New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-25
REsULTs OF REBELLION.

Before Rebellion took possession OF Loulsi-
ana, the population Of st. Mary's parish in that
State consisted of 4,02l whites, 1908 slaves,
and some 600 free blacks. The slave property
was assessed az worth sc. 433,25O being an
average Of $535 IS for man, woman and child.
This gave about 81 800 worth of slave property
to every white in the parish. 1t contained III
plantations, and 9,547 acres, with an assessed
value Of $5, 943, 100. Thus the slave property,
as usual, was worth more than tho real estate.
The whole taxable property of the parish was
assessed at very nearly $4,000, 900, giving to
each white inhabitant the handsome sum OF
about $500, and showing for the privileged
class condition Of great prosperity. Before
Rebellion, this single parish produced in one
season 81, 9l5 hogsheads Of sugar. Al. 800 barrels
Of molasses, Az, OW bushels of corn, with
smaller products valued at $2,3OO,OO0. 1t was
estimated that only 10000 Of the slaves wero
employed in agriculture, and for all these, In
GLIDING women and children. the average pro-
duct was $23l head, but for tho working
hands only it was nearly $5O0a head. The aver
age product Of each plantation was Sl3,547 %.
Now the cultivated land Of the parish was re-
turned at 50, 36 acres. or less than $50 acres to
each plantation. The gross income is given
above but the net income of each plantation
averaged $40, 265. Each slave netted his mas
ter Sl75 per annum or nearly one-third of bis
assessed value
| 1t would DO impossible TO find township in
any Northern State containing III farms Of $50
acres each, that have at any time yielded hall
the annual profits thus realized in Louisiana.
The figures given disclose q condition OF agri-
cultural prosperity such as has seldom been ex'
ceeded in any part of tho world. As there were
only go voters in the parish, the average net
income of each was over 81, 800, including all
not engaged in agriculture, poor whites, &c.
Deduct these classes, and the profit Of the re-
maiuder rises in amount The insane charac-
ter Of the Rebellion il shown by the fact that It
ha. cifectually destroyed all this prosperity and
oblterated the larger portion o.. al thcseyalue'.
The slave property has gone At one blow. Nine
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worth s6. as3 25O without being beggared.
Men suddenly prostrs'ed by the ordinary casual
ties of business, oitan recover their losses and
again become rich But 20 enable even the
most energetic 70 do this, the condition of bust
ness around them mus, be undisturbed and pros
porous. In Louisian there has been total de-
rangemcnt Of AL ordinary pursuits for nearly
three years. This dcragemen,, instead 81 d.
lliinishing has At las, degeneraied into anarchy,
and that cea.ing new rulers, new regulations,
emancipation itself have interviewed, and the
$40 slayeholding yot r, arc ruined beyond hope
OF recovery.
The Parish of ~, Mays T. but one Illustration
of the general ruin which bcialls the participants
in this Rebellion. So far asthey are concerned,
the crash ia final. The Rebels in this parish,
and throughout the State, can never hope To
renew their career of prosperity, sustained a.
before by the stolen labor of unpaid slaves.
Nobody need lament that hcnccforth those
masters must learn TO depend on themselves,
and that the negroes are to be relieved from the
burden of maintaining privileged class IN lux
urious Incidence. The prosperity OF the State,
however, was never 80 well assured. II il no
longer question that free labor Is more profit
able than slave labor. and II Is dcnionstrable
that these lands under new system will
be more productive than under the old The
wealth. the amount Of accumulated prop
erty, Of the planters WAS itself all obSta-
Gle to the best development of the resources
the state. They grew rich on hslt-tiled estates
with poor methods Of cultivation and little OF
no improvement. What motive had they to
improvement Immense tracts OF the richest
land in the South lay idle-of the sea-iSands IN
Carolina and the rlce-Swamps of Georgia not
less than the sugar.lanls of Louisiana. Break
up the old system. and all that is changed.
Competition, energy, industry, better farming
tools and more economical husbandry will
double and treble in five years the value and
the annual produce OF those territories. Throw
them open to the negroes, the soldiers, many oil
whom will prefer to remain at tho south, ana To
Northern immigration. The negroes are to-day
the skilled cultivators, and almost the only ones.
They ARE tho managers. They possessed the
real practical knowledge Of cotton and sugar
raising; they planted and gathered tho crops
They will make Louisiana and Carolina rich
again, and will rear anew the pillars OF those
repentant States on foundations which no trea'
son shall ever be able to shake.
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