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The nations of Europe which, six years ago, were 

 waging war against each other, have all recovered 

 their commercial equilibrium. Southern destitution 

 of a thousand comforts and necessities will compel 

 a grateful recognition of Northern abundance. A 

 vast railroad system, telegraphs, and steamers, cre 

 ated for the promotion of intercourse between the 

 sections, will be actively engaged in facilitating that 

 intercourse. The arrogance of Southern temper will 

 be modified under the subduing knowledge that its 

 chivalry has been soundly whipped by Northern 

 mudsills. Opinion, both printed and spoken, will 

 be free for Northern colonization will pour in with 

 schools and ploughs, educating a hitherto benighted 

 people, and redeeming an almost ruined agriculture 

 by placing the manufacturer side by side with the 

 producer. This intercourse will rapidly teach the 

 South how grossly her banished demagogues have 

 deceived her as to the design and purpose of the 

 North; and, though humbled by subjugation, she 

 will discover that her prosperity is becoming greater 

 than ever. 



But it is idle to presume that the griefs, the pas 

 sions, the fierce animosities, engendered by this 

 awful contest, will die out while this generation 

 lives. Too many brave men have perished, too 

 many homes have been made desolate, too many 

 families have been, broken up and beggared for that. 

 Men whom it has impoverished will live and die 

 poor, remembering constantly the causes of their 

 poverty. Widows will weep over husbands, children 

 over fathers, slain in battle. No catalogue of griefs 



