The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-01
yyaa.s of tho southern sta le.

Wants of the Southern states
1t Is plain that much distress will exist
IN many parts of the South this winter
and during the next year Thousands of
families heretofore in comfortable circum-
R'snces, many wealthy, are now go re-
dused as scarcely to be able to provide for
themselves the necessaries of life. The
Gsfsdsrate soldiers many Of whom are
manned and otherwise broken down in
health from disease, have returned to find
their homes desolated and their wives and
ohi'dren iamishing. A large part of the
negro population have abandoned the
fslds, and have crowded to the little vil>
lagos, towns and cities, and bid fair to be-
come paupers and vagrants. In many in
stances where the freedmen have remain
ed on the farms, they have been SO idle
and thriftless, that the plantations will
not make support for the next year.
Thousands Of planters who own excel
lent lands are unable to furnish the stock
and provisions to carry on farm for am
other crop, even if they could procure the
labor. What remedy is there for this
condition Of affairs? Is it in the military
occupation of the country and the issu-
ante of rations to the destitute
whites and blacks by the Government?
We think not. The very presence of the
army, the disturbed state of the country,
paralyses the energies and depresses the
spirits of the people. No permanent good
can come 10 US from the charity of the
Government. The occasional issue of ra>
tions to the destitute by the Government
officials but encourages idleness and in
creases vagrancy among white and black.
All such relief IS partial, and instead of
aiding the country sill destroy it, Not
freedman in the State but can get employs
meat on the plantations that will secure
him and his family from want and at the
end OF the year share of the crop or
wages for his labor The help we need |
must come from the industry and e,aerqy
OF our population. White and black |
must go to work and cultivate the broad |
acres that now lie fallow, but which can
YleId wealth and permanent prosperity |
Not only cotton and sugar, but the ne
cessaries of life, every article that is
raised on the farm, or consumed in the
family, sell for enormous prices, even
taking into consideration the difference
between gold and greenbacks. Never
we're there such inducements to indus
try before. Never was there such a ne
'essity for labor in any country.
But to develop the energies of the
population, the States must be
LETT to themselves, and the people rely on
themselves alone for help. If they err
as to matters of local and State policy,
experience will correct their errors and
eventually that which is wisest and best
will be adopted
The New Orleans Crescent, in COM
nenting on an article in the New York
World, on this subject, so fully expresses
ur views, that we copy the conclusion ! !
# the article:
1t Is true enough that temporary dis I
ress may be averted, aud much misery t
% avoided by timely assistance extends I
q TO the suffering classes. But, although
nSy oS pleasant enough to be saved +
rom starvation for this year, it is ex Il
remeIy unpleasant to have starvation "
-aflng Us III the face n ext year; and, in s
'ct, keeping VIgilant watch at orr Ii
hreshold. The Southern people possess II
ne means to regain their industrial pros, 81
eri'y, II they are permitted to make use n
their means. They have all the natu~ W
Il advantages of soil and climate, and Ia
lelr people have the disposition, the rt
ollity, and the energy to re~organize Of
leir InduatTy and re-establish their pros. sa
'rlty, II they be allowed to use their fe
'ihtlea, and their energies in the con> 81
mmatlon ot this work. They could u
snage 10 struggle through their pre~ II
MT dithcuites and embarrassments if
ey only knew that they would be re- &C
yea from the constraints and burthens nj
llch nov weigh so heavily upon them. de
Icy could very well dispense with anv of
esent charity, and even with the fiorid ic
mpathy of Beecher and Bellows. if ce
ey had reason to think that they would
permitted to go to work tor themselves
ID out foar of the Interference of politi
charlatans, which threatens to make
cir rum chronic and irremediable. A
New York World very Justly saws,
1e hel p which is to be permanent will be
be the help of charity. The South co
uid seorn 1t, and the North would on
airy OF It,. IF the Southern people," ba
ltinues the World, "are to be restored oe
'eohy 10 permanent prosperity, the co
p which must be extended to them il po
L which helps them to help them. fel
Tes."