The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-04-23

' The labor system, pursued by TIL
south in times past, has been entirely
reyolutionized. Incipient steps have
already been taken for the Inauguration
! Of a new system Of labor, essentially
different, in all its features, from the ex
ploded system. In course oftime, this
new order Of things will be matnred
and established. When the domestic
relation of master and slave ceased to
exist, an absolute necessity for this
thorough change Of the industrial sys-
tenn presented itself, not as matter Of
choice, but as an memorable demand
The agricultural products of this
vast and fertile region, must, of course,
be henceforth developed by the labor
of hired servants. Some Of these Ia
Eorers will be black men, others will
be white. In the progress Of time, the
latter class will largely transcend the
former in numerical strength; and un-
less the Freedmen of the South become
faithful and Industrious servants, and
go to work with a fixed purpose to dis
charge their duties properly, they will,
in quarter of a century, be entirely
superseded by white laborers from
Europe. Physically, and by force of
training, black men are indicate las the
best and most efficient field hands, to
labor for the production Of the great
Southern staple; but, unfortunately
for them and for us, the African race,
as general rule, are indolent and inn
provident. They will be doomed
race, destined to fade away, even as
the Indian tribes have disappeared
/, from the country, unless they change
their habits in this respect 1t remains
to be seen whether they can command
enough energy, stimulated by necessi-
ty, to overcome their inherent natural
laziness and unthriftiness If they can
not, the intelligent, Industrious and
faithful agricultural laborers of the old
world will, in due time, cultivate every
acre ofSouthern soil The black race,
therefore, can control their future.
The thorough change in our labor
system, above noticed, will very soon
result in the destruction ofgreat plan
tations, owned and worked by single
proprietor. Our land.holders, stripped
of all property except their lands,
will ALLEVIATE parcels, from time to
time, to meet current expenses Thus,
we shall have great many small
planters, black and white, producing
annually few bales each. There will,
doubtless. be some large estates kept
up; but that will be done under .
system of tenantry, To illustrate the
idea we intend to advance, let us draw
picture, such as we think the future
will here reveal: We look upon that
which was once large plantation,
owned and worked By single pro-
prietor, under the institution of slave
ny. The vast domain has beea, di-
vided into numerous small tracts,S of
forty, eighty, and one hundred and
sixty acres, the metes and bounds I'M
Dictated by land marks and enclosures.
As far as the eye can reach, we see nu-
merous white cottages, and focks and
herds grazing. Those cottages are
filled with laboring families. In a con-
venient locality, stands the church ed
ifce, with its rustic spire pointing
,heavenward. Not far off is the school
house, where the master presides, and
from which we hear the buzzing hum
of numerous infantile voices, coming
their lessons. On an empowered en-
inence, overlooking the "estate,"
stands a mansion of architectural
beauty, eclipsing all the homes Of the
cottagers. Therein dwells the land
lord, man of elegance and ease, de-
voted to social enjoyment and litera-
ture. His barn and granery become,
every year, the recipient of his rents,
paid sin kind" by the tenantry. The
landlord, of course, is great per
sonage. If he be good man, he has
the love and veneration Of his people,
and makes them prosperous and hap
Ply, at the same time that he prospers
on their labor
The picture we have drawn is essen
TALLY English in its features. The
future Of the South, to q great extent,
will reveal this picture as an existing
reality, in various sections of this
most fertile and attractive region.
Blended with it, however, there will
be numerous small farms, owned by
the occupants, as lords of the soil
All this, of course, will require time
for it's development. Such changes
necessarily occur gradually; for ma
ton cannot glide at once from an es-
tablished industrial system into an
other one, totally different.
Operation of the Bankrupt Act.
The Financial Chronicle calls atsen-
ion to a clause in the Bankrupt law,
he effect of which is worthy of con-
by all parties interested.
The clause runs thus: IL aM
If any person, being insolvent, or in con-
,emplation ofinsolvency within four months
before the filing of the petition by or against
lin, with view to give preference to any
,reditor or person having claim against
lin. or who is under any liability for him,
BROCHURES any part Of his property to be at
ached, sequestered or seized on execution,
" makes any payment, pledge, assignment,
or con vavanaa af any mart of his