The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-06
A New Englander on the South.

A cores Ondent of the New York Trib-
une who describes himself as "a northern
yankee, an abolitionist born in New
England and who gave his serv-
ices to the defense of the ma
ton, writes TO that paper to the eff
feet that the croakers in the north who
are continually growing about uptoward
conditions at the south, are unjust and
preiudiced or ignorant of what they are
talking about. The correspondent de-
clares that Notwithstanding his New
England birth, his abolitionist principles
and his services in the war against the
south, he and thousands of others" are
following safe and profitable businesses
in the south, the correspondent himself
residing in Mississippi.
To rightly understand the situation,
the New England yankee and abolitionist
says, it is necessary for man to be
part of the country, and be a business
man, mot a mere politician Being a
business man himself-having his dollars
invested in southern enterprises-he has
no hesitation in saying that to-day the
internal regulation OF affairs is safer for
business IN the south than in the north,
labor is more willing and faithful, while
have listened to the remark repeatedly
that if the north wants troops she has
only to say so; that such creatures as
Waite, Lewelling and Altgeld would never
be tolerated, and that the south is to-
day more loyal to Uncle Sam than is the
north
The people of the south may be impetu-
Gus, but they would not permit such an
arChism as has disgraced the west re-
Gently. The white people of Dixie prefer
to regulate their social, political and in
ternal affairs in their own way" and
in doing these things they show a greater
degree of common sense than do other
people who leave their affairs to Debs &
Co. The transplanted New Highlander
predicts that the north will have to do
something in the same line before it frees
itself from the rule of Objectionable agi-
tators.
The south offers no such inducements
as the north for dealers in preferred
stocks and manipulated investments, g"
but if the northern worker will come
south and go to raising live stock, or
manipulating the soil of farm, or devel
oping any other of the souths great re-
sources, his welcome will be cordial and
the fruit of his labors secure. On all
sides he will find honorable judges and
brave, ready men, quick to action, to sus-
tain him in his efforts. -
Summing up the conditions the CORE
spondent concludes that if he had 81 ,O0O,-
600 to invest he would place every dollar
Of it in the south in preference to the
north, and says he knows hundreds of
men from the north, staunch republicans, :"
within 100 miles of where he lives, who
thinks as he does and will vouch for every
word he has said. 81 Na
What this New Highlander says, APP
pearing as it does in the leading repubfl-
can paper in the country, will have con-
siderable weight with other New England
and northern people who may entertain
the idea of seeking investments or homes
in the west or south. The letter is the
honest expression Of a man who knows
what he is talking about, and is rebuke
to the northern politicians and papers
that traduce the south for political
reasons.