The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-28
Light at Last.

Light Ut AdSIS
From The n. J. Standard.
Light has At Inst come TO the World on n
the negro question. That journal printed
Yesterday the strongest defense Of the Ro-
publican party that hns yet been pub
iished. When we rccollCct the prcdic-
tions Of Democratic newspapers, orations
and conventions for the last ten years, the
article in question is all the more re-
mafkablc. The "war was failure," "the
Union could not be restored" emancipa-
ton would lead to q war Of races" " the
duskv hOrdcs would Overrun the NORTH"
"thc negroes would never wOrk'-these
arc only few of the lugubrious prophe.
cics which had been uttered 10 alarm and
terriCy US before the close Of the war,
But now tho journal which, in that way,
sought to frighten timid people ac-
knowlcdges that II has been cropping in
darkness during these long years, and
that II has nj last found truth and light
and wisdom.
81 We are now told that the war is not a
failure, and that emancipation, traught
with so many horrors, "is not regarded as
an evil by The owners Of the Southern
plantations" And it is especially inter-
csting to know that this verdict is given
on the evidence Of Che ."best classes Of
the South" Again the best classes say,
and the World indorses it, that the negroes
arc. reasonably Industrious" In other
words, the black man works as well Of his
own free will as he did when Southern
gentlemen of the better class cracked u
whip over his shoulders, and gave him
forty lashes three times per week. We
are further informed that the %legroes are
content, and that the planters apprehend
no trouble" So all the stories about mid
night assassination and robbery dissolve
into thin air. The labor problem has
been satisfactorily settled" VIC are as.
sured; nay, more, that "the planters will
make larger profits under the new sys.
TEN than they did under the old"
Here we have positive good. King
Cotton is not to be dethroned; the rich
plantations Of the South will not become
wilderness, but will become more pro.
ductive than ever. Alter oil, the 'howl-
ing fanatics" of New England. "Abe Lin
coin and his myrmidons," +" have brought
some blessings 10 the Southern land. The
South is 10 blossom like the rose in the
future. There is to be peace and con-
tentment and happiness, and all because
of the march OF the Yankee soldier and
the "iron rule oil the OppresSor." But the
World, on the authority Of the gentlemen
of the 'better class" gives US still more i'll.
tcresting and valuable information and
secs moro substantial good in the prOclH-
nation of emancipation and the recon.
struCtiOn laws. III cOnsolatory sort OF
n way il SAYS "Whcna negro dies It does
not entail d loss of fifteen hundred dollars
on the owner Of the plantation" Here is
a good chunk OF solid comfort and substan-
tial gain! .i,..g...-...a .,E
I In addition to. hll this It is stated by
the World that the colored people, so far
from being q lazy, thritllcsS, vagabond
set, "work with alNcrity," and that the
industrial portion Of the experiment is
working To the satisfaction Of all concern
cd" No Frecdmen'S Bureau is necessary
TO protect Ignorant OufFee." In fact, he is
able to take care of himself in manner
entirely satisfactory TO the great organ Of
the Democratic party. The World proph-
cts have been false prophets after all; there
is to be peace and happiness and plenty,
instead Of war and revolution and famine.
The "Lost Cause" is lost indeed, for the
new South is to he greater and more pros
porous than ever. The thirteenth amend
mcnt to tho Constitution is q blessing in
deed, and the Republic, on the corner.
stone, Of Freedom, proves to be stronger,
moro enduring and more prosperous than
the so.called Republic Of Slavery on the
cornerstone.