The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-17

free men, they must live as did without manual labor
or drudgery tried convince them OF the Importance
OF earning and saving money but found them as thrift
less azy and after years OF close and energetic
attention, using all my skin good and productive
cotton land as We have In the Southworkng this year
for share In the crop-I teel certain that cot
ton crop cannot he rsised without more effective
aborng Glass; and without this the cotton crop IN tnree
years will not be counted by many hundred thousand
bales formerly counted by millions. II New Eng
land, which seems to egsate for the whole Union
wishes have the material raised home 10 sup
ply factories would be policy for her 20 supply US
with coolies instead OF driving them away from our
country. We not only decreasing in quantity but
deterioratng in quality Tue poor culture that our
the British East Indies with their cooe labor are
stanty increasing and improving their cotton we are
losing in every way. ] know that freedmen VIII not
do bot believe absolutely necessary have the dark
coored race to labor in our climate, and II Great
Britain and other enlightened nations OF the earth make
Of this element pray why should not be allowed
the privilege and this section favored by
nature, from overwhelming ruin.
II the freedman cannot bask III the sun and get his
stood and raiinent' without labor in this unfortunate
pray send him back 10 his native land where
God aud nature intended he should remain, where he
subsst fruits aud reptiles, and needs no clothing
protect him from shame and where he can make the
III negroes away from this land aud we will have in
their stead frugal industrious population. who will
restore US TO great prosperity and rebuild our war
beaten and desoa'e lands. The best iaborer
have performs but onehalf the amount Of labor he
should accomplish and does that in 81 poor manner as
only 10 effect half culture He Is so unsteady and uncer
tain often to be absent when most needed. was tod
by Northern lessee that he used four hundred different
freedmen in raising crop Of forty bales. year before
last and this happens 10 land where, ii every aborer
good and faithful worker, not one half OF the fields
could be cultivated There = much much excitement saa
cotton in my fields now where the land
has been worked that worms can do no barn. and
believe If We had fields cultivated as in former
times the worm would be unheard Of. have received
the premium for the first bale OF cotton sent 10 market
from this State for the crop OF 1851
have been injured worms; the season has been
most favorable. My neghoors and Others, who have
one.half as much TO the aero as was the average In
'days OF yore" shall be more than grafed and this
q no the
man. but he has been tried and proven failure and
must "move on" He has long been source Of conten
ton and has created world Of strife between the
ons and is at this time the great cause Of bitterness
between US Let him be taksn away and In his stead
give the laborer the British planter uses give US the
coolies by the ship load that We may raise the
best and cheapest cotton in the world. Give US good
wounds will be healed Give supremacy In our leading
staples and we will help you 20 pay your great national
will control tho cotton markets Of the world and have
again government OF United States, and you Will have
no Southern paupers to feed and cothe You have but
TO this obnoxious law and give little lift
with your capital TO make this great and happy
country Give US coolies and we can pay you large cot
ton tax Give them to they now getting them
in British Guiana to which place they taking Twelve
snip loads from Calcutta, aud still want more. II you
do not want to import cotton give us effective labor
give it to US quickly that NAV yet panta-
tons from gong back INFO state OF nature, and rescue
agricultural interest from Labor IS the Aad
dins lamp the possession OF which will bring every
blessing, aud with climate aud soil, knowledge and
experience ana resolution, we VIII WORK OUT great
future for this i'm poverished and ruined land.
Satisfaction mt TIE Herald's P0sitiou-A Cry
Against Negro Snflrage-The Whites Des.
pairing of SuccOr-lsespcctnble NOrtherners
in the South Disguised with the Prospect.
YAzoo CRY, Sept 4, 1867
Your paper has taken position which commends 1t
every patriot throughout the land. There is an at
tempt in this state by few white men from the North
by the aid Of the black race to osracze all the Of
wealth and intelligence OF the State. The negroes
ignorant that they believe the Southern people intend
TO put them back into slavery should they
get into power The country has been deluged with
tracts which have been scattered in every nook and
corner Of our State. Do the sensible people Of the
North really know what being done p the South to
carry the elections The whole negro population is
being thoroughly Instructed and drilled to revou-
tonize the State We have but one hope and that Is
that the more moderate part Of the North will come to
rescue The republican party, BY means Of the immense
mach merry Of !he Freedmsns Bureau, are instill:ns
into the blacks habits OF eness WHICH are causing the
country to relapse back Into State OF nature. Where
you 60, desert waste meets your gaze. The
dssa
thrift and pensy sa@So ,Son Sasssd in Ii. sunshine
have recently travelled forty miles through portion
Of this State Along thi. road in former years had
the journey could be obtained nt to drink. The
tected BY General Towards swaims OF Bureau agents
You men Of the North who fought to re-
not you ' sriss and come our ''s assistance;
do not believe you batled to DEGRADE the whites OF the
south and to place an ignorant and degraded race over
n: for tho Ss Of i've sD
Southern people. We can do nothing. We are In the
hands Of the Bureau agents. who Ko hs ocusts OF
Esypt-ther presence hlls the land. Tney make fire.
quent trips to the various plantations through the
try they hailed as the plres, beings upon earth.
Let the educated and respectable Northern mon who
trying to get away We are bound hand and foot, and
TO the noble efforts which your paper putting forth
A. G. GALE Madison Sta.ion Miss.
A Radical Meeting-AIcan Whites Influencing
the Negrocs-They Come Armed with Guns,
Pistols and Ciubs-Anofhcr Wall Against
NoxuBEE COUNTY, Miss, Sept TO- 1867.
As your paper takes cognizance Of all matters In
every department OF interest your readers and Of
importance TO the country, and the negro question
seems 10 have ELECTED your special attention recently
permit me to give you synoptca account Of meeting
held in this county on Saturday last meeting was
called through the Macon Beacon for meeting Of
the citizens by tho conservative republican party, and
signed by three negroes and three white mon. for the
purpose Of appointing delegates to the general
ton OF the radical party TO be held at Jackson Miss
1t was announced that II the negroes did not attend
their registration tickets would b, void consequently
the plantations were depopulated, and the village OF
Macon was full to overlooking. After they had
assembled, o saddler, noted for his worthlessness
In Macon, got up in large crowd OF
freedmen and announced that call who wanted land
and mules would follow him." He drew the crowd OF
course. and having assembled In . grove having
marched there with tue negroes armed with guns 6rst,
then those with pistols and the brought up with
clubs &c. So soon as assembled pckets put out,
and this ssddler made Thorn Speech promising them
land and mules Of their former masters and then took
upa subscription TO pay his expenses and the two
negroes appointed with him. Over $500 was raised for
this purpose.
The conservative radicals had the wind taken from
their sails, and had not thirty attendants.
II the whites had been thus armed military rcsrc-
tions would have boon Immediately placed upon them
The promises Of thes, designing men, the deception
pracised upon the negro, totally disqualines him
pcaceablo citizen or laborcr. Under those