The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-04-20

Il 49, SAsu oPPttou 70 t0e DO6l0o88
OF restoration. The slave repre.
sented money--money in himself.
and money in the current years
crop. It wasn't profitable to allow
him to be sick, and much less prof
table to let him die. The conse.
quence was that, between the year
1900 (when there were only 90.
slaves in the United States| and
the year 1860, the increase was
upwards OF 4,000, 600; and It IL a
grave question, by the way, what
sort Of o country we should have
had in fifty years more at the same
rate OF negro growth. It is anoth.
er grave question whether, if Prov
idence intended emancipation TO
take place at any time, It did not
occur auspiciouslly in 1863. But
to resume. The condition of the
freedmen is now reversed. With
no master, he has no sense of re-
sponsibility. The more ignorant
among the field hands are con.
tent to live in sgnalor and wretch.
edness, their children die from
hack of proper f.sod and care, and
there is unquestiouably a diminu-
tion in their numbers from natural
causes, which in their present sit.
uatso cannot be controlled. This
10 especially the case among the
negroes Oh the coast but the re.
mark does not apply to the intel
ligent cOlored man anywhere. It
is q remarkable fact that the slave
increased twenty-three and one
half per cent, and tI,s eoioredd
free people only one per cent. dur.
ing the ten years preceding tho
war. If remember rightly, the
city registrar of Boston reported
that during the five years p, eced.
ing 1869 the number of colored
births was one less than the mum.
Der of marriages, and the deaths
exceed the births in the proportion
Of nearly two to one. In Rhode
leland and Connecticut, according
to1he registries kept, the yearl =
deaths of blacks and mulattoes
have generally exceeded the year.
ly births. There is no method of
reaching similar results in the
South, except through the reports
Of the health officers of the differ
ent cities, but these show a start.
ling amount Of mortality in the
race, and invite a question as to
its ultimate condition. Ny own
impression is, that in a quarter of
a century from the present time,
all the colder regions of the South,
from Virginia to Georgia, will be
mainly populated by sturdy white
emigrants, before whose competing
toll the negro will be obliged to
give way, and that he will seek
the lowlands' as bis final abiding
place. These are but speculations,
yet the fate of the red man is to a
very considerable degree typical
of the law of nature which has ap.
piled to the negro in every State
in which he has been compelled to
work for his subsistence, side by
side with the white. Tie South,
however, requires all her laboring
population, and as a people, we
deplore any exigency which threat
ems to deprive rs of so essential an
aid to our prosperity. Hence it is
that our liberal minded men, FORE
seeing these results, are prepared
by wise and humane regulations
for their enlightenment and moral
and g. cial Improvement, to make
the colored people valuable in our
agricultural developments, an d
thus retain them>as an element of
practical strength and usefulness.
IMMIGRATION - IT'S IMPORTANCE TO
THE SOUTH.
Q. The views you have express.
ed lead naturally y to the inquiry
whether the people of the South
fully appreciate tie Importance of
an infusion of more energetic belp.
Of white emigration from Europe
and the North, and what induce
uents are offered to citizens of
other portions of the world to set
tie in your midsta
A. The inquiry opens a broad
field and eomprehends much. In
general terms, l answer that, view
ing the question of Southern re-
suscitation in all it's bearing, emf
grafton is an absolute Southern
necessity. Our losses during the
war amounted to the enormous
sum Of 81, 7,O0O,O 100000. We have
left to us, however, an immense
area of land, q productive soil, and
q genial climate. Our resources
are incalculable, but we need pop
ulation aud capital to develop
them. We are satisfied with our
present labor. 1t is insufficient
and to some extent ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
To illustrate The population of
South Carolina is in round mum.