The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-06

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rr~h"nd DO rsn'l~---- and charm - tho
inner ssi~ ~ pian'siion life ~b~n his eyes
a~ hs"d 80 Tho har.hn--- 20 tho nat . ard
ahd MILITANT s.Isv, - The ciNil,raiinn ~
N" Loser south To- rte. howsvrt. b
IN" "ut author, IN the gloomy wears ~ tho
st"~ uphmliins 10 hat ovrrthrnwn N
PROSTATE ctvilizaiiun. has sought to $50
y a. y was tsfprr u fell. to me h ha.
studied m"n- fac--, whIch. however 'hsv
hardened after laughter. w-rr YET always
pdick 'o hshtrn up With kindlin"~- and
nFrrrimcut, and wumen'- faces which.
how"Ver marked vdh. tho touch " sorrow
and Humiliation and an unfamiliar pnVerty,
We're N"' --al.d with a rue -al ~ dignity
and grace, 10 such a student of tue "td
southern hf", the inner sid" 20 u - N
tellgihb" and -,nsuiarly attractive.
In ORDER tnat w. may understand the
nature and M. magnitude ~ ths eh'St
NhiCh III" riN' of IA. Cotton States had
upon the political history Of ia. who'd" coun-
trV. VIZ Brown would have Ne r,s'all the
general ~is.itical situation when Senators
an! Representatives from the Lower south
l-'gsn iu L. n ;n~er IN Congress Taxing
IA" clos" ~ NoHrU''s -sSond admini-tra-
iioh ~ March, 1926. a. his point IL depart
ur", ntr author finds ~ n tlns- when any
strong and definite material interest ado
duat"lv represented NJ Washington vas
SURE To- have q considerable. n no, decisive,
lnfiusnc, uu he course ~ afairs With
IA" eSit - tho great men uf the Revolu-
tionary school a been put aside also,
for u time NJ least. the grea, questions
they had lea, with What the new men Who
IN M ., ~ .sItn.tAn from, Tho Iauar Aptith
represented was not slavery acne. not
cotton, and rice. and susarcane alone
n"' agra ulture alone. hut the whole so
cal organism. the whole civilization, whose
d.'ay N Virginia had hr-an arrested 10y
"a" r-s II he States from which they came
They wer" committed to the maintenance
IA The most progrrsSiN" country IN the
world ~ n primitive industry. a primitive
libor system, and a pa'riarchal mode ~
NE They held 'ha, their nam industry
could IT, successfully prosecuted only with
slave labor. and. while ~ was - prosecuted
n ended 10 exclude all other forms Of m
dustrv l~t-cconomic demands were imprra-
i've It's political demands were hardly less
imperative Economically. It demanded
thst the fewe~t po-sihl. restrictions to
placed upon m" exchange Of it, two or
ihre-- staple products for the products 81
other countries. and that ~ IT, permitted
'o extend it-elf constantly to fresh lsnd-
Politically. " demanded profession from
criticism and from $40 ial and humans
tartan reforms and changes In order
to enforce these economic and political
Demands. IN" representatives of the plan
,arinn Interest, must do more than stand
on the defensive They must not merely
resist attack they must prevent ~ They
must not only hold their own With the rep.
r'rsnta,iv-- of other sections. they must
lake the lead in the nation They must
H.. not he equals merely, but the sup~riorr.
" Northern public men In a word. they
must rule
How did II come IN pas hat the men
~ the Lower south were able for So many
years 80 dominat" Congress and IN. Union;
The sources ~ 'heir ~asc-ndrnCy are carefully
Distinguished Ia the book before us In
the first place. m. Imperative demand
tshind them. the definite and specific nature
! ~ thor ASK, was it-rif IN a tune ~ nt.rur-d
party divisions and hr hall. Understood
Rntagonisms, a principal csu-" ~ their
s,Ire~- Then, again. ~" Cotton States
wer" sur ~ IA. support ~ Virginia and the
CpI-r South However the plantst ion
sv-''m might drcsv there. whether ~.
agricultural interest cont ROLLED there or
not. he LA veholding interest," vas -ur"
to - ~ their I'D. fur 'h' ~laNeryholder e
'i" Upi-r South knew hst IA" ,alu" - his
slaves d"l-ndcd mot IN ~" profits ~ his
rEu tobacco plsu's'iuu. hW' 90 IN" de-
n3ud for slave latnr IN he nee. aud sugar.
m 'r''"n plantations furth"r South.
IN" klr~hlp Il Idsa- and .'rial usage
ta'~e"n tho halves ~ ito south was
= ar,-lv loss J-rt.u' han 'he partial identuy
- interests ami. y NOR. wsrr nr-'ded. th.r'
Nas M" strong ~" u blood kirshIp A. well.
\"Ilh"r ~sS n hard fec find allies IN IN.
North Then" 10" PLACES - th. odd mer-
chant pnno'.~ trafickIng with N" Fast
W"r" l-.lng taken hy manufacturers he
fshnC of Who's fortunes vas largely ta-'d
IN cotton There wen. other manufacture
and merchants a. veil m New England Who
found IN IN" South n sur" and paving market
Whi"h might - lo-i Z IN" agtatpr- had
ihnir NaV In ~" West and Northwest \
similar material interest could b. u.iln,
IN Tho N~nrthWes,em farmer Was hound
- ~" Lpver Souih. not m"r.ly Nv ne
fac thai co'ton Wa easily convertible inv,
cash - pay Tor his hr~adstuns and hi-
t-"f and bacon. h- interest, ais, lav ~ the
Snu'hcrnsr'~ refusal to make more tnaT
on appeal to- the sui. = r'f,I-al which made
il unlikely that tho S"rhsner Would ev,.r
i-Srotn. a rival m" Northeastern farn.r
NAV never have reasoned ~" matter "a,
bu, he know where h- products went and
dad not wish hl- Gust oin"rS Disturbed
our author points out. however. that
when all ihe-. helps to leadership have
h--u o~,usid-rrt. oU" must still study IA,
men ~ 10" Lower South themselves m ordeI
To- understand Why they Wer" ~ long -lc.
c---ful againsi 10" economic and mora
forccs ih"v had 10 hgh' with against 'h'
whole tendency - modern thought, against
IN" whpl. drift - American progre-s and
against the trIr pin ~ liberty The out.
cnm" ~ such y study has convinced ON
author that. ifthc power and place TEp--e---C
hv the Nv n.r - land aud slaves IN the Cotton
States might max" a weak man weaker
they were ~ sure 'u make n strong mar
.truug"r II ~. same conditions which 10
Colonial Virginia starved nui common
Schools and limited M" intellectual develop
mont ~ tn" mass ~ ndl"-s White met
dit vet hr,-si Washington and Henry
those conditions. intensified m the Lowe
S,Ith. Wer. A. -ur. io hrss,i strong leader.
there ~ they sero 'o limit the development
81 To. mas 4 study Of the portraits anc
photographs ~ Suu'h"rn statesmen ~ th'
old r gine n-pir"- "u" with the respect