The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-16

FL. Slave Labor UnprO6t08los
CANDID ADMISSIONS or AN OLD SHAREHOLDERS.
10 IHS EDITOR OF THE HERALD
AususS. Ala, June g; 1855
This sccten Of tho country is complete wreck. Tic
dcsolasion Is thorough Tho people utterly humiI
ased The work offs bjugaon has been cectually done
We have money and little food TO eat The
very peaccabe but INCIDENT and impudcn and not
at all disposed 30 TO government plantations or 70 sub
NIT TO any special regulation. would not mako them
slaves again II could, although owned nearly eighty
Of them and little other property. and am left With
largo family In my inhrmity and ago TO struggle Tor
living The only advantage they have been to mo
Is that, property, they gave credit, BY which
managed to trade and support them. had dol
lar Of their earnings in thirty years. and now they
half well provided for they under my pro-
lection. They are poor people and inofcnsivc. May
God bloss them and shelter them My conviction Is that
taor emancipation the doom Of tho
Tell your merchants TO send goods to the South she
has nothing with which to pay for them, and Gus
toner she Is extinct Under the weight Of taxes the
dependency Of her people and tho Generalization Of
labor tho Sothrcn for many years Is destined 70 be
tho poorest people the face Of the earth.
How to Make FREQ Negro Labor Profit able.
RxPERiENCB OF JAMAICA PLANTER.
The following lettOr from . gentleman Of the South
"
the ate rebellion written 70 friend, who hands il
10 US for publication
KsesroS, ia. Juno 10, 1895
"since" - you say, there Is choice but 10 accept
emancipation" advise you 70 accept II In resouts
good faith. Think OF nothing but how you can mako
your old slaves contcnsed and available aborsrs Settle
them on your land permanent tsuAa with good pro
vision grounds easy terms and you wall nnd that you
have labor at command. Had the planters Of Jsmai
mot emancipation In wise spirit instead Of descrtng
the country in panic, thcre would have been years
sncs the better order of hings An chat isind Nt1ok
now only beginning To scatter the negroes about little
detaohed holdings equally avesss 10 the true inter
sss o( both rsoss have ths eva rssuih IN
than one Of Ne West India IsAn1G The asso masAxss
70 exist and no thsn exist, On such appace; IN
he 10 VOC from the plantation centre 10 nd employ
ment whom he wants n and when tins custom becomhs
general q In many Of The West India Islands.
the planter could not depend his hands They oamo
late 70 their work and left carly account Of the dis
lance from their homes and in the press Of work
they often would NOT como at all unless at wages which
the planters could not afford 70 pay
This scattered and unreliable supply Of labor was
for years the bsns Of jamaica and still one Of the
chief drawbacks sugar raising in the still richer island
Of st. Domingo. hope you and oil our friends will
take better measures on your cotton plantations.
Assign quarters 70 many good laborers ~
you can possibly accommodate together, with
large productive, wcfenced provision ned suitably
marked on 10 the respective laborcrs, and all at
very moderate, almost nominal, rent, then shelter
for the family with work for the and children,
and the rough plenty 70 support active labor provided
for your servants and corps Of servants planted
jus, where you need them Almost every man worth
having win stick 70 the "old plantation" for negroes
cling 70 hah,tual localities like cats.
II you and your neghbors take coIrsei cscsher and
agree all around OF fair tariff Of wager with due prov
sion for selis and bi, Of cornneld, you Will nnd fee
labor cheaper than that Of slaves The price Of one good
field hand will establish half doz entire families NJ
permanent tenants on some convenient section Of the
land and they viii bring up their children TO be will
ing and ready laborers AZ low wages IL some are led
or under temptation OF higher wages they will find they
lose home In which all could help 70 make the family
comfortable.
viii write you again by next steamer, and meantime
will only say that tho farm lsborers In jamaica who have
their little cottage and half Of garden ground
cont,n 10 labor for thirty cents day and find them
selves, which Ia much more profitable To the employer
than buying slayos at former prices
TnE Rssn. Prror AT CAnr DouarAs.-Oniy about ski
teen Of the late rebel prisoners remain In hospita
a Camp Douglas with nnrss enough To cnro for them.
The rest have al gone To their homes Tn are fcr
nishsd by the government with transportation to the
neaast point 10 their old homes, and arriving there
ae ie 70 look out Tor themselves Chaplain futile has
received letters from those already arrived
there in nearly ah OF which the great destuton exist
na In that section ID spoken Of ami the complete Alb
scnce Of that capital which forms tho tass Of rcmuncra
two labor They writc to ark for situations here which
OF course cannot be procured for them II Ia expected
that the Eighth regiment Veteran Res Corps VII be
almost mnsdia ely d. bsdsd, their places In camp be-
ing supplied BY two ros imcns o. regular troops lamp
genera hospital. II IN probable that the main square