New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-29

of the Canadian Council in the place Vi 'lc
Hon. George Brown, resigned.
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POPULATION - WHERE NEEDED.
The close of o great, destructive War, and
the overthrow Of Slavery, have developed an
carer. widespread demand for Immigration.
The Great West, which formerly received and
absorbed the entire current of adventure and
home-seeking from Europe and the EastcfH
States alike, now finds itself sharply rivaed by
the South, which, from every part OF her broad
domain, is calling earnestly at once for Capital
and Labor Virginia and the Carohnas'
Missouri and Arkansas Georgia and the
Mississippi States, Florida and Texas oil
proclaim their eminent attraetions-cheap land
abundant timber, fertile SOIL genial climate &c,
&c. But yesterday, it was an unquesuohcu
article OF the Southern creed that White men
could not labor under the burning sun OF the
Cotton region; but that is now generally ana
wisely renudiated. White men labOred at the
South before Blacks did; they have always
II been employed to ditch and drain, because
it was deemed improvident to expose ne
groes worth $1,000 TO 1880 each to the
malaria thus engendered; and White Germans
had been growing Cotton proftably IN Texas
for many years prior to the outbreak of tho Re-
belon. To-day, no man even affects to doubt
that Cotton can be produced by White labor to
any desired extent, and produced at proht
when its price shall have fallen to onc.third OF
what it now is.
We Of course lay little stress on the predic-
tions of further trouble at the South. If the
Blacks could be goaded into insuuection, they
would be; but they are too wise and too patient
for that; and, as to White revolt, the expert
ences of the late struggle are so bitter and so
recent that we apprehend no renewal of the ex-
pertinent in lifetime. What Rebel gall still
rankles in Southern breasts will find safe out
let in cursing New.England and devising fresh
fetters, tortures and humiietions for the Blacks.
Sill, we think il but prudent for Northern I'M
migrants to settle in clustcrs so that they may,
if need be, defend and sustain each other against
lawless malignity.
The South needs labor-a great deal Of it..
Florida Las scant 10000 inhabitants: she
ought to have One Million before 1910, and
Five Millions by 1900. Virginia, within her
present limits, has scarcely 100000; she
needs Five Millions before 1900. Silk, Wine,
Fruits and Vegetables for preservation and
worldwide diffusion, the South can and will
Inoduce in vast quantities: we hope to sec her
rival China in the abundance, variety and
quality of her Teas: but for the present,
Cotton must be her great staple. To pay 81
for each fair days work in the cotton field,
and sell the product at 25 cents per pound, is q
better business tnan the farmers or auy country
r have known; and We believe Cotton will aver.
age more than 25 cents i'll gold per pound fol
the next two or three years. He who can pro
duce it and do Mt, or produces less than he fairly
y might evinces q sad lack Of common sense
n Every "hsnd" who is accustomed TO growing
SCotton should he employed at it forthwith; ant
s. then as many Whites as can be procured at les
a than S25 per month beside board and lodging
Of Cotton growing to-day beats gold-mines out o
- - sight.
But prosperous Agriculture requires and en-
;. ploys crowds Of Mechanics. These will be Il
,e large demand wherever Cotton-growing
:. resumed with energy. OF old, the Whit
= mechanic had but poor chance at the South
, In flush times he was employed and well paid
=. but so soon as work grew slack, he was dis
- charged; because his negro rival, being chat
Q tel, must be kept at work at any price-tel
l. cents per day rather than leave him idle. SO tn
White mechanic was but pilgrim at the South
and either came away after season or fel
into slfiftess courses. The abolition of Slavery
. changes all this; it creates demand for highe
skill and more decided efficiency than was com
mon among slave carpenters blacksmiths, &c.
better dwellings, better implements, &C., DC.
} and moro of them, will soon DO required; ant
we believe million good mechanics, with tbel
families may wisely migrate to'what wert
lately the Slave States within the next five
years.
Yet, in the face of the grand openings fol
Labor Of all kinds at the South as well rs at the
West, our cities remain overcrowded with people
who are vainly seoking-some Of them even beg,
ging-employment Ought they to be pited
Probably yes; since even lazness and unwis-
dom are not only faults but misior.unes. Bat
we tell you, fruitless seekers Of work where
it is not, you can only find it by going where 1t
is. 1t cannot be brought to you or created for
YOU; but it can be found if you will wisely seek
it. This City and its suburbs have this day
Quarter Of Million more inhabitants than