The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-02
CHARLES TON.
THURSDAY MOANING, SEPT. 2. 1869.
Dcbasing Negro Rule.

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print this morning, have come to the com
Portable conclusion that "debssing negro
rule" seems to suit us, and that the rapidity
Of our recovery from the depression caused
by the war "makes out q very strong case
for the negroes" AS long as the Radical
party exists, it will, of course, claim for
Radical doctrine and the Radical negro
the credit Of all that the South may gain by
the increased activity, the close economy
and the nervous industry Of the white pop
ulstion. This is no more than we expect;
but our New York Radical contemporaries
speak for once so kindly and cheerfully Of
this "Cradle of the Rebellion" that it is
hardly generous to burst their economical
bubble. We may, however, ask in what way
this State hss been the gamer BY the eman-
cipation Of the slaves?
In 1860 the value of the real and personal
property in South Carolina was $648. 1885,
754, and in 1869, the present year, the
actual value of the real aud personal pro
perty in the State, according TO the returns
OF the district assessors, was $l14, 1915 27l
Adding thiriy-three per cent. to the gold
valuation of 1860, we fad, therefore, that
the loss of real and personal property
caused ny emancipation, is no less than
$6l5. .S75, ,40l. Onitting personal property,
which includes slaves the loss in value of
real property alone is $96 905. 2O5. This
was direct result Of negro emancipation.
The objection may be made that the negro
did not free himself, but was made freei SO
that he is not responsible for this fearful
loss of property, but is the cause Of the
large crops which are now making in the
State Lst us see how this will work out.
In 1860 the cotton crop Of South Carolina
was 353 4l3 bales. Tnis year, under ode
basing negro rule" we may make 200 600
bales Here is loss Of production amounting
to l5S, ,413 bales. And if the production of
cotton were left to the colored people alone,
if they were working for themselves instead
Of for Others, if the white man did not 60
Into the field aud work WITH them, the
State would not maze this year more than
100 900 or I25, 600 bales. That this is no
exsggeratioa is known by every man who
has taken the pains to notice the yield to
the acre on the farms worked by negroes
on their own account. We do not blame
the colored people for their want Of man
agement or want Of means No one but q
Radical politician dreamed that race of
| sIsxes we1ld, 10 the Ssss SANNsNs, 81 5SAss,
of their emancipation possess the industry,
patience and self denial which are the
characteristics Of the Cauc ssian laborer
Had the peregrinating Rsd!c sls allowed the
colored people to 60 quietly to work at the
close of the war, they would now be as la
borers all that we could desire Rven as i. is
The negroes have steadily improved. They
work we'll this year; but they are still far
from being as diligeut and as psinstsking
as We hope one day to see them.
will realize far moro money than was real
ICED from the crop of l859-60. But if the
Times and Commercial Advertiser argue ths
this is proof Of the bsne6oisl effects of''de
basing negro rule" we ask whether it il
better for the free lsborer 10 have large
crop at moderate prices or small crop al
extreme pricssf At present the msiu ob
ject Of the planters is to eoouomixe labor
What they aim IT IS On increase of the yield
to the acre. Besides, the comparative in
efficiency aud instability of the oolored peo
pie have compelled the planters to en-
courage Asissio immigration. Tnis is hard
ly strong case in favor Of the negroes
The rspidity with which this State is 40
cumulatiug money Is, indeed, marvellous
but the negroes have no part or parcel in it.
IL is the result Of the hard work and self
denial Of the white race; it is not the result
Of the work Of the negroes. Our people
spend far less than they spent before the
war. They are economical in ell their
habits; they give close attention to the
details Of management; they do not waste
their means iu luxurious dissipation. This
is the way in which the whites are making
money, aud the ccl lred people o.n, if they
will, make money in the same way. We dc
not wish to see thcm sutfer. We do
wish to see them prosperous aad happy
The Rad Gal State G.verument, or "the de.
hasing negro rule" otnnot then claim the
credit of Que dollar of the millions Of money
which our people ha.o reaiztt from then
crops. o the contrary, this Il .ticsl govern
ment has s,oud, aud still stands, like d wall
across our path T. is easier TO make money
rhan to keep it, and this Is the experience
of South Carolina What security have
~e that We shall be able to retain the
money that we du make? The Governor of
ne State has no interest in o,mmon vii b
oirs Fne Legislature is Q imposed mosi y
OF n groes who have even less property than
sense Toe laws arr so jumoled up tha.
neither gods nor m.n can understand then
The courts, with their negro juries, give 10
man confidence that jus',ce will be done
Twelve buudrrd thousand dollars in STATE