The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-23

ohspring. NV no will see to this now z
Will the material instinct of the ne-
|groes do it.2 While it is in sight,
yes. The farmer used to have re-
gular nurse appointed to soc to the
children, aud q physician to attend
them. Now, the poor mother is not
able to pay Doctor; and has no
time to spare from her own work.
She has had soromblipg to, "git vittel
to 60 ;upon,"' especially while her hus-
band is away at elections or lying in
the shade or else drunk and idle. Ia
this imagination :
3D., The withdrawal Of regular and
skilful medioui attention. This point
was referred to abovo. Left to him.
sell, tho negro often docs not find out
that he is.'ill until the disease has, gone
so far that medical aid is hopeless.
Medical assistance is regularly fur
nishcd to tho. negroes nowhere so
promptly as in larye tow"s and c,ties!
This was one reason why ono of
tho leading journals, in Charleston
thought the doath rats. In the epuhtry
in the iow county, that s,--was
probably higher. nths. country than in
tha city.. = ::.a >::Y :asi' -;
4th. The creased: mortality: from
the gregarious character Of the net
gro-increasing two, Of the three
causes ve-mentioned. Thoy crowd
into cities crowd towards the coast
crowd into houses, by tho score.
There was some regulation of this be.
fore but now thoy huddlo just as the
pauper population in New York and
all great, cities. do. There, in the
huddled communities Of cities, arc
the largest returns of mortality So
with tic gregnrious Negro.
But am told that in freedom the
negroes will become civilized. Have
they eDer dono so7 Was itfo in slave,
ry7 Did they civilize when Egypt
rose with her throc dynastics of civili-
zatien among thom, Aourished, and
passed away 7 Did they when Cart.
lago lighted civilization within theil
sight 7 Have they atany time or any
place in Africa ever taken civilization
There are 50,O0O,0oO in Africa to
day, none civilized but 100000
Of thcm arc slares whose lives are ir
the hands Of their masters. How LA.
it been in tho West Indies rae
Wilbcrforce dreamers thirty years age
legislutcd tho negro into citizenship
educated him, Lesohocled and be
preachered him and last year Eng
land abandoned that pct idea in do
j spoir-in disgust-and 10 day the ne
S--,rv| r----'-.-. -,'.. .5 ~,
,os Of England to uote. How ther
= It be in America 7 The answc,
: i hos, 6It will be with the negro al
III; J;n. with the Indian with
bis ,ror.. :, elevated to power BY
Ill., ,ics his end will be
moro speedy b., moro terr;h,o
Rooted to our soi,, ~ n;,, ~. Wv,
here. He lacks ente r;.o M ~ 49,; 49,;
a CRATE. No immigration ~, ,oon,,;
+ his thinning ranks and t6. ~
nism which his political master :,
0 put between him and the white n.
: will be just so much worse for botl
lie will slide down from the mou,
, tains towards tho coast, getting thin
ner and thinner in tho up country
and thicker and thicker below. TIL
will put him, next year probably, in
minority in majority of the coun
ties in this state. And this slidin
down will continue.
We may wish that it were otho,
wise but it appears to mo that tn
facts arc as | have stated. am "no
nostie 10 tho negroes either. [ an
not opposed to them as negroes.
am opposed to negro domination, how
ever. do not want the negroes t,
make our laws, because I think tho
are incompetent to do so. I do no
think 1t wise to depend much on ne
gro labor, because 4 do not beliey,
that thoy will make good laborers
But | am the last nan to urgo any in
justice towards them. We should
rather err on the side Of oflcniency and
patience towards their short comines
But that is another matter, not con.
nected with the one in hand.
l am in favor of inviting immipra.
tion because I believe that white Ia.
Dor alone will pioperly develop our
State--because negro labor will not do
it; and will not, simply because tho
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