wealth asc'"fhcN
$4,000 900: nine Others assessed at mo-" than ''"
600 each; fourteen Others worth over 100000" ra'h
and twenty one worth from $3joooO t. $jon.oo' ei''
These fl,v citizens now worth &:'0OOofno. were
not worth $25O.Ooo in 1-Gi. Bach u" them IS
prosperous city filled with wcltodo people and p'a'
of a prosperous state. How WI TIN progress
wrauGht'' This Is the deeply in''r >tin: H"'>'"l
Grady sets out to and h explanation l. iH'i
OF significance. Georgia and Atlanta together WIN
the south generally. thc recovery to the ~
telccnt and per,cvcring development II the country
natural resources For s'me yca> after IN" wa ch'"
the south was held back by >p'culiir' errors. l'
pcope put all the land in cotton and m'it-1.cd them
selves TO Northern merchants and captni;> - d. H.
Raising nothing bu, the staple they w'" una'l' u
secure the profits of their cultivation. winch mercy
passed through the south bu, did not >tN there.
They found. too that When they tired 4" vary IN"
cultivation their creditors oj"ct"t and - ih"lr dcI>
held them in durauee. AT last they got tlI"r mead
above water litile and began 10 DIVERSITY th'r
agriculture and devise means "f uiil/n- rfc'N re- orr :"
The cotonsccd proved a prolific "rr'" q! p ~ Ihi
oil was expressed the r.~tluc converted into
choice article of cattle feed. va u~"d - i"riHI"'
Then aud coal and other "ri~ wcrr d"Nci"i"i
the splendid pine timber III i- REGION was "'i"'"' ny
on tue ground. mills and factories FORCES and fnn
dries Logan spring up on all >id"- and IN >"''''r'
pro,pcrtv revived bv leaps AMI l,i>. Ii j. i"Pil>S
10 say that the sagay follow coed advice ihd much
TO do with this. The bitter cNl":l"a'" 81 M i">t
had. however prepared Tie +" pie f." aav !i'"'1"i~'
and the rising generation chc"rfilN irA'N IL h"h
upon the traditions Of slavery. aHi "i t-i: T. ,ih"
full ADVANTAGE of every Ir,ou"." h'@ "lr"";'''
To how rea' extent his "aTc e "1'~i' I'D ms.
ness ,cusc has transformed In" -"it'I. IMAM '"d
tell more graphically and happily than Henry Vs. 'laN
and IN doing h" was 'rel-in- TIE trini"ph - HI
own ideas. RE c"nali'y oi h,s style. 1t '"riI'!
f,iendlincss 70 The North AND b. H"!l ~ r'ii/"A pei
ton a d pca,cH&!;cr ard ?cf,rri"E. r''i!"r" hi~
descriptions Nj Oliver Dyer la added - IA" p''ini
nent value Of the book ly raI"f'il!r aI h"~' >Fl
pa,hctica,lv written study II GRADY. u,iTa'"I ic"V
from the speeches and writings of ILL., ~u'!r'' n
this preliminary character sketch the a'i'nde ara
functions Of the journalist set forth most clearly
ard feici;ouslv. and h> t"nprrnncnt ani capacities
arc examined from he point Of view Of warm apprra-
ton.
Mr. Over. however. docs not srF"r himself t" ="
ni.led Lv the charms and attraction, al GRADY
character and personality into al I!d'r-"n"M u 't'
isttcrS position on the race problem. hut puts ii'
6ngcr upon tie fatal effects Of r'a>'H'Hc aud -"
general inco,. cqrrnccs winch mark all # ''f' "N
preston upoA TIL, 'opc. y" aia""r' of c""a1'F ana
professions If far play cau ,uurcnl Tie "vrN f1't
that Grady. like most southern men. r''rar'"d u"
race nrohlc,n solely from ~" wh,'r mems pO; -
view with porha,, unc.r>rilu, iN,:lral'y m spoke
ALWAYS as il the 100000 Of negroes AT III" south
were still in slavery In H. pia"> they r"ir"' for
nothing When he >aid that Tie s'l'h must >"v" ~"
race problem he did not mean that The vhi"> ara
negroes together must DO 4" hn' IN" WhlNN a'""'
There was moreover A distinct Hilrynic.-m In his
proposition that the nc-NI'S must hay" r'al T-HI'
but thai The White, alone Inu-: rule the south OF
course the Fundamental a>,nnpti,.-:h" nr"n"vah'"
g tho inv iced
whole Que, ton, and could not be admitted having
any weight in the argument. william IL" t"nGn"r"i
and his followers thouglt the people "f Ehglhid an
Inferior race not such 4 very long tine ago. and
though the English nanaccd 10 datHSc the world 81
that idea eventually il was not the work 81 one or
Two generations and TO dav civilization failures
constitute a formidable army Of human beings VIII,
with white skins and CaTca-ian features, combine
vices and inlqii;ics far exceeding anything Africa has
produced.
The truth IS that Henry W. Grady Wa Nv ratlI"
and training equally untitled 10 ATTEMPT N" srln'!on
OF the problem. lie had III" orators t'Ihp"l7'
mont and the orators tendency 10 take refuge from
dHCult position, in clttcring c"n""alitc Ill negro
attitude will hc:: analysis for II clashes with his
patriotism and that. ii may be freely concct"d
genuine FIRMLY rooted. Tn, great question wae
not adapted 10 his powers. and what lie w"nl" ana
said throws light upOn Ia" i>~u". II WITS a. the
leader OF the South into the paths Of indn'rv a. the
breaker Of old southern IDOLS. A. the preacher oi Il
new gospel Of progress. the exponent Of IN" broad
est and best southern feeling toward The North. that
he did the work BY which h. deserve, 10 De r"ncm
bered and held in hOnCr. Much Of thu evidence OF
that work is embraced in the present volume. and Mr.
Overs introduction rounds ont the letters most salts
fsctorily.