The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-14
Labor for Cotton.

importation OF Cinnamon. and General
Forrest the Importation Of Africans as
freedmen, to supply the South with Ia.
bor. But the tendency of either meas
ure would be TO degrade onr social con-.
d.ion and weaken our political power
What the ) nth nceda is intelligence
more even than numbers. amongst hrl
lat orng population. We have ever
accompanied our advocacy Of immigra.
ton from Europe aud the North ky
s"ying that we needed, not larg, and
worthless population. but skilled labor
er*.' There is lass cf people bnli, in
Europe and the Northern States that
would prove to ns only an additional
burden. Let us hot, then. impolL bar
barians, but educate ourselves, educate
our laborers, and enconage seiCsupport
ing and sk'llful working men 10 come
an: settle in our mids'. We need nonr
others. Let our growth be slow. if
need Le. bu' let it be healthy and
vigorous growth to uncxamplcd material
power, and, NJ ts certain consequence,
to recovery Of political influence. To
this end let The patriot bcnd his cff,rls
1t is peaceful and sure remedy TO-,
our lat" unparalleled Gala nifty"
We long entertained Just such views
as those expressed above. We still
would prefer to base the future of the
South wholly on white basis; we
wonhl not encourage. migration into The
South from either Asia or Africa. bn,
only from The seats Of white empire.
But we have it. not in our power to fol.
low our choce in face oi the pressing
necessity upon ns.
The financial prosperity Of the South
rests at present. and is likely to do so
for years to come, almost wholly on her
colt OIL bales.
For her TO dispense with them now or
during the next ten years, is to sink sud.
denly 10 the condition of Jama,ca.
'Edncaie onr labnrers." Bus where
are thrv2 Our ldhnrrrs for the cotton
field are negroes. and they are already
educated up 10 he highest polnt ~ c.l-
tivalors Of COTTON. Ills not a question
of education bn: Of supply not Of drill
iilS bhC oI recruiting,
I'.' oil 'r"..~ J.. a. ~ ...t-... .....,l,
DO educated in .he mechanic arts, in
commerce and navigation; but to &C.
complsh that. which cannot be done
suddenly, the land must br kept alive.
We cannot stop the cultivation of &C tton
suddenly without disaster. 1t is n bull
that we have taken by The horns, aud
the qu"slionis how to holl on. As
matters stand we are gradually lcosrning
our nod, hciore we have tukrn hold OF
anything else. How to renew it is the
question.
Our South Carolina cotemporary
of RS no plan whatever.
We have come to the conclusion that
1t cannot DO accomplished by white la
Dor from any pmti.m Of the world. The
white man with the world Of varied
pursuits before him will never cultivate
the cotton field. ...
What next, since cotton wa mnSt
have ar sink under financial ruin ? We
are reduced 10 a choice between the
skilled labor from a sin and the unskll.
Ell muscle from Africa, il indeed the
latter IL to be taken INTO consideration
at All, for really i, ia not practical
question. There will never again be
any general importation Of negroes from
Africa.
II the editor OF the Weps saw the
whole cotton crop Of his District slowly
consuming away under a smonldrrng
Fire. would he not gladly avail himself
Of any means at h,s disposal to rescue
it? We think he would.
The cotton crops Of tho South arc
year by year growing less, for the labor
necessary 10 their cultivation is daily
er wing more scarce and unreliable. :
Unless remedy is applied the South
will soon be without any cotton in 9th
er words without any money.
O'her industries that may be inaugn-
rated will not pay in time.
Who then that sees the necessity al
rcscning from rn,n the cotton crups o
The South, will hesitate about the
means? That means is offered By Asia
and by her alone--eilhcr in her Chinese
or IIndoostnne -
The importation of such people lol
the cotton and rice fields viii not de-
grade our social condition more than
did The existence OF slavery bcforc the
war.
The intercourse between the white
man and The imported nsia.ic will be
that between employer and employed
The latter will never seek any Other
position. for he desplses all connected
with the white man, saving only lii
money. "."' '3i7" -
BY what means may the Sph,h gel
four or five millions Of cotton bales ou,
other soil? That Is the whole cues
ton.
a negro in Clynela county, Ga,
amused himself :he other day by poison
ing two negro children He ad,nifis.
tered the poison idlsweet pota,oesi The
children were the offspring Of a. fwoDsr
, with whom the mb. derer had been lfv.
ing in illicit intercourse aISej Gs,J
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