The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-04

10 suppose.
Mrs. McCulloch will receive her friends on
Wednesdays from IL m. to 4p. m.
Tue LADIES of Secretary Browning's family
will receive their friends, as usual, on Wednes-
days, from u to 1 o'clock, p. IN. Residence on
Montgomery street, Georgetown Heights.
GENERAL GRANT will be at home on wednes-
day evening, February5. No cards Of invitation
will be issued. Residence, street, near New
Jersey avenue.
DEsTITUTION AND SUFFERING IN
THE COUNTRY AND THE REMEDY.
The New York Tribune had an editorial the
other day chiefly applicable TO the condition OF
affairs In the South, In which II illustrated and
enforced that hourly but expressive saying
''root hog or die" The lesson which this adage
teaches Is needed In all parts Of country, and
may be enforced by that higher and equally
sententious utterance "If any man will not work
neither shall he cat"
1t Is our object at this time to point out at
length or to dwell upon the causes which have
thrown so many people out Of employment this
hard winter. It is not one thing alone, but many
causes combined which have led to this state Of
things which now exist, and to the consequent
suffering which Is upon and all about US. 1t
may be inquired how shall man work when he
can find nothing to dol There are Thousands Of
mechanics and laborers who would gladly avail
themselves OF any opportunity to labor provided
they could find said opportunity. But the
country, financially and In a business point Of
view, is in the midst of one OF these periods OF
rtasnatlon, and there is, therefore, nothing for
willing hands to do. While we do not deny the
truth Of the above statement, we would take
this occasion to point out the mistakes and
errors Of the past, and suggest the means OF their
avoidance in the future. When times are good
and labor in demand, and every mans toll In the
n,ha hon ND alaat vhora xvtl m m and
good wages, let economy rule and money will
be saved. Lands are plenty and cheap. Farms
may be easily obtained and cooperative labor
associations NAV be formed, and II all men do
not get rich they may still acquire enough to
save themselves and families from pinching pow
erty when the stagnation period comes.
Those who will cultivate the soil will ordina-
rily have something to sell, and the man who
raises something to sell is rarely ever poor. How
is 1t in the SOUTH We read Of great restitution
and suffering there, both among the white and
colored population. The chief dimculty there
appears to he this-it may not be n welcome
truth-but 1t Is nevertheless a truth The white
people have devoted too much attention to pol
itics and not enough to the cultivation OF the
soil; and the cmancipated slaves, having sudden.
ly become free, think they have as much right
10 dabble in politics as their former masters Pol
titles don't pay, but the cultivation Of the soil
does. The South needs capital, we are told
Precisely SO. Capital is in their mines, their
forests, their rivera and waterfalls, and their
millions of Of fertile lands; and this needed
capital must be wrought out by their eight mil
lions OF people and by those who shall join them
from elsewhere. We know OF no other way
We have read a carefully prepared letter OF q
correspondent OF tho Bottom Traveller, and at the
risk OF making long article, we are Induced to
lay portions OF this correspondence before oul
readers. 1t speaks Of the condition Of affairs In
Virgins, and gives hopeful aspect of things
. there.
The writers says;
A limited section OF this "South Siden region
of Virginia, embracing o few counties In the tide
water region, is subject to "chills and feyers,'
but every years experience and improved man
agement cause this malady to be comparatively
harmless. The other counties, and especially
the Piedmont region, are healthy and the climate
is free from the extremes Of Northern cold OF
In the " estern and middle counties of this sec
heretofore been mainly cultivated for market
hut experiments in cuitivating many other az
ricultural and horticultural products have been
successful and will be profitable.
The abolition OF slavery leaves the landed pro
,iyate, and thousands OF acres are for sale. The
accessibility, heslthfulness, fertility, and near
ness to the markets Of the world, present some
tlemen who may wish by a very limited amour,
nf travel, to visit and see for themselves whether
they may not make Investments which will botf
farmer or manufacturer there are few more in
wiling fields for enterprise.
Formerly there were many Virginians In every
county, who unaffected much interest In party
nnd political questions, but the number ha'
The struggle is now for bread, and managing the
affairs OF the nation don't pay. Let emigranti
themselves, as some have already done, AMI
found to their surprise that there are not quit
as many outer barbArians In Virginia as som'
represent, and that they may live as safely an,
happily here as In any part OF the United states
with new life and a new position in the eouf
try comes new responsibilities; the man who ha
''greatness thrust upon him" suddenly has Dc
inand for time to adapt himself to his hilbert
unknown position; and the slave, just emanc
pated, must, in like manner, have time to lear
his new duties, responsibilities, and dangers.
lsS-'6-'7, have in many Instances been failure
Ind many OF them wiser and better men an
women. Employers and employees have to II
sSpsrmsnis In their neW ths Hmau nta y 1yet
and efficiency of acquired knowledge such e.
perlence rises often TO the dignity oil wlsooI
It Is hoped that the freedmen are becoming mo-
useful and valuable as laborers. II this sh a
prove to be true, the competition between whit
Virginia.
Irthere are any people Of character and inte
Tic freedmen, they have thus far studiousl
schools for them have been established, and II
EnS%issge snSsn ssRoo ss
churches, and white people give instruction /
Christian families. Surely, 1.-THE decree has goI
forth that the freedmen must vote, Virginian
are not profoundly ignorant Of that plain col
non-senSe automatic truth that universal 81
frage, with universal ignorance, Is the mosttra
pal nt of all humbugs
Then let gentlemen who desire II, or whose
terest may be promoted by emigrating from u
North to Virginia, at a moderate expense
money or time, visit the "South Side y regi'
and learn for themselves Its advantages and
ducements for enterprise, and aid In bringl
about that real peace and repose which eve
interest Of our whole country demands OF eve
patriot. -
NOMINATIONS. The following nominatlo
were sent to the Senate yesterday by the Pre-
dent; Moses N. wisewell, to be Commissioner
Internal Revenue, vice u. A. Rollins, to be
moved; WIN, q. Wilson, to be postmaster AT
Pavette IndIanat John A. Cotton, to be po