The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-25
THE BRAINS or THE SOUTH
A Southern wou,n, Diseases the Chars
or Intsileciuni Ihf,riorttY.


A Southern Nvo-,n, Discusses the Cbsrr.
or Inter.ciuni Isr.riority.
To TUE ENRON or THE suS-sir, Tn. oft.
renestsd assertion that IN. south always was
and nov IA intellectually inferior TO the North
has induosd ma To make n careful inyestiQa-
tion Of tina matter The result furnishes an
arrav Of facts at once startIlne and eonvinc-
Inc that 4. onv,ncIng "a anv ope not hide.
hound bv sectionalism and preiudice
lido not pretend 70 cover the whole ground.
bu, bons that thu instance. .numerated may
tend IN n settlement OF the vexed question. or.
NJ Ieas, Induce thoss who m.ke sueh state
mania 10 consult History before giving than 10
the public.
Tho south. although In . numerical minor
itv controllsd the oonsraI CoveTnment for the
nrat siubtv veara Of its exIs,.nce. Eiabt out
=, ,h y. thir,o.n pr.aidar.s 80 ,ro,, IN. ao,th
four OF them serving two terms.
or tvelye Vice. presidents four were from
slave states. Under eleven Administrstions
the South furnished fourteen Secretaries
of State. eleven Secretaries OF War ak
secretaries OF the treasury. nine secretaries
Of the Navy. and eight Postmasters- General
o fnfty five Presidents pro TEN. Of the Senate.
thirty-nine were from the South. Or thirty
sne 81 nn. Cn,
IN. nn.t ao,nan, 80 sror, ths Sc,th n,
ns
v.ro t,or, tho sou,h tv.ntv.on. Attorna,-
were from tne south. vi twenty.ono At.orneS-
The first resolutions" says b. F. warde OF
N,,.,.s,nrI "do.,. .,.r ,,s r,o,t. =; Oh. .o,o.
duced into Southern Legislature By a South
ern man. The first resolutions to the same ef-
feet were presented In the Colonial Congress
by another Southern man. and took form In
matohless genius OF still another southern
man. Southern man led the patriot .rmie:
20 ne.ory anu eslaon'heu me poss'oiiues OF
man wa q min. mover ~ the Convention that
,ran,od ths Con.,itutIon Whon tha C,nvern.
ment had been created it's organic law was
still an unex planned hook, q ponderous oar in
Snpa mina al tbs e utb,rn ne ies.
tice. to annlyze and STAN upon IL the con
struction which will be ccepted as Ion as the
the of the
goyernment of the great North western territo-
To the Constituiion Of The Ijnited states
Southern man was the author OF the Kepub-
lean theoryot popular govern nentwhicH pre-
perity peace, and ha ppiness."
~oi one 6andr ed ssi' q l|,tyT iyefsne ian Min
The South Furnished the most brilliant ON
GERS in the Revolutionary war and the war with
I'LL
a Sou hern President that the war OF 1872 was
inaupurated and brought to trium phant con-
s We're ues mea as ay aahegn
Ave Senators north Of the Delaware Voted Sr to
and louisiana from Francs By a SoutRsrn
President, through the skill and courage Of a
Ism Of a soatSern President gained the S inde-
pendonce Of Texas and added New MeIics to
the national domain, thus extending the
boundary line. to the Paciile. and opening to
the world the golden gates" OF California.
Me1e to GnsS:ln So ns
sSas s g sss
blazed out on the tracEless ocean the shortest
and safest highways for the commerce of the
and his Sailing Directions saved the UNI ed
States millions OF dollars annually on out
H Wher rsnn snail AI we nnd another Admiral
Semmss who with single ship swept from
the s seas ne e9mmer S OF greet nasion1
greatest surgeons that the. world has ever
known were J. Marion Sims Of South Carolina
eniichtened world recognizes them as leaders
in the realm OF surgery
went 10 England Alter The msridisn Of iife and
became one Of the Queens Counseilors and
having on his docket at one time haif Of he
appeal cases in the Kingdom. " '"'
NAV % isig Was phs SnVaaoab eanin med
sent over by a few public spirited and ppsetieai
m en- OF Savannah
The first railroad In America vas n abort
track in Broad street CharIeston simnIy 10
dem on strate the idea w
The lrst canal In AmarIca was tha santaa In
sT Ths e asG'' pai.p. for ,.s.m Dloueb WA.
granted to a Mr.. Bsiliuger OF Barnwsil. s. G
Gamswsi OF South Carolina. was erected
il is we'll esta1Iisbea tset That o1dsn
Holmes OF South Carolina and not IN Nit
ney was the Inventor OF the cotton Gin"
Indigo rice and cotton wsrs n rst Infroducad
and cultivated in the Stats ~ Soufh CsrcIina
SouthCaroliaa was ths nion ser In all cuI
ture. In the year I755. Mrs. Pinciney the
same lady who ten wears bsfnra hsJ intrn e
ducei the indigo plant. took with her 70
England a quantity OF excellent silk which
She had raised and spun in the Vicinity OF
Charleston su ieie MT to make three cnmpiete
dresses. One of these was presented 10 the
Princess DowageF Of Wales and another 10
Lord Chesterfield. They we're allowed 10 he
equal TO any ever imported"
The first use OF tideWAter to run heavy m A.
chinery was In South Carolina In 1854
In 1855. the State Agricultural Society Of
Va liaa yit. g.