Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-06-01

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dAid for in Advance.
even 1.-THE Of what it was capable Of
producing. These lands instead Of
being held in large tracts will be
divided into small parcels and fall
into the hands of men who do not
deem labor disgrace. This class
will develop the resources of vast
region Of country, that hitherto has
added very little to the material
wealth of the Nation. They win be
the vitalizing element under which
the South win spring up and blossom
as the rose. Millions of acres teemiug
with richness are yet to be cultiva-
ted by free labor, by skilled labor,
which will produce tenfold that here
tofore obtained unnder the paralysing
system of slavery.
The poor whites of the South, so
long kept in ignorance, and under
despotic rule, viii require as long
training as the free negroes to bring
them up to the standard of industry
and self-reliance which the poorest
man in the North finds natural to
himself. Those Of this class of poor
whites, whom the fortunes of war
have thrown into the Northern States,
have proven more indolent and less
capsble of self maintenance than the
grossly ignorant "contraband" 1t
is a certainty, that most Of our far
mers find the colored man more
profitable as farm hand than the
lower classes of the whites. The
female portion of that class, are
wholly worthless, and cases are very
common where families in want of
help find it impracticable to procure
any assistance from them in the dis
charge of household duties. Our
readers need not be informed of
this, for almost every family in Gallis
county knows 1t to be so.
Now in these matters in the South
our hardy, thrifty working men will
take the lead. They will not only
achieve wealth and comfort for them
selves, but the increasing prosperity
of the South will demand every
available exercise of their skill and
ingenuity at fair wages. This class
of men have e bright prospect for
the future. They are to form the
bone and sinew of the South, in fact
will be the South.
! Labor has been scarce and high
for four years past 1t will be so no
longer. The vast multitude of men
connected with the transportation
service of the army, and at military
posts will be thrown out of employ
in that line. This is being now
done every where. We see it in
Gallipolis, as elsewhere. Men for
years in employ of the Quartermaster
at high wages, are being discharged
in great numbers; and are Obliged to
look around for something to support
themselves and families. But they
need not look far. The field for Ia
Dor is large. True, ir may not be in
Gallia county, but in the vast extent
of country West and South. Homes
for all are waiting, and they who are
wise will not delay in looking after
them at once, before themeans saved
from their last years labor becomes
exhausted. "Uncle Sam is rich
enough to give US all farm" 1t is
waiting for those who will accept it.
They who loiter around the streets
waiting for something to turn up,
may find that at last the harvest is
over, and they are not provided for
1t is on the whole, impossible for
any man of judgment to doubt, that
our country is about to enter on an
unexa.nplsd period Of activity and
prosperity, by which not only the
losses OF the war will soon be recoy-
cred, but the general wealth and hap
piCess oil society be increased in
ratio far beyond that which would
have occurred had we remained at
peace. Let all then start out in the
great race just opening, with de-
termination to carve for themselves q
/ living, and that store of comforts,
which industry, energy and perseve-
rance, never fail to secure for those
who practice them.
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