Author : A. Mayo
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330749227
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (492 download)
Book Synopsis The Third Estate of the South (Classic Reprint) by : A. Mayo
Download or read book The Third Estate of the South (Classic Reprint) written by A. Mayo and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Third Estate of the South From the beginning of the European settlement even to the present year of our Lord, the most prominent object of interest and observation in what we used to call the Southern States of this Republic has been the relation of the upper and under classes of Southern society, - the slaveholding Anglo-Saxon and the lately emancipated Negro. Not only abroad, but at home, it has scarcely entered into the calculations of statesmen and economists that a great change in Southern affairs was impending that would bring another dominant class to the front. It was known that even in 1860 there were six million of white people in these Southern States who had no immediate connection with slave-holding, and that a number of people, smaller than the present population of Boston, representing, possibly, a population of two million, comprised the ruling class. It was expected that this middle class would be felt in arresting the movement for secession in 1861. And I believe that a decided majority of these people had neither the desire nor intention of striking for a new nationality. But, with the exception of the action of West Virginia and the stubborn loyalty of the mountain populations of the central South, this expectation was disappointed. We met these people on the battle-field through four dismal years, where they earned a reputation for good fighting which has made the name of an American soldiery illustrious. But now, like a mighty apparition across the Southern horizon, has arisen this hope or portent of the South, - the Third Estate, - to challenge the authority of the old ruling class, and place itself where the "plain people" of every Northern State was long ago established, as a decisive influence in public affairs. South Carolina, the head and front of the old South, is now swept by a political revolution as radical as the emancipation of the slaves in 1865. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
