New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-27

for their Another speaker said he was In donbt
eyed that the negro Was the best abOrer they could OBJ
tain st it would be polite to have some forelgners IN
order that the negro might be made wiling 10 work pet
by of being deprived OF work altoGet9ef IN
any aspect there were great dlcu ,eS year rbeS
would be ruined and the plan would never WORK.
but, hired by the day they will work better tnan any
guides still it was hoped that North Carolina might yet
be prosperous Whatever TO De ce
to succeed with hired labor at so cents day ~ was
folly to make men more S n labor is
wanted than can be managed well, and Immigrants uss
be selected TO TINS end inc speaker te9 ssr land for
the time would come when thrifty ana lndustriOus
be secured by which their domains would be equal in
value to the estates OF the European nobility ParI
in who will drive out you and yours into beggary II tho
labor here does not answer another KIND must Do
labor,r leaves a plantation he should not be employed
on another unless he has certificate OK good oenavlo
and this should be established rule" But sald
the speaker should be just and kind and faithful
In ali the promises We make" - ,.,.. ,,ou,or,
The next day address was made Dy Judge howaIu
on the Fair Grounds said he with feelings both
OF regret Sadness he regretted that an OLD civil
new one was rising to take its place they
failed in the war IL was not through an eh bo1
and WORKOUT civilization. The question now is now
much good can be saved from the past now lnuch can
be gathered from the present and how much OF Tue o'
ruins and fragments In the present age OF steam OF ne
press and Of Invention. men can only modly-they ca
face war was q necessity. and when we submitted we
did so brave people, and we expect yet TO receive
DAVIS Lee and Jackson, which was received with APP
pause and he added that upon the brow OF their people
there shame, and they suffered tue greatest pen
alty in the loss OF their property that could DO afflicted
on any people. According to old English law 10 sppy
the ephet Of traitor after pardon was punlsnaDe
ofense even though the epithet once deserved III
was duty now labor for whatever will produce the
TO honor glorious dead, and whoever would stigmatlze
such raises barrier to unity of hands and hearts.
renewed PROSPERITY This not rude people in a new
land; we are the owners Of the soil and we nave
those who have wealth likely to be aured by
examples Of whatever only gtters II we ape th0 S
our movements require the leadership OF able men DO
want Sciencei No. we want men VINO Know nov ~
labor is all absorbing Where cotton Is grown the negro
the best labOrer In the world II ne IS treated Justly
we will have beautiful and prosperous land we must
commence with elementary princlpes We want no paa-
ta mansions surrounded BY huts but instead S1m
such can be secured North Carolina mas a
climate and soil capable OF producing wn na p
this stage progress do not need flowers OF rne
but who know how TO al e
along railroad. should go back 10 more remote
places sec IL needed encourage meetings among
the common farmers circulate agricultural Journals aud
try understand that agriculture Is not wholly paying
occupation but that much be done for the good OF
the country at large l., -, H.,
that the speaker urged the planters not to sell their
land did not express sentiments of the people at all
for every one was willing to sell part of his land and
tins because the remainder would be likely to be vau
able as the whole think this true for judge Of
hi gh court told that he had plantation OF 1000 acres
which would sell for 5000 and that the buildings ana
improvements cost $4,000 more than TINS
he would divide the land into 9oacre lots
class farmers from the North who would come and make
improvements, for he said with smile that ne could
then sell the remainder for more than ne could now e.
for the whole When asked him what kind OF land IL
he said the timber was black oak and that tne SOL
heard Que gentleman to another that he had much
rather have negroes WORK ior MN than WnIte em DC
the white man Is all the time waning 50 many
things On the contrary, the negro does not want as
good house such tine Clothes nor many Inherent
kinds Of yctuals But they both agreed hat II wSuu Se
good thing get foreign immigrants, so that the
foreiSn.Ps would be needed On the whole could
not see any considerable number agree as 10 whether
they want immigrants or not. Evidently there Is
fear that they Will not be pleased. A small number OF
Swedes were brought over but after time assistance
required to take them North There are some lew
Swiss scattered IN several counties, but how they are
so'n IssnRhScE or THE REAL NEEDS OF THE STATE
Few seem to realize where the obstacles TO progress
really lie Generally the soil is thin and 1t has grown
poorer by cultivation. thousands OF acres In cotton
where Tie soil poor that IN average years labor
could have little reward Late as t was saw some
the seed eau be obtained Such kind OF farm
ing leads TO agricultural death vi ate, they arc
the crop sold only in Norfolk reached sOoOOO Orchards
are scarce aud the trees messy scattered ana Old
was toli of a rich planter who raised orchard OF
several thousand trees that there might De rnt Tor all
OF choice varieties, before the war, and when they
began TO bear and the fruit was getting ripe.
he called ell tho blacks together, Of which
there were several hundred aud told he wished
one would touch the fruit for he wanted to test 1t when
IL should be ripe. In few days all the apples ripe anu
green gone Then he called on ms ableboded men,
with their axes and every laid low. There are
many curious Wild things In human nature. An editor OF
thar many people do not know that their land needs
manure and only since the have they begun to
how little farmer who works hard is able to Such
AS work after the surrender were surprised when
they found out how many hard days work were required
10 supply auy article OF food. 10 say nothing
about Injuries and as consequence they quit farming
and went into other business.
MEMBERS or The AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
In all respects the members OF this Agricultural Asso
gress, judges or members Of tue Legislature
they speak well IN public, and seemed " me that
they could MI almost any office with honor 30 Tar as
my observation extended every one was an ocer In the
army and by the titles judge that few were lover than
captains while most were colonies or generals nowhere
have men 50 kind and so loving To each other
seated In hotel by the side OF gentleman not re-
markaby well dressed and he had faded shawl over
his shoulders. lie seemed low-spirited and In poor
health but his conversation showed hun 10 De polite
and well educated man. Presently couple OF we'll
dressed gentlemen wearing fine jewelry met, near
aud they too Confederate officers l saw that
the poor gentleman was acquainted with them,
glove from his right hand, that he might greet them
II they should recognize him. AT last they him,
his warmly IL impossible To show To any one
greater attention, aud they walked away together dear
friends, reunited. The members OF tins aSr
cultural society generally in middle life. and eyi-
IDENTITY they the leaders In the war among the peo
pie Of the eastern counties Of the Caronas aud having
witnessed something OF the North and It's prosperity
they determined to what DO done for their
own State But OF the large body Of private soldiers
who served In tho few perhaps none, were repre-
sented Whether they fitted or whether they take
any In the Improvement OF agriculture, do not
know Is doubtful whether they are able To pay the
large required for membership stil such could DC
exhibitors aud OF course they were negroes
excluded from making entries for competition.
The wives OF these gentlemen, as well AS the female
members Of their families. appeared uncommony wel
aud would say the ladies In attendance at this Far were
on an average far better educated than the average OF
the ladies at Northern fair. That IL TO say only the
better class attended and tho common people did not
see. IL seemed To that these ladies have mere
realizing sense OF many things than the gentleman aad