Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
Speech of Judge Dent In MissisaippI

Judge Dent addressed q largo assem-
blage at Corinth, Miss, Saturday. durin0
which he said there were two parties at
present IN Mississippi. One was known
as the ''bitter endcrs" or 'sextremists."
the other as the National Republican
Union Party. .The former, led by Tarbell.
Ames, Alcorn Co., wanted to disfran-
chlse the white people, while the party he
belonged to was III favor of universal suf-
frage and amnesty. One hundred and fifty
colored persons were present, and these
he urged IN tho strongest terms not to be
antagonistlo to the people of the South
Many men from the North wero contend
ing that 1T was through their efforts the
colored race had freedom. Such was not
the fact. Gen Grant and other distin-
gulshed soldiers and statesmen had de-
Ciared that 1T was only circumstance of
war; tiat II was never Intended to give the
colored man his freedom until it became
war necessity. Neither was it intended to
give them the right tn vote until it be-
t"Lno political necessity IN the work of
reconstruction. He closed his address by
calllng on those assembled to support the
men who were III favor of peace through
ont Mississippi and the entire country,
and who We're in favor of equal rights to
all. The conservative republicans held
Monday. A number of speeches were
made.
Superiority of the South over the West.
Under this head the Charleston Ne,rs
presents tho following interesting facts:
Ihe value OF lands is determined by the
money worth of their products per acre.
mus, IN the absence of speculation and
other disturbing influences, determines the
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the average yield to the.acre in the North
west and South, will show, therefore, the
relative valuo of the land in the two sec
tions, and, incidentally, their relative
prosperity. For the purpose of this com
parison, we show the average yield to the
acre of the most valuable staples in several
Statea the material for the calculation
being taken by a correspondent from the
report of the Agricultural Bureau at Wash
ington.
| We find that Illinois yields corn to the
| value of SIG 80 an acre, wheat at $22 45
and barley at s2S so per acre. Kansas
yields corn at $2G "a, wheat at $40 80,
and barley at $25 90 per acre. Missouri
yields corn at SIG 95. wheat at 1924 80,
and barley at $50 so per acre. Turning to
the South we find that Virginia yields q
higher average of corn than Illinois-say
%AS OO1 nAoO UOUdCCO ab pOO p0E dCTo.-
North Carolina yields tobacco at $112 ~
per acre. Louisiana and Mississippi yield
sugar cane at 5000 per acre, South Caro-
lima and Georgia yield rice at $95, and
Sea Island cotton at $40 per acre. And
the twelve cotton States yield upland cot
ton at an average of $50 per acre.
The value of the lands of the West is
really far more speculative than intrinsic,
and heretofore they have advanced in
price with great rapidity, not on account
of their superior productiveness, but be-
cause there was O vast tide of immigration
pouring into the United States which al
ways flowed towards the West and rapidly
filled up the country. Each immigrant
brought with him from Europe some gold,
which contributed largely towards form
ing the capital Of the Western States
There can be now no doubt that our old
institution of slavery discouraged immi-
grafton, and so impeded the material pro-
gress of the South. But now that slavery
is dead, there is an open chance for the
competition Of free labor, and as soon as
our political affairs are we'll settled, conf
dence will be established and immigrants
will pour into our section and soon raise
our lands to their true value, which is real
ly greater than the value of lands in the
West.