New-York tribune., 1867-06-10

a%uIei ZOE af if, Tcn,pting as are your boundless re-
/ sources and genial climate, no. cinigrants come 10
citv New-Orlcans being your largest Your cities would
in the North, he only frsI-cass towns or villages. lou
have no NeW-YOr Philadelphia, brooklyn, Boston, Bat
tmorc Cincinnati, ST. Louis or Chicago Yet n9Ith oi
Potomac and ohio are 10 such bonndesS ana dyetSl
fcd stores of wealth as you possess. You have the
choice coonfclds Of the world the rice sugar hemp
and fields of the United States are yours; and on
some of your hillsides, or IN your smiling valleys You
may grow every plant nd every mineral that's naive
Ia fbr country east of the Rocky Mountains. How my
fellow citizens shall account for the poverty and de
preston Of the south, and the general ana growing pros
iey of thc North3 We can only do it by turning from
nature 10 society prosperity is the result OF our dc
Vc0pment Of man, by giving him fair ned 1Or the e&
crcise OF all his energy and talents; ana You ony
{ lag behind because your system repressed his
energies, restrained his enterprise, and contracted me
field of his usefulness THIS must he te cause lOr ~ an
other respects our polty was the same Ihe same hiE
represented OHr country power ana peLencehCe. III dI
other respects our Institutions were Ie SAINT ie % so
legislative. executive and judicial organization the same
division OF the state into counties, tOWhSnpS cues, nu
hoIOughs The one difference was that they Knew at % o
North what you failed 10 perceve-th0t the bOy VINO
could read and write worth more than one OF eqIal
SAN before hIm the chance for wealth or distinction
would strive attain or the other ana by study IN
dustry, and economy endeaNOi 10 gaVI oait'' NV, @
which labor for himself rather than for another nav
ing provided for the education OF all their chhdrcn tne
people OF the Northern States lAaue ample poi''o f w.
secure fMr days wages Tor every lar %
woman But YOU may cay this would only affect
the people in the cities That IS y0ur mistake ana mas
been you fatal delusiOn The landhOider whose eS-
tate has been absorbed by groWmf ioWn OF & ivy I &
often received more Tor niue builuLSlot thth I nc
earnings OF years in poor home IN the suburbs, MS
been enriched 10y the city growing beyond NM 9ha us
his lot Thus too, are farmers enriched know not
what land is worth in circle OF ten miles around your
beautiful city. doubt whether SO OF so w0nu ne 700 700
low an estimate; but You would not buy land IN the
North near SO large city, with such wonderful cal-
here would you connect your city with the coal and IRON
districts and build furnaces, iorgTs, ronS mills, ma, %
Weave your own cotton and create an Ala
RaTa ISTeil or Manchester You would then learn
what your rich lands are capable or Nobody can cstl
mate the agricultural value of The stmulaus created by
mont towns and the refuse OF factories. You have grown
cotton until you have extracted the very ne rom lhe
lighter soils Of your state. As passed through Mises
spp saw wide stretches OF Land so exhausted by cotton
that they woulduo produce lbrous roots enough to pre-
the wash had left little mounds tha in the light Of the
setting looked like red tongues OF hlc Islng from the
earth 90 aveugc ITS WIonss lhrHusho" me No'h vlols
are acUated, and the ncighorhood 0 cues OF even
of new manufacturing towns, hclds thal Haa "tcn .N-
haused by lnuGici0us culture uhiii the! llcu,u n "
twelve bushels 90 the acre, nave been rtlN soatt1
and now yield thirty bushels, as they did IN their ptlW
tive condition Make MohtIoueI! u gitNt cllA 'nu % YOU
will add the wealth ui every man within circuit oi
lair amount of cotton. but lee it also be Your
desire 20 supply tho states bounding the gun with
motives OF your construction. DO not tell me that
You have not aborcrs intelligent enough to asS you ~
schools abundant evidence ol the hcwlcchc>S oi uis
statement am very familiar with the public schools o
among the younger pupils oi thr c"loitd sch"'s ~
this city and say without reservation that never 'aN
GENERAL intelligence exceeded those Of two. boy and
sirl one siX ana the other seven years old whom
aInnod yesterday. doubted the fairness OF the cNuh
tOu and bCrN ed that they had been specially prepared
ion if hut taking the examination into my own hands
and testing Them in spelling, reading, geography
/ and other branches, / was not Ohly convinced
OF tine honesty Of the publc examination, but
amazed at the proficiency OF these children Tell
me that the from which they spring is want
ing in intellect adaptation. on that Their little hands
