The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-06-20
INDUSTRY I'M TnE sourn.


The South is boing rapidly filed up
with outerpdsing Yankees from the
North, Indeed. since the war abolished
slavery, the prominent soulhemers are
anxious that Northern men should en.i.
CRATE 10 the South. We anticipate that
the future industrial interests of that
section of country will be developed by
Yankee labor. Experience has shown
that they can adapt themselves to that
climate, aud os land can bs obtained
there at a very cheap rate, interest
would dictate their migration to This
new Geld enterprise. A. present the
planters themselves show decided
Discrimination to work their own cotton
fields, and in the absence OF foreign
Stamina in the way Of manual labor,
they ARE compelled to either hire and
pay their former slaves to work for
them, OF work themselves. For the
latter alternative they feel a conSliiu.
tional repuguauco and antipathy. and
hence the cry comes up to us OF South,
ern destiIuIion. Some OF the sympa,hi.
ziug politicians in the North would have
the people believe that this glOommy
state OF affairs in the South finds lie
origin in the present political policy of
the government, or in other words. that
it is the inevitable fruits of the recon,
atruction policy of Congress. The
truth Of the matter is, however, the
Southern people can 6ud the cause Of
their dsStituiion nearer home. II is
right in their own midst. It Is not o
meter especially influenced by political
dictatiOn one way or the other. We
believe we give the correct solution Of
this whole matter of Southern desIiIu
ton when we affirm that it is the result
Of individual idlsness and lazness, "a
necessary consequence Of that false pride
of the great majority of the Southern
people which makes MANUAL labor dis.
honorable 10 their estimation, If they
would but work-culliyate their cotton
and. rice fields, raise their sugar and
mskoitheir molasses. they might enjoy
an abundance Of the good things Of this
life. But some of them would rather
starve than lift the hoe or plough the
ground. There are whole sections of
country in thel agricultural districts Of
the South, now barren and neglected.
which by proper and judicious manage
ment would yield an abundance. 1t
may be said OF them ns Theodore Tilton
quantity said Of the soil out West, "if
you tickle il with a hoe it will smile
with a harvest" Yet these Southerpers
scom TO labor with their hands. They
have not yet unlearned the lessons Of
Slavery, and to-day they are hugging to
their hearts the withered rcmuunIs Of
their false pride, and while poverty
grimly stares them in the face,
would almost endure starvation itself
rather Than peace and prosperity gained
by their own stout arms and manly
strength. Tho Charlottesville (Fn)
Chronicle Of q late date has a leader on
the subject of the industrial prosperity
oil the South, which is full Of practical
wisdom. We quote asfOllows:
"Thero is vast deal Of idoncss In
the South. A large number Of our
people ore trying TO live by their wits; a
large number ore only nominally en-
gagged in business, lounging and david
ling through each week; q large uumbel
are running loose, waiting for something
to turn up. We doubt il one half Of oui
population are engaged in real hard
work. The absolute necessHres oil liz
cost so little 10 temperate climate
where land is abundant and rich, AM
the population sparse, that il is not diff
cult to live on half work, The produC-
tion of the South, we doubt not. II all tbt
muscle and brain in the South Wer
fully taxed and the labor propetlI di