The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-12-21

we F"eit'g hs stHHt " Us Vrfy suff
that HE ecwnssI Il worthy n saev.
ton. II Il, therefore, with eonsId.
eHbIe irsvldsiIcs shsi I propose q
plan for The solution of our present
difficulties, knowing that I shall sub
jea myself 10 The charge N icgylsm,
m may possibly be called q second
Rip Van winhle fcr promulgaiIng
the crude and exploded notions Of
ouF vulgar forefs,hen, bot ! shall
not suffer myself to be mussied by
such silly fears. Since the emanei-
patton Of the negroes, ! have seen
many and various newspaper articles
suggesting many and sundry ways 70
induce them 10 work but as slI have
failed Of their object, ] now bumbly, |
but earnestly suggest that the white
people 20 to work themselves, and
employ only such negroes as are
known 10 be industrious and reliable.
This will throw thrce-fourths Of them
out Of employment, and will more
efIectually convince them of their
dependence upon the "poor tcbs."
and "white trash" Of the South than
all the speeches and sermons that
ever were delivered. What if the
Radicals do protest. They will not
give the negroes dollar; they may
madly and vindictively confscatc our
lands, but we had better suffer that
than continue to live at the present
poor dying rate. ] cherish no enmi-
ty for the negroes, but love them well
enough To make an effort 10 convince
them Of their folly and cure them Of
Yankee on the brain. Ignorance is
their prcrogative, and it is useless to
argue with them. We must try the
virtue Of stones, and see IL we cannot
get an nlea into their heads through
their stomacbs. Hunger must teach
them lesson. To do this, we must
cut loose from them, and for year
or two, at least, rely chiefly upon our
own muscles for q support. The
truth is, there is an inexecusable
amount Of laziness and idleness
among the white people Of the South.
| AT the conclusion Of the war, the
] Yankee idea that free labor was more
profitable than slave labor, became
prevalent; this, together with cotton
at 40 cents per pound, turned many
men crazy. Many OF the small
farmers, young men, particularly,
\ who had been accustomed TO doing
their own work, Immediately laid
down the "shovel and the hoe" and
"pitched in" to hiring other mems
negroes with a vim. They felt 90
confident Of getting rich in a year or
two that they bought saddle-horses,
wore their Sunday clothes all the
week, and went TO town every Satur-
day to talk about their farms and
the "lazy free niggcrs." Now their
hitherto snug little farms are wrecks
their larders empty, and some Of
them afraid to carry cotton TO markei
In their own names lest some wild,
awake merchant should seize Il Il
satisfy demands for supplies advances
Ifor self and aforesaid "free niggers.'
And q large proportion Of the old
HslavehoIders, too, became wild upor
! THE subject of free labor. The old
fashioned, slovenly way Of doing
things was to be done away with
and model farms become the order O
, the day. Free negroes were in sucl
great demand that many forgot th,
golden rule, and disregarded III,
5 rights and feelings Of their neigh
bors; Il was thought triAing mat
! Ter TO wound an old friends feelings
provided some Of his old slaves coul'
1 be secured, or lsborer with whom b
! had contracted could be induced h
10y the track and hire 10 them. ]
] was really humiliatiDg 10 . man o
z Southern pride 70 - them cajolinl
and honey-fdddIing the poor negroe
q and turning them ponpous fools b,
/ their lavish iondness and ht promise
/ Of III things. What has been th
9 resultf Why, their model farm
j were model ccw-pssturss during u
Il past summer. Educatiou and poll
y lsics engaged Cuhss's attention. tn
1 school marine picniu and "Ro
. ssss's' midnight messipp were pr
: psrias them for higher thing ihs'
: atssdin oorn and de esttin.S w
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