The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-09-25
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The Southern Future.

The following editorial article from !ne
New York Times, contains some senslole
suggestions, which oar people would 40
well to consider and act.upon3;
The South has great power and reserv-
ed resources, no less important W Oneus
some errors SO constantly taught by the
s,Isce:hunters, that the whole people De-
rin to believe them true. One OF these
$sypo,s is that the South is to pass under
she. domination of the freedmen. All!
sens;hle men in the South: have acquiesced
in legal and political emancipation, Inc ne
;n3;cations are inndoubted that no dis
orimination of these rights viii be en-
bodied. In the law or in the dealings De-
trcen white sands black. The ensuing
election Will terminate much OF the eX- :.
cifem ,nt, for the indifference OF the poll,
tician tofstf voter after the election is
notorious. The relations between EN-
pFay1er and operative will then ADJUST
themselves = - -,
,FBnts the apprehension of a colored su-
premacy has entered into the popular
mind ri6dlshis here aswell as atthc South, and sas
itWillimpedos osemigration to the South, IT
IS as wen to disabuse tao public mind OF
the. error. The gross number OF white
males in the Southern. States is 2, l3o,Sog;'
that of the freedmen 1,299,94l. 1t will
be-. seen, therefore, that the white race Is IS
in se eeXcesssoif the colored in the Southern
States moro than a quarter OF amilllon OF
men. The local distribution OF these
numbers shows that there is a majority
ofs2.370. freedmen in Mississippi, and
6a39 IN South Carolina. AS the advocate
OF harmony. between the races on, the
basis of equal legal rights, we desire the
freedmen to remember that the limitation
.of the franchise does not affect tho COM
;narativet numerical ability of the two
races; bnt that this majority of quarter
Yf million of whites remains to work
eliat nature will emancipatc them in a
few years. That while there can be no
more black Immigration into the South,
thcre.win be large white immigration,
with relatively large white increase.
The supremacy of tho colored race will
ee but temporary and local. They should
therefore take their rights and be salts
fed: Theyshould not lay the foundation
of anv discomfort which may be rcvenged
bv retaliation at future period. Such
is-our advice. 'rhe white race are in lit
tie danger of losing any right which they
are not willing to concede. The colored
race should observe moderation at the
present to prevent retaliation in the fu-
turc.
The South should, moreover, learn the
truth that tits no longer ali equal section
1t is. indeed, no longer a section at all,
and should hasten to;desectionaize itself.
1t should be content to. pass into the
masses of the nation, only claiming such
power as. its representative numbers and
substance srce cnt:tIe it to. The great staples
of Southern production are as much OBJ
iects of national concern as the gold o:
California. 1T has been shown by the
authority of Hunts Merchants Magazine,
that the proportion of values exported
BY The South during the war is greater,
In In respect. to the gross national values i'm
ported, than it was before the war; This
involves necessity on the part OF the
natives to repair the icyees and deepen
the channel of the Mississippi, as also to
the cotton planter and operative all the
aid which the Government can bcstow.
competition between the English
cotton. grower and the American cottol,-
grower-the competition between the
American cotton-spinner and the English
cotton.spinner,. is becoming of eminent
Importance. The British Government
has lent it's aid to it's own planters and
spinners. Shall the United States keep
up war of, disturbance against an inter
est so important and so much hdiscouraged!
1t cannot be. Nor will the abolition SEN
siment of the world tolerate the continu-
ance of slavery in Cuba merely because
they thereby obtain cheaper sugar. Gu
ba will be acquired by the United States,
and the disgrace of paying bounty to
siave-grown foreign sugar, at the expense
of free-grown domestic sugar, will be re-
moved
1T is in the commercial expansion of
the South, not only by the Gulf front, but
BY the radial lines penetrating interior
Mexico, that the great West and the
South can derive an immense accession to
their prosperity. The advisers Of the
South have been always opposed to COM
merce. They had the narrow idea that q
nation might be free and prosperous upon
its riding horses and firearms alone. In
this. they only adopted the idea of the
Honveds and Camanches, the first Of
which was conquered by Austrian and
Russian ammunition and food, and the
other will be soon worn out by the attri-
tion of whisLey and the revolver. So
the Southern statesmen neither wanted
ships nor manufactures, preferring to
create dependence beyond the ocean,
which should take those mechanical de-
partments of defence off their hands.
England adroitly used and abandoned
them. The commerce of the South Seas
would be far better and more profitable
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