The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-10

C0LoRED LAND OwNERs.-A com.
pany Of one hundred colored men have
purchased tract Of land OH Bulls Is.
land. They have paid the first install
ment, and have three years to pay tho
balance IN. There are several similar
experiments on trial in this State, and
1t remains to be seen what will be the
result ofthcm. - Charleston Nc,Us.
TO THE EDlroR OF THE DAILY News
-FoRK OF EDrsro. S. c., Jan. 81
The supposition that everything in ma.
tnrc is dual, hopo will prove correct in
one connection at asst. fit does, then
the evil Of land.rcnt;ng will not be
without its good results. For the past
two years the freedmen have exhibited
an indomitabc desire for land rontinp.
And no matter tc what extent they
may meet with Gailare, this plan Of man.
aging on their own account they, thus far,
still insist on. This year the idea has ex.
pandcd 10 still moro beautiful propor-
tons, and such things as farm laborers
tor wages aro few and far between. Tho
consequences are, that the labor of the
country has become unavailable, and
farmers arc restricted to smaller areas
upon which to base their operations.
This, though, may be all for the better,
as they will no doubt make what they do
plant yiold more 10 the acre.
| Under existing circumstances, renting
lands to tho freedmen is attended with
evils that would not; otherwise obtain.
They are poor in the common acccpta
ton OF the term, and are without the
means which would justify any attempt
at farming within themselves. The
idea Of family comprising halt dozen
or more members who probably have
not broad enough to last them three
months, renting eight or ten acres Of
land, that will not produce three hun
drcd pounds Of seed cotton TO the acre,
and who expect to make a support bv
using the hoe alono in the cultivation
OF the soil, Is propostcrous in the ex.
tremc. Yet they manage to live, year
IN and year out, all the deficiencies and
lnconvcniences TO the contrary notwith-
standing. In tho meantime the stock
of the whites, such as hogs and cattle,
''to slaughter are condemned" This
statement may be regarded by some as
an act gratui,ously performed tha,
might as well have been dispensed with.
But facts are stubborn things sometimes
and like murder, will "out."
lMMIGRATIoN.-Wo are more and
more impressed with tho necessity of
white immigration to the material, rs
we'll the social and political, interests
Of tho South. From all quarters ofthc
country VIC see by the newspapers, the
cry comes up "Wh has become Of the
negro? The planters canno, hire
enough to till ttoir lands, the present
year" We were talking TO one of our
intelligent planters, a day or two since,
and he accounted !or tho lack of negro
hirelings, thus: He said that grcat
many negroes had rented land to farm
on their own hook, and that thew had
hired negroes 10 work for them, and
hence, they were not so many to hire
themselves to white planters. This
may lie true but we do not think that a
sufficient number Of negro laborers have
, bee" hired by negro planters to account
for the deficiency.
: Some of them have gone to the Mis-
} sissippi, Louisiana and Arkansas bot
. toms and few to tho North. A larg.
number have died, and it is likely thai
they will continue to die faster than they
; are propagated; for wherever mortuary
statistics of both races have been kcpl
; since universal emancipation has taken
: place, they exhibit the deaths in the
ratio of three Or four negroes to one
white. Besides, there arc not neur 5,
many negro births since rs there were
bcio,o emancipation. Various cause.
. consplrc to produce this rcsult-tho ig
norancc, carelcssness, improvidencc
: nth and immortality Of. negroes, lheil
lnatlcntion to health, and failure to en-
, rloy physicians and to uso remedies
when prescribed. They are likely
, from these causes, to pass away, as the
poor Indians have done, and, ultimately
to become extinct.
Whatever may be the cause or caus
cs The fact exists that thore is moi
enough labor IN the South to cultivate
tho land, much less to engage in Other
} enterprises for tho Development ofhc,
latent resources. Capital, too, is need
ed, as much as labor. TO provide both
and to start tho South and give he,
good Roadway in now career o
growth, prosperity and power, we must
have white immlgrats. This matter
has already been postponed too long.
II demands the immediate attention OF
our land owners, planters and farmers
Let them take the subject into corside.
ration and act upon it, and, besides pro
noting each individuals material a6-
vancement and welfare, they will have
the proud satisfaction OF contributing to
; push forward the car Of progress, whio.,
Is to bear onr glorious Southland to the
magnificent destiny that awaits her.
HmtsutNc Democrat
The bill and speech of Mr., Syn,b, Of
Maine, deserves favorable attention.
Perhaps his is q practical plan, that is,
to to cancel grecnbacks when paid into the
Treasury, and issue i'm tho nloco of tbono