Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13

that subject.
When the construction of the Panama
canal challenged the public attention,
club OF Chicago modified it's forces, and
without awaiting second hand informa-
ton, Immediately went in force to the
scene of activity to make their own in
vestigations and form their own judge
ment. And so, in every way, co-opera-
ton, public spirit and civic duty have
characterized the citizenship of Chicago
What more splendid testimonial could be
given of their value than the phenomenal
development in less than three-quarters of
a century from a trading post into
magnificent city of over two millions Of
inhabitants. which is now reaching out in
it's commercial activities to the uttermost
parts of the EARTH
Development of South
The south is developing, and needs
more to develop, this spirit of co-opera-
tion Although you who compose this
society have left the south, you can and
will bear an important part in advancing
it's welfare. Just as Americans brought
from England Anglo-Saxon Jurisprudence
and so advanced 1t as in, turn to enrich
the Jurisprudence of the mother country,
you who owe to the south your birth,
the protection of your younger days and
lowed you, can never divest yourselves
of the duty to repay, as far as you can,
the heritage which you have derived
from her. Knowing as you do, the condi-
tions prevailing there, the long struggle
which her people have made, their splen-
did contests for the maintenance of their
civilization under circumstances at all
times trying and sometimes seemingly
hopeless, informed as you are also as to
northern views and impressions-some Of
them, though earnestly entertained, en-
tirely erroneous, some of them entirely
sound and just, though not altogether &C
ceptable to our people-you are in a posi-
ton to explain, to compose, to adjust, to
accommodate differences of opinion, and
to bring about a better understanding.
Our people are ALL in the main. patriotic
They want to be fair and reasonable and
Just. If they seem to the contrary at
times, 1t is on account of a misunder-
standing of the facts and not from a de-
sire or willingness to do wrong.
The Proper Attitude
Sometimes it has seemed to me that the
proper attitude for a man trained in the
north who lives in the south and under
stands both sections, is to be south
ern man when he is in tn enorth and a
northern man when he is in the south
and in the same way, that southern
man, reared in the south and living in
the north, should be a southern man
when he is in the north and northern
man when he is in the south. And that
is only to say that his disposition should
always be to represent most fairly that
part of the country which at the time
may need a frank, just and courageous
exponent of it's better sentiments. Things
are frequently just as they should be, If
only they are property understood.
This is illustrated by an experience of
a friend of mine, distinguished Chica-
goan, who was south shortly after the
Spanish war. He met an old Confeder-
ate soldier and said to him, There is one
thing about this war that brings me great
content; and that is, that it has brought
the two sections Of the country together"
The old Confederate. with great emphasis.
startled him by saying: mo, sir; you are
entirely mistaken. The Spanish war has
not brought the two sections together"
My friend was very much surprised, and
! thought he had stirred up an unrecon-
structed "fire-eater," and answered: 81
beg your pordon, but / thought that it
had" The old soldier said: 'Nor, sir; the
two sections of the country have long
since been united in a common patriot
ism, and the Spanish war simply dem
onstrated that fact"