Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-05
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'enng TEE SUFFERgNa FREEDMEN.
-Qch 1t would appeSr that something mus
''sre be done for the ireedGPu Of the South
pooD and that speedily, or they will die il
n CREST numbers OF famine and pestlence
h. be Last year thousands were Ia = state o
hural deglitutiun 10 February and March. Tai
'mlce year a large bum Der are starving in De
es.ilTTre cember aud January. There Is no agrl
hoch, cultural employment IN the South whict
iced will &C present prices do more than Civ,
a53u- negro fxmiles current support during
,gsre the season Of cultivation. When tht
Al ed crop is made and harvested, and lahoi
: = I'd 40 longer required, the negro, with hi,
" siis wife aud children, has no means Of sup
Ice port until spring Even when the ses-
~ an son OF planting returns, there IL want
Adre OF food in the country, GBd labDrers cam
TO not be fed. Cotton can no longer be suc'
sean cessfully cultivated, aud other crops re-
lut quiriug a smaller amount Of labor must
Sc be substituted during the coming year,
= bll necessarily throwing large numbsr OF
: her negroes out of employment, aud making
at their condition next year even worse
3rs than the present. Some may be sup
IN. ported for several months, by working
lat on tine levees s. the expense ~ Govern
is ment, a. proposed oy Gen. Gil!lem, but
ln this will be confined to comparatively
is few, and even 10 them the relief will be
en- 4 only Temporary. The amount required
mesa IN addition TO relieve the impending dis
= - this must inevitably be repeated next
Telis year, and every year, more or less, for a
3uBn long while.
hch II should how be considered whether
su,i, the proper remedy is not emigration, and
face whether This viii not Ce tbs least eXaeu-
the sive. and bes for the negroes Be ides
A. Op Liberia, which is too Remote, there are
-cts, the West India Islands, aud all The coasts
can of The Isihm1s and Of South Americs,
= OF within the tropics close at hand, afford
Ing abundant room aud q soil aud eli
the mate nearly the same ss that % Africa
-srv whence the negro race originally came
q ~ In all these places the negroes or the
that SOurh might live more comfortably han
nv 10 thsir present localities, and much as
yari fifty millions Of the race are now living
oIy iu Africa, while every means for their
, in moral and religious Improvement may
be 0e applied even more successfully. II is
,rsd only Under the rays Of y tropical sun that
dis the negro thrivss, increases and lives
huh happily without the assistance Of white
,nto men In this country and IA a state Of
IN slavery, the negro has increased and
g At prOspered only because the white man
has fed hIm upon pork and corn bread
z to supply his sgstsu wi Ia hydrI. carbon,
Ri fbr tie generation Of animal heat, aud
"a because he has SO clothed hlm as to best
n preserve this heat OF body. Take these
= away while he is kept IN a climate 80
much colder than That providentially
"a assigned him, and be ceases ID prCcreate
at his species, i&ngulshes aud dies. This Is
u his present and prospective condition,
luna and the inevitable consequences Is a grad
- -. usl reduction in uUmOer aud final sXtirc
Or ton. Every physlOlOgist acknowledges
Il this, aud il cannot be loug ignored by
,ss5 politicians and legislators
"a Toe next most feasible remedy 10 emf
nsD grafton South, would be emigration
!, H. North. Outdoor labor at the North
ir would be destructive of negro life, but
Tiu in The cities and towns Of the Northern
sIe States, negroes might be employed as
ID hOu-s--ervant7 and in factrriss ard
'tr- workshops, well protected from ths cold,
ar aud at the same time sUbsisted, Gs they
l4r. have heretofore been by Southern plant
ne era, principally upon hydro Carb luaceous
> food. Their clothing, too, would be OF
aas that kind 80 essen tial 10 their CON .ort aud
an health, and such a. negroes left 70 them.
: of selves are rot likely % provide. This
.nt would be good economy for ali who re-
We qujrs employees for indoor labor: aud
for the white labOrsrs displaced BY these
hat arrangements, there Is plenty OF room. I
n and employment more coDgenial and |
. ( prof iLsbe, Ia the great West Nai
nt greater sssing could befai tha vast tide 7,
.iaI Of immigration from foreign countries I
AZ than to be forced 10 engage ia agrcultu /
les raj emplOyments by the press Of CircUm-
aIv stances. they W0uld be both healthier /
in and happier, become better citizens and /
va- increase more rapidly in number The /
,re soil Of the West would by this means 4
rv- become more productive and even IL the |
on Ssuth, almost the only nope OF raising
ar cotton for export in future depends uDOD I
nd its cultivation upon small farms BY /
of white labor. Steady and labOrous white |
his farmers are now the only people who |
III can afford 70 raise cotton at present |
nv prices
VS. Congress is now 1mperS.ively called /
lm upon 20 make such provision for the /
" Wards Of the NUyiOn," as will save I
he them from famine and pestilence, which /
~ are inssparable csiamties Twenty mill |
At lion dollars viii be required for food and I
.f. clothing during The Winter and Spring,
r and when Summer comes 81 UPplies cannot /
,m be Withheld, i0r not more than ore tenth |
rs. Of the negro population can then be en-
nd ployed and supported by the white people .
iu for the cultivation Of crops; and next
"a year we shall hear Of want and starva-
70. ton in November and Deeem ber.
la Besides, it must be considered that feed
p ing and clothing negroes without requir.
Id Ing labor in return Is Fuinnus 10 them
/ II we fnd them iudolent now, what viii
" they be after 0neOr more years subsistence
ie ugon government bounty2 The evil
esr increases with time, and the only certain
r remedy is disperson sending a portion
s.e of them into tropical regions where we Z
ar know they can live without the aid OF
M white men, and portion into partsOf the
Ito country where their labor can be made
h available to white men, and where their
nj employers will be interested in their sup
: port and protection
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