The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-31

from 8SdAu uAVLnS OASNA P790ON SHO
greatest merchant marine flying the
flag of this country and carrying its
| commerce into every part and into
every sea,
With Nebhern capital invested into
| Southern railroads, in Southern reII-
read bonds, in mines, in mills, in minis
and with material interest and liberty,
the sunny South is prospecting a. never
before; ''she 10 daily making new aliI-
ances and winning new friends :" every
dollar Of Northern capital invested in
this country gives us a new friend in
that section, every settler in that eec-
ton raises up new witnesses to our
fairness, sincerity aud our loyalty, ard
we are now receiving from the great
North more champions and friends,
more charitable dee 8 given in behalf
Of our free ard benevolent institutions
by the influence of our industrial
growth here Than through political as
pIraIion Orachlevement. Ingenuity of
inventions that has come to u com
mcnwealth and foe, what our creator
wrought and chi fly for emancipation.
lat. Ii opened up TO diverslfied indus
tries these States Of ours that were ex
clusIvely agricultural and has made 1t
not only pOsalOiefor us TO raise so much
cotton and wool here out 10 PIN and
wear 1t and has made the South such
States as 1t could not been under the
old conditions.
IL Is extremely CRAFTY ing to notice
now that these hidden sources OF
wealth 80 long ustd d, SO long unUbzerved
and these regions so reUlced, occupied
by a cluss Of peOp1e having very dIth-
cult access TO the enters Of population
Is now DeiuH found ana is Rapidly
Transforming Itself into busy manu-
featuring and commercial CenUers. IL
n early settlements of these Southern
States foreign Immigrants poured over
the blu6 TIuge anQ the alleghanIes ike
waters over an oUstrucClDg bridge,
seeking the very fertile, attractive
farm lands Of the great West, they
passed through un0O5erved these ND
den stores OF wealth.. Having filled those
great basins Of the West they are now
turning tack to North Carolina and
Virginia and Wess Virginia and Ten
neesoe, bringing aOOuG the new devel
OpmenC and production OF these States
for which the time ls now ripe ana
which will surprise the world. This Is
d great and happy day with the people
Of the South, a cay whose greatness IL
only dawnIDg on US as a symbol Of u
civil lrberGIes, u great prosperity ana
our happiness; and his Is q great and
happy land OF ours and a people Qwel-
ing IN happy homes and this is The
origin Of our good government here
aud o monarched, and that Is the es
5entlal part Of G cOnUeuUed cltIzeushIp
just as long as we can preserve.
GhIs order OF good government / n The
home. How vast has been the devel
| Opment Of tie SOuth7 how s Wifi the
growth, and how dep and enduring Is
laid h OASIS Of greater grown IN the
fuUureQ Companies OF lm AIgranla sent
10 an from The sturdy settlers OF the
Nor.h VIII solve the Southern problem
and bling this country INTO full and
harmonious re aUlons quicker than all
gle sectional luminosity or partisan fac
zion thai yer existed here, or quicker
than ali tue bataliIons could BE- armed
Or cOur5 martial could do.
The TIDE OF immigration is springing
chs way, and may they still lard Oh
Americas s1ll and continue to con- 10
Florida's sunny land to build their
homes on her Southern SOIL, and not
seeking TO plant strange hersias of
government, but honorIng and rtvar
ing Our constitution, not to Cstr4nge
the simple faith in which we have oeen
reared and for which we sill transmiS
unsuliied to cur children.
l am glad to express my views in
your paper on every enterprise thar
tends TO develope our State and local
communities, glad TO take note of the
South's development That is now feel
log in a very sGrIkInS way the impulse
OF the new development, and | tniDk
that l am able TO understand some of
the Influences that haye been at the bot
tom of 1t all; and however, I could look
into the face Of every community that
whatever their difference may have
been they viewed the question OF the
American war when 1t was upon them
and with every Confederate soldier and
general who carried a gun for what