Middletown transcript., 1896-06-13


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iSEs3V that while it
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aim to compass the whole subject, it
got my wish to bring up any part of thu
subject in a way to engender hard feel
ings. II will suffice to say, that the
South made superb fight in the late
civil war, considering everything, ant
no fair-minded person should blame 8
Southerner for revering such generals
as Lee and Jackson. They fought fol
cause that was as dear to their hearts
as was the idea of the Union to the
North.
1t is universally known that such
men as Lee did not bring on the war and
If the cool-headed, brainy men of the
South had come North prior to the war,
and Northerners had gone South, as
they do now, there never would havebeen
arebe)lion. The Southerner would have
ascertained that the almost unlimited
population and wealth of the North
was bound to win; as he came into close
touch with the Northerner, each would
have learned to respect the other all
the more, as is the case to-day.
We llknow that two English experts
over a century since, established an
imaginary line called Mason and Dix :
on's line. Let US indulge in the hope
that it will always exist only in the
imagination, and that the old war cry
OF 'Let the Union be preserved will
be taken up from Maine to Florida and
from New York to California.
The war having closed and all being
united under the same Union Flag and
government,-it is more particularly to
the South of to-day as a result of its
reconstruction during the past twenty
years, that desire to direct your at
tention.
Every one has his eye on the "New
South" now. Those who are not there
are likely to be there within twenty
years, and it would not be strange at
all to find at the end of quarter of
century that the population of the
South equalled that of the population
Of the North; for while such places as
New York and Boston are the money
centres and the "hubs" around which
the nation turns, yet it must be patent
TO all that the business of the nation as
centred in New York is really conduc.
Ted by one third of the people while
fully two-thirds are clerks, small dealers,
and people of the poorer classes, who are
compelled to make livelihood some
where, and who would naturally 60
where prospects are brighter than in
'ver-crowded centres of population.
TO this class the South with all its
natural advantages, its fertility of re-
ources and hidden wealth, with its
arge territorial area and sparse popu-
alton, is presenting just what they |
want. Chauncey NJ. Depew is noted |
s a man whose utterances have great |
Weight. He has said that. there is no |
art of the Union where men can sue
eed so easily wi th little capital as in
he South, and that nowhere is such
variety of occupations open to them. |
linety per cent. of the great textile
Hills are operated in the North. Com.
etition has become so great in the
oufh which is the natural home of
otton, that large numbers of these
ills are now located in Georgia, and
thers are coming. They are bound to
ome; competition will force them.
1t is an interesting fact to note that
lore miles of railway were built in
lorida in 1892 than in any other state
] the Union. Comment upon the
eaning of this is unnecessary as
Tery one knows that the railroads are
'teries of trade. 1t is only within the
st ten years that the great iron and
'al mines of Alabama have been dis
'vered and still shorter period since
me inventive genius has discovered :,
at the palmetto which studs Florida &
thickly as the drops do Old Ocean,
IN be used for making scrubbing !.
ushes, mattresses, walking canes and |
her articles of use and ornament. h
Fulle,'s Earth and various
her products of the South, are en- /
ching the proprietors, making cheaper i
9 commodities which are manufac- r
ed from these products. But the .
dden resources Of the South will prove
be even greater than those which
We already been discovered. iy
Let US look for a moment at another
ature Of the Southern States. 1t will
readily conceded that some portions
the South are simply matchless in =
mate. The rigors Of Northern :
mate have forced many Northeners +.
seek either temporary or permanent IL
'idence In the South. Florida has Al
'ame famous for tourists. fortunately pl
allconcerned Mr.. Flagler has trans e'
red some Of the wealth derived from .e
Northern oil wells to Florida and =
constructed hotels which for ele- =
lc0 and cnnve Nance ara tho mo rvo1a