Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-21
Defective Labor....The Remedy.

| in the agricultural but in almost every other
department of Southern industry We ull
know the cause of this unfortunate condition
of affairs in these States, but thus far, We
| fear, the Southern people have been too in
| ert and slothful in seeking out and applying
! the only remedy for the evil that can oe sue
ccssful. There is an old saying, verified by
the experience of ages, that competition is
! the life of trade, th" ruth Of which has ucv-
cr been denied, and has become an axcm in
political economy. 1t applies now with pc.
culiar force to the condition Of tho labor sys-
| TEN of the South. We may fold our hands
and murmur and eru,nbe about the dire re-
suits of the emancipation of the late Slaves of
| the South but, if VIC should sit to the crack
| OF doom, grumblin@ aud complaining. the
| mple result would he that the evil would 90
| on increasing, until remedy would come too
late the fields and the plantations Of the
! South, uncultivuted and almost worthless and
an idle, insubordnatc and uu:aught race ON
| which we had placed our dependence cxclu-
sivcly, increase and multiply, until expatra
! tion on the part of those who had any encr-
~ left would become absolutely necessary, to
| escape ,,'vution or death in some other foru,
There is preventive to this gloomy state
of the future, if the Southern people will act
promptly. judiciously and earnestly in the mat
ter aud that is, to afford every aid and ia
cli,y in the introduction of foreign labor
The freedmen, bcwildcrcd by their new posi-
tion, deceived and dcludcd by party hacks.
and taught to believe that ull political power
| is in their hands, have enough intelligence to
| perceive that the land owners and employers
of the South are entirely dependent upon
then, to carry Oh all industrial operations.-
! Rnt let European immigration OH any extcn
dcd scalc once be inauguratcd, and the scye-
raj departments of industry promise to become
| filled with competent and skilled operatives,
and the black man will soon turcscc the end Of
s:,"h movement, aud gladly forsakc the wild
theories of the knavisli politician, who has
led him from the path Of duty, fidelity and
self:intercst. 1t mcJ:. then, De too late Tor
mans6f the sis.fms of pnrty and its hlrelng
tsak It may saye some from ripping
tile reward Of their folly, and make them bet
ter aud more useful members of society. The
first half dozen arrivals of foreign laborers and
mechanics will open the eyes of the more in
tclligent freedmen to their true position in the
Southern communities.
This, then, would be our remedy-the
means to obtain and apply it must remain with
the people themselves. General Wagner
the State Commissioner Of Immigration, has
just addressed a note to the mechanics Of
, Charleston, stating that he is receiving nu
| incvous applications trom mec!aucs abroai
asking for information respecting their pros
poets in South Carolina He, therefore. re-
quests the coz operation Of the home mechan-
les to advise him as to all matters in relation
TO this important subject.
As to the introduction of agricultural lubo-
| rers, the .' Charleston Mercury very proper
" says, +" that which the mechanics can do
for those who immigrate in the expectation
Of finding profitable mechanic employment,
our planters and farmers can do for those who
inmigrntc with the desire of becoming small
| farmers or agricultural laborcrs. They should
continue tdAncet at their different court hous.
! es, and forward statements from each district
| showing the quality and description of lands
| for salc-the price at which land will be sold,
and in what quantities--the yates at which
farms can be leased and their average yield
per acrc--thc wages pai,i TO laborers, with and
without rations-the wages paid mechanics
and tho number that can be etnploycd-tho
hcathfulness of their section aud ito advan.
togcs to the farmer, the laborcr, the mschan-
c, or the manufacturer"
We hope the people Of South Carolina will
promptly como to tile rescue, from an impcn.
ding doom, which will surely overtakc them
/ it they fail to do So Coiumbia Picnic.
| WAsIIINaToN, September l[.--'rhe heavy
radical loss in Maine creates Intense excite
mcnt here The Lower House, which, last
session. had but thirteen Democrats, is now
claimed by that party. The great central
States of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
arc claimed MS certain, and the defeat of negro
suffrage in Ohio seems conceded,
The records at the Attorney Generals Office
show $4,000 pardons previous to the recent
amnesty A question has arisen whether
brevet rank above brigadior- general excludes
from the amnesty, and whether the term
"agcnts includes those who went abroad to
sell bonds and cotton
There is no immediate prospect Of Cabinet
changes, though tic pressure continues.
Internal revenue receipts $272,000
A despatch from Bangor, Maine. says the
result of the election in that State has aston
ished all parties. The immense Republican
majoritics of last year have boon almast over
! come -
/ THERE are two mon in prison, in England,
I whose fate it has been to illustrate the nature
of lawyers bills OH magnificent scale. p
! Foster, a,fnrmor, now lies in Taunton Jail for
payment of church rate amounting to
the sum Of los I'D. But thelcost of the
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