American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-11-09
lm0 IN EVIL AND THE REMEDY.

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moth co with our own views, hereto !
III he euunciated in these columns
h 'Ias we take the liberty OF copying
'"sontire, for the benefit OF orr read
on IL Nothing is more clear to the
thenthern men of reflection than the
trumt that at the South labor and cap
al must be diversified, in order to
Jaw omote the prosperity and enhance
sbele material wealth of our section.
hes9tton is no long King, "'and the
the Irro and the mule are "played
ons az reliable institutions of the
It 81 nth, But here is what the Bulletin
he Tvs on the subject:
mos Troubled and confused by the
he events of the war-otten dlscouraIeo
rennd sometimes made reckless by lls
verses and the deep wounds It's ne
:, clGavcments had left behnd-the
witouthern people failed to pecelve, on
'seeheir return to peaceful occulallone
of I'll the duties the changed aspect o'
sr, ings.entailed. InStinctlvely, polio-
peral action was looked to as the ore'eN-
to trater against a tide OF ills that SET
ann with mercilesS force, toward tue
Oh unhappy South. Political action was
h,,roved TO he a blade with two edges,
,,,bgounding the hand that welded IT,
hs,s often as the enemy against WHOM
II was directed. AS this discovery
,slywas making, another fact was reveal
thing itself-that cotton had ceased 10
,bsbe a paving commodity to the pro
h,,lucerand this indicated that more
~ direct remedy for our ills must be
b, sought, than is to be found IN the
81 political pharmacop4la.. Inns rene
DIV consists in substituting, to GER
tain extent at least, other productS
81 for 20 ton increasing the number o.
articles produced ; and adding to ag
Ae rculturc, where circumstances are
favorable, the profitable results o
- manufactures. ca
The conviction that the Soutl
-, must thus widen the sphere OF he
'Ns industrial relations, IS now Amos
universally expressed. Our southern
up newspaper exchanges show that IN
diminished price Of cottOn-like IFS
wall of dungeon has let IN a 400
en- of light, by which the means OF tit
liyerauc, are discovered 1ha mes
ne senger of danger, becoming the ang'
that leads to deliycrance-a clou
bv day, but lighted up with Clown
peat the ciy-cotton must no Iohgt
be our reliance in the the countr
- we must grow corn, wheat, tobacco
and raise stock, whatever experienc
points out as BEST in the towns, W
must have manufactures. AdverS
"a ty, ugly and venomous. as Shaks
peare tells MS, carries yet a preciou
20 Jewel in its head. The brilliance G
that Jewel has just caught our ey,
f. and we should spare no pains, II
thought, no energy, until we elias
- it as our own possession.
Variety of production is the imm'
~, date object, through which the ult
mate Que of renewed prosperity is
be gained. What are the means b
al which that object can be accomplish
ed. Obviously the indispensable
NJ, prerequisite is the presence anon
us of men skilled in the occupation
y, We desire to engage in-we want th
experience and labor of practical az
riculturists in the country, and {
intelligent and Industrious mechaI
= les in the towns. The first necessit!
in short, isimmigration. That necess
ty is acknowledged, and everywhel
societies are springing up to suppl
the want, as far as labor for the agr
cultural districts is concerned.
The country population must r.
member, however, that in order
attract labor, labor must be offere
the rewards to which it's value ent
ties it, and the honorable recognitiO
to which its intrinsic dignity gives
lust claim. In the West. many hou
ishipg settlement has been made b
alternate lots of ground being give
to settlers making certified improve
meuts. If we be not called upon, i
these settled districts, to give ava
lands, we must at least hold OurSelve
in readiness to sell at very moderat
rates, that by increase of population
of business, and of advantages c
transit and tCafc, the two hundre
acres that we retain may be of NOR
value than thousand acres weT
before We sold eight hundred from il
This is a mole of working additio
by the rule of subtraction which on
Southern landholders are general
unacquainted with, but the value G
which those of the West have full
demonstrated. To those who are, il
snrtain degree, his guest, the gene
rous Southerner cannot fail to shON
kindness and hospitality; TO thes
virtues must he added some patien
Iorbearauce with the immigrants nC
lid nsaad preiudices, the consequence
of'education in foreign lands, firml
relying OH experience and self-intt
rest to induce the stranger to adOp
at length, views and modes of actio
adapted to his new home.
In cities and places adapted t
manufactures, the mechanic must
attracted by pay and steady employ
msnt, and BY the assurance that hi
presence will he hailed with plea
ure. and that his new neighbors vi
gladly assist to secure his welfare