The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-23

followed. In the south the pres.
ence Of tho negro, thus out Of his
sphere, is regarded as an obstacle
to tho advance Of material wealth
and u stumbling-block in the path
OF prosperity. 1t is not to be
wondered at, therefore, that steps
arc being taken overywh h i 9
throughout the South to so organ
ize measures that tho labor Of the
negro Gun bo dispensed with en-
tirety, and society no longer be
kept dependent on his inconsistent
Willingness to earn his bread by
the sweat Of his brow. Societies
have been already formed in cvory
! Southern State to supplement- the
negro by an immigration Of Euro.
pcans. These societies are backed
and sustained by the most promi-
hcnt Southern men; the induce
ments offered are of a character
which cannot fail to prove attrac-
tive to the hardy sons Of toll who
now spend unrequited efforts after
competence on the banks Of the
Rhine, tho Shannon, the Danube
and elsewhere. Those workers
will soon bo coming over here by
tho thousand, and instead OF
crowding our frigid Northern sea-
board with an overplus Of laborers,
rs has been the case in the
past, they will not halt in their
journey until they have reached
the land of genial warmth and i'm
menso agricultural wealth. 1t will
not take many years of such an
influx TO settle the Southern States
with Il vigorous, hardy and intel
llgcnt population, daily increasing
III wealth and power while the
negro will be gradually, but sure
~ pushed into the Gulf rs tho In.
dian is now being forced toward
the setting sun. Tho lhrittlcss-
ness and improvidcnco of tho nc.
gro arc even now telling against
him fcarfully.
His universal disinclinalion to
marry and take upon himself the
cares Of family is apparent in
every Southern State. The fear
tnl mortality that ia decimating
his race has already attracted the
attention of thinking men, and is
nminons If its early extinction
This less cannot DC supplied to the
negro, for ho has no stock Of i'm.
migrants Oh which to rely for re.
pscniShinG it, Besides, the negro
women have learned from the New
England school-marms an ctlrctuai
way OF escaping the pains Of ma
ternily, and according to most
authentic accounts they arc moi
slow to profit by the lesson. The
ratio Of mortality among the ne
grocs may bo learned from an
official report Of deaths in the city
Of Charleston for tho year 1868
The population Of that city is
about 10000, equally divided be.
tween the two races. Yet we find
that out Of 1908 persons who died
last year, S23 werc negroes. This
proportion (two- thirds) will hold
good for the whole Southern
country. In fact. from mortality
alono, leaving out tho increase OF
the whites by birth, and immigra-
ton from tho North ard from
Europe, and the failure to increase
on the part Of tho negroes-an
equality Of the two races will be
brought about in South Carolina
in a decade Of years. The vote Of
the State is now about 100000, Of
which aggregate the negro vote is
about 10000, giving that race
majority Of 10000. But Of late
the blacks nave crowded tho sea-
board, leaving tho upper and mid
land Counties already in the hands
Of tho whites. 1t is not indeed,
improbable that, in 1870, the
whites will have ma orty IN tho
State Senate, which consists ofonc
member from each County. The
aggregation oftho negroes On the
scaboard will only add to their
mortality, and the strange spec
taclo may soon be presented Of a
State tho majority Of whose popu-
lation was not long since in the
hands Of tho black man being, by
tho nnorring effect Of natural and
philosophical laws, placed entirely
within tho control Of tho whites,
while tho poor negroes aro daily
declining in numbers. All Of this
will bo brought about by tho foolish
fanaticism and grasping propcn-
silics Of the radical party. Woll
may tho poor negro cxclain (and
somo Of tho wisest Of them have
done so,) "Savo mo from my
friends |"