The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-13


agement the poor whites were induced Still 10 politi
caLy sue with them; but, at some time in the not
remote future, the
PATRIcIAN AND pLEpEIAy
agrarian quarrel IN ancient Rome won'd have
Dsen 1he grand problem that would have distracted
| an independent South. Here would have been a
iand with exactly the same framework OF society a.
lts Latm prototype. First OF ALL servle class and
ubove IL patrican nobles-lts Jeif Davse5 and Wade
! Hamptons ana Howell Cobbs-and its plebelan yeo-
men doomed TO sorrowful and unalterabe indi-
| gence History would have repeated itself. The
same conflict that ragged for ages IN the Seven-iiled
| Sity would nave been revived beneath an American
| sky.
Now that the war Is over, this inevitable struggle
between the two casts OF the South Is uneasy Sleep
and gives sign OF latent power, aud Is ready at
any moment TO break forth into an active contest.
plain This Is Which nee we're are V b
comparatively few negroes-only twenty-five per
cent or me populaton-and yet 1t Is strongly and
decidedly republican. strange TACT, you say Not
at all. The white republican ma ority is made up
| exclusively OF poor Whites There Is
| NOT LEADING WHITE GENTLEMAN
VINO De0 TO lt-not single lawyer, nor a single
physician, ner singe Clergyman even. first hit
poor white man IN the court room during one or the
| Ku klux examinations. The only republican law
iawyer--a man that is, who was admitted to the
bar under an act or the State which provided that,
nevertheless PRACTISE II, II he pad twenty dollar
| license He nad been retaine by the governments,
| and ay was as grossly mismanagIng the cause.
you nlre good lawyer The case has got no show
Win an lgn0ramuS like that.n
Inc man turned and said in reply with bitter
ness shall NOT easily forget, ave don't want
viclion n we can't get !. without the help of this
put stop TO IT by help like that
After that talked TO every poor white met and
questioned landed leaders OF the listricG about
TINS ssme un orlunatc class. II needs but little
acutcncss 70 discover how wide Is the gulf between
"pooR wnrrEsr
MAKE MAKE up MY per cent OF the population Of the
1aprn
tion. moral and social, In which they are still
stepped TO the lips. With few exceptions, no lien
Of Kindness binds them TO their Tucker negnbOrs
though In districts where the negroes are IN the ma
opi.y' o0 or nearly Yearly So common haired Of black
union. Where the negroes are In the minority the
poor white refuses 50 unnatural an alliance, ana
can blame hims The D'''f rich white e' s MSs
his women take up with negroes (Which is Il sadly
frequent iact at least out nere, and that he Is a
peratey and well for the Lone Star flag now lives
by stealing chickens. Northern visitor WILL per-
beyond hope Of ss w naV BE-
the answer. at VIII take centuries to redeem
SUCH THRILLING TRASH
as that. Why? Every decent negro man desplses
him, and he knows itn The poor white, when
questioned. has very little say for himself. He
too deDasel TO have more than sort OF blind III
stlnct about his own wrongs aud II you look like
respectable man-as, for instance, a HERALD COR
respondent-he dstrusts you too much to tell his
real sentiments, even ii he were able to do so.
When l heard that answer III the dlngy court
room fanced-and, Knowing what l 10 now,
thlnS 1t was no idle fancy-tnaT heard an echo OF
The same spirit that has filed the cutters OF Paris
with blood. ana strewn corpses upon Its tr0toirs
and destroyed its palaces-the same spirit whose
ncarnaed spectre ha lnts the dreams OF every king
the same spirit that spoke through the lips of Wen
dell Phillips only the other day when he unfurled
i IH banner or new Issue Ia American politics.
into activity, we have the spirit OF the Commune.
