THE SOUTHERN TIMES

Henry W. Grady (1850-1889)

During the reign of the Bourbon Triumvirate, he was a popular journalist and public speaker. In the Atlanta Daily Herald he wrote about the south’s possible success if it transformed into what he called the “New South,” a region similar to the technological North.

 

“Cotton Exposition Moving to Atlanta”

in the voice of Henry Grady

 

In a few months time, our hard work and achievements in technology over the past decade will displayed at the cotton exposition in our home city, Atlanta. We have done well, but it is not enough to compete with the world. The Exposition is merely here to prove we have industrial capabilities, and that we are able to adapt to the modern world. Some of us however, are still attached to the agricultural traditions that have kept us tethered to the industrial carriage for the past half century. How are we going to build our own equipment by farming with northern tools? Once we give up our ties to agriculture, industry, equality, education, and the rest will follow.