The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-09
D2$pD'tes, Williams IL Co.. Props
Tho Nogroo Majority in Sonth Carolina.

Tho Nogroo Majority in South Carolina.
The utter apathy Of our people as
to taking any really practicable step
towards bringing in white immigrants;
the constant emigration of our white
native population and the probable
immigration Of blacks from Virginia,
North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee,
and perhaps Georgia make us be.
!icsc, that it will Lo more than ten,
ors even twenty years, before The
whites equal the blacks in numbers in
South Carolina, j. w. d is also
wrong in taking the mortuary Stats.
tics of a city (Chorlrston) as stand.
a;a from which TO reason. On page
6, preliminary report 9Th r. s. Cen.
sus, he. will find thc following remark
unon.the death-ratc Of free colorcd
people :---"Taking town and country
together tho results are more favora.
be" Besides, many sick negroes
now come. into tho cities such as
Charleston, Savannah, Norfolk, Mo-
bi}e; &C., from the surrounding coun-
try, and die there.
The proper standard Of comparison
is the ratio of increase amongst the
races, as far as We know it. The cf-
feet which +. ctdom may have upon it
Is as yet not a matter Of statistics, but
Of wild Conjecture. We ourselves be.
li?vo that freedom is unpropitious to
a greater increase Of blacks than oc.
Cured during lS5O-lSG0. 1t was
then 1913 per cent. Making proper
and exact allowance for wbitc immi-
grafton, tho native whites increased
butt 2l.3 per cent during the same
decade. Now leave out white emi.
grafton from the State, and black i'm.
migration into it, and let us appl,
these rates to our 100000 blacks, and
100000 whites. j. w. D's calcnlu.
tlon is far from The result. For add 90. 2
Per cost. Of 100000 100, ,0Oc, and VIC
have Io3,e0o. Ald 24.3 per cent. OF
100000 to 100000, and wc have
$4,000. N the cnd Of ifn Ycars
ta'rcfre, the negroc majority u;W huv,
increased from loo, 600 to 10000.
Again, suppose that the rate of in
crease amongst the blacks shall dc
will number at the cnd1| or ttfnn Ten hISa% HsaS%f
1l6,6oo and the whites, 372 900 S,
that tho ncgroc majority will be 73,
700.
1T is wiSe>t to look at this oucstio,
from every side. If our suggestion
can wake up sleepy hollow to The i'm
rortancc OF manufactures and Il NOR,
varied and intelligent Industry, as tn,
ch'ctual means Of attracting white i'm
migrants and keeping our cntcrprisin.
young mcl at home, they will hav,
done good.
We wish it distinctly understood
however, and again and again rcncot
that '0r arc not hostile 10 the Neuors
or to Their increase, which wc bclicv,
IN. We desire the increase Of labor
"rS, housc-scrvants, and mechanics
which their prosperity promises, a
the same time that We desire an IN
crease of whites and tho intcllircn
and diversified industry that can com
only through the more intelligent
better educated and moro cntcrrris
ing race, and the better government
that they will bring. We arc ncrsun
ded, that the two races, scparatin,
more and more from each othcr
daily, by a growing distinction O
caste, can live harmoniously in tn,
samo community, and contribuo :,
each others welfare.
Death Of COL L. T. Woodruff
During tho night of the 25tb o
May, disastrous fire occurred in tn,
city of Mobile, accompanied with
'atal catastrophe, which deprived tn,
city of one Of her most efficient an,
worthy citizens. lie whose nam,
stands at the head of This colr,,