The Americans at Home, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from The Americans at Home, Vol. 2 of 2: Pen-and-Ink Sketches of American Men, Manners and InstitutionsThe ruin caused by the war is accelerating the change, by compelling many Of the most cultured and aristo cratic people in the South to enter the lists. This of itself is enough to produce a revolution in Southern feeling. Slavery tended to brand labour with degrada tion these men will help to put upon it the stamp Of nobility. General Lee advised his Officers and men wisely on this point. He foresaw the change that was before the defeated South, he perceived that her best hope was to prepare herself for it without delay, and he accordingly urged his soldiers to cast aside all feel ings Of hostility engendered by the con¿ict, act as loyal citizens, and apply themselves at once to honest work. He himself, refusing the Offers Of pecuniary assistance made to him by friends on both sides Of the Atlantic, addressed himself to the task Of self - support, and I was told at Richmond that one Of his sons, who held the rank Of major - general in the Confederate army, drove into the city from his farm, a few weeks after the surrender, with a waggon-load Of hay. Examples Of this sort, backed up by the pressure Of external circum stances, can scarcely fail to launch the South upon a new career, and when once the energies that amazed the world during the late war are turned into the channels Of social and political progress, what is there too great to expect of such a people in such a country?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.