The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-04-20

sure us by telling US if he is alive or
dead"
THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH.
While the Southern editors were
holding their convention at Wash
ington, the Southern Governors We e
in conference at Richmond. Both
bodies have at heart the same inter-
ests, are working for one end the
same object, viz: the evolution of
the South.
The "new" South, as we are so
fond of styling her, is progressive.
Her days of prejudice and conserva
tism are over. Her people, largely
descended from staunch revolution
airy stock, are thoroughly American,
and the spirit of enterprise which is
animating her leading men, and
prompting them to devise methods
of developing her myriad resources,
is an earnest of the brilliant future
which awaits her.
The advent of a favorable admin
istration with it's assured freedom
from force bills, and threats of inter-
ference in domestic affairs; the i'm
pending dissolution of the Mckinley
tariff, and the melting of those clouds
of uncertainty which for a tin e
o11 he, =
look, have inspired the South with
renewed hope. She is now resolved
to advance, and with ore blow to
sever the Gordian Knot which has so
long hound the wheels finer progress.
Another source of encouragement
for the South, as well as for the coun-
try in general, is the bright financial
situation, as reviewed by the Finan-
cial Chronicle CT New York in its issue
of the 9Th. The feeling of distrust
and alarm which prevailed in bust
ness circles toward the close of Har-
rison's administration, has given
place to one of hopeful confidence
There has been an increase, the
Chronicle states, in the treasury of
gold holdings, and in the total
money holdings. an increase in the
available cash balance, an increase
OF the governments revenues, with
a surplus ofrevenues above disburse-
ments, and a decrease in the nation s
indebtedness. !.
With other parts of our land, the
Southern States have suffered from
the financial stagnation which is the
inevitabl resultant of booms. But
that fever and it's reaction are about
over, and the lessons which it taught,
it is to be hoped, are thoroughly as
simulated
The South must depend on immi-
grafton for the development of it's
resources. Slavery prevented immi-
grafton, and sealed the doom of
native enterprise. Industry advanc-
ed only with the growth of the slave
population, being dependent solely
on their labor. Thus it is that vast
regions of fertile and densely timber
ed soil have remained untouched and
untitled to this very day: In our
own State vast mineral wealth lies
hidden in mountain store houses,
awaiting the "open sesame of enter
prising capital to swing back the
doors and reveal it's treasures.
The North is not prejudiced toward
the South. Northern people are
simply ignorant of the superior
natural advantages, and the won.
derful possibilities of this beautiful
region, which like modest maiden
has never yaunted her charms. The
action taken by the gubernatorial
convention will turn on the search
light. They propose to issue paper
setting forth the riches of the whole
Southern country, it's mineral and
agricultural wealth, and the social,
religious, moral and intellectual
status of it's people. This paper
sealed with the official stamp of these