Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-03-16
MORE ADVICE.

In the present state of public affairs
n is impossible to tell what is good or wha
is bad advice, says the Bee, for 40 Oh
. can possibly see far enongh into the fl
: ture to tell what course the S )uth ough
j, 10 pursue Two courses are before US
action and inaction. Which shall it be
; Upon the side of the latter we have th,
; following advice, which We take from th'
New York Sun:
The Southern journals are e~arnestl,
discussing the question rs to what tht
South shall do ia view Of the gloomy re.
construction prospect. So far as politics
is concerned. the best course for them l.
pursue just now is to do nothing, and f.
say as little as possible. Much of the
trouble that has befallen the South is di.
rectiy attributable to doing and saying
too much. Such operations as the New
Orleans massacre, and such language as
used to come from journals like the Rich
nond Examiner, when Pollard was its
presiding genius, have done more than
anything else to feed the flames of Rad1
c%alisin, and induced legislation in Con
gress. The South can do nothing what.
ever in shaping the policy by which it
shall be recognized Il is powerless ia
the hands of Congress, and can do no
better than TO accept such treatment as
may be bestowed upon it. No good can
accomplished by bewailing the cruelty
Of fortune, nor by berating the Radicals
10 Congress. On the contrary, such ae-
Ion only tends to strengthen the hands
The dominant party and delay the day
compromise. The most sensible course
or the South now to pursue, is simply to
Ell The Radicals go their length without
or remonstfance-to leave the
led Of politics and enter the field of
productive industry. The Southern Jour
ials all complain that no business is do.
ne among them, that times are hard. and
nat no adequate preparation is making
or agricultural production during the {
resent year. All OF these discouraging /
they attribute to their Do. i
ticai tronbies-and therein they e~yince
hortsightedness. Reconstruction can r
o more restore them to prosperity than i
can restore to life their brethren whala
during the late war. If they were e
admitted to representation 10 Con- n
Fess, even upon their own terms. they b
QUA De but little better off, materially Il
oatoh ana corn cannot be raised by the Il
talnment Of seats in Congress. The
ue policy of the Southern people is Ia
friendly relations with the freed.
- ana thereby induce the latter to A
sumo their old occupations. i
Inc Bee continues We cannot DISPUTE n
Q truth of the remark that The sson4bo
poWefiess IN the hands If Congress ),
u that nothing whatever can ba aans $
Yards shaping its recognized policy g,
can Wesay thst this is not good ad. f.,
g. We incline strongly to the master
inactivity policy, As We have done from :
Fery.hfst. Nothing else can be done. !.
I we can see. And this course e. :,
only one remaining, will be called !,
lenness, and perhaps call forth e~raatar
ef'ty.sihere is hardly any man who =,
.ie IKE TO take the responsibility of j.
ising either course and it must be left =,
rely tor the people to decide. The Is
'fesentatises elected two years ago, !,
unoble to decide upon the wishes an,
0e people, and they would be as much NJ
as ourselves. But the advice giv. t;o,
y the Sun may not be SO bad-mav her
m 'ha' De done nee
journals have said nearly the same nos
3 we give their views, then leave Me;tv
southern people to decide. -