Litchfield enquirer., 1866-12-06
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 Destination at the Eouth.

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 All accounts agree that the last crop ati the South is far below what. is necessary to- carry her people through to the next har-; vest:'' Many causes have combined to pro- da,ce so unfortunate a result: The, public
 attention was turned so exclusively tonthe cultivation of cotton that alla.other crops
 were to a great extent neglected, and the
 planter risked everything en that single
 venture The unsettled system of labor,
 theifailufe of the old cotton seed generally
 used in the first ntinggIi ilngi. the drought and
 the army worms shavenearlN Nruinedithis s ears.
 crop of cotton, 1esviig the planter Aon41f der ing iii debt with no prospect of relief be, fore the nextharyests The, labor question is still furtheraompicated by the inability
 of such planters as have contrac ted Wit With
 laborers, for. payment of..wages, to- fulfil their contracts; while the negroes .whoihave
 contracted fora portion of the crops find
 after g years labor, that the promise of re-
 numeratipn has. been delusiTe: Army ofi= cers havefbeen obliged to continue issuing ratiohs and the" Southern Governors. all
 unite in s expecting an interval of extreme hardship after thetpresent crop is consum.l ed before the next can be harvested ,'oi / In commenting m ne, on this state off things
 the N. Y, Tribune lays much of 6 the blame
 on the indolence of the Southern people.
 This censure seems to us ufiduly harsh. That a population accustomed to manual
 labor like that of the North, B would. have;
 ever been thus reduced to the verge of star
 vation, is not probable: :p',Y Yet, the cotton venture was was ai ap enticing one, and the cause
 of its failure unforeseen. almost unavoidable
 taking into account the, total want Of ccaipi. ccaipi..
 tai and of credit. In the matter of,manual
 labor Southerners have certainly: learned much. Itis true that they have avoided is as far as possible; have caught eaeNrly. at all shifts short,of 1t. Such is humaG .nalt ture everywhere. Nevertheless, comparin4g,
 the present coalition of, tbe Southern white
 of the better sclass with his condition before the war, no one can doubt that he has, s,made a great, advance, towards seH7helpfu fitness,
 and thongh with the greatest reluctance, towards genuine flee labor system That.
 he looks upon the present arrangement as
 merely temporary, that he; would throw the
 negro into his old state of dependence if
 possible, is what we ought to expect. 2s9!',lo : What, we deem harsh is the holding men 1esn so trained to the rigid rule which guides
 our judgment aof: Northefners. 3.e When Qon- oducer takes off his coat and common ces to work, he deserves neither sneew, nor indifference, but eneouragement. b1 His first endeAvors are exdEesdng weak 1nnnisdi: rected, ineffective; y9t they cost him more pain than men trained to labor during life, l cas, conceive. such attempts are aanira- ble not for what they accomplish. but for what they promise. They especially. de- 1 serve the generous appreciation of a people like ours. We have never believed that l the goverr1nm Ii ent which has, destroyed slave ry can ever be popular withithis generation ofiSoutherners. Still less; can the men I ghao insist that slavery shall be extn guish- ,, ed not only in nau,e but in nature, nexpectiE anything but dislike approachingto hatred Still, if we do our manifest duty. kindlyI if We act for, the. Southern. bleek, not against the Southern white, five keep that bitterness, which we condemn in thenn,s out of our own M, hear Southern people will lyet. be our friends. rs The tone of the. sentence of the Tribune,s ehto! l riaf .l, to ds l g aP ,so5 aag aug sl .'SInfhe meanwhile We hope that Congress- will E consider the propriety of Eestoring to the Ereed, mems Rngeaa the power to relieve, the stafyngt to provide. 3 lis1t fo 7! z ] Charity, so offered, may. in ieaseief dire necessity, be aqeepted; but it will harden the receiver even nlors than the give. sff any 5! pogttiiaR of onr must, indeed callE onl the government for hsaeaiia we lhopeI r may not be given as thoHgh tWsre a'stane I; Let be offered { #. eond ally,4 Thoroughly as i've. believe illltthe Ultimate necessity of aniFeisal suffrage, Nef would never dssndaftl itiih fetrirn for fsliiest
 rpma phi sMtaryatien. M ya .ia.ia ioi .r,.sa sdTi The 4ttitioai fee tllB. Southern people afet;; ,ay; h the school ol ol $ more han 1iil ipilspial dear; but if they are true tala hemselses,o this hard task iMiH deI4aoreste il nvigorate tAe race; than sueh ei aY preassded the ,ai ;sio scotland has been to thel5 Bgifishi Empite, l. Fhat, New Enghndhas beewto the UaAedfj