The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-03-15
ANY other place I have ever Known. :

: Tis true there are horse thieves her
n as well as in the North, and as thi
4 country is more sparsely settled tina
s Ohio, Of course they have better op
r portunity to escape with their booty
e beyond this there appears to be a
. good order hero as in the North, wit
9 as much safety to person and proper
{ ty. In fact, in this respect, unde
all the circumstances, it.is truly as
tonishing. Reflect for a moment tina
while the North was engaged in wa
} away from her own soil, and that sh
realized but little Of tho real horror
, Of such a state, her capitalists making
colossal fortunes, aud all branche
of industry prospering beyond pre-
ccdcnt, yet it is very plain 20 see th,
demoraliziug influences it has left up
on her people. On the other hand
in the South every one had war a
their very doors the best young mel
were nearly all destroyed public snt
private property nearly all taken, ant
the whole economy of their institu
tions overturned, and yet in loss thar
one year from the cessation of hos.
tilities, under all the crushing powci
Of the Government, we find them qui
ct and peaceful citizens, pursuing
their accustomed vocations as though
nothing had happened, and | canno
perceive that the dcmoralizing innu
cnce Of war has extended to a greater
number here than in the North.
Our mails arrive mi-occasionally
and the papers are too irregular to
keep us well posted in Congressional
doings, but from what light We have
We think President johnson has done
wise thing in yctoing the E" Freed.
mems Bureau Bill, " as that. bureau
has all the powers aud privileges now
that circumstances demand. The
poor American citizen Of African
descent is far from being as igno-
rant and helpless as you may imagine
There is great demand for his labor
in fact there are not half laborers ia
cultivate the soil, therefore, those who
pay the best wages aud trcnt them the
best will have hands enough while
those who deal unjustly with them,
will soon be obliged to see his lands
lie idle or sell out. This gives the
laborer the same advantage over cap
ital that he has in the North, for |
need not say that the laborcr has the
advantage of the employer in all pla.
ces where labor is not in excess Of the
demand, which is far from being the
case in this country. We have forty
hands, and for first class male hands
we pay 1925 per year, and females
1925 exclusive of board and house
rent. Can northern laborers do much
better? Contrary to all expectation
do not hesitate to say that one ne.
gro here is worth three white labor.
crs. This will astonish all who read
it, but It's nevertheless true, to sec
our gang of plows go is really a curl,
osity; much of the time the mules &c
on trot, and the greatest punishment
we can innict upon negro is to give
him u slow team.
Having had considerable rain We
have as yet got only 400 acres plowed
which is about. one half we expect tC
cultivate.
The mercury at noon to day, stood
at 1869 in the sun. Peach aud plum
trees are in full blossom. We have
planted corn and potatoes and made
garden, while | presume you are shiv.
cring around good fires. Who would
live in your cold, freezing climate
where you have to work hard siS
months in a year to feed yourselves
and your stock through the six months
of winter, when there is such abun
dance Of good land here to be had Sc
cheap, and this in the very garden o
the world, 'Tis wonder how | stood
it so long.
Many know nro deferred by fcal
Of the Southern people, aud some per,
lhaps by the freedmen, oil this is pure
nonsense, provided always that north,
ern mon coming here have sens
enough to keep u civil tongue, but b
this | do not mean that man shaI
stultify himself to keep peace wi,
his neighbors; no, we must rcmembe
that they have been defeated in thei
darling scheme Of separate Govern
ment, etc, etc, and that their wound
ed feelings are yet tender, and there
fore should not be ,coRtoniy probcd.
. For want of money aud labor a vas
Y amount of land will remain uncult
5 waited this season, which will probabl
u keep cotton up to its present price
z theS add to this the attempt of Cor
l gress to lay heavy export duty upo
IS it (ostensibly for revenue, hut real
for the protection of Eastern mau,
,. facturos,) and you may guess tn