When It does break out 1t VIII very probably attack
IMMENSE LANDED ESTATES,
TO which the Southern upper classes still cling so
tenaciously. southern men say they would Ike TO
Seltbelg lands, but there is no to buy them
at absurdly deprecated prices. In some THIS
nothing short or a supersrltlon--in favor OF pro-
perty IN real estate still unhealtnily turks in me
And as things are at present there can be no doubt
tnat these pg estates are terrible evil. The mel
VINO mold them, for reasons that have already ex-
aud rich soil, tnat would break forth into smiling
nelds OF plenty under the hands of a small owner
lie idle and silent In the gloom OF the prmeval
forest while paucn OF sandy, sterile lanl near by
the only iand he has been able to buy or getoareIy
rewards With scanty living the labor OF the poor
WHITE The proprietors OF this county have largely
| adopted
THE RENTING PRINCIPLE.
common IN the south Of France and known there
as the 'nessenger tenufe-tnat is. they let a man
have land on condition OF receiving hair or third
| OF the harvest, ACCORDING TO It's value. But some
how or Other this system does not seem to be very
| popular wtR the poor whites. We, wac 1--we North,
| know tho reason why; but Southern don't. and
complain OF It as great hardship II Is, OF course
the same prejudice against the rental system, which
Will always be the rule In democratic country, and
which, IL our institutions are TO be permanent Will
ever exist In the mind OF an American freeman.
Surely question such as tnls--how to farm all
the good soil in the South before taking to the
poorer parcels-a question SO closely touching the
material prosperity OF the country ought to be
deeply studied: II the men VINO own good land
cannot cultivate II, some plan ought to be adopted
TO throw 1t into productive hands.
In Ireland the British government passed the
"Encumbered Estates act' for similar purpose
Might not the state buy the lands from tnel present
owners at fair appraised value and Sell them In
small farms to settlers, taking payment for them In
term OF years, and requiring the soil to be im-
proved TO a certain valuey
There Is another evil tnat springs from the pecu-
lary impoverished condition or the Countrywide
Low PRICE or LABOR
You can hire white man here for eight or ten
couple or dollars less Some negroes, indeed, get
very much less. Tney hire out out very fre-
Sash OF OF corn rAey Year, me cst q them gss
hundred, the rest from seventy all the way up
No cents Ds 81 at as rato
s the iaDorer Is good deaf worse OF thai
fixed ,o1 rate oI wages se5ecay as
will tell you when congratulated ON these favorable
terms for help, that It 4 such poor help that 1t Is
dear at the price. But when was low priced labor
ever realty cneapa Low priced labor, however anu
the low standard Of living OF which It Is the cause,
cannot IAN to work the greatest mischief In any
| community whore 1t exists. The workman becomes
III the absence OF material comfort and refinement
mere beast OF BURDEN and he passes into crime by
| O terribly easy transition
Perhaps the reader begins TO wonder whether
shall ever come to the troubles about which he has
| heard most-tle unc0nquered rebel spirit OF the
Southern people, their intolerance OF Northern emf
grafton, the eternal Niger and the Ku Kiux ques-
| ton We'll, they are about the only things LETT TO
| speak about, and so will attack them IN turn.
| speaking for This district, can vouch fof the
| LOYALTY OF THE POPULATION.
They very largely went into the last war reluct
antly-at least majority Of thenl-and have not got
arc sorry they did not succeed but Is 1t reasonable
| TO ask that they should not be? All mat Is neces-
sary to require Is obedience to and respect for the
| government. Love Tor the flag Ii a flower OF silent
aud slow growth-one, too, that cannot be forced as
| an exotic 80 far from wishing again to REBEL
there Is In many OF the people total indsposision
| to make any sacrifice Of any kind Tor any public oD-
ject. The sentiment OF patriotism has died OUT the
people simply ask to be allowed 60 live Ill quiet AMI
peace. / am speaking now, orcourse, VI the better
| class OF whltes-thc men VINO made the war. Here
and there may be found a h0t-headed fool who airs
dayntinn To Lie ..inSt callSe w but lie IL