Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-09-13
Euturec cof the: Freedmen.

.shaduwiur of his fate, we.~ill for the beneh; OF
ti.e nsgro-worshirper. indulge in u lew Foeculs'
tions MS to his probable iuttro
There was perhaps never a people 50 fevcrahly
situated for allowing the psoereatire principe lis
,ulles. vigor as were the negroes in state 0:
slavery. Under. present circumstances the case
will be very .diforont. In; statc ofeiresd"m
many men do not marry at all, and many e,hers
defer marriage till q late pcried, from doubts OF
their ability to support o family. Anosg the
slcres this prudential check lad no place The
slave pcpulat'hn accordingly multiplied Wit, ut
the iutcrpositou of any voluntary check But
even in this favorable condi,ion, ;he increase Of
shs slaves, acccrGing TO p eersas 'aken sh01uy
bcftre the war; was less rhsu ,wo-thiids az great
ia proportion, as that of tba whit" population o.
III. country the whites increasing IS per can't,
and the slaves a little more than % Ter csnt. "A
part Of The disparity is due tGwh;c immigration;
but the ,;iforcncc is lauca greater than lmmigra-
grafton accounts for.
The chief cause was undoubtedly, the lccn-
tious habits CT tho negroes; this l'cehti"usness
operating os an Immediate check on population
by rendering the females less prolific. Now that
tic negroes are free, the chsck on the r Increase
arising from their lcontiousness-which has here
tolorc existed, will be reinforced BY the p!uden-
t;al check spoken Of aboyc-doubt of their ability
to support family. The preference given by
the employers Of labor to the moro cnorgeti: and
capable white races, will keep the negro popul"-
ton constantly pressing upon tic means Of sub
sstence and this, the greatest and most certain
of oil checks to population, will begin ut once t"
act on tile negroes with a. fCrcc AID stendiness
uufclt by any other classof the people CT the
United States When our population becomes
lcnse, and lis rapid prsgress is arrested by the
caases which operate in old countries, the fccbc.t
will fall first and the decayng remnant then left
of the negroes will easily suecu nh.
What VIC have described briefly for the subject
is durkling and .npleasant, would take place
even if emancipation hrd been gradual, and pre-
pared; for by wise precautions. But its sudden.
ness, and tho general destituton prevailing in the
South at tho time it takes place. will terribly ag-
rravate its evils and accelerate the steps by which
the negroes arc doomed to extinction. Perhaps
one-thrtl of the emancipated are children, inca
pable, under any circumstances, Of taking care OF
themselves Thrown loose, without protectors,
in the very crisis of destitutiau, amounting in
largo sections to actual deaIth, they will be swept
sway by scores of.thousands; their parents, in
mary cases, perishing With them. This work oi
destruction is already proceeding with great ra-
| nidity. The derangemert of Southern industry
is so great that fcarfuly little will be raised This
year; and the next year will also be year OF
great scarcity il the south, A people, abere al
others united to struggle with difficulties, cSin-
mence their life of freedom in q state Of absolute
beggary, and in q community which has wasted
all its resources in long war more unfavorabls
combination of circumstances eannosbe imagined.
The figures of tho next crnsrs may, therefore, be
expected to tell fearful stale Of determination.
But oven worse evils iii worse be possible)
seemssto be in store for thif doomed race. TIE
history Of Europe, tths-L.st.so OF
three centuries, exhibits frequent risitaticEs oi
terrible and wasting. ferms of disease rad tesii-
lence which swept CT and tainncd out It's papu.
ation by wholesale. Historians and physician7
universally agree in accounting for The freqeent
visitation of those scourgss in furmer times, by
the fact that fsmnes were more 'requcnr in early
periods, vixen industry was less productive. a
| prolonged desrth SO dobitstes TIE constitution
| Of people who have subs.t5d on insu ldciea. ur
tbor Gill
pestilcnce Considering the scarcity that prevails
.rd viii. prevail, in the South, nnd that its pres
sure will fall mainly the blacks, it will not be
surprising if the South is swept by scmc terrible
epidemic before which the negroes will iaii, like
! grass before the mowers scythe
The blind and fana,ical demsgegues too Of thc
North, who are attempting to turn thr negro /"
still further poi;ica! accouar, aro preparing ioT
him danger Of still another character. sudd
emancipation would, under any circum stances
be attended with great hardship and tufarinG
aud sudlsn emancipation in = period Of rxhau;-
ton aai scarcity, musi increase tho pres,uro CT
these bnrdshrs ten fold. And just in this state
af things, the negroes are set on, by their pre-
tended and designing fri,nds, to claim tho cleo
tive frsnchisc; and taught to believe 1t panccoc
for all their ills. 1t is not likely they will
get tAe suffrage; and qnitc certain that the dema
gogues will keep stimulating them TO claim it.
Those poo- ignerant creatures, knowing that they
arc miserable, and made to believe that certain
remedy is upjustly withheld, m,y speedily como
| to hate the whites and rise against ibsm. We
say nay, not NiU; for we believe and h"ro that
the ncgro-aulIrago republicans Q! the Nrth will
before long be rendered powcrlcss for further
wrong. Al present however, these dcmasogucs
who are canorny so for negro suffrage are DUNG
---anL Willingly porhups-ilcfr utmos; to prc~ipi-
ta;c this str'ggic. Should matters ever bc brought
10 his pass, the day of the negroes daom viii! be
at hand. in such struggle, there could BIO 10
doubt us TO which race would 60 10 the wall.
The Baptist Banner.
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