The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-09-07
White Labor Necessary for South
Carolina.

~ 10 HtS 1JuagOT rOj Hc IIeIuUU <AS Is
known to you and to the Northern peo.
pie, the slaves. of the South have been
cmancipated, and they are no. longer
subject to the control and government
Of the white man in developing. the re.
sources and in theproduction OF the great
staples of the South-cotton, rice, tobac.
co, lumber, &c. tits very desirable that
the South should continue to produce
their staples, even in greater abundance
than ever before. 1t is important to
this section and equally important to the
Government. BY the production of these
great staples in abundance, it is very
clear that the United States must be the
most formidable nation in the world.
Because, in all the other resources which
give strength and greatness to nation,
she surpasses all cations on the globe,
and possesses in most eminent degree
all those materials which constitute the
greatness Of nation. In consequence
ofthe entirely disorganized condition of
the labor Of the South, and the very
great uncertainty as to whether the ne..
gro can be made profitable as q laborer,
has caused many of the thinking men Of
this sections to come to. the conclusion
that the production Of the great staples
OF the South must to very great extent
cease, unless white labor can be obtain.
ed tc work the lands in this sec
ton.
1t is the universal desire of the land
owners to employ white labor on their
farms and as house servants. am full.
ly satisfied that ten thousand lnborers
would be immediately employed at fair
prices in Abbeville District S. G. This
section of tho State is very healthy, and
the lands are fertile. There is no por.
tion of the State more desirable to live
in, or offering greater inducements to
white laborcrs. The labor of the South
must eventually be entirely white, if it
would enjoy any degree Of prosperity.
In the immediate neighborhood of the
writer, one thousand white laborers
would be employed at once at high
wages in fact, there never has been
such profitable field for white cmi.
grants. Mechanics of all kinds, as well
as laborers, will he welcomed and if a
sufficient supply can be obtained, then
the prosperity of the country must in.
crease while, if the negro is to be relied
on to supply the wants, in these re.
spects, ofthe country. then gradual but
inevitable ruin is tho certain destiny ol
the South. A railroad passes through
almost every district of the State. and
any portion OF the State can bc reached
in forty.eight hours from the city ol
New York. Witha prosperous South,
the United States will certainly control
the commerce of the world. But in the
present thoroughly disorganized condi
ton of labor, and the disinclination o
the negro to continue to work, the. pros
pect is indeed gloomy for the future
The supply Of cotton, instead of being
next year at the maximum, will certain
ly be far below The minimum of former
| years.
A GnrESwooD Is. C.) PLANTER.
| HORSE STEALING. =, There is, M
doabt, a regular gang of horse thieves
in this section. Five horses and mules
were stolen in one night, recently, from
persons living ON or near the Nationa
Ford Road.
People in the country are annoyed
very mnch by persons seizing horse
/ who represent themselves as agents o
the Government, Our people are S,
anxious to comply with the demands o
Il lawful authority. that they are disposed
to suffer themselves to be imposed o,
rather than resist what they frequentl
consider illegal acts. 1t is no nncom
mon thing to see men here from dis
tance of 40 and GO miles in search @
horses and mules which were taken fror
them by either real or bogus agents {
the government. The authorities her
manifest disposition to remedy thea
difficulties, but it is frequently ilnposs
BILE to find either the stock or the pei
son who seized it, Chartofte Denocra
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