Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-16

LAUDERDALE, Co, Tenn, January -.
Editors Appeal: A more numerous
population of active, intelligent whites
are greatly needed in Our county at pres
ent, and have been since the close OF the
war.
The new system Of free niger" labor
has been fairly tested, and the Southern
people have found it a failure. Since their
liberation from bondage. the majority of
the Southern blacks have been getting
more idle and worthless every wear, and it
Is now evident they have ceased 10 be use
fal OF Southern plantations.
While the industrious white man is toll
ing at his daily labor in the field OF shop
for an honest living, the n0u-taXpaying
UCteT Is seen saUntering idly along, with a
gnn or fishing rod on his shoulder, grin
ming contempt On every useful employ
ment. While in slavery, their masters
were abls to make them useful by force,
but since they have become their own
masters, and U%0terS, no n can thus CON
troll them, without incurrIng the dispieas-
Ure Of Z Radical rulers, whose heaven is
in Africa, and who worship no God but
the sweeJ-scented FGtR0Se.
Such being the situation OF affairs in
our country, what grounds for hope nave
the people Of Tennessee, and the Southern
States, of ever becoming a great and pros
porous people? Surely none until a
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immediate change IS necessary, is evident
to all.
The APPEAL has, for some time paste
been an able advocate of the importation
Of Chinese. TO be employed as laborers on
oar Southern farms; but without wishing
20 get into a discussion with you on the
subject. or differing with YOU from other
than honest motives, / an opposed 70 Il.
The Chinese would doubtless be more
useful as labOrers han negroes; but it is
TO be feared that if brought to our coun-
try, they may, in a few years, be a source
of much trouble to US, as the negroes
have been. With the negroes here, and
the Chinese here, our country would, in a
few years, be Overrun with i~doI-wOrship-
ping heather.
In my humble opinion, the most proper
course for US to pursue would be to let the
Chinese alone, get rid Of the negroes as
easily as possible, and do a little more to
encourage the immigration of white peO-
pie hithsr, from the Northern States and
from Europe. There are millions of acres
of land in the South, which would make
Just such homes as thousands Of indUStri-
GUS families in Germany, Switzerland and
other parts of the c]iUiliSed world would be
glad TO get. TheseipeOple are skillful, ac-
tive, intelligent, and White. They are
Christians, and worship the same God we
do, and are, in short, Just the Kind OF peo-
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South furnish them with homes, and in a
few years u country Will be changed
from a wilderness to a populOus, prosper
IA N delightful region, equal 10 any in
the world. Towns, cities and manufac-
tories will spring up in all directions, and
the soil, cultivated by skilled labor, will
produce the necessaries Of life in Quanti-
ties sufficient TO meet the wants Of all.
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We have heard moro objections to
the introduction of Chinese labor than
we have seen reasons given for object
ing. We think that matter will be
pretty much controlled by private in
terests and by the facility of procuring
the Chinese. But we must agree that
European and American immigrants
are to be preferred-we shall take the
best labor if we a get it, and if not
the next best.