The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-27

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skilled and unaeeiimated Iab0rer q the 1
-i lNorta, h6d you Eiltind they will return 10 t
your farms, railroad, and al other employ I
81 menis, rsquiri1g Fmanual laborF = with I
81, I'm iniaE1ine tbs siaiems1It DE- mot de-
W pend On the reports Of others.a fhave eTh=
ploysd lsborers at the South as we'll as at
The North, and have now men and Wemen
ia both sections 81 the country at work for
me- not Of one class only, but all classes,
skilled and unskiiied, native and foreign
y 1 ilahpF, and tel you FROM experiences that
4 III ne ea ertd MAJ SAILORS e wef e Any race
2 81 IN The porld. 81 8LEi ltbtst Us
Let me give you some Of my experience
in the colOFed labor stthe South. In March,
1883, hired two cotton farms in Murirees
boroa, Tenn, ltlie same state 10 VIII Oh you
wish 10 Invite white labor), and about
eighty lsborers-men, women and chidreps1
81 agseed 10 furnish the customary -rations,
and pay monthly fifteen dollars for an able |
BODIED man. twelve dollars for women, and /
IN far proportion 70 three dollars ior The |
smallest child that could earn wages. Good |
treatment was promised, and on these |
% 90 terms We were able toobtaiR All The extra
4 ltbof required Trough thR seasoU-f
We 50 stipulated thai any person who
did not work diligently, should be "a d on
and discharged. No other cOercisn was
used, and the report Of my agent at the
close Of the year was, one man d scharged
Tor breaking the rules and one woman t3r
laziness. can assure you. Northern Ia
borers will not do better, for in the exigen-
OF the crop when hard labor was re
quired, they worked with proportionRte en-
ergy. But few OF 0nr hands were able-b
led, for had enlisted sixty thousand Of the
le-bodied men the year previous in the
army. We PLANTED five hundred acres Of
60 ton, fenced it, and did other extra work
required on a farm that, having been
abandoned eighteen months previously by
lis owners, was consequently stripped roi
everything meFabif. ln Fidi'.od 70 me TR
cotton, We had corn aud other grain. We
made a crop that paid handsomely for the
outlay. and except for the interruption Of
labor caused by Hoods army, the profit
would have been large. ..sa-.
other farm Ia the vicinity, and pursued the
same course, obtainel a better result than
t. did, making "a very profitable Investment Of
his cspitai. This year / am culhyatng the
ssrne quantity Of cotton land 90 this farm,
and haRs heard no complaint Of unwilling
ness on the part Of the hsnds 10 perform
their contracts
r las wear Northern capitalista bfgau to
se6d money South for investment bus as no
rsfelg coald be promised most q 1 was re-
turned, aud the remainder wss lhrgely lost
for want Of legal protection. Consequently
Tafke attempt has not seeu Resumed, and wall
not until full assurance OF safety can be
had
How can YOU give US q feeling Of security,
E... while you are doing IN usties 70 your own
tfat- itfzeus9 ShaliNF MOI, tnembering the
sast fear our own lives are in danger, while
We have before us the present record your
daily treatment Of the freedmen Can the
-- white Isbirer trust you, when ne knows
you refuse - pay the cqiorfi Aborer ioi
work fairly per.orme. ? 90
These grave considerations do not appear
10 have forced themselves on the attentiou
Of Southern landholders but they viii IN
time, sud then they will find that he who
shoots q freedman lessons the value OF
property in the South much or more than
whgn that man q slave. Nou must
remember that the South has been hereto,
L. - aaN.s raHA. Inn a ~ TI
Of law, and that stran gers have been hung
shog or imprisOned { the expressin q
lawful opiu ous. No legal enactm nt can
secure us ifota hi. violence, for where the
people are unanimous in their oPpa-itipn %
4 law Is becomes dead letter unless en-
forced by military rule, and such enforce
ment will not be tolerated By you or rs.
There rtma AZ, therefore, only this alter
native u YOU want capital aud labor Il
how % the South, you must conform YOU
opinions aud ussges tothose countries wher'
capital and labor are abundant In Eng
land Franc and Germany il is IN excess
but in Russiu, Turkey and EGYPT thtre Is
but little wealth. There h no Eufepean
emigration 10 Egypt, although tho land is
more fertile than ours, and they produces
the finest cotton in the world. For tbs
same reason immigrants come TO the North
because the South would not give them con
sidcration aud security.
Let me now briefly state the conditions
necessary 10 draw capital aud labor, elthe
foreign OF domestic, 70 the South: .4l
Fifst-Fair wages, good treatment an,
prompt pay. "a IS usual al the North to pal
The lahorer in cash weekly or monthly.
Seeond-Tbe lsbor must be respectable
ift il not, the employer must pay an extr
price Tor IL OF suffer 10 The quality.
Third-Good Jree schools None Of GU
sitirana are more anxious 20 avail them
selves Of our free schools than our loregi
population, aud this difference must be PAD
iog ia money 50 long as il exists. The 81
10th forei 20 end nsiive viii not work wher
HI a. .frar.. ha Wall a4luaatnH
they value education above money.
To induce capital 20 flow freely 10 tn
South you must reconstruct yopr state Gov
ernments on the Northern basis, where N
msss OF labcrers vote, and all have equa
protection in the courts. The ballot b.
f and the school is the security ler capital j
III the Nofthern States. and must become 50 i
the Beuih. For want oi schuols the souu
has lost its capital, sud can only regain
BY establishing them 20 the fullest exteni
The reign q force has passed away, and ~
reign Of Law and intelligence muse replhe
Cd -r Il, OF he South will remaiu desolste 70
The Southefn queston wli be determine
BY the laws Of labor and theisWs Of trad,
no. by any legislation intended to detea
either IF them.
Ia the hotel who're am staying, the. col
cred seryents work checrfully ana iaithiull
for twenty dollars q month and their board
IN the sTeet Opposite nay window Others ar
.sllfEing deep drain. these Sec work a
steadily northern men, aud grit the,
tel me one dollar and fifty ceuts per dav
These are the lowest prices Tor iofeign labo
IN New England, where they are well treat
81, promptly paid, respected aud have goo
sehools AL TIE year n0und nee Of charge
and We can employ all no will come % Us
j. the south reaag 10 bid as high for cor
eign laborg
Let ne csn your attention &c ths &c, ths
cur Aassachusetts savings banks hold SKI,
mihons o. dollars, Invested by our me Ia
oorers, native and ioieign. and In additior
Amuch larger amount II other prnrertv
THIS accumulation has gone hand in hsn.l
VITA the ieerease4 tlrtanes OF our capitsl
lsts. At The south yoa can accomplish "a,
saH2e ycsalf ~ pursuing the same course
beg OF You % SET polilieal consideration
aside and lock ycur cenditoa square i'm N,
iace. IL q time ior The southern people 4
throw aside false theories and unvorlh,
prejudice Beeauss you make the negr,
voar equsi IN the roarts you need not m
vite him q yoar tNile; IL You give hin
the ballot. you are not In consequences oh
lsed % ofler him your daUghter in mari
sfe Deal with him you know him 10 be
q faithful servant % a faithful master AM
the other relations Of socioty Hill take car,
OF themselysa He VII not seek 10 be YOU
son-inlsV unih be ice.s sere DE ofIer vii
be grsciously considered
II you think the mascot those lately
slaves are rot az 60 vote, offer the halloi Z
those who can read and write Surely AZ
intelligent Negro IS mere "a q help covers
the coaotFy thsn ignorant white nsn-
sna . citizen who has Dssn alFsys loN-al J.
y = uu,tsd rsthef than enc who has al
ways been disloyal. The concession Of this
priyilege % The educated portion vii assure
the rest that you earnestly desire their web
fare, and they will repay yogz Kindness viii
feithial service.
I have written o. you plainly but with
the kinde, wishes for the true v-affsrf ana
prosperity % the south, for. d when me
member 8 diseased, the whole 'body suiFers
. Il one section u cur country is ANGUISH
ing the other cannot BE- b sound condition.
Leius therefore, forgetting the past, strive
40 LATE - s,fffar a L.,
bnild the Government on the broad basis Of
our Declaration o. Independence, eFudiea-