, 1869-11-30
FREE LABOR Ar THE aJVrH

Aso"eQ pu1 pose
FREE LABOR Ar THE aJUrH,
Mr.. Wade Hampton delivered an address
at the Georgia State Fair, held at Macon,
and it WIS the labored effort Of man who
has been forced, against his will, to nm &C.
ceptance Of what he could no longer sue
cessfully resist; and gho seeks to parade
that acceptance Us an evidence Of his
adaptability to The change Of circum-
stances. But Nlr. Wade Hampton, 30 far as
be tries to uako others believe that he
would submit cne hour to the freedom Of
: tho blacks, had he the power to re-anslave
them, is fni1ure- In every sentiment he
utters, though he tries to use language
Of frank concession to the inevitable, there
turks the old and undying claim to the an
cestral legacy OF property in his fellow
man. His address to the planters Of
Georgia contains much that is admirable in
the way Of ndyico. He points out to them
the false pride which induced plunters be-
fore the wnr TO direct their whole atteution
to the production of cotton, whereby they
neglected other crops equally useful and
profitable. It WIS uuwisa to put every
acre in cotton, and then buy food for slaves
and stock from others- The neglect Of ag-'
ricu1tur1l impleme enrs and 1abot-saving ma-
chimes was another mistake. Now that labor
costs money, the necessity OF making It as
productive, and, therefore, as cheap us
possible, will teach them true economy.
The first change he advises is the diversity
of crops, md the cultivation Of all the
grain, beef and pork, fruit and vegetables
they may need, in addition to their cotton.
The next economy is to bestow mora time
on the prepartion Of the soil, and supplying
it with new life, and the cultivation Of
less number Of acres. To raise the same
amount Of cotton from half the number Of
acres, he argues, is true economy which all
must learn and practise Cotton, be claims,
Will soon resume the throne from which
it was supposed 1t hnd been cast down;
and the 6outh, in 1863, receiving moro
money for q crop of two aud half mill
ions Of bales than it did for OVER Eve mill
ions Of bales in 1850, tells the story Of the
great power which the producers Of that
| crop must ever wield in tho affairs Of the
| world, and is also warning against over
production. He predicted that, in time, the
South will manufacture all its own cotton,
| and will be selling its cloths in other mar
kets at less price than they can be pro-
dueed for outside the Cotton Statea. he
| advocated manufacturing Of every descrip-
! tion, nnl the establishment Of schools ind
colleges for the instruction of youth in
every branch Of useful science, and prayed
tho young men to turn their
| talents 10 productive industry
in preference to tho learned professions.
Though the South had revived as no other
people could have done, since the war;
though wealth and power were to be her
lot in the future, nevertheless there was
need Of more white population. This was
TO he obtained from Europe or from. the
North. He urged that every effort should
be made TO induce migration To the South :;
he pointed out to the people the immense
wealth which these emigrants a1s to The
county but, even under this earnest de-
sire to build up the industry and people the
comparatively desolate country with pro.
doctive labosing class, Mr.. Hampton could
not disguise the old South Carolinian con.
|
tempt for free laborezs, which once found
expression in the epithet Of "nudsil =
nut1eo NJ tnen' " na"mono' IN speos,oe
" lln"'8lauoo ~ 'ue oouta, ne apPe@1ee
10 INC paaaten a.ef tnas iasnlon
home. WITH A noneat parpose to become isas aIs
rtacstp clze1. ,nas , Yarn soe;nstn M nosp's.lst
ye1nIal Exact no shibboieIh "a : srss Of reiisiou
eresds o. rols,csl faith; ~ onlv that al WIG n
% sna Se s our peop!c, sad tny aod our Cod '''
We have no doubt that Mr.. Hampton
thought this Invitation an extremely l.bera
one: but it is not one that is calculated t.
induee an intelligent freeman To 80 to th,
south. The men who come to the Unite
States from Europe, come here to be free
, men; they como to be citizens OF tn
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citizens Of tho whole United States, an
, not for the purpose Of becoming memha1
Of my one family. They land on Of,
shores, and from their hearts e1claiu
:. "Thy people shall be- cur people
j, and thy God our God;". but the
- do not by that mean tho people or th
God Of anything less than the whol
!. United States. They are not required t
: be peaceful in the sense Of Bubuai
!. ting to any claim Of social, religious c
political superiority, nor in the suppresslo
Of any part Of the political freedom enjoye
:, by MI others. Alr. Hampton vii appeal
vain to freedom-seehng immigrants
Z uAEe tueA1 oeeeu9 Will tuo souto,
"a with it's people, as distinguished from Il
h whole Union. Nor will Alr. Hampton su
"A ceed in inducing any population from Il
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