New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-10

entirely innocent oft The affair natural caused eshsarsbl.
@ 1 and sill a. large Gen ssAE, sent
they found order restored
! There never was time in the history of any poo
pie when they called TO use greater es
SOUTH says The EaJad (AlaJ gevs The extraordinary
sustained this year BY the planting interest," a. sSe
cial pressure that almost ruin us II every MAJ GOES
not practice the most rigid economy ana se -
omnia rinet Is an old Latin maxim peculiarly applicable
1a an9 Ia ali things and now at the beginning Of the
year. let every man. black ana white bear inc truth on
politically and financially, which rests upon tue South
II can DO done. An earnest united and manly shor on
the part OF every abe-bOded this year viii do as
work
| The Columbus Sun SAYS: "If the planters
throughout the South manesting the same tardness
year as 10 displayed by those This section the bu.nes:
may be repSree as .nS SSpns the CHRISTMAS
1865, freedman could not pass through our streets
GsR to sy piyne SS their agents stood at the
and entered into Lively competition Tor the sery
een % Negroes DESTROYS OF hiring are to be coBe
gated in much smaller numbers than usual out planters
to engage them seldom be found. We understand
that the wages contracted for are not more than nan we
sums agreed upon FOR this year ana mat Al 'ae ,s
wages for which the freedmen can be engaged the De-
mand Is not near equal to the supply or labor.
A letter from Marshall, Texas, says: al never
cuaton little cotton NADIA and that little u not be
|
Farmers have with but few exceptons lost money ana
Of them heavily They are not disposed 70 ~ ts
Of circumstances The negroes are here, aud whether
employed not they must eat sefdetense VIII there
probability that will be without homes, as many
arc determined 10 work but few who have hitherto
anxiety abcut securing homes than they did last year
quenty must seek to work for those who find them
Many planters will not be able to find them having had
so many their hogs killed by them There is plenty
OF corn In the country. There will be greater area OF
planted the coming year than usual as raising d
cotton in this country has ceased 70 DO profitable me
present year has been unprecedentedy wet aud sek 10
Texas Those Of but year IN Texas nave peea y azz
health much Improved
A correspondent Of The Ner- Orleans Crescent
at Napoleon, Ark writes The cotton crop next year !"
be smaller this because many OF planters are 80
utterly impoverished that they will not try II aeain
Ie 10 s w the coESry stoek Of all sorts viii
due attention. and cotton VIII be thlrdrae con-
Sx yeSr at a An entire change has swept over the
minds OF the people Of the South, and now tell you thai
ing and stockrsisina region The freedmen win not fnd
employment next year In this portion OF the country:
Nearly all hands that have been employed thls year
dismissed, aud We see no indication maIested
to employ them or others People are constantly sees
upon the stees and In the country ZOE yos
there one 70 employ white men, ana DaeH men
work and cannot get IL. All offered land at nominal
figures, but have no means 70 euuVate ~, Sna nS
offered mules, say they cannot procure proNons ana
precisely the state OF the country This country thls
year viii about One-sirth as much cotton as ~ eu
that next year will be favorable one for the Planters
but seem to wish to engage In the cotton Sss
satisfied them Our people VIII adopt the most eeYhJ h
! want at home The negroes have generally worked
pretty well where they had chance and are msnestins
| the next year, bnt nobody Is able TO employ them.
| A SINGULAR MovE-soUTHERN PLANTERS FOB
INDIA.
From The Memphls Bulsiia
II il stated that many Southern planters and
appll English
sociatiou ,or employment IN tbs cotton culture IA any
are represented to Of character and position
Ruin bankruptcy have forced them TO this alterna
Association the result of the deheration not given.
The present niquitous tax on cotton Is premium To the
foreign culture and positive prohibition Of the domestic
growth the Of which, In the exhibits Of the balance
Of trade against win soon be apparent even to ne
tax originated 10 punishment and blight.
PROSPECTS OF LABOR
From The y. o. Pieayuns.
Travelling once in Texas, just after annexa-
ton, when railroads unknown there, aud took US
just days be pulled with our baggage from hide
pendence to Washington we had with US fellow passe.,.
breaking down, and over every fatigue from prying
mark then and yet in Texas affairs HIS ,nyaranle cry,
to out gentlemen VIM must have 1ss H." Wa
SO We cay now there is cause for dlscouragement
because the freedman failed be profitable hire
hug, or that cotton has ceased 10 Dc pronsaOS crop
people on this account II they had believed the truths
ecfs Have they not often spoken OF the ruin OF ag
culture of the British West Indies, wha the freed negro
Have they not often prophesed that his Incidence his
disregard OF the rights and interests OF his employer bis
growing rksomeness OF the control OF any
and his dishonesty would render him valueless Have
they not often pointed out that cotton taxed as IL wss
cost too much 10 be prOftablet
Had our planters acted on their own wise yatlcnatons
they would now be out OF danger Instead Of going to
and cities hunting and cosxing vagrant
Always from industry TO go out TO the plantation giving
them, having them away perhaps before they
reached the plantation, and they reached It. working
moved their fences take into cultivation only
much land as they could attend to themselves with tho
work and work willingly the only kind worth having.
sustenanee cotton being the surplus OF their labor I'D
not It's chief end Thi. course Their theory shouted n
on this theory much better of they would be now
The fact people need the discipline they are re-
ceiyng and their salvation receive it soon and
so thoroughly When this region first settled, and
its opened to the production Of wealth. il was not
done by the negro but by the white man All the sound
substantial wealth OF the country produced by tho
white The negro was only one OF his yestmens
after he had himself mastered tho forest and broken up
soil In the early days OF these States there was also
plenty aud variety in food which was never expert
dependence mess pork and corbread alone. and tho
loom and the spinning wheel so familiar TO our grand
mothers and mothers and their elder children, were dis
used when the awkward stupid aud oNnouoned
woman neldhand took the place OF our rosy and healthy
elder sisters In the Industries OF the mousse
Our people need to be thrown entirely upon their own
and the heavier the shock the more cOets
the overthrow Of the past system OF negro or other ca
Gus labor aud OF money raising crops, the more
likely are they to begin where their fathers began, with
ont tho negro, with their hands 10 build up
cure and independent fortunes.
No though greyous at the moment IL Is good for us
that cotton has failed both In the field and In the ware
house. and that the negro has drfted into worthessnes
Let US move quarters where our wives ana
daughters dispense with the thievish cook and laun
dress who steal vastly than We give them ana let
us Till only the land which have under our own
eye, let keep only the animals which We can watrh
and feed and though this year may be one OF tra tne
yagrant negro will gradually wander of perhaps TO Mex