Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-17
From the New Orleans cre.csnt.l 3

Southern Necessities II
From the New Orleans crescentsl tat 4
Speaking Of the necessities of the South at
this moment, gentleman, day or two ago,
remarked In the course Of conversation, "the
South doesn't want Conventions, or Legisla-l
ton, lectures or speeches she wants money
and mules. Give her money and mules,
and she viii get along very well" In one
sense, the gentleman was perfectly right.
He did not, perhaps, mean that the South
needs nothing but money and mules 10 en-
able her TO reach the summit of earthly
prosperity, and the acme of human bliss
but simply that, as hor calamities are mate
rial and physical. at least, those of har ca
lamifies which are durable, 80 her needs and
her remedies rlust be material and physical
likewise. Hence money and mules" may
be considered general expression for those 4
things of which we at the South are now in /
want, for the purpose of recognizing our
industrial system and regaining our wanted
prosperity.l " & HAA - AA.Ea. "A
We have already shown that capital 10 set
the springs of industry in motion is abso-
lutely necessary. To be sure we have re-
ceived large sum in return for the cotton
which we had on hand at the close Of the
war; but that sum was by no means more
than enough 10 supply our current necessi-
ties and 70 pay of q portion OF our obliga-
lions. We want a good deal more capital TO
enable us 10 begin business again, with fair
prospect OF success. But as the North and,
in fact, the whole world, is 50 vitality inter
ested In obtaining our great staples, and es
agricultural in the South promises for time
TO be more profitable than any other invest
ment we presume that there will be no lack
q pecuniary facilities Companies are al
ready in process Of formation, for the pur
pose Of working Soashern lands under pur-
chase or lease or in partnership with the
proprietors. Thesharp instinct OF the money \
owners will soon teach them that their best
prospect of large profit is to be found in
enterprises of this sort. Consequently there
can b. little doubt that the stock Of these ag
riculturai companies will be eagerly taken
up in Northern cities.
But we have one or two other needs which
are pressingly felt Throughout the South
One Of these--that OF labor-is 80 vital, that,
unless il be promptly provided for, nothing
will remain for as in the immediate future
but disaster and ruin. Without labor, all
the wealth Of Pactolian streams, converted
into infinite greenbacks, would be powerless
20 wiring from the earth its treasured store Of
riches Beneath the surface Of otr lands
vast and untouched mines lie hidden from
the day. Wehave an immense area Of vir-
gin soil yet unbroken by the pillow. The
fertile bosom of the earth needs only the
hand OF labor TO bloom into all the opulence
of cotton and sugar and tobacco. But the
hand Of labor is withheld. The ores must
lie hidden in the mines, the virgin soil must
remain untouched by the pillow, the bosom
Of the earth must still fold in its close en-
brace its potential cotton and sugar and to-
bacco, until we find means to avail ourselves
OF this tantalizipg plethora ofwealth. What
makes the situation all the more annoying
is that we have actually among us the labor
which would suffice for all our purposes. We
have large negro population, used to work,
constituting indeed our laboring class, which
has, in times past, assisted us in producing
those crops which gave to the South so envi-
able and conspicuous position among agri-
cultural communities. The negroes are still
here but, in spite Of all entreaties; in spite
Of the inducements OF high wages, good food
and comfortable lodging and sufficient cloth
ing; in spite OF the most ample guarantees
Of kind treatment and protection, they re-
fuse to make any contracts for the current
year. They prefer to live from hand 10
mouth, taking no heed of the future, and
they live, for the present in idleness, and
where, for the future, they must live in mis-
cry,
This sad resul, would have been avoided
had the minds Of those simple and ignorant
creatures not been exalted by false hopes,
and misled by false friends. They are still
dreaming that some impossible revolution is
in preparation for them, by which they will
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labor and permitted 20 pass their lives in
luxury and ease. But such state OF things
cannot last. The people oftheSouth are not
prepared to be utterly ruined. They have
not lost their energy or their hope. II the
negroes who constitute the natural working
population, will net do the duty which is al
lotted TO them-the duty which is done
cheerhilly by white people in other commu-
nities-we must simply get labor elsewhere,
aud get Il quickly too. II the Northern
people, therefore, desire to see the industry
OF the South resuscitated-if they want to
partake Of that opulent banquet which
Southern resources offer TO the world, they
must not only send us money and mules"
but that labor which alone will make "mon-
ey ard mules" available. At least they must
cease those agitations which drive the ne
groes to idleness, and assist us IN making
them see that their only hope Of a comfor-
table existence or Of any existence at ALL is in
performing their part Of the work of our
society--thnt is 10 say, the manual labor.
At the present moment we are suffering
even for domestic servants The trials Of
a New York housekeeper are heavenly en-
ioyments compared with what the mistress
Of Southern family now has TO endure. In
some cases the old kindly relation between
the family and the servants has been main
tanned; but, as general thing, it is ALSO
lutely impossible 10 procure any sort trust
worthy household assistance. A months
service. even Of the most irregular kind, Is
rarely obtained now from any negro. Ser
wants seem 10 think that one Of the greatest
privileges Of their new found freedom is that
Of changing places. IL il not unc2mmon for
-sa-~sss fcssse u nsrnffy % the pleasures OF
washed clothes. They regard their services |
30 much in the light OF favor to the en-
ployer that they resent commands, or even |
suggestions as an insult and an outrage. |
Never, we imagine, in the history of the |
civilized world, has whole people been 30 |
much annoyed and bedeyiicd as the South |
en- people by the total deficiency OF that |
which Is called help" at the North. OF |
course there is remedy for this, but il is
rather slow in coming. The remedy con-
sisls in that influx Of domestics from other |
countries which may reasonably be antici-
pated as soon as the inorlinate demands Of |
this country are known. Good servants we
sigh for and so do our wives. GoodservantS /
we must have, or eur tempers viii 90 TO ir- |
reiricsable rack and ruin, and every woman
in the South be converted into q Mrs Cau-
die, which calamity may Heaven avert
PicgISe pooKErs An FUksRAls.--An interest.
inR gri Of sixteen years was convicted in the New
York Court u Special Sessions Of peekcf picking
~ funerais. il appeared from the testimony ofons
witness that death occurred IN his hense aud AZ
the fnefal the prisoner came in. pretending 10 be
q moufner, and her movements around the room
led him 10 suspect her motives White all were
enenroa In prayer be netirced the prisoner glide i
10 the side Of a woman wkowaS deeply affected
aad insert her hand In the womans pocket.
The week previous death had occurred in his
brothcr-in- laws family. and he saS the prisoner
there, aud afef the funef&l wa over tive hundred
dollars was ionnd 10 hive beer stolen from one ef
the iioarnerss
A MISERABLE old bachelor, who knows
that the present is not Leap Year, says;
- II you meet yosl-g LADY who Is not very
shy. Won had better be little shy your