The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-09-30
What TIE South needs.


cnar>e all who understand the
Visionary philosophy OF that hope
.e<S.y utopiau newspaper could
anticipate. from the head OF the
article what would follow: Instead
Of bread Il stone; Instead of fish Il
serpent. Aud what do we find?
Why we want our lands surveyed
and laid oft in squares and sold !!
or. !. t., the surplus over and
above What We want for ourselves.
1t is the old StOry-the charldtan
AMI the snphiSt coming to heal
what they know nothing about.
AS we'll send amongst us the In
di;u medicine man." with his
savage ad0rnmentS, paint, aud
tom Tonis. We prefer him decd,
eddy. His harbarouS lamentations
would hra diversion to despora-
ton.
Ii the ''medicine man" and Mr..
Greeley were 10 present them
selves to It's ut the same time, W.
should undoubtedly take the
"mrdicine man" TO our society. aud
reject Mr.. Greeley. We should
take that ''mpdicine man" as the
righttul heir OF ii long line of lords
Of this soil, and hold converse
with the most '!earned doctor"
about things upon which he is
just as wise as Mr.. Greeley, in
spite of all that he "knows about
farming.n
We Were surprised that the
Tribune had NOT advised the
South, after squaring their lands,
TO SOW them down i'll root crops.
That would have been truly
Radical prescription. equal to the
advice 10 40 West"
Now, We can tell the tribune
what tie South needs: 1t needs
to he ''lrt alone That's what it
needs. Fl the Tribune will mind
It's own affairs. and prevail upon
the Government TO permit Us 70
manage our own local State and
municipal concerns, without the
everlasting interference from
Washington, il will do the best
thing il can for itself and for us
We will soon bring our matters
to the condition of entire order
and successful ''pr0gress." Put
US upon an equality with the
States and people of the North,
politically, and we will take care
OF ourselves, snd preserve better
! order than is maintained at the
North, and make the best. posi-
ble disposition OF our lands.
In our miSfOrtuneS it is one of
the hardest trials to be subjected
to the impertinent Suggestions of
people who assume toknow more
than we do, and undertake. pat
IOnizingly 10 instruct us. With
out unlilyduesS to Mr.. Greeley, in
the name of all that is reasonable,
; how can VT be taught 10y such Il
visionary? ... ....
], The facts speak for themselves.
Immediately after the war thou
sands OF Northern people who
Sneerrd ut our agriculture, and
, who were ambitious to become
Southern planters and to initiate
, the prUverbially unaffected and
noble bt'aring OF those men. came
SOuthwardly and went into thu
+ cultivation of cotton with the la
bor OF freedmen. Some rented
: others i'll questionable modes gol
possession of tine estates and EN-
l barked full OF hope in the enter
; prise of becoming louriShing and
, lOrdly cotton planters. What
, was the RESULT Most disastrous
5 II the truth could be gotten ar
;. We have not IA doubt it would ap
7, pear that lii that wild enterprlS,
| millions nf dollars were lost by tn,
5 adventures.
: We know 0f some eases of yer,
!. heavy LOSSES, that excited til,
= sympai by of all acquainted will
J. the circumstances in the South
: Here We wanted these men t
{! Succrc,l, and We're grieved at thei
: failure. But what was the lesson
J. Ii Was severe, and it warned sue
Missionaries as those of the Tribun
against conlenning the econom
of the South, OF which they kno,
nothing.
:, Let Us alone gentlenen--ye Tr
! hines and We party schemers. LIE
y uS alone, and all will go we'll
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