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

y ORTIZ and you Viii ma LneY VIII return 70 j
POUR farms, railroad, and All other employ |
nents requiring manual labor "With 1
ilacrity.'
10 making this statement I do mot del
pend on the reports Of othen. ] have en-
Dloyed laborers at the South IS wen as at I
he North, and have now men and women
in both sections Of the country az work for
me. not Of one class only, but all classes,
skilled and unskilled, native aud foreign
labor, and tell you from experience that
the co ored man labors as wen as any race
in the world.
Let me give you some Of my experience
in the colored labor attbe South. In March,
1868, hired two cotton farms in Murlrees i
boro', Tenn, (the same State 10 which you
wish 10 Invite white labor, and about
eighty laborers-men, women and children.
! agreed 10 furnish the customary rations,
aud pay monthly fifteen dollars for an able
boded man, twelve dollars for women, and
IN fair proportion 10 three dollars Tor the
smallest child that could earn wages. Good
treatment was promised, and on these
terms We were abls 10 obtain all the extra
labor required through the season.
We also stipulated that any person who
did not work diligently, should be pad oil
and discharged No other coercisn was
used, and the report Of my agent at the
close Of the year was, one man discharged
Tor breaking the rules and enc woman for
laziness. 1 can assure you, Northern Ia
borers will not do better, for in the eKigen-
ces Of the crop, when hard labor was re
quired, they worked with proportionEte en-
ergy. But few Of our hands were able-bOd-
led, for had enlisted sixty Thousand OF the
able-bodied men the year previous in the
army. We planted five hundred acres OF
cotton, fenced it, and did other extra work
required on a farm that, having been
abandoned eighteen months previously BY
its owners, VAS consequently stripped OF
everything movable. In additlod 70 the
cotton, we had corn and other grain. We
made q crop that paid handsomely for the
outlay, and except for the interruption oi
labor caused by Hoods army, the profit
would have been large.
A friend, who, BY my advice. hired an
other farm in the vicinity, and pursued the
same course, obtained a better result than
did, making "a very profitable investment OF
his capital This year / am cultivating the
same quantity Of cotton land on this farm
and have heard no complaint Of unwilling
ness ON the part Of the hands 10 perform
their contracts.
Last year Northern capitalists began &c
send money South for Investment, but as ~
safety could be promised most Of 1t was re-
turned, aud the remainder was largely lost
for want Of legal protection. Consequently
the at empt has not been resumed, and will
not gntill full assurance of safety can be
had.
How can YOU give rs a feeling Of security
whils yoa are doing injustice 10 your own
citizens Shall We not, remem berng ths
past, fear cur own lives are IN danger, whil'
we have before US the present record Of YOU
daily treatment OF The freedmens Can th'
white laborer trust you, when he know
you refuse to pay the coloTed laborer fol
work fairly performed?
These grave considerations do not appeal
b have forced themselves on the attention
of Southern landholders; but they VIII ID
time, and then they will find that he who
Bhouts q freedman lessons the value o
property in the South as much or more than
whtu that mbp was a slave. You mus
remember that the South has been hereto
fore a land Of violence, rather than lanC
OF law, and that strar gers have been hung
shot or imprisoned for the expression o
lawful opn ons. No legal enactment car
secure as from this violence, for where the
people are unanimous in their opposition q
d law il becomes a dead letter unless en-
forced by military rule, and such eu'oree
msut wlli not be tolerated by you or us.
There rsma ms, therefore, only this alter
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dow 10 the South, you must conform YOU
opinions aud usaces 90 those countries where
capital and labor are abundant. In Eng
land, France and Germany il is in excess
but ia Russia, Turkey and Egypt, there is
but little wealth. There Is no European
emigration to Egypt, although the laud Is
mere fertile than ours, aud they produce
the finest cotton in the world. For tbs
same reason immigrants come 30 the North
because the South would not give them con
sideration and security.
Let me now briefly state the conditions
necessary to draw capital and labor, either
foreign OF domestic, 70 the South;
First--Fair wages, good treatment anl
prompt pay. li is usual at the North to pay
the lsborcr in cash weekly Or monthiy.
Second-rhe labor must be respectable
ifit is not, the employer must pay an extrl
price for q or suffer in the quality.
Third-Good free schools. None Of ou1
citizens are more anxious 70 avail them.
selves of our iree schools than our foreigl
population, and this difference must be PAID
for in money 50 long il exists. The 3 St
both foreign and native, will not work wheri
fheiF children cannot be we'll educated, iol
they value education above money
To induce capital % flow Freely 10 IN,
South ygu must reconstruct your state Gov
emments ON the NoFtheTn basis, where IA,
mass OF laborers vote, and all have eeua
protection IN the courts. The ballot boN
and the school is the security for capital il
the Northern States, and must become SO in
the South. For want Of schools the South
has lost lis capital, and can only regain L
by establishing them to she fullest extent
The rnign Of fsFce has passed away. sud tbs
reign Of law and Intelligence must replacl
il, or the South will remain dosolateS i0l
-, H.
by the laws Of labor and the laws Of trade
not by any legislation intended 10 deiea
either Of them.
Ia the hotel where ! am staying, tnes col.
ured servants work checriallv ana faithfully
Tor twenty dollars month and then board
In the street opposiie nay window others are
digging o deep drain these ] see work a.
steadily as northern men, and get, they
tell me, one dollar aud hfty ceuts per day.
These are Che lowest prices i0r foreign Labor
IN New England, where they are well treat
cd, promptly paid, respected and have good
schools all the year round Tree OF charge,
and We can employ all who viii come % AS.
Is The south ready 70 bid as high for for
etgn laboF7
Let me call your attention 10 the fact that
cur Massachusetts, savings hanks hold sixty
miillons Of dollarss invested BIZ our free Ia
borers, native and foreign, and ia addition
much larger amount Of other proncrtv
This accumulad n has gone hand in hand
with the increased fortunes ct oar capitnl-
isis. Al the south you can accomplish the
same results By pursuing the same course.
1 beg Of you to sci political considerations
aside and look your condition square in the
FACE. II is time for the southern people 10
throw aside islse theories aud unWorthv
preiutiee. Rscause you mako the ne+fa
yoar equal in the courts, you need not m
wife hln 30 your table; or IL you give him
the ballot. yuu arr not IN couaequaIire Oh
liged 20 otter him goJsT daughter in tnarri-
age. Deal with ham rs YOU know him 10 be
a faithful servant 60 a faithful Insster. ana
the other relations of society will take care
ofthemsslvss he viii nog seek 10 be your
son IN law until he feels suFe the offer via
be graeiohsly considered.
III you think the mass Of those lately
slaves are noi d q vote, offer the ballot 10
those who can read and write. Surely an
intelligent negro is more tt to help govern
the c0lutry thsn a. iguorant white man,
ana = ,,itire,a who has 6eeh alwavs loyal is
to be trusted rather than one who has al
ways been di.loyal. The concession OF this
privilege to the educatsd portion viii assure
The rest that you earnestly desire their wel-
fare, and they val repay your kindness With
faithful service.
have written 10 you pisinly, bat with
the kinaest wishes for the true welfare and
prosperity OF the South, for, ~ when one
member i diseased, the whole body SUFFERS
AIT one section Of our country Is isnguish-
lng, the otAer cannot be in sound condition.
Lstus therefore, forgetingthe past, strive
80 emulate each other in endeaTors = re
bnild the Government on tAe broad basis 81
cur Declaration Of Independence, eraeiiea-
ting nom the country vice snd Ignorance,
rs Psgtnt, Nos till that glorious period ar