Year: 1867




Some of the shrcwdc,t men be-
liovo that the South lacks nothing
in the world but pOaoc-that rs soon
rs this agitation, which cannot last
forever passes away, our country
will begin to prosper, These mon
have travelled, and have compared
the agriculture of tho South with
/ that of the Wost-havo looked into
the subjects of labor and resources,
and are of opinion that as soon rs
the political status Of the South is
fixed nothing can prevent her from
taking fresh start for the palm of
prosperity. Our people should look
into these matters calmly and deep.
ly before they suffer themselves TO
be persuaded to sell out at II sacl flee
and leave the country, In many in
stances where this is done, we pre-
dict they will como back in less than
five years, worse Off than when they
, started, Mere disgust with the
changes that have takcnplace should
not be suffered to have the least in
/ huonce on the mind Of any one
None Of the places to which South
crn people are going can be said to
be free from even worse annoyanccs
than we encounter at home; but
there is much advantage in meeting
the ills we understand as compared
with those which are altogether
strange to our experience. 1t is,truc
enough that contrastcd with what il
ought to be, and might be, if we
were left alone, our condition is bad
enough and should be complained
OF until it is bcttcrcd ; but that does
not prove by any means, as too
many seem to think, that the ground
should be abandoned.


Sometimes the more honest Radi-
Gals of the North in their anxiety
to relieve their party of the respon-
sibility of keeping the South in an
unproductivc condition, give us good
advice and point out the means Of
prosperity. They tell us that the
South has great power and i'm
mense reserved resources; that the
superior energy Of the white race
will certainly prevent negro su-
prcmacy that there will soon be a
large white immigration that the
competition between the English
and the American grower will soon
force the United States Government
not only to remove the tax on cot
ton and repair the levees and deep
en- the channel of the Mississippi,
but to carry out other works for the
benefit of the nation through the
South; and that meantime the
South should see that she needs
ships and manufactures for the sake
Of commercial expansion, "not only
by the Gulf front but by radial lines
penetrating the interior Of Mexico"
The commerce of the South Seas,
says the New York Times, would
be far better than cmigrating to Bra
zil or Tuxpan Men may stay in
the charming climate Of Virginia,
Louisiana or Texas and make
maintenance on the products Of the
torrid zone. The immense and ever
expanding horizon Of Western civ
ilization will require more and moro
of the products Of equatorial re-
gions. Railroads and steam lines
will connect these Western consum-
ers with these productions. Why,
it is asked, should not the Gulfports
conduct this commerce and reap the
immense wealth which it will GER
certainly produce? Why, indeed,
exceptdhey sleep over their oppor-
tunitics, lacking the minds to see
the subject of their commercial re-
lations in its true light and the en-
ergy and liberalty necessary to
take advantage of their position?


We have the raw material for the
most profitable of all manufactures,
and it has been well said that we
must soon have a pauper system or
manufacturing labor system
poor houses or factories. We now
have a far greater home demand for
manufactures than we ever had
before. Why should we not make
the supply Of this demand the basis
of Il rich commerce reaching farther
and farther Suuthward? Let us,
therefore, add the spindle to the
plough and the railroad and the
steamship to both. The field for
this enterprise is open before us; all
that we need is the energy and the
combination of talent and capital
to take possession Of it and reap an
abundant harvest Of prosperity.