The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-11-22

forts Why IS 1T thnt We arc still
poor and dospondont and >that you,
agriculture languishcs
1t is because we arc tyranzcd over
by strangers and aliens, who not onl,
| do not sympathize with the agricultu
Ir:st, but whose every effort has been
| directed to tho impeding Of his pro.
grcss aud the seeming building up o.
the negro that thoy might the more
easily addlc his woody head and them
selves pocket the plumber. 1t is because
they have soilcd tho robes of your
offices and perverted tho forms OF
your laws, until honest men can take
no interest in them, for they were en-.
acted solely for the purpose Of plumber
ing. 1t Is because the brains Of your
country have been lcgislatcd into the
back ground that they might tramplc
upon the honorable usagcs and oblit.
crate the genteel sentiments oc u
people, to whose high standard they
found it impossible to elevate their
own miserable m merconary natures. 1t
Is because your laboror has been cdu-
GATED to look upon you with suspicion,
that they might monopolisc his votes
and services. 1t is because he has been
taught to regard service under the
whi,o agriculturalist as 4 new form
of slavery that all your efforts to
save him from that destruction that
awaits his race under the tutelage of
the carpet baggcr were efforts to re-.
mard him to his former condition.
These arc few of the leading diff
ficulties encountered by Southern ag-
riculturalists, and whether they sa-
vor, politics or not, are huthS oj siaArsd
truths and must not be overlooked in
our efforts for the bcttering of the
resources of our country,
That tho perfection Of tho arts and
sciences of people is dependent upon
the good or evil Influences Of their
rulers, is as t~uo as the fact that the
Romans attained high degree of per-
fcotion under the patronizing Angus
tus only to sec their glorics depart
under Tibcrius his successor. IL
speaking of whose reign Tytlor as
though he had special reference to
these days of ours, says: "IIo became
negligent of the cares of Government.
Tint confusion prevailed in every
department OF State. That the mag
istracies were unsupplicd, and that
the Roman namo became contcmpti.
bic.
Futile then nrc your efforts at
deep plowing and manuring. Worth.
less your theories about rotations of
crops. And ridiculous agricultural
sermons for the reformation Of your
lahorcr whilst these .y;ac misguided
men lord It over us.
Let them 90 hence, and allow the
intellect, the experience and sympa-
thy Of the Southern agricul'uralist to
aGain direct the labor and fashion the
morals Of the docile negro. ALLOW
him to realize what he is hcginning to
do though slowly, that the former
slave owners of the South are the
only friends Of his ra &c. Rccstablish
the confidence he once had in you and
bring about that reciprocity Of
good feeling that exists in sll parts Of
the world between tho humane master
and his hirelings. And by whole
some set Of laws restrain his dispcSi-
tion to kill stock and Leprcdatc upon
tho crops in his ncighborhood. teach
ing him rs well as many of your own
color, that it is more honorable to
walk between the plow handles than
to aspire to Offices they arc incara-
bic Of filling.
Nr this, and you will make him even
ny u freedman what ho was once, n
useful member of society and the finest
cotton laoorer in the world.
IT is then necessary that you dis.
charge the grooms manipulating at
tho Augcan stables in Columbia His
tory affords numerous examples where
men who have been guilty Of fewer
villauies and who have pcrpetratcd
lesser outragcs upon civilization have
met justice upon the gihhct at the hand
ofan outraged people. Labor for this
as diligently as you arc striving &c
convice the Northern people Of false
ty Of charges against your loyalty, by
contemptible representatives at Wash
ington and by Iicing papers at home
and you will accomplish it. Then
will the incubus that hangs heavily
about the necks Of your men Of enter.
prise be removed, and tho shacklcs be
strickon from tho hands Of your agri
chlturalists. Thou will our fields viii
ten with cotton, our granaries be lillc(
with corn and oats, our smoke houses
drip with greasy bacon Of our own rails
ing. Our negroes themselves moro hap
py and prosperous, rejoice in tho accu
mnlating substance Of their patrons
Then und only Mcm will our men
: conscious that truth and honor agai
prcvail--put their. shoulders yigo
: rously to the wheels Of tho car 0
Government and lift it from thn mir
in which it has settled. Then ant
} 0nly then will Cur -Tou,Cp III