The age-herald., 1902-02-23

her greater; or, more correctly speaking, that both war and peace alike gave op- portunity for the display of those incom- parable innate qualities which no mere fortuitous circumstances could create or destroy and if as Emerson has said, We are but quotations from our ancestors
 does not the germ of that love of hom e
 and state, and that deathless devotion
 to conscience and principle and to the
 right of self determination of what is principle, create a better citizenship and
 a greater security for our common coun-
 try against gusts of passion which may sometimes sweep over our land from the homeless? The nature of everything Is best seen in its smallest portions, hence
 we must seek the nature of the republic first in the family and then in the state
 wherefore it may be said that each citi-
 zen is an incarnate Republic and that l Republic is safe whose cornerstone IS l the love of home.
 South Plays Big Part.
 "The South has played no small part
 in the formation and settlement of our ! great country, whether in furnishing !, leaders or acquiring or settling territory | A writer in the Century has recently l demonstrated what was we'll known to
 many before, that in the settlement of
 this country civilization followed the l water courses and that the great West
 is the true daughter of the South. It is
 well known that the vast domain known as the Louisiana Purchase, and all of | the other country which has been added l to the original thirteen states, making
 1t extend from the Atlantic to the Paci- l f1c, was acquired through the influence of Southern leaders who were then in
 control at Washington. True, some ter
 ritory has been recently acquired which
 we of the South do not claim the credit
 for, and which time alone can tell wheth-
 CT or not 1t Is credit or debit. The great
 majority of the people of the United
 States. in their knowledge of and at-
 titude to our foreign possessions are very much in the position of a Confederate
 soldier In the Civil war who was cap-
 tured by the Federals. One of the Union
 soldiers asked him what he was fighting
 for. He replied 'Squatter sovereignty; What in the hell Is that? asked the Union soldier; Damned if know re-
 piled the Confederate, but it's ours; we paid for 1t and intend to keep it. We
 have taken the Philippine bull by the
 horns but the thought sometimes occurs
 whether or not it were better if we had taken him by the tail instead, since we could hold on by the tail just as well and
 let go a great deal easier
 But hear someone say What of the
 future South? The primal law of ex
 istence Is work Like a crew capsized in water, people must either struggle or sink. None appreciated these truths more than the Southern people, and they had
 not been true descendants of the brave
 and gay-hearted cavaliers bad they been | appalled, or discouraged at their poverty I and the disasters resulting from the l Civil war. Nor were they so. A generous 1 foe, recognizing the fight had been fought | to a com plete finish and adrnirinp tba
 valor of his late adversary has assisted l with capital and encouraging friendship
 to repair the ravages created by the
 war. and behold transformation which l reads like fairy tale Probably the
 world does not contain such another in
 stance of magnanimity on the part of
 conde>Sror and ability of the conouered
 In such short interval to repair not only | the waste places, but to compete with
 the other in the march of industrial pro- l gress. It Is an object lesson which the
 other great nations may study with pro-
 nt and never ending interest.
 Keeps Pace With West.
 "The director of the last census has just issued statement showing that for the past decade the South kept pace
 with the West and North in increase of population, and the significant feature of it is that while the increase in the
 West and North was almost wholly in
 the cities in the South the increase was overwhelmingly in the country and small
 towns. This is a healthful, hopeful sign
 It shows that there Is life in the old
 land yet and that the love of homes
 and landed estates is still an instinct of
 the descendants of the cavaliers as it
 was In Washingtons time. No country
 can be near to decaying which shows
 that the forests are being felled and fertile farms being cleared to make way | for homes and profitable agriculture. Nor has manufacturing been neglected: on | the contrary, the development now going l on in the cotton and iron industries of | the South is a revelation to the world
 and 1t bids fair to surpass the industrial 1 development of the West in the years
 succeeding our Civil war. Industries are | springing up on all sides and are paving | dividends which would surprise the bust | ness world if they were made public 1 For years 1t was said the Southerner | had a genius for politics but no aptitude | for business. What an egregious mistake, i, | (Anecdote about Gus Thomas) The
 brains of the South which was once.
 through self-defense in politics trying to
 preserve the status quo is now engaged
 in business. It is building railroads, cot ton factories. iron industries and all oth- CT kinds of manufacturing establish marts The South, in complete control of