, 1873-09-24
cerH. bolioyo this Ia true Of ncarly onc-fourtl,
OF tho countios OF thtB Stato, and those tic

HIlEHL pQFtlOGHs 4hN0 Ln0
sourll HDE or TIL: IAstEa r1vEn,~~
tho blrth-placo Of ratricls iIonry, John 1san-
dolpli, William D. uilos, George 9. Dromgoolo.
Whitfield Scntt, 10. Johnston. md many Of Vir-
and tho rog!storctl vote IN 1sG0. It IL not ma
torialIy different now from then. Amelia
@ fax wss, w!ss, a455 sl5 nesross esrsss, asss da a
Dinwidiio H: wIiicu i'aVy; ] no:rocs, 1'7Ss;
Charlotto, white /, 1,10', ucgrucs 2, 2,2t7 and soon
M ,a oea oIeas Yor nro n ol no atap couo
Now, tlish negro lulo Is totnperel somewhat in |
Virginia by tho faot Tint the whites control tho
Stnfo Legislature md tho State taxes, appoint |
tic south side III ao1lo Of lilo conntics,- lin n
rapidly
nEhArslNo INTO IT'S PRIMITIVE CONDITION;
1anda titled before and during tue War now
growing up In forests; tho bcnycrs building
plying in tic coyorts. Tho whito population
sro, many. Of tlon,, growing hopoleus . and
Of much that is now going OH in Lilo South.
Tho industry Of tho South Inns nlