THE CREDIT OF THE SOUTH: VIEWED FROM A STATE, MUNICIPAL AND GENERAL STANDPOINT. ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE COMMERCIAL CLUB OF NASHVILLE, TENN. MAY 24TH, 1892.
Richmond: 1892. Original printed glossy wrappers [moderately soiled and worn, with a tear to the plain rear wrap; old institutional rubberstamp]. Stitched, 64pp. Good+.
Williams, of Richmond, says that Character, Property, and Good Government are the bases of good credit. The South has always had character and integrity. It has emerged "triumphantly" from the War's "woe and desolation." It has withstood the corruption of Reconstruction Governments and the mountain of debt thereby incurred. Reviewing the financial status of Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee, he pronounces those States sound. Immigration "of the better class" and completion of the Isthmian Canal will usher in a wonderful era.
FIRST EDITION. Haynes 21329. Not in Swem. Item #7418
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