The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-02-06

@ate and pres lg, rat, ID order to ag th
eaeration tnueb good, it must come from ii
We should invite it therefore By all libera
acls and especially by kindly and uotrejudiced Sc
cat intercourse and We believe our people viii
Thai cw officers Of sbc army hare been refused id
1aanee to Southern society, We know, has been Ii.
10csbor Of complaint and urged as proof Of tfsIoY
: silly. That campfoilowers-ucgro w ogsGYippers i
the main-sh0ntd foil 10 secure any social recognition
except tEom thcir colored friends, NAV be expects
always. When speak Of inviting capital from til
North, and giving welcome to Northern men, VI
mean, Of course, such men as are really men of wort
at hore--who would bring here their money, thei
families, their industry and their business. w
should be glad to "minge populations with men o
this solt-and when they come, proper welcome
does and will await them: =.E
Editors Southern Cultirator-The great and press
ing need OF tire South at this time is capital Itis no
labor, as Is commonly supposed. There more la
boers here now than we are able proitaby to employ
1t has long ago been discovered by economists, thai
the demand for labor in any country, is in direct pro
portion to the capital Of that country. In the vast
and fertile plains of the Amazon in Mexico, in Africa
in Asia Minor there are unlimited natural capacities
for production, with very sparse populations, yet
demand for labor. IF laborer to go to those
countries he would get renuneratiyc employment
But in England, in Belgium, in Holland, with the
deHsest populations On the globe, the demand is
SAINT and increasing The is that in the for
mer countries capital is not foundn the latter it is
| Now, IN the Southern States, capital has been al
most annhiiated. The tax returns Of Georgia show a
dimnuton Of four-tlthS Of the taxable property of
/ the State since 1860 Georgia is fair specimen of
all. Yet the population is nearly as large ii was
then. This is the reason-or at least the chief rea-
sOn-of the paesent distressed condition of the coun-
/ try: and it is one that will not be remedcd by any
| Importation Of aborcrs from Germany or anywhere
else. For it there two possible of relief
One is, by Industry and trugay- beginning at the
bottom to build up capital again, by saving and
mutation This will require generations to accom-
plish. What we had in 1850 the accumulation Of
eighty years, and was swept away in four. We who
are now adults do not wish to wait so long.
|. There Is other and quicker remedy. 1t is to
have capital brought into the country from without
We need not expect to get it ourselves by borrowing
Orr credit IS more completely gone than oar cash
Nor is the repudating spirit manifest in Legisla
ture at all likely to revive it. We must induce cap
tasts to and settle among us, and bring their
means with them, and employ it here. Without this,
ruin is likely to be permanent it is crushing
We are poorer to-day than year ago; and
without the means to cultivate ands--to raise
manufacturing or mechanical entcrprscs-or to de-
veope mining res0urccs-we may, for aught can
sec, get poorer every year, by the simple process Of
consuming more than can make. And this brings
us to the point of practical interest Whence are we
to look for influx of capitaissol men of energy
and enterprise with means adequate to the develope
ment Of the idle capabilities of wasted coun-
try? The answer is, from the North, and from no.
where else. 1t is in vain to talk of Europeans who
have the means CT comfortable living at home coming
TO the South. These classes stay in Europe. But
they may come from the North, and if property en-
Outraged, they would do So They perfectly
of the vast field open in the South for enterprise
and industry if backed by capital; and the genial
III, &c
with means and credit to come here but for two OBJ
staclee.
One Of these it is not in our power to remove, OK
cept indirecty-I mean the unsettled and insecure
condition of political affairs. The other is in
power and should be removed whereverit exists; and
that the Of cordially and kindness believed
least to exist at the South against settlers from the
North. To what extent this apprehension is we'll
founded do not personally know but it is felt by
immigrants, and that it does operate to prevent the
very desirable movement OF which have spoken.
sure that any danger Of personal harm or direct
insult to gentleman from the North is wholly fabu-
lous but that is not enough No will take UP his
home among a people where his FAMILY is excluded
from the hospaIities and courtcsies OF social life
where hisut6 will have no visitors, and lis cbHdrenno
playmates.
r. therefore, We arc to look for aid to Northern i'm
migration, this state Of things wherever it exists
must lie changed; and inasmuch the belief to
Wich have alluded prevails at the North, it should
be removed By rather more than ordinary kindness
and courtesy to such rs do try the experiment. Ev
crv Northern family coming to the South, whether as
residents visitors, (supposing, OF COURSE that they
are themselves disposed to be friends and neighbors
should he made to feel the refnements Of Southern
society, and tie charms, far as our poverty will
permit, Of Southern hospitality. have only alluded
to the policy Of this course, with view to The inter-
ests of the South. l would urge the course,
however, as duty incumbent a christian and
cultivated people; butt leave that branch of the sub
ject to the reflection of your readers.
One remark-but one of vital importance, on the |
political bearing Of this succt-I will to offer
If the Saxons could, in any way have kept the Nor
mans in a separate part Of England they would them
selves have continued oppressed and down-troddcn
caste to this day. 1t was because they mingled
AID IN contact, that they fused into the great English
people, and the very names of Saxons and Normaus
were forgotten. The South is united to the North for
good for evil. Our effort to gain separate nation
atty has failed, and will not be renewed As long as
we persist in keeping ourselves distinct-as long
a separate classso loug will We the weaker
section, be more or less under the ban.
Our salyat0nis to rnii gle populations much as
possible. Every Southern family that goes to the |
North to reside--evcry Northern family that comes
South to resIde-is Il new bond Of sympathy, and
new security against hatred, misunderstanding and
wrong. We not known appreciated lit the
North The widest and most fabulous tales about Us
find credence there and the CHEF instruments Of
those whose trade it is 10 sta up yiDdctiye passions
Let their own brothers ard sisters among us
let them tell their friends what really arc, and they
will soon dispel all these ISLANDERS.
It can be done in other way. I submit this sub
ect Mr. Editor the good sense Of your readers It
written in the hope Of doing good, ard Of showing
10 my countrymen, and especially to my country
women the way in which any one Of them to whom
lie opportunity may be offered, may be Of service to
the desolate and distressed South. II.
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GoyERNoRs MEssAGE.-In another column will be
found Governor Wells annual message to the Legs-
ature. In speaking OF it, the New Orleans Times
saws:
The message of Gov. Wells fills too large aspace
in columns. The Governor has managed to work
himself into such position that bis views and recon-
will receive far less consideration than
usually accorded to such communications Even what
be says Of STATE and city affairs that may be in ac-
corda1ce with sound policy and the opinions Of the
intelligent and rejecting OF citizens, will give little
N eight or strength to the he recommends.
The poison contained in the paragraph of the message
concerning political relations, taints and corrupts the
whole document, and excludes it from all kindly and
vorablc consideration the part of the vast majority
# the LEGISLATURE and the people.
"a Governor. who so disregards the will of the
,oo,1o h. r,,opo vii, and suffrage he holds his Office