The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-08
The Expanding South.
IFS DOMINANT ANGLO SAXON
SPIRIT kINDLED BY THE WAR.
Attention Called to Immense In
developed Resources Amid a popu
lation of Which o5 Per Cent. Are
Native Born-Prediction of Great
Gains in the Near Future.
(New York Advertiser, Augu 1 25)

(New York Advertiser, Augu t2b.)
Richard II. EdmOnds. editor of the
Baltimore Manufacturers Rcc0,u. a
persistent anh painstaking exponent
-Cf-Southern affairs. is now in New
York and. being asked for his views
on the subject. talked last night with
much carncStncSS and yinOE about
the benefits the South ought to reap
from the coming expansion OF Amcri-
can influence in the worlds com
mcrcc. He said:
In my opinion, the most striking
result OF the present war has been
the far-rcaching advertisement which
it has given to America. the Ameri-
can people and American institutions
1t has brought about deeper and
wider recognition Of what the sturdy
civilization which we might denomi-
nate as American AnGlo-Saxonism
means TO mankind. 1t has broadeneh
and deepened the patriotism Of our
own people and given Us Il fresh con-
ception Of the virility and strength
OF our country; it has shown IL, as
nothing else could have done, that
patriotism is not confined either to
The rich or to the poor, either to the
North or TO the South, but that all
classes and all sections are alike in
their devotion to their county and in
their readiness to sacrifice even life
for its honor. 1t has focused upon
America the searching ewes of wide
awake men looking for fields for en-
tcrpriSc and investment-iield in
which the rights and possessions of
the individual are Safegarded to the
utmost, and where social, industrial
and commercial possibilities exist in
The greatest number.
.From this general advertisement
II our entire country the South ought
to be able TO receive the greatest
benefits. and these benefits Will be in
proportion to the growing apprecia-
tion in which the civilizing, safe
guarding force which we call Anglo
SaNonism, standing, as if does, for
aggressivencss tempered by fair play,
is upheld and lived up to by the peo-
pie of that section and in proportion
to the energy displayed by them in
the development Of their resources.
| In this respect the South. | am sure.
will do its part. rs over % per cent.
of its people are American born.
In discussing this question of
| Anmlo-SaNoniSm the New York Lcd-
| ger, seven years ago. seemed to fore
see It's Importance, and, i'll speaking
Of the South in this connection. said:
This homoncncitv and intense
| Amcricanism were shared by New
England fifty years ago. but since the
sweeping emigration of New Eng
| landers to the West and the occupa-
ton of the vacated places by French
Canadians. there is a large and grow
| inc admixture of alien and unassimi-
lated elements in the New England
| population. South of the Potomac,
on the other hand. the chronological
| conditions remain substantially what
they were at the beginning of the
century. FIVE except a few descend
| cnts of French PrOtestantS in South
Carolina and Of the French Catholics
| in Louisiana. all of the white people
of the South are of pure English lin
cage. or else are the offshootS OF that
! Otch-IriSh stock to which we owe
Patrick Henry. John {. Calhoun ano
Andrew jackson. 1t should also be
remembered that the English anc
Scotch-IriSh cmigrantS, from whom
the Southern whites are descended
reached this country almost to n MAJ
before the Revolutionary War. Tho
result is that if we should see the
so-calIcd native American. the MAJ
who best represents the conJoln
effects of English or Scotch-lrlsf
hereditary aptitudes and of trans
} Atlantic environment. we are mos
certain to find him in the South
; Whatever triumphs, therefore. in th
evolution OF natural resources or II
) the solution of social problems ma,
be achieved bv Southern whites. hay
peculiar interest and important 70
Genuine Americans all over his cOun
try.
..Thu> this war with Spain. b.
showing the Worldwide domination
of the Anglo-SaNon element. ha
; opened the way for 4 most valuabl
,
; activity and to exert its proper in
lluencc in the development of til
, resources of that section Of the Union
= In estimating the value OF tha
asset in the light of the new an
growing regard for Anglo->aNon civ
| ilizatiOn. there is little danger c
ones going too far. Indeed. thcr
may be found those who will predict
after investigating the showing mad
| bv the latest census on his score
that the South. with % per cent. ,
its population native born. couple
with the fact that it i> endowed lit
the most remarkable wcalth-makin
resources. must soon be found oC
cupviny a commanding position
commerce and cNcrting 4 cOntrolIn
influence in the worlds industry an
cnioyinr to such an extent all tn;
makes for local prosperity that. emo
nous As it was the loss which thcs
States sustained in the civil war.
NAV be ultimately recouped throug
influences which the war now bein
closed will soon actively set
Of motion And | am almost prepare
% to concur in such prediction.
N '.Of course. so stupendouS ga
IS could not he due directly to II
n waging OF war. but will come part
'F from a better appreciation of II
South on the part Of the world
b, large. while intellectually good resul
ne will enSue from a complete realiz
NJ NJ ton of the final obliteration of sc
50 tjonal animosity: for the extent
u which misconception on this SEQ
has initiated against Northern pa
Il ticipation in the South's rehablilt
ton has never been quite realize
1t will also come in part from t