New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-04
tho rice and cotton fed, by the beginning of auler

bearing they all do tho condition and prOslds
OF the negro in the South without giving some hsof
what broader and truer view Of that mater,n
could be obtained within the walls Of the Opera,hle
The expression OF all the Of planters there aan
bed, whether uttered the floor or IN private conw
ton, may be condensed into the theory that the ufal
Of the negro as laborer under the planatoEJs-
tenn at an end when he ceased TO De slave. lve
limit this 10 the generation OF negroes who have zen
slaves, and who are too old b. gain the advantageIa
school education, and limit it by the condofhas
the plantations 10 be owned and managed b. the
who controlled them Shareholders 10 iserY
likely that this Is true-wth OF course the eKceuOns
allowed TO every general rule. But the fault Is lueh
side on tho other; the trouble Is Which
time will mend and eventually destroy, while the
OF it will be apparent upon consideration, TO eyeeah
did mind The negroes do not trust respect thef for
mer masters Many Of them who have engaged in ihAr
ing operations in the past few years have found hem
selves the end OF the hard working DEGRADED
OF their part OF the profits OF the crop by some bcus
p0cus Of bookkeeping quite beyond their power . ep
pose and so have been thrown upon their
for the Winter, with empty larers and empter podet
little leayen Of this kind is enough 10 eayen args
lump with dlsrust Of the employing class that the
crop has actually 10 nothing through the d,predb
lions Of the caterpillar the ready 10 attribute
their loss TO the dishonesty Of their white panors and
make their minds 10 trust another year to the smaller
but safer business of odd jobs and filling little pOts
it part OF his bargain to find" his laborers adhes
the old bill Of fare Of meal and bacon, econOmzingsome
what in quantity, until the negro has no temptaonin
the provision thus made, knowing he cannot live
poorly under any circumstances unless he actually
sarves, which in this bountiful climate there is te
danger OF his doing Nor does he like the discipline the
working In gangs the sharp, curt orders OF the paa
ton system. II savors too much OF Slavery; and ibis
race which was said every hand to be so happy in
bondage detests nothing much any trace Of he
old order Of things. The planter who has been acoIs
toned % the propretOrshp Of slaves by the hundredls
not learned, does not strive to learn, never will learn
speak his hired freedmen with the tone and manner
which the Northern farmer or manufacturer uses TON,
"hep." and the negro is somewhat more jealous a1t
particular that point than ninetenhs Of the whA
laborers, who have no remembrance Of bondage. liz
freedom Is eyerpresent delicious fact TO him; andh
Il grieyOus Ofense that any one In authority oYerpn
should seem for an instant 20 ignore IT,
So far have indicated causes for the failure Of Ito
different forces TO work smoothly together the resp0n.
blty Of which lies between the white and black
There others which belong to the whites alone snf
which may be traced to the training which habits II
slayehOldng have given. And of those which belongD
the blacks alone and which spring from the same root,
the chief the vice of hieyery The negroes who swarm
In the cities have fewer opportunities OF TINS knd ana
perhaps have more cultivated cOnscences but amongs
large class Of the multitude who work upon the pata-
TONS stealing does not present itself tn the mind -
sim and even oense of getting found out brings with
1t no shame. 1t natural that it should be 80 when
! the whole system under which they lived was one
grand robbery when their lives, their strength t1ar
rest, their chastity were stolen from them and tAe
thieves waxed fat and proud the profits, and caedt
all institution" IL is natural that the bare TACT d
emancipation should not work at complete chang
| AS long INSCRIPTIONS white men Will set up grocery
the crossroads aud take pay for goods in arm
fus Of cotton brought in at night the hoe-hand whose
cash earnings pittance viii contrive to PUN
der what seems TO him an Insignificant quantity from
the fields his have titled and as long as hundred
negroes get in the way OF doing this wherever they cab
do it without detection the profits Of the crop IN the
aggregate viii be seriously diminished; the only person
enriched will be the receiving storekeeper who gets
great profit both ways. And long the fattest calf
the tenderest poultry and the richest hive fun Of honey
likely TO find their way 10 the table OF the cabin Tie
life OF the planter will not be attended with such COM
fort or satisfaction TO himself as 10 induce him 10 try
continued experiments These things happen Well
the land OF the carpet baggers" who have brought
trunks and household goods ALSO and settled in the south
with a firm faith in their power to develop the wealth
latent its soil, its climate and it, labor as on the es
tates the planters TO the manor born But the former
class shrug their shoulders, call TO mind the education OF
the last hundred years which has produced this demoa
zaon, establish a yigiant police, keep their own eyes
wide open, and lock with hope to the Wholesome 10
nuences Of the schoolhousewhie the latter class t.T
" told you So" lay all the blame on freedom and tie
balotbOx, give up the attempt 10 till their lands rather
than contend with such endorsements and look for re-
lief only to incoming tide Of honest Cinnamon andot
European peasants whose integrity beyond the reach
OF temptation
1t seems to me very likely that these difficulties
so serious to indicate the doom, not BY any
means of the prosperity OF the south, not OF the
productiveness of the Carolinas but Of the paa,a-
ton system with which this prOductiveness and
prosperity linked in the past The old plan
taton, with it, OF cramped comfortless cabins,
its isolated mansion, is discipline its oyerseers was an
essential part of slavery whthe complete
workers by keeping the home and sending the
children to school. it is quite iikely that the immense
plantation will give way to the small farm. In this way
the great OF land, hitherto lett 10 waste viii he
bound to have in the economy Of nature the
employer will he able to give his personal attention 70
the protection of his interests; the aborer Will nad
the attainment OF land Of his within the reach ofs
ambition and so be stimulated to work beyond the mere
needs OF the hour villages will follow and the weathG
the region though distributed in the hands OF moe
people. will in the aggregate be greater than before
The old arisocracy will, it is true, disappear, except
as here and there enlightened member has the 'aie
ity to take advantage of the order Of things IL va"
an arisocracy identified with Slavery, and II il lifting
! that it should vanish with the coming OF Freedom; u
Yas the aristocracy in whose pride and ambition us.
Rebellion had beginning and II ia right that it should
meet its doom IN the defeat Of its darling scheme 81
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