The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-07
EDITORIAL NOTES, On THE SOUTH. l,L

We print below another excellent editorisl, from
the journal Of Commerce, on the South. It is
from the pen OF its chief editor, w. G. PRn1E; Esq,
who has recently been on a tour through the
Southern country: 20; = is;4i srs@z- lSs n
II an election Of any kind were to be held in the
reasonable doubt that. three-fourths Of the negro
vote would be east with the Southern white
vote: vote There is perfect accord between the
white population. This is but natural.
The negroes were as ardent enemies of
war Thsy had no theories to sustain, and no no
special care as to what questions were involved in
the contest. They sympathized with the people
glance were distinctly understood blythe freed
men when f is administered to them, nine
had not lent willing aid md comfort to tho re-
i tie iais 3 the Va nps ssii @ Likely 'to to
to be from knowledge and appreciation Of these
facts that the men wh1 rp sGs NJ use the
to tie poor fellows with promises OF a
division OF the aands among thena., The serioua
to establish n reg u1ars and pernanent system of
paid labor, and how to Tx the rate Of payment
50 as to approximate as nearly IS may be 70 &c
and old age. But the iuterterence Of politicians
Is =. operating to prevent the discrimination of
settling down. It IS Impossible to: regard
the speech-making missions of Northern poll
ticians to the Southern negroes as anything but
injurious to them. 1t is, in fact adding the
final blow to their ruin as a people. Ul4ess
they settle down,to wolk, and take the position
OF Aborers whose labor is necessary, and must be
cherished and cared for, they will rapidly perish.
The suffrage Is in danger of proving the destruc-
ton Of the race. II would ordinarily take gen
OF things. Where the interests Of employers are
SO deeply involved in the education of the em-
ployed, the process or accommodation to the new
Rn
tahons to idleness which political speakers are
Offering them, are too strong to be resisted by
ruin They would so much faster if the promises
we're fulfilled 1t the lnnds wero divided among
them, and they made to depend on their own labor
for the product of their own farms, the race would
melt away in two OF three generations. i.aE 's
The Southern negro is very much like q hot
.sns.sa nlont he needs constant care and advice.
Exposure is dangerous. It is astonishing to OBJ
serve how many of them seem to be Ill, how few
are free from coughs and indications Of disease.
selves: They require ADVICE Watching, and: con-
the exceptions serve by contrast 70 make the COM
The future, therefore, looks doubtful to the
Southern people. There is reason to fear that the
negro race will disappear. Already it is plain that
which is sure to be made within few years. The
indicationa that they will diminish from year
rapid ro faS Were left the
management Of Southern men, they would be con
s1dered with great care and the utmost attention
would be paid to the comfort and we'll belng of the
freedmen. The best friends. they have. In the
world are Southern employers, and their worst
enemies are, those who, however honestly, are
seeking to divert their attention from the primary
question of bread and clothing, and shelter, to
the work Of governing great nation: Unfit at
present to feed themselves, they ought to be-
spared the miserable deluson OF thinking they are
ut to make laws for the world or the greatest ma
hon in it. The direction Of their minds toward
such subjects results in their absolute
physical as well as moral. ~ ; .:ss. - m
There. are many reasons for believing that tue
tendency 81 things In the South is toward the
breaking up OF the old system Of large Plantations
employing many hands. These will continue in.
made to work successfully. But It viii not be
strange:H the general rule shall hereafter ue more
Ike that at the North where the farmer cultivates
small farm, requiring but few hands. Here
comes H. however, the question Of emigration
whether It can be turned to the South, and how.
The world's. history has shown that emigration
docs not tend to warm climates But here are in
land once teening with abundance rich soil which
rewards labor tenfoid the prospect Of crops which
are more. vnlnable 'than mines aof gold, the GER
tainty that the soil will yield support to the abor
er and his family tpms the time That :the: seed
grows, these and other reasons may tempt the
emigrant s.4%%+4sl go { -.
But the people Of the South must do something
to induce immigration, and one Of the first things
necessary Is to persuade their railway companies
to establish second class through rates Of fare at a
low tarlH The present rates are only local, and
very high. When we compare the cost Of going
from New York to ST. Louis or (hicago with the
cost OF going as far southwark, ne see reasons
WI Why TIC emlgrant cannot now be induced to try
There are fine openings for the organization Of
emigrant companies in the South. Large tracts
o. improved land San be bought at q low figure,
and these lands sold to emigrants in alternate Sec
tlons would at once become more valuable than IN
the most prosperous days of old lt4 X s. \ A.
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