The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-05

from the South. OF twcnty-hihe $50
ciate Justices. seventeen were from 'ne
south. or twcnty-one Attorney-'ehe'"'s
fourteen hailed from this section.
Tho first resolutions" says y. +.
warde OF Mississippi. declaring the
rights of the colonies to be free and IN
denendent were introduced into South
ern LEGISLATURE by a Southern man. Inc
fret resolutions TO the same erect were
presenicd in the Colonial Congress py
another Southern man, and took FORM All
tho Declaration of independence, under
the matchlcss genius of still another
Southern man. Southern man led the
patriot armies to victory and establisheu
the possibilities OF the proudest nauoh vi
earth. Southern man was prime mover
OF the Convention that framed the 'on-
stltution. When the government nsu
been created its organic law was sun
an unexplained book. ponderous oar :"
unskilled hands. il was left Tor the
preatest legal mind Of the age, a South
ern Chief Justice to analyze and stamp
upon IL the construction which Will Dc
accented az long as the Constitution is
respected. A Southern man frameo tns
ordinance for the organization anu
government OF the great Nor,h"es'ein
territory, an instrument second ohly "a
f,,,ortance 20 the. Constitution or the
United States. Southern man was '
author of the republican theory OF Pop-
,,lar government which preNahed uuiine
sixty years OF our greatest Pio9P'
neacc. and happiness"
ar one hundred and eighty-five iorelsh
ministers. ninety-nine were Southern
men. ,-,u,.
The South furnished the most brillian,
officers in the Revolutionary war ana
the war with. Mexico. III was durihs 'he
Administration OF n Southern President
that the war Of 1872 was inau2urated ana
brought 10 a triumphant conclusion me
master spirits of the great struggle were
such men as Clay, Calhoun, Monroe,
Grundy. LOW ndes, and Crawford "hhe
only five Senators north OF the Deid"arc
voted TO sustain it. Florida was ac-
ouired from Spain and Louisiana from
France by a Southern President through
Tho skill and courage OF a Southern dip
lomatist. The pluck and patriotism OF
Southern President gained the indepeh-
dence of Texas and added New Mexico
10 the national domain. thus extehuint
the boundary line TO the Paclic, anu
opening to the world the golden gates
of California.
Coming down to more modern times
we find Matthew Il. Maury, a southern
man. holding the proud title OF "Phhoso-
pher of the Seas" He 1t was who mapped
out the geography OF the seas, explained
their secret phenomena. blazed out on the
trackless ocean the shortest and safest
highways for the commerce OF the Woriu'
and by his Wind and Current charts
and his Sailing Directions saved the Unit
ed States millions of dollars annually on
outgoing tonnage alone
Where shall we find another Admiral
Semmes. who with n single snip swept
from the seas the commerce or great
nation?
The medical records show that two OF
the greatest surgeons that the world mas
ever known were J. Marion sims. OF
South Carolina. and Ephraim Mcdowell
Of Kentucky. The enlightened WorId rec
ognizes them as leaders in the realm OF
surgery
Another Southerner, Judah p. Benja-
min. went to England after the meridian
Of life. and became one Of the queen
counselors and the leading Jurist IN
that land Of great lawyers, having on
his docket at one time half OF the ap-
neal cases I'm the kingdom.
The first steamship sent across the Al
Iantic. May ~. 1919. was the savannah
equipped and sent over by a Few pupnc-
spirited and practical men of Savannah
The first railroad in America was
short track in Broad street, Charles
ton. simply 10 demonstrate the idea.
The first canal in America was the
Santee. in South Carolina.
The first patent for steam plough
was granted to a MIR. Bellinger, Of Barn
well. S. c. The first fire alarm tele-
crarh. patented by Mr.. Gamewell. OF
South Carolina. was erected and tested
i'm the city Of Charleston.
II Is a well established fact that Og-
den Holmes. OF South Carolina. and not
Eli Whitney, was the inventor Oh the
cotton gin.
Indigo. rice. and cotton were first intro
ducad and cultivated in the state OF
South Carolina.
South Carolina was the pioneer in SILK
culture. In the year l7.5, Mrs. Pinckney
the same lady who ten years before mad
introduced the indigo plant, took with
her 10 ENGLAND quantity of excellent
silk which she had raised and spun IN
the vicinity OF Charleston, sufficient 10
make three complete dresses. one or
these were presented TO the Princess
Dowaeer. of Wales, and another TO LORD
chesterfield. They were allowed to be
equal to any ever imported.
The first use OF tidewater TO run heavy
machinery was in South Carolina IN lfo'.
In 17s, the state Agricultural Society of
South tafOllld was Si''''o -
the hest cottonseed oil and other OILS
nroduced in the state. Yet Mr.. Edward
Atkinson. OF Boston, stated recently that
"a smart Yankee went South after the
war and taught the people the use Oh
a. hitherto useless product cottonseed.
Years before the war South carolina had
been shipping cottonseed oil to Italy by
the thousand tons for the purpose OF
making the very salad oil that MI AT
kinson probably used on his table.
The South revolutionized the naVles OF
the world by building in the harDor OF
Charleston the first ironclad, the 'hoat-
ing battery" The stevens battery frst
demonstrated the successful use OF iron
In land batteries rorpedoes were also
first used In Charleston harbor.
The first magazine gun, the winchester
rifle was invented by a man from Ches-
ter, S. c., and offered 10 the state in
1860 Afterward II was adopted by the
United States army and called the Win
chester rifle" This gun revolutionized
the armies of the world and the very art
and science Of war
IL brains were at such a low ebb In
the South. why did President Harrison
and President Cleveland. in both of his
Administrations. place Southern men In
some Of the most important Cabinet
and Government Offices?
Why has New York called 10 its largest
banking houses and institutions of trust
sro,, tho cunuV SOuth2