The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-19
REJOICINGS OVER THE RECENT ELECTIONS
TINE POLITICAL SITUATION IN VIRGINIA
Quarrel Among the Radicals o.
North Carolina
AFT AIRS IN TEX AS.
VIRGINIA.
SPECIAL toaalspekulsce of IHf HERALD.

stOn OF Dsiesascs-vioienc OF fIunnfcutt-Ns
Tcrms With Conservatives.
RcuhoSp, Oct II. 1907.
eipoe the recent elections In the North plainly
AsAted that the people would not support Congress
~ revolutionary efforts 10 Asricanize the South,
marked change has come over The whitea tbs South
Many prominent pewspapers and men who. ,despaa'nl
; ~ any better terms. preparing to advis'
Or were advising acquiescenco in tho viii o.
Congress and favoring the calling OF CONVEX
tton, are now opposing that measure reac
sion pervades every political circle, and at present
III 10 involved N chaos, nothing definite having YET
bscn resolved upon. The whites animated by
fetal aversion TO anything growing out Of the recon
s,ructon acts Of Congress-, and the feeling is
strongly 10 vote "aganat . convention at the same
slime they vote for delegates TO the Constitutional Con-
senton for whose election General Schoned has issued
m order prescribing the mode, order, &c. To the
present, however, no delegates OF conservative charac
Ter have been nominated and II this 10 not done
day before the election takes place tho Convention win
certainly he held as in voting for or against
Sion delegates have also TO be voted for The radical
scket for the Convention will be nominated on Monday
next a. mass meeting called for that purpose and
Shere s little doubt that il will be successful in the city,
In view OF the black majority here. Should they
preserve their organization and remain undivided.
ninsd . few days since The radical blacks
have become infected with the reaction couta
Glon, and disorder and confusion exist in their ranks
The ''Sambos' and 'Cuflees,n intensely radical and
heretofore devoted TO the great hogu Hunnicut are
feat OF the negro suffrage amendment and attribute It's
failure to the great incendary and radical extremist that
daily proclans negro domination 10 the South from his
and learn that movement Is on foot to hold another
meeting subsequent to Hunnicutps on Monday an d
nominate conservative ticket. which may probably
divide the radicals and at least throw them into coniu.
sion.
indications to be goaded 10 desperation, and to-day he
gives warning as follows
''No conservative candidate need approach for our
q gel Neither
money, smiles, frowns, threats We
IRE more than ever determined to use our influence for
the most RADICAL intelligent men In tho city. The pow
eYs Of earth never move us from our fixed prnc-
pies. So roll up and itch IN, men, Raw head and
bloody bones is the story old women used to tell to
scare the Mule ones Radicals rally rally. Victory is
ours II we do our whole duty
Amid all these political movements and excitenoenls
one common feeling animates all the white people here
and that il that radcasm Us defeated and more pros
porous peaceful and happier times are ahead.
The report from Washington that General Scholed
ordered there by the President for consultation
affairs relating to this district probably untrue
The General having completed his urgent official bust
hees went there private matters WELL il is stated
70 recoperate his health, winch has lately been quite
The Revolution mt the s0uth-The Theory Of
Small Farms versus Large Plantntioos-Pe-
culiarities of Southern PrOducts-Their Cuiti-
vhti6n by Associated Capital and LabOr-Thc
Great Demand for Capitnl-The Labor Sys-
scm-The Negro an Evil that Must be Toie-
rated-How 10 Work Him EGectnniiy.
i RICHMOND, Va, Oct l3, 1867.
In the present anomalous condition Of the South when
her social system dsorganxed her labor imperative
her political status nullity her population sparse CAPT
sal-none, and living under q military despoiism,
many questions arise which require the gravest dslbera
zion from those whose influence will be instrumental in
restoring this great and productive section Of country
% agricultural commercial and industrial prosperity
eincs the abolition Of slavery, and property hold.
su and landed proprietors found themselves without
labor To cultivate their large estates or prosecute
industrial pursuits Of any kind, a cry has
arisen both North and South TO sell the
large plantations ard divide them among small pur.
Oh asers into small farms. This is the popular
scheme but it is that will undoubtedly operate dis
astrousi in the South at present. and VIII become a
theory productive Of agaransn, in view OF the pot
cal revolution in progress. The selling OF the great
seates 10 small purchasers II small purchasers could be
had with capital buy in the first instance aud then TO
successfully cultivate, would no doubt be an advantage
in restoring prosperity; but when IL is receiiected that
o. attempts to induce immigration OF foreigners with
a! have failed, and that the pltcous and mplorng
lnds OF Souherners for capital have received cold
80 everywhere IL will be seen that the continual
sell the thousands of large estates in the South
Jesuit in cen1scation by state governments, under
The radicals and the abolition OF poll taxes to be placed
on lands Farming cultivation Is exception 10 the
general rule and has always been found that large
sociations, whether Of labor otherwise have been
failures The success OF any enterprise must depend
solely upon the ability energy, enterprise and the
sessful use OF the means the party possesses WIZ oe
suits controlled will also apply TO agriculture IN tho
south and that the successful cultivation Of large PLAN
satou must depend upon the amount Of capital cxpcnd.
Cd aud the energy Of the party and careful consider
alton OF the matter will show that the South large
estates be more advantsgeousy cultivated than
small ones Certain circumstances regards facilities
In the way OF labor climate prodnctveness OF the EARTH
and COW enience TO profitable markets. will considerably
n fba M ami
the practical man would not DO slow to take advantage
hut In general way 10 the South large farms will be tho
successful ones and time and practice will fully demon
strats this theory In former days the bloody had
cast his grim shadows upon this rich and fertile portion Of
ths country. The products from which untold wealth
amassed, and from which the OF the nation
derived thor greatest income, cotton, tobacco rico
and sugar and 10 from the cultivation OF these that
che South must look forward prosperity. Take
any one OF theee great staples and consider what would
or twenty ike the producers OF fruit In New York and
New Jersey The inference 10 at once apparent that
suen moao OF gs,sm would no. DO practical The
trial department in the North aud 10 Europe in the last
century 10 the ono now applicable at the South and that
Is that enterprises be accomplished by
cated labor and capital With the increase OF capital
expense decreases and in small enterprises the expense
has always been found to be greater in propor-
ilon to the amounted invested. Thus, when
looking TO the vast plantations and farms
OF the South where cotton rice sugar and tobacco are
ihe products II viii at onco bo apparent that the only
hope for their successful cultivation once is
20 sell them in patches, but either to retain them in
possession OF present TO sell them 10 cspitf-
ists who able to purchase entire estate and cult
vste H. None OF thom can DO carried on without
the aid OF steam, in the gin house, tue rice mill
or the sugar mill, and the planter or Managers
20 DO this will require capital, and plenty OF u
too. Hcre IL the real want OF the South at this
time-capitaL The appeal comes in almost despairirg
tones from tho brakes OF the Mississippi valley,
from the vast cotton fes OF the gulf states ftontb
rice plantations OF South Carolina FROM the pine
OF the North STATE and from the tobacco regions OF the
Old dominion: but no capital comes, aud the planter
hangs bis head Ia despair the negro lounges Idly in The
Sun and attends 10 politics. tbe half fed stock
about IN search OF subsistence and great
lay waste, all in the absence OF lcspilaL When
Will this beautiful and once happy portion
sy again resume the roe she once so proudly played
mistress Of treasure, unreasonable productive wealth.
aud filled with happiness JOY and prosperity alas
desoated despsiring and heartbroken section with
yield OF the two centuries Of her existence swept
iessly away by cruel four years OF
There nothing left the Southern people but IN cir
lands 10 sell which will be destructive to every interest
now In store for them Il there s any either present