The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-12

Grand Army In the south.
Some OF the northern papers are. saying
that the meeting Of the Grand Army OF
the Republic in a southern city, and fhs
hearty welcome the veterans are receive
ing in that city. afford another proof
that the war IS over and that the ghost
Of sectionalism has been sent flying to
join the ghost Of hard times"
Is 1t not about time for this talk that
the war is over and that sectionalism is
dying out to cease? More than thirty years
have elapsed since the end of the civil
war. and the vast majority Of the peo-
pie. north and south, are no longer con-
scious Of any feeling Of bitterness grow
ing out of that struggle. There are very
few that would refer to the war. except as
a matter of history. If some of the poll
ticians and a few newspapers were not
continually Juggling it into prominence
for political OF some other equally USE
less purpose.
The fact that there is an immense i'm
migration from the north to the south
shows beyond all question that the Bit
ter feeling that once divided the people
of the two sections is a thing Of the past.
Northern men would not be seeking homes
in the south, nor would they be given
the hearty welcome they are receiving.
if this were not So
Even now there is a small part of the
Grand Army OF the Republic moving in
TO Georgia. It is estimated that with
their families and those who have joined
their colony there will be fully 10000 grand
army people in Wilcox and Irwin counties
before the beginning Of next year. These
veterans are in Georgia to stay, and we
expect that many thousands more OF
them viii come within the next year or
two Indeed. as they grow older and feel
the need of a milder climate than they
have at the north, their movement to
the south may be so great that before
the end Of this century. now pretty close,
the majority of the Grand Army of the
Republic may be citizens of the south.
However many Of them come. they viii
be received with all the kindness and
consideration they can reasonably desire.
The south has territory enough to afford
each of them home and the southern
people are broad-minded enough to re-
gard them as friends and neighbors.
And it would not be an unwise thing for
them and their neighbors to think SER
iously Of making their homes in the south.
There are opportunities in every one of
the southern states for making a COM
Portable living, such as cannot be found
in the north The DEVELOPMENT of the
south has just begun. The west is no
longer as attractive as It once was. Its
droughts and cyclones. its long and bleak
winters and the uncertainty of its crops,
have caused thousands to abandon it
for the fruitful and sunny south.
The money kings. who are always look
ing ahead for Investments, are not put
ting their money in the west They are
puttina. it in the south. They see in the
near future a south rich in agriculture,
mines and factories. They see great
states teeming with populations earning
comfort. and even independence and
wealth, In the thousands of ways which
the south will offer under the new condl-
lions that are gradually being developed.
Therefore. let US cease looking for proofs
that the war is over, and that sectional
ism is dying. Let it be accepted as a fact
that the north and the south are fully re-
united and that the barrier between the
two sections that was raised by the war
has been so completely removed that
there Is no further reason for referring
to it,