Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-30
SOUTHERN LABOR.
Some lnterkting Speculations en-
lie Subject.

lreu, gha GuthbSt GA appeal.

lroa, sl,s Guthlt II ,Ga..i Appeal
The eXperione of the past three
years demonstrass the futility of any
attempt to&suppknent or Supersede
negro labor yCportati0ns from the
prasantry Of the dd CoutrieS.
Reared in enlighened communities
and not inscnsibleto ambition, they
no sooner reach th6ldorado of their
hopes. the shores { America, then
new and enlarged idsl obtrude them
selves. Ne longer tOnfined to the
narrow limits Of an iSh potato patch.
or chilled by the Seary m0ors OF
Scotland, or forced, am Holland, to
contend with the seabr the diminu-
tive spot of solid eartl they once in
habited, the broad acre4nd unbroken
forests OF the new w0Ib present the
strongest attractions.
At the close Of the frs Near of their
service, they are not SID to perceive
that. even with the paltt savings of
that brief period, with e. pioneers
az they may enter the wberness and
carve out a home and gltious indie
pendence for themselves. The South
ern planter after all his pals and out
lay therefor, to secure fOTtgn white
labor, finds himself defeaN at the
very threshQldi of his entebrise. and
continued experiment in he same
field will but repeat the eXItiencc of
the past.
He simply becomes Il succtifuI i'm
migrant agent, and the Advantage to
be reaped is remote and meiv Incl
dental.
But our ruined fences, and III rapid
increase of brambleS and brOOSedge
in the fields once smiling with knty,
admonish us that something ms be-
done to restore our waste placeSS
VIII the present African labs Suf-
fee? We answer no. Even now terry
year witnesses a material substitution
from the supply which cah be Rde
valuable.
Infanticide, whisky, and diAse
slay their thousands; the jails bd
penitentiaries Of the country cOnGn
not few, the field is becoming msp
and more distasteful to female labk
erS, our railroads absorb hosts Of Il
very pick of the plantation force, tR
love of novelty and sightseeing i'll
duce crOw5s to thrOng and hanI
about every town and village, wher
many perish from want, the ambition
to set up for themselves rapidly trans
forms into tenants or freehOlders TIA
most prosperous Of the operatives
all these causes, when combined ar,
swiftly and surely eXhauSting tn
supply Of African labor.
How then can the South cOntinu
70 produce the great staples, and eXis
rs an agricultural people?
The only solution TO this problem i
to be found in the importation of in
dentured AsiaStics. These people
who subsist almost wholly upoi
vegetables, are docile and tractable
and far superior TO the negro in skill
and intelligence.
They can be contracted for at very
low rates for q term of years, anC
coming from the jungles of the Eas
are already acclimated. In Louisiana
the experiment has already beer
made with complete success. True
these heathens still retain the mtnner,
customs, and tradition of their fahers
but this was equally the case with the
African, who even after an interval o.
nearly two centuries, is but hall
civilized, and rapidly relapsing into
his pristine state of superstition and
barbarism.
But the descendants of Shem, "a be-
fore stated, are vastly superior il all
respects, to the children of Ham, and
it will be hard indeed if natioi OF
Protestant Christians. cannot oer-
throw the Buddhism and errors 6 a
scattered few, who. as decreed of Cd,
are "hewers of wood and drawersiO Of
water" for Japhet.
Some even propose to intrOdtte
negroes again, not bought viii
money, or captured with bow an
spear, but as immigrants and citizen
Of tine tsGreat Republic"
OF The propriety Of this project, W