will not day be competent TO the most ingenious Ia
bor. Yes, gentlemen, you have competent aborers for
the wide diyeoihcauOn OF your pursuits AT ahd IOde
mOustrate s YOU have but to gave them fair Held ana
generous inducements. Tciterte that am cndeayor
ing to wound none OF your suscepubhtcS IN SPEAK
ing thus pOintedly TO YOU am simply laDorng tn IN
duce you To enter into generous competition with us at
the North If YOU Will you may be blessed ond us -
much We are beyond amy other nation OF the earth
speak the freely, because once shared your pre-
JUDGES but long since came 10 Know lLdt We can "Ly
/ be happy is acCOtd 20 every other man, however
humble ne may be-, every right that we demand from
forhe dispartybetween the two sections than our resec
for his rights and your coteinpt Tor man as "rH icy
me then mpOre You 20 enter earnestly upon the work oi
reconstwctne your state upon the plan provided iy
Congress Let not freedom and equality be forced u"
you by others. Accept the incyitsle aud iind IN II
good providence Some of yOu may ASK. others have
controlling minds of the south determine
meant by Congress II j. was fairy accepted by ine
non touching the south VIII bc had unless 10y spirit Of
resistance ON the part the southern people It's neces
sity is made manifest. grutihed in being able
port that have found throughout the south generous
spirit. readiness 10 acbno"ledge the ngt 81 All to
travel freely and 20 discuss with irankness and candor
the issues Of the day. and though IN some quarters di
icrcnt spirit prevails believe tat IN nNe years me
south will be more liberal than the North has been Now
word % you my eoored lcIow cuI,ls you arc iicc'
and IL !, your duty, every one oil Iou WHO can ma en-
ployment, 10 labor and TO practice Temperance ana
economy. y mere ' SIInk 20" % U' ,a "'. ond
man Who can ma ehpoy Hch' "t Wa5es' anu
l who wastes his time IN Idcncr- he is commit
ting a crime against himself and hls race. Free
dom means the assured Heht t0a man To earn ms own
livelihood. and 10 manage his own affairs as he may deem
best. cannot better illustrate wnat liberty is than by
little incident that happened one day while was walk
ing with friend. MS arm resting In mine lie suddenly
sG There 9 upon vi Jc cS e UPON V. G e sITu oT soo c
al IL. f.rr l.l gora foV he
ie cnu % ol 9 H. Tce9' ,f .Yc @ m noon M % aid he .
your own way you've just good chance as any other
bug Of your kind" Liberty Is 10 each of you the a-su
c MAJ tbe Government will secure 10 every one OF you
the right TO hoe your own row with as good chance
any other bug of your kind DO you ask me what s your
/ OF men; and il there be two, then one OF two
/ things s certain: That this Southern sun plays the
numbers Of children IN the fcodmens schools that
not by virtue Of their African descent Freedom
cFablshc- ihc TACT tai food man s geitrr ah bad
One thai q wise man is betteru uan gfO0 that learned
rIli t better than who Is c&tent 10 pass bis Ife
ignorance tiat an acie man VIII Wlh hc race ana take
tLc prize from an indOeut one IT You nave dollar,
freedom VIII secure 10 to YOU; aud, II YOU acquire land,
freedom W ppir't you III Jus tiIol n'Ht iH lo'-erl.u
You have not d"ays had the right 10 protect your wife,
bur freedom not only gives you that right but make,it
your duty To do 10 dca! tcndeIy WIN hcI ~ hl hne'
90 pu OEchcr head the roof OF Your o. home Free
dom require, ou TO see 10 10 that your children occupy
scnts i the public schools that their chance u life
may Do better than your and, by any amount Of toll You
/ mon charge. some ~ y0u may desire 10 wander
and 10 cmgatc but The great mass OF yon
D arc ~ lt-r fb4 iift" htit 4h Aid"dhlhf
and freedom requires son 10 1--we IN peace with your
Ic-ihoI- Tor sou now have common interests. BY In
du-fIg. aIbrrfy Improvement ~ minds, nd
and culture OF your children. sou VIII command the con
I uIcuce and esteem ~ those among whom yOu dwell
God made yOu free You did uOt yOur freedom u0s
did Wc gave TO 0 Won. God guided tc cause Of battles.
and controlled events 20 that when the war closed every
man Of YOU was free a- Die white brother. lOu
involved u fhc duties OF citizenship and must look 10 t
well that Won exercise your ughts 90 maintain that
freedom for Yourselves and for an Other within the
broad limits ol your coant4y. Many o Nou, j. an told
are sull mechanics. c',ronter,, bnodayers, ,dnd house
Wgghts Oihorsol y0u are -hOcnakers, tailOrs skilled
u other mechanical branches. See 10 10. those OF you
who are crable Of cuggugH III business for yourselves.
that yOa DO not spend your lives lu labOrlng Tor