The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-01-04
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ii 5offr havs brought tsiGi, tltiI,
s1 sps M Mapa tTss Ts
such as have rarely been endured by any class,
va find ouiaalYos without money, without .cred-
IL. vithou: aroyislspsi tip hp NJ q 4Povershed,
land agricultural capital deprcciated nine-tcnths
IT'S whole1iAlucl Inebt,hn1 want our
eleep. These are tho effects Of only two years,
on thorsafet bupiness in the world, conducted
by ths'nIosssafiftyand piuaent"classi Of men.
they afs tksR Ratdral and inevitable results Of
psia e4traorSinary wages wages 4, and
aIlpred nplhhcard hlh def Of privileges. ii. .ia ,m,,d
aThis, false system has already swallowed the
ehtiren,sdns Of d minority OF Southern plan
tsfs,1and,ain Sho moro year, will utterly con-
aiiihe tie reste, rSeas,te unless abandoned ~ 'aE
III sSs TIE e. universal WHY sentiment Of 2 our
pspRlc towards the negro, was that Of ,conclia7
ton and kindness. We employed him at high
wages, INDUCED his laziness, assisted him to acu
qdife property, that he might become a con-
teaSted tSte Citizen, friend to law and order We
have rented and End soll him lands and thus en-
dowed him with the only qualification of
vothr Ro.aycreap acquire. q The. results have
been, that, with animal appetite and instinct,
he has consumed the wages Of his labor ere
they ' We're "a due, and educated By indulgence,
ho demands higher wages and ID greater, priv
legas fQrless work. HaXipg bceB, already paid
foS.his work, in one way or another, about four
times its value, which he spends in debauchery
or political meetiigs he declares himself cheat
ed dd and demands next Year twice as much as as
ever. With unanliimity meyer before equaled
they have at the ballot box proclaimed their
cnmity to tho whites: in the fields, by sloth,
indifference bad work and H. Decentralization y IN tic
they confirm the avowal, till VIC can no longer
doubt the acknowledgements. of-races. 1t is
time, then, to consider,inot what is good for
thbnegrorb rbut'whatlcaR save the,.white man..
It.is,timotorecogiizeii fnetI that there is a.
conflict here between capital aud labor = that
thd nagfo 'has forfeited every Olaimon our SYM
payhyy ;Faad; tha4 the ddtya We 0wo our country;
and our race deinands that We do all We can to
kesRJhdipp il il bis zeal state @ IF dependence a
saEst for, food aud raimepts them for. such
privileges as*o,may hcom. properl to- accord.
HosFeah waidothis? rBy cessing ID pay him
mole than he has Grz Can eafn. How hueh IL
a., w. BIZ -saabDi at ,1otoI .1rm
-i;a, bar aT1dt 1i hH.S.s :.,;Y SIX .j:a @.,I.
4t,is well bknowp that slaveflaboE made
scarcely any profit to the master - how then
canfrco Labor, ,lwhichi nominally performs the
same tasks, FIVE days insteha Of six, earn any
thing m0ati5 thahsjayc Gages-food and clothes?
Certainly the slnro, under the Lash, did more
and BstlsSr vi #ork Han the freedman, Who runs
through the some tasks, losing Saturdays, &c,
and sq sP sfPspds ln 81 'h9 pew P2Tq energies Of
ssS9 sa hs pr5yo 5 S frSpp pp5rU59i Un League
Tho s.atemeps s plain the contrast strking
Tho slave thoroughly asqiplinoa and urged =
the ef'ent ~. Of M healthy ly exc excrton and compelled
TO Do g88A Ya0ggk, barely paid bis master for
food apd clothing, and possibly "a. decent rent
for landsand .'males, by working nll the time.
This is to l5otorious tonoed prouf: Ithas been
urgaa y tti66hhsabd times qgainst slavery Now
vo ~srs tolA 81 tEat tho nevmqn ;,q i would pqr
forW~, fiYo times the labor Of tho slave, and SO
enrich himself and us, .ps he would consume
no more" But we have not tested his powers,
as VIC have uniformly hired min, at vastly high
eF rates, to perform tho very same or less in 9
far inforior manner, The slave worked six
days each week; j.tAe !, freedmen but five.
Thc slave received on an average less
foodd' was more careful Of tools; stole
less, bccause'i more liable to punishment,
did TIT dhrS to abuso animals entrusted to his !
care si and i. rccesin2g is2 or foqa ana clothes uac
no profit /or Me .mastcr except increase. How.
thcRchH we, assigning to- tho, freedman tho.
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