The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-28
o7oo1I n11, n1zCrK n g. THURSDAY. MARCH %. 1895
The Inevitable New South.
Norfolk Pilot.

Norfolk Itpt
There Is = foolish resistance IN some
minds arainst the New South idea,
bu. the New South" transformation
is inevitable. The sentimenet for the
old south cay hnger and be long In I,
decadenee. but the common sense oi
the new South is imminent, irrepressi-
hle. inevitable.
The old South OF slavery, Of Sced-
time and harvest only. oi cotton sea
sons and social symposla, OF factofage
finances. yearly credits and omnipres-
ent politics, is dead. The new south
Of freedom. of diversified industries, Of
the development of natural resources
and the manipulation OF raw materials.
of daily energy and monthly account
jncs. of measures superior 10 men and |
prosperity supreme over politics and
partisanship, is here.
That man is ''foo"-osopher, not a !
philosopher, who refuses to recognize
these facts. and sets himself to deny
and defy them. The signs OF the
repression Of years have broken through
ALI restraints in Alabama, in South Car
olina. in North Carolin, in Tennessee,
and are struggling out of bondage,
SLOWLY but surely, in other states q
the south. Free breathing. free speak
ing. free acting, are becoming the
summa bona of the strong, plain people
> OF the south. They are tired of polit-
zeal serfdom, of commercial dependence
and industrial ostracism. They mean,
o hereafter, to move with the great
6 swelling streams Of energy, enterprise
and practical policies that have enrich
ed and elated the east and the north.
1t Is the concensus OF every true sta
;, tistician, statesman and lndustrla
exnert that the south is the riches
q and most promising field on the glob'
w. Tor enterprises of every profitable klnt
! and for the rapid accumulation 0
g. wealth and the powers that lnhere i
~ wealth. The eyes Of the capitalists
is Christendom are turned toward thes
st vast possibilities of the south, and the'
+ are but two deterrents that prevent til
ID south from being to-day overrun b
no the wise and willy promoters OF tho'
TO- sand forms of wealth-producing ente
ia nr,ses. Those two deterrents are OF
no own lack of courage to exploit our 0"
os resources and the unwisdom and pr
., vincia],sm of the bulk of our loc
10 LEGISLATION. We are slow of thrift al
,ut laggard in laws.
,ts But against all this reactlonary spl
c,l and sluggish craftsmanship the NJ
South is persistently coming to t
front. We have had the "boom M
sles' and the bankruptcy mumps'
..o and between the two we have, we tr'
cut our wisdom teeth. Enough n
,,oh men have grown to strength and po'
IN the south to put new face upon
= &c methods and formulate ne"
pramme for it's future. Diversified
intensified farming, short credit G.
nerce and home capitalized indust
are the wise shibboleths OF the
South and its new leaders. Marvel
things have they already accomplls
=, and wonderful things will they dc
tho near future. Given settled II
.. cial and commercial systems by
.,oir general government and the Ne" .
will soon forge to the van OF the
ces.ion of national prosperity
Par example, who would have or
ed. in ante-bellum days, OF Ne" of
claiming and contestlng Tor her p
: rating as one of the ''manuiact'
cities of the Unlon?" Yet 1t Is
ria. oi'ioS ~
soria, that the old Crescent City Is
proud of her progress IN manulaS
ard very jealous OF her place IN II
Of manufacturing centers In t
wears she has increased her proo'
plants seven-fold, and they no" III
over $500, with an annual
ms valued at $40. .0oO,o 900. This Is
record and evidences what may u
) ~ rho south whenever the peoI
would