New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-02
FROM GEORGIA,
Vhs Agriculture of the Stase-The Corn
and Cotton Crcps-The Slave System Of
TilIsge-The Soil Impevcrishcd-Nec
ofNorthern observation-disclosures tion
How IL shouid be Done.

How il should be Done.
nom Our Special Correspondent.
MACON, July g, 1865
The soil Of the northern half of Georgia is red
.,sy. The same fields have been planted with cotton
80 sr year. and the system OF tiilagc by slave labor
Las impoverished the soil that the crop scarce ever
psnuneratiye. The planters say thar slave labor has
esver paid All the profit they ever derived from the
yter 10 the increase, which they sold every year
% the negro traders to be transferred to the richer cot
Cor aud sugar fields further south. This they grumbe
most about Their slaves are free, and they are de-
Srred Of selling them sell sheep and cattle The
ai never plowed We of the North pillow our fields
cher plow is standard mortced in a beam. and on
De point going in the ground is fastened three cor
S pse OF steel about four o. five inches wide at the
he This s Drawn by one mule and just scratches the
tro1nd about two inches deep. This system Of tiage
lss exhausted the soil and when dry weather comes,
thich is prevalent here, the crop is dried up II the
knd was pow ed and turned over six to eight inches
cssp and SUBSIDIZED six inches deeper, they
Sod grow large crops and drouth would not affect ii
Che land is no. naturally poor, else the timber woud
20. grow so thrifty Nearly oil of the old cotton lands
are planted with corn. one.hal Of which will never
ernoun to anything and the other half will not average
Eve bushels to al acre. No other crop Is growing.
have Travelled 900 miles in the State and nowhere have
seen more than one in place planted with cot
bon only here and there a small patch. Two small
nelds sew where wheat had grown. The sheayes
we're standing in the field, three four in bunch at
,sng distances apart aud tie straw not more than one
FOO; in length. should say tat f!s bushels per acre
Gas than would be obtained. The agriculture Of
ae State Of Georgia is certainly at a very low cbo.
Many planters arc preparing TO move away. They say
Cat cotton viii never be grown again to any extent,
Cow that their slaves are gone And IS 10 hiring
Cem" said one to me- do you think will hire my own
.eiggers."
Land can be bought at q very low price. One hund.
r7d acres lying four miles from Macon-75 being
cleared with log house twere offered me for 80
cents an acre. This. perhaps. ia not criterion. but
Gay quantity be bought for - This
Of Slaverywicked deuoralizing, inhuman Slavery 1t
Jess cursed the SOIL and cursed the people They
tugged to their bosom staked their all upon it, fought
Cor it-snd have lost Their cup OF iniquity was full
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
Bitterly do they feel the scourge of Towns and
sites burned railroads destroyed. fields laid waste
Destitute Of almost all things which make life comfort,
ebie or desirable But the is over now, and the
solth have had enough fit They will never appeal to
isos row Il see only one way to DO it rightly. Give
Re 6or.teLn people universal amnesty and make them
sxreo 70 uaitersa suffrage. In 10 other way can the
work be efiectuay ana well DONE The people are all
Rebels yet The spirit that seceiSl that got up the
Rebellion that held slaves that wants TO hold them
aow is all alive yet. Allow this spirit to rc,e, without
check, and we know what the resul; WILDE.
The President assumes to say who shall not vote
he ~ tbo -bo hall al,
sasscs are by proclamation and by acts Of Congress
excluded from voice in the Government. This class
~ the by, very dangerous one, are fast being par
Coined and restored to all the rights Of citizenship. II
w, WHO foremost in getting up the Rebellion.
have fought perssteny for four long years, are to
allowed the right of franchise in the reconstructed
Government ten say give t loyal men, those who
sbrough all the dark years were always loyal. the right
lso. President johnson says be has not the right TO
de that question. Is lie not deciding 1t every day
giving back the rights which should be forever for
ted Does lie not hold the State Of Georgia today
the military poweri Is there any civil government
there any machinery pertaining TO State organizi
aoni 1t has all 10 be made Are any Of the laws
md statues 10 be observed that were passed when
ctate under tie Confederate Governments Doe aOi
She President appoint the present Governor Of Georgia
end is he not pledged to do his bddingi If he does
rot. then lie viii appoint another. admit that the
President has right to into the State Of New
Fork and determine who shall have the right OF fran
ehise. There is no State OF Georgia. We are now
ebou TO reconstruct State ont OF the fragments which
ere left When the President is every day giving the
right to men to vote who should never have
vote and says he has right TO give the black man
who was loyal and true. the right know IL is
because Of the latent leaven that is in him. received
from Slavery and its associations.
1.-THE work is not well done row. It viii have to lie
dane again. DO aver from personal observation
that the negroes except tie large cotton plantations
remote from towns better qualified to exercise the
Fight of franchise than the poor class Of whites A
large majority Of the white Inhabitants Of this poor
ass No one Of them ever saw schoohOuse, and not
in hundred read write. These all fol-
we'd the lead Of the rich, and Rebels. They win
G. cue vehemently, in their ignorance, for Slavery,
u ,ugh none of them owned slave 1t is not pro
posed 10 disfranchise this class and now in the name
o. God and for the sake of humanity. give the right OF
franchise to the black man. In no other way can re-.
construction be settled basis Of equal AMI exact
Justice. In no other way can peace and tranquility
come to the people of the South. and the turbulent
eaters. everywhere troubled, be made calm. In the
anne of the hundreds Of thousands slain let this Ques
Ton be settled that nothing shall ever arise to
Again disturb the peace and prosperity Of this Union
Aethought while walking the battle fields could
Pear the voices Of the thousands slsin who lay suDber
ing beneath my feet: "Oh. let lives have been
tcrheed in vain. Reconstruct on the basis Of even
and exact justice TO all men. Then will God smile on
and bless and make happy all who live under the broad
folds Of the Stars and Stripes. Then will tho angels
reach down. saying to YOU. as they take Won by the