CHAPTER XLIX.

SOUTHERN AFFAIRS IN SPECULATION. THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION A GREAT BLESSING.—TO LET THEM “SECESH” WOULD HAVE BEEN NATIONAL SUICIDE.—HOW IMMIGRATION HAS ASSISTED NATIONAL PROSPERITY.—RESCUED FROM THE DYNASTIC OPPRESSION OF EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS.—SHOWING GOOD FELLOWSHIP TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE AND AIDING THEM IN THEIR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.—THE SOUTH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR, HAD GREATER ADVANTAGES THAN THE NORTH FOR MAKING MATERIAL PROGRESS.—THE BUSINESS OF THE NORTH WAS INFLATED…