American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-01-06
Editor Canton Citizen:

As ii resident of tins county o
Madison, as one having II deep so
licitifle as to the future welfare and
I prosperity of tins cnuntry and il
people. | Trust that | may not bt
presumed to be- DESTROYS o. dcta
ting 10, or finding fault with thu
'andliuldrrs. and planting comm.
N y, ii | venture Il few Suggestions
concerning what seems to me- the
easiest and best method of escape
from the pr"srn' condition. nf gloom
and imc'inlar\ trouble which seem
To rnvrl"r rll:. In",l.
And. first. | would say that the
INSTITUTION OF slavery having beet
sweep, away 10y the tide of VAR, cur
system of labor must ntrrsSt rr'y.
stand upon the same basis thar the
labor of all Other agricultural c"un
frieS tests upon tine vOrl' Over.
The next m ,tlrr for cohHirlrra;inr
would seem TO be-, what tia, basis
Is.
In Enro"an countries where hu-
mAnItA Is abundant and land scarce,
it is not dItfirult to obtain Irl!ab..
labor. and at small wages, hence
he land j. rXtJrtinnahly high. aud
the labor vriy poor. Hence their
system will not suit ~, as il aSsi,n
lila rs somewhat TO the paonag- SNS
TEN. But IN The Northern AID
Yves ern States OF this Un'rn, We
tind that The original pr0.rieiors of
large bodies Of land unsettled aud
uEcultivaIrh. and Il Ior which taxes
were high. took the following among
other nl"ihn"ls OF making their laud
vnlnai le, and themselves Iirh
They sud TO themselves that il
WAS Il great pleasure "tO he Tia"
OF ali you survey.' "evrh
though that thing surveyed b4 II
" wilderness, but it Will be much
ImOIr pleasant 30 see n part of our
an,ls owned 10y other peoplA, whose
presence will c'eHtr a demand f0i
aud, and make that part of our pos.
sessions which they do nor occupy.
valuable in Geomrtrical progression
with their numbers"
Hence they cur up their lands
utn alter 'aIe small tracts, taking
he land .insr rs it came, then they
made it worth the while Of poor az
icultuIisIs having families, 10 bay
hpse alternate pieces. The, sold
heir lands NJ their exact cash valu.
u five and six payments with inter
st on the deferred pivrIrnts at ten /
YER cent, thereby making the I'ur
Iaser pay for The land it's value,
tx per cent. interest on the money
vested, and the taxes and dptpri
ration of the land by cultivation
IuIing this time. IL man was not
rilling to pay, they rented him rhr-
and, at Il price barely sufficient TO
over six per cent. interest on the
and, taxes aud the deter iOrarion of
!, this was about ten per cent. of
he value of it. The Consequence
'as that thrSr prOprietOrS brcamr !
ich, and their neighhnrs mI,ie a ,
wing Oh the lind they bought, aud {
heir wealth finally came ia the in !
rrasrd value OF their Lands thus
r1uirri, aud the imp oVrmrnts 1
m, executed. aud coHfnr,S they /;
= her. d almut Them. Ia this {
,runrr naVe the iwn great States :
+ i;li.niS AID New Yma grown io /
!. the + mIrrr States OF the s'c- i
nns ir " hIrh tiIrN live j. is true {
,tf "a - SrtrltIs Illus Serur d Il
"a. unIjr mrh, aud thai to expect a
ate la'nrinE emigration 10 he =
,nti ia til" present c 'n'li lon nf !
I rirs is All L o,,iah iiea hut nn. :,
ing is crIta,n. the ~ -'rm thai "a
Is heretofore ben prariicrd Va .,
issis>ippi. aud sine the war, 10y u
e planting community, has "n y q
l..,l In almost en.i ir and HHiv,r- "
/ ruiz. Tue system shea 1T crop. 81
ng our slaves on far wages must K
a great mrasurr Ice Abandoned an 10
large scale 1T EAST. a.
What, then, j. io le done2 is the f.
Y. Witnuut seitiug mNself up as u
or ~ the son OF one, M