New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-02

oiers the Hslf.s az House. and Csrroiltoh' 'ne
greater number of the gardens IN winch uio ,ese
tables for the market Of the city are rsisco art
Guilty a,ed by Germans. Their owners are ''et'an
aud when they are able toemploy the lsD.r VI n'.u
hands tho.e bands are Germans likewise as
ueprIes, those Germsn garuehets uet'"c' wy
Len. nor hire them.
In travelling through Georgia and Alabama, L
y, 40 The acquaintance Of wealthy citizen oi
| ,ui.isra. whom discretion forb'ds me 10 name.
0ur conversation turned upon the question oi
slave labor and free labor ard their relative MERITS
when thar gentleman remarked: " The Carollnas,
C,o,ci, and Alabama are the worst part OF the
n;ted States and, generally speaking, with the
n.suest population. Alabama has great RESOURCES
In n neral wealth, but it wants entirely 8
d;tI.rent population 10 turn them 10 prCht.
I lave been 8 STAKEHOLDER, all my lifetime, he
added, " bu, have my eyes open DO you
think th.r,"I asked him. " that the climate oil
the Csrolnas of Georgia, Alabama and LOUISIANA
would allow peero labor to be generally sup.
paD,ed by the free labor OF white men =
Certainly. think SO" was his snswer " There
are very Unhealthy places IN those States, but
,b.y are unhealthy 10 neeroes Likewise. bave
sunloyed Germans in occupations IN which they
had to expose them, elves to the hottest sun
curing The whole day, and found that they
.tood is just as we'll as my negroes. This pre-
tsrded inability Of white men To WORK III warm
climate is al nonsense
But les me tell YOU something more OF the con-
t.s,ons of Southern planters in reference 10 white
labor. While | was at NeWOrleans, trend OF
mine. Oh whose veracity have perfect reliance,
overheard the conversation Ot two gentlemen slt-
ii, near him at the breakiasttable OF one OF the
brir cir al hotels. One OF them was kentucNan
emigrnting % Texas. the other planter oI
Louls;ana. The conversation began by the con-
tessi,n Of the former that insecurity Of
trivi trOm
! The sane ciTcuu stance bad driven him formerly
from, Tennessee to North Carolina, from North Ca
rolir to south Carolina, and from SOUTH Carolina
IN Kentucky BE was sure that In a few years
Slavery could rot exist any longer III Kentucky, as
nobody could then afford to keep slaves there BOW
gentlemen then agreed that if the South could only
| c-t rid of its negroes it would be real blessing
~ wish them all 10 HI" said the Louisanian
"Tbey are good for nothing, and are bctheung US
70 drsIh: lite labor is not only better, 1t Is even
| y creat deal cheaper" THAT is really the case,
| Answered the Ken'uckian. " L adj German
gardener whom | paid fifteen dollars month. tie
wanted no o,erseer; be wanted nobody to thlnk
for him; be laid out the grounds around my mousse
according TO his own ideas, and very beautifully he
did il. A. d then he did the work himself, and ac-
con plished more thai four niggers would have ac-
con plished in the Fan, time, If they had been able
| 70 do II at ALL" "Wrll, Sir, replied the Louisi-
misn. al have employ I'd two Germans for cutting
wood in the swamp. They did more work IN TIVE
fays than four Bi9gers would haze done Ia four OF
FIVE; but the mot extraordinary tact Is THIS, tna'
| the Germans could stand tJe work without falling
sick. while am sure the Eggers would have been
/ disabled for some time, and caused me considerable
expense in paying the doctors bill.
| With there statements wish only to establish
what consider 10 be fact: the general Possibility
uud successtulness of white LABOR IN ho; climates.
But nm very far from drawing the conclusion that
| ahere white men and negroes live together, the
| former should perform mental labor, while negroes
should be allowed to be idle aud saucy. here are
| certain things which, where negroes exist, should
be- done by negroes, AID not by white Men; not,
howeter because white men are unit to do theIn--
ahcb | Am sure is not the but because white
| II EN- are tit for something better. This view OF the
qut sttn Hay not correspond with yodr convictions,
| tur an sure your hberality and the high position
| Of THE TRIBuNE con afford to tolerate the inde-
| Iebdent opnlon Of d correspondence
But 10 return TO Baize: this is quite All interest
nl place Tor observations in reference to the moral
ana industrial qualifications Of free colored pcpu-
] lation. uh6er certain conditions. II the West Ia
dian Islspds have been ruined by the sudden eman.
| cipation Of their negroes, the mahogany works OF
| Btiti.h Honduras IN which oil tue hand. employed
are free coored men, either of toe pure African or
of the mixed rsoes, are houriohWs; and ssyer
ia uy afe have | secn more striking dis
play Of muscular activity than in the una
| bopnny wards here, where these dark, athletic
luen are swinging their powerful and long-handled
| axes with easy grace, at each stroke separating
pieces Of wood of ALMOST credible size from the
sides of the huge logs. II is little to say that no
whip of a master or Oyerseer wOdld ever induce a
| slave ia our Southern States to display similar
| activity; but never in the backwo0ds OF the Ale
| gtauies, or of our Wes'ern S'ares, have ] seen
| White men WELDING the OK in such powerful man
Hart. and a.sIng ad
Il TN of other castes entirely free and their Own
oasttrs, and ] all absolutely sure that not one Of
the mahogany traders mere would think that they
woDld lot greatly lose If they had to accept these
zane IueD even for nothing, as their slaves.
| do not know whether census of a
recent date exists of the population Of British
II, ndurss. Ny questions about the matter haye
| been answered very unsatisfactory b. those
| to wloIc | add essed them. Ten years ago,
| was todd rte number Of inhabitants Ia the
Whole Briii.h se.tlrn ent'-as the territory Is
,ficia, called, 10 avoid the expression of =" colony
wins thirty thousand, aud since that time con-
sid. rablr immigration has taken place from the nd
Joining Spanish countries, primer JaIly IRON fuca-
| tan. OF this considerable population only few
bun dreds ale white people, and stall these few set
all tie rest to work without any forcloe means.
Certsny, the English power Is behind TINS State OF
| things Make of RaZe an independent SAFE, and
you will soon see the vanity and ambition OF Sou
ouque establish caricature empire, or the rival
~ Of Generals" after the fashion of the Spanish
c,uI tries deyastate the settlement aud put an end
to every peaceable aid useful occupation Instead
| OF cutiipg mahogany they would then cut each
other to pieces, ill somebody came to take care OF
| them afrr the method Of Walker.
By this mean 10 say that an experiment made
| with the industrial and moral behavior Of tree
| cooTed population. under the tuelary rule OF a
| al huf ENGLAND.
nCt eide Anything about what the behavior of the
III IL ill.,, IN LII