The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-01
THE SOUTH
The sinking Outcome .r ssirRcg.nera-
tin.

81 o..
There are two co.snt reasons Why 80
Americans should yi,W with sympathy ihc
striking outcome OF lae efforts ~ iho South
az selLregenelati0n. Ole is The clnno.ogi-
cal character Di the Wl'te iLhahiialtsu of
the southern states. TIE other d. il. ul-
pardllcled difficulty 40 lle ~.ciui problem
imposed hy the emancipation 90 l.g blacks.
Nowhere else 1910 lN ilr bounds N '.t
Iui.n aie tbs white people su lDis..I BE-. JOS
aud so distinctly American a8 iAe. atr in
thr STATES which were l0imefly -iafc.AO.d-
lug.
IAi, hnm0-euoity aul intense American
i'm Wa shared D, NtN England nN} years
ago. bun since lle sweeping tmi-r t'ou oi
New England D. OBJ the N t-t and ihf Orgu-
patton ID the vacated place, hy french
jauldian-, There l % large ana growing
admIxturo Of allen and unl.-Imi.aioi tlc-
ments in the NtW ENGLAND plla.ltiIn.
south Of the Potomac. On tue other band,
the cthnOiogical OndltDh- remain -uA-iln-
TALLY what they we're Zoo ile beginning a.
the century II We except q l.W descend
ppfs Of French PIOi,-taul- ln south Caro-
lima and Of French ta;hO lc- ia louisiana,
all the white population sd tne south are Oi
pure English lineage. or else arr OI-shCOis
1ftbaf ~cntch.lrish stock 10 which.We Owe
Patrick Hen y. John &. Calhoun Andrew
jackson. and, letu, add, Henry W. GRADY.
It should also bee remembered that tho
English and >cOicn-lrish emis;anis, rom
whom the southern whites are descended,
reached this country almost o. man before
the Revolutionary war, very small ifac-
lion OF the food Ol emigration having slnce
that perlOd been directed south Of Mason
and biX0n's line. The result b. that IL we
would see the sO-cdlled native Amsi can.
the tvpioal American. Inc man who beet
roprcseuts the con joint tnect Of Engllsh OF
-cotchIrisR hereditary apt'tudes and 81
transatlantic environment We are low
most certain 20 ind him IN the South.
Whatever triumphs, therefore, in the cyO-
luton Of natural resource or in iue sOlu-
lion of social problems are achieved by lhe
southern whites, have peculiar interest
and Importance tor genuine Americans oil
over this br, a country.
man uroblem With whcA the southern
whifes have 90 deal, there are elements 81
diHctlty unparalleled IN history. when
the slaves were SCI fIce IN Jam lica and the
smaller possessions OF Great Bgtau ia the
NJ indies. the sum ol SiOO.O0O.CJ0 wa
yoted by Parliament tO compensate tie
nlanter, tor the loss Of iLels otpiial
which. I'm reliance on existing laws, had
been invested IN negro labor. II TIE hold
ing of human beings IN sersitude was SIN,
| n Vas argued. then u WAS sin IN which
,bo Driti-h Government bad been for cen
nrjes Am accomplish. aud Il wss deemed
uninst 10 make a single generation Of slave
holders pay the who,e penalty TOR the ac-
cumulated wrongs Of ages.
A0oin. when many millions OF Russian
.erfs were liberat Il D. Alexander II. they
were not east adriit upon int world 10 pfyy
a. ,on society, but were provided with lands
which were purchased nom iheir ioimer
masters with funds advanced by the state.
nv This equitable arrangement The eX-
master, were shielded from impoyerish-
mont and the eX.slayes from dCsltuilOn.
tremendous sOci Al revolution vas th"s "c-
,.omulisbed with s. 'trctly aUy friction.
81 .uch attempt, O. tighten Tie aardships
GA ,oeiiI Cataolysm were male in t1p
tinted states. Neither were ihe masters
o'r,isll Undermined. a. thcf Mere ia ia
,1ica nor were ile saves eQaipIld VIII
means II ear ing livelihood. At QUO
str,ke we're ihe masters deprived OF trn
/ i,i"r TN which a'0ue they could turn
/ heir lands 10 account, while Tue SLAVES Te-
csi,ed only toe liberty 10 star,e.
/ We do not hesitate 10 say That "a the
emancipation problem nau Oeen ifc'entea
/ tn ,ba.e terms in Russia. is solution would
~ non impossible. No other race OUT
H. AnylO. saxon, as il has htcn Tempered
and tolIaAened on this side az the Atlantic.
.n,,id deal with a problem q such stupcn-
/ Ans difficulty. That Toe southern whites
baSe erappled with !, sooeIis, lel ifarle,sl'.
win n nun appreciation 81 a. magnitude.
~ win an answering resolve in solve d,
/ i fact that reflects singular credit on tlie
AMERICAN character, and I 9len All OF a.,
may we'll be proud. -Pnis'deiphiaL sdser.