The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-10-30
VOLUME Xxx.


sCc - O0T IN Ne SOut h.
The following facts. which will no doub,
BE- new to many Of our readers, and which
we & ID IN late speech Of Mr.. Holme. IN
Cocg'ss', present some striking illustrations
efise imPrsesicsbili,y Of extensively cvl,,ys
ting southern coil BY free Isbor:
THE experiment Of free labor h., eve,
bssn ,'Isd IN our osn Southern coun,ry--iu
South Carolins. 10 Florida. The Pey. Mr..
CsPsrs, . sdistingUished Minister az the Me,h.
cdiH Church. gave up . plantation 70 his
slaves He hfI Instructed them in eth.
les end religion. He left the plantation af.
ter harves, with the barns full. stack of ca,
tie ssd sheep and horse to pluush. lie de.
Iivsrsd over the estate, with suitable r,oni.
iions snd appropriate blessings. and wen, in.
toe fsr e"os'ry. leaving the rsgrocs to their
ows sol''icns. rime passed, and afier a
lsPss of several hsrvests, he VISITED the field
II bis philanthropy. To Bic sorrov, he found
oil his benevolent iHtsniioas figs,rsieo--,he
he'ds wefc uncultivated, the cattle were
ssisa Up, tho bArns empty. Tie horse. how.
ever, remsised. but not 10 plough or car, bo,
10 convey the negroes TO tho seishboriog
p'snis'ions to drPredste. Yet, ia spite of ail
the. there are sensible c,en vho believe that
II oil Tho negroes were transported to A fr,ca
our cotton hslds would he cultivated by free
"s''s labor. unhsPpily for their views. the
experiment has been tried, frequently triod
10 several States. Before | rcc,,s IN. case,
OF free White labor, l will men,ion one more
Of The e6,rts 10 srppiy free bl.ck labor. In
me yesf Of $40, ths sss,es in Trinidad,
which had aourisked under slave labor, be.
came, IN consequence Of British Yves, Iadi.
emancipation, deserted BY the leborors. A
n'snter came 10 this cosnity, Asd from the
District Of Columbia and the State Of Mary. |
land, msny colorcd persons were induced to
60 to Trinsdsd. to cultivate tho land, upon
the mosi advantageous terms. | 81. in the
harbor Of Baltimore . cargo OF these people.
J ieh interested in the experiment, aud re-.
solved TO trace ts operation. have since
learned that II resulted in complete failure.
The Tree negroes found the sun too bot. and
either fesorted to the to~ns, or returned TO
THE Country. Thus the effect Of free color.
ed labor. Nov Of white labor The la,o
distinguished William Writ, resolved 10 be-.
eone planter, purchased land in Florids-
Having soR'e c"mpuactions, he resolved q.
g''n-l the cmp!"y meet Of slsse labor, and \
carried down 10 his plantation large NUN
ber Of white men. The work was commenc.
I'd "a tho autumn. These msn worked d,l.
gently. faithfully. during the winter aud
spring seasons, and all went on as felie,,ous
ss tho rich fancy Of Mr.. Writ conceived. -
Bat alas! summer came aud With IL came
hot days and moist nights, and increased de
mands Tor lshor in the cotton fields. The
men h~gsn 10 fail. their sinews we're relaxed,
snd finding they could no, endure the cline,
'hrew dawn their agricultural implements,
Ind 10 body left the plan,s,on. The en-
IRE crop would have been lost but for III,
'fiuna'e circumstance that gang of negroes
~erc IN the ncighborhood' Tor sale. These
'rgroes were purchased, tho crops saved.
Ind thus the experiment ended. Another
Experiment. was tried by gentleman from
New lork, who took u large number Of
ierm,n lsbprers in,n Florida, aud gan the
cultivation Of New Smyrna, Ia tract of land
upon which Geek colony once Sc, led bu,
hnd'ne free labor could not cultivate South.
rrn so'l, had sbsndoned. These German Ia.
0oref., With oil the fidelity aud industry
which chsracierixs their country, worked
seslou,'v. After placing the ground 10
beautiful order, they planted their crops
unfortunately hot days and mosquitoes came.
snd the q rmaas ~eat away. leaving the
New York geutleman to his wits. There I
'e'"g no negroes IN the ne'ghborhood, his
; MS could not avail and he lost his crop, aud C
'oandoned the estsie"