The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-20

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story the history Of a great struggle between
ovJ uoO iil.equipped but well drilled Confed-
crates and 1000. 900 well-kept Fede. al soldiers
iheir very struggle modifying not the armers
only. but each section Of this great Nation
and reinforcing North and South
among the States the great principles
underlying onr constitutional government
On the one side State sovereignty and per-
s0nai rights on the other the supremacy OF
tho nation IA its unity. We OF the South,
with arms laid down and the hope of sepa-
rato independence wrapped IN the tattered
folds of the surrendered flag. may see a the
smoke of battle lifts that state sovereignty
and personal rights still stand like mountains
in the heart If this nation while we rec0g-
nize tho fact that the States are one and in
divisib.e and ought TO be- After the lapse Of
more than q quarter OF century we look
over the field of carnage where Lee and his
soldiers met and defeated IN successive cam
paigus moro than double their numbers. we
SEQ the undivided life of the nation.
the rights OF the States and the rights of citi-
IONS are alike maintained Never again may
tho wlles OF politicians. tho heat Of partisans
or tho extravaganza Of demagOgues excite on
these themes another battle cry. II we have
another war between the States il will not.
cannot be GA tins line But tho cause Is not
lost as the genius OF our republic is felt ii
Europe As kings tremble on their thrones
at the march OF the thought Of government
hy tho people. and as new republics are beng
born SO the stroke 10y Southern men in arms
for self government IS felt among the States
Now AGAIN are the Southern States steadily
marching To- the front IN this nations history
in ali that constitutes greatness Let Virgil
mia be a sample.
RESULT or TIE WAR;
The destruction Of slavery as O. result OF the
wax has opened the finest soil of the Atlantic
slope 90 tho markets of the world With
sa.ubrl0us climate olualing .hat of italy. with
% china e and soil adapted 10 ell the staple
crops Ol the world our lands IN the absence
az slaves and with q sparse white pOpuatlOn
constitute IN Themselves standing invitation
90 brains and money Many have a.
yeady come. and now that the Virginia deut
will bo settled by the present legisia-
ture with satisfaction alike % the state
and its creditors VIC may look Tor men
coming from abroad. who. with motive
found IN money making. viii joan us ~ the
task # lifting tie grand oid state
to % new growth and q higher material dcs-
tiny Our soil. our climate. our transp0rta-
tlou and school facilities. ~ we'll as our peo-
pic invite strangers. The negro IS q COM
mon laborer has stood for twenty-five years
as q breakwater against the influx or M ran
Immigration which we neither need nor want,
while our condition to-day invites the pres
ence of men of larger OF smaller means who
are looking To the betterment OF their condi-
ton Take man in New Jersey with
family OF FIVE children on q farm Of 100 acres.
Ills farm at 500 an acre IS worth @iO.OJO,
with 5000 worth of team and utensils sou III
labor and $500 in fertilizers, and an entire
capital Of Sll 800. He sells perhaps $1,000
worth of produce. Now il Virginia 100 acres
al 30 an acre and the same amount IN stock.
etc. Nirginian will sell as much as the
Jersoyman and has only -, 200 capital. Tho
man with $4,000 IN Northern lands
In rHfHN }
less than half his capital and enjoy the al
vantage of constant enhancement IN values
ON q visit % Pennsylvania L found in YORK.
Northumberland UOga and other counties
that lands which twenty years ago sod Tor
$50 an acre can now be bought Tor 90.
This Is true all over the Northern states eS-
cent i'm proximity 20 the great cities. why
is this, 1t may in part be due 10 shrinkago
from war prices, but II is also owing in part,
If not entirely. to the fact that so much South
eru land is put on the market. ours NJ TlO
per acre. theirs 90 cljG. Ours with Two or three
months winter theirs with five or seven
months When -four Is 90 "a barrel IN Rich
mond and SO i'm New York II VIII leave
Richmond for the other city till the eIu-
hbrium is restored. The law OF demand
and supply rules the world. HE undeNel-
oped resources and wonderful advantages OF
tne South are so vast that they may not DO
told and the world begins to know 1t.
0H.,r STORM.
General Marry said that ninety miles from
the Virginia coast is the point more Zee from
storms than any other place in America. The
storm that killed COnkng had its head CEN
tire ~ the great likes passed south behind
the Appalachian hills, and struck the Atlantic
below Charleston then returned with the
Gulf stream struck the Jersey coast at Cape
Henl0nen We hardly felt 10 here. what
wonderful hidden stores Oi wealth are IN your
Al.tt rtt
tain. Va. Washington got lead 70 Kill the
Indians. From these mines he haa bullets
nade 10 shoot the British. The
sane mines furnished that material 20
fqbt the war of 1912, and then tho
Wexicans and then the Yankees: and
still they are unexhausied Money. like
water viii seek its level II paws better
here. and despite all prejudice IT will come:
Already il has spread the golden wings OF
its fight 10 this Southland. Almost all the
railwavs now building are IN the South. trans
portation and commerce. manufacturing
plants and men are moving South. he prox-
unity 10 raw material. the eyenness 81 our
climate. the breyity of our winters and the
;fnmeusitv Of our Water-pOWer make US feel
as we recognize the " fatherhOOd of God and
brotherhood Of man. and welcome the good
and true 70 come with us the south, with Its
growing enterprise aud increasing population.
is obliged 10 participate IN the prosperity OF
the nation The cotton crop Tor 1891 Is
placed AT 300. 600 000 tobacco at $50, 100000,
with her part in the sl,700.000 600 of cereals.
to say nothing of hay, molasses, sugar, pota-
toes wool forests and mines, make US feel
that we stand in the place OF prophecy IS we
look 40 the opening of the golden gates of
future rich IN promise And the vision wldens
with the horizon. y Oh say what becomes OF
the race question precpitated upon us by the
results of the war, / answer: That question
was on us before the war. and 1t may be on
our children when we are dead. / believe IN
"A snecial providence over nations as over IN
dividuals. do not understand the prou-
deuce that brought the negroes to these
shores as slaves. nor do | under
stand the slave agitation which
eliminated in the bloodiest war Of the ages.
Nor still 60 I understand the present condi-
ton of the negro. cannot sec the wisdom
of our Government in enirancmslng nation
vet in its swaddling clothes and eleyating an
ucOnrruOus people some of whom are, u
saw the least. not far removed from ietish.
isfn-to competition with the brains and
muscle of the AnglO-SaXOn race, already
Thousand years in advance OF them IN clylliza-
lion. do not believe IN the theory OF eyolu-
ton if that means bringing something from
nothing bv what You call law Of nature
Something from nothing without causatlon Is
absurd There must be a creative touch be
hind all But do believe IN the MEMORABLE
Ian, Of the survival of the fittest." II may
be that God will help that race OF people
and they may fare better than the Indians
geefIa HUt don Z