Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-11

why then. did secession occur? Let the
answer be honoraby made. that In lSf
the Southern States despared OF main
tanning the original principles of thai
Union which they had helped TO form
/ They saw sectional ascendency become
imminent and pOrtentious OF evil. They
saw the hard hand OF impatient fanat'
cism uplined against their prosperity
with unavoidable sadness they beheio
Capitalization tightening it, coils 20 crusl
out the statehood Of the states. with
dismay they read upon the banners Of ID
victorious host the old British and Fedc
ransiic device, The States are provincial
and the Union Imperial. The South did
not seccde from its proud pace anon
the States to maintain the abstfac'
theory OF secession. That theory was
not the issue. and the Union was not th'
enemy. IT did not suppose that unu.i
the law as interpreted by every state III
the original Union the legal right OF So
c,ssi0n could bc disputed or coercion JUS
tilted. When the states withdIcW III
dissolved no Union, broke no law, an
formed no conspiracy. They left the
Union intact, the Pres dent. the Congress
the Judiclary-all umharmed, the army
and navy unIisturb q. and all public pro
pcrty schcdu 90 for account ana settle
mont Their ordinances simply main
tanned the principles which all true pa
tr.ots now assert. that there must Dc
no eastern. no western, no northern, 10
southern supremacy Of any KIND, but "
union Of one people OF the many S'd'e9'
equally and honestly governed, W'thou'
fayorit.sm for special states, sections
classes. or conditions That Was the buIn-
ing az stion ay the SOJth saw IT, ana AZ
contention focused there. Upon that NI,a'
issue. involving the good charhcter OF the
Union the honor Of the States, and the
individual liberties Of the people. peace
abe secession was sOdsht az the rsh'
way of relief. ard coercion b. arms CON
f~nutcd the plan. We wthstcol the
bloody NORMAN with all our might. al
th, e. 80 Of ali W had. and literally bled
10 death.
TO INDUSTRIAL GREATNESS.
4 have reserved for conclusion sai'
General Evans. "a restricted glance a.
The ipdustiI. history Of the South an+
its picsen. brigniening promise oil ia
ti.ye additions 10 all those things WHICH
VIII increase our countfy's greatness.
True as this section has been to tht
orlgina. ideas OF the loreidlhcrs, It's it
cord does not consist alone OF mere
chiya!ric sentiment. Its footprints alt
well marked in the pathway of the
worlds progress, ana II As "HilhSlE VIZ
fold, its old career as its present t.
sourceiul prospects 10 the scrutiny OF tht
age In the infancy Of the Union. aitei
a hundred years of competition, L STOOD
foremost IN Industrial and commercial
power. and then saw without envy the
material wealth OF the wide and rich
territory il had donated to the general
estate turning away from its own ports.
ana Norfolk. the natural ontrepOrt OF
commerce, surpassed by New York
The speaker cited The conditions that
helped the North 10 grow at the expense
Of the South. and SAID the transforms
ton Of the southern wilds into fruitful
fields. from which have gone nJrtAWdrd
i'm siXty-nve years 2JJ,poVVJ cotton bales,
worth so per bale, besides cereals. ana
fruits. tobacco, lumber. and other pro-
ducts of four fold greater value, should
be- accredited To the enterprise of tho
uue,rt southerncr General Evans TOOK
the ten years between 800 ana 1867 IN
Illustration of the energies Of The GA
South 10 show its enterprise, ana 10 re
move the error that il had the cotton
monOmania and was not keeping pace
with the nascent Industrial spirit OF the
times
THE recovery Of the Souih," said
General Evans, from its stunned Condi-
lion in lS5J after the war hich eX-
hausted its resources. challenges the gene
rous admiration of mankind. The
bounty Of Almighty God has endowed
this land of the south Tith all the re-
sources which q gIfat people require.
Arabic soil stately Forests. Wdier-powcrr.
climate saMbrious and soft. marble, stone,
coal aLd mineral ores, great rivers, am
pie harOors ocean shores ana gulf coasts,
mountain ranges, hills and Valeye II
lies in broad beauty upon Tat middle
belt If the Northern Hemisphere. along
which the brightest sta, Of human
achievement has moved since The eari-
est historic age, ana its richness exactly
meets the demand for those elements by
which man may attain to his highest
estate Of liberty. enlightenment and re-
ligiOn. II is not "a New South that has
thus burst into sight he some freshly
found planet which has been formed
with regrayitatod fragments W hich late
" wandered In the skies Not a New
Sputh-but II IS truly the Greater South
lowering forth under new Conditi rs
from the stem Of The old plant and out
Of the rich origina, soil. The Greater
South Nav II be matched by Greater
East. Greater West. Greater North,
and an these I'm the Union Of their grace
display TO the word the greater glory
~ our matchoss country-The United
States ~ America"
SOUTH AND THE FUTURE
General Evans drew a bright picture
Of the future If the New South, which
is NOW newly 'girded with Vtrength
and purpose to increase in all respects
the true greatness Of the American
Union 1t enjoys at this day a media
x,Bfrt will .ntlIa Oh
remove political asperity. and 10 bring all
diff rencee To the fair plane Of cOnser-
vative. patriotic discussion. The Sou d
has its views, but they age in the Bill
IF Rights as taught by the old and
new patriots Of all States. II VIII stand
firmly 10y those sacred original IDEAS.
>. The South further believes thdt
under the Constitution there can be
solidarity Of popular acton without cen
trality Of official power. union without
fusion. co-eupromaCy OF State ana Fede-
raj authority without conflict. and the
blessing Of co-equai'y among the people
under Impartial statutes without the
bane Of unnatural cuulljSm contrary TO
law II will beg for fairness and full
ness of the ballot right. the undlm.uishcd
boon Of individual liberty, and for s.a-
tut0rv guards To Ice set over the interests
II the uns0phisticated people to protect
them agairFt the experienced ehrewdnces
and rabld greed Of the mOnopolist who
seeks to dcspoi them. l. stands ready
o. umpire and adjust our financial per-
pleXities fairly, because ii has 10 broker
age I'm gold jmpcr'lcd. no silver to sell.
and nothing to demand but the enamel
patton Of Intelligent and honest enter
prise. with threads Of god and silver
and national wealth it will make the
financial cables and cordage Of the Ship
- state strong flexible and sufficient 10
anchor it securely i'm any harlor, and sail
IL safely on any sea. In short
YOU will allow the statement To be made
that your South. ike the Goddess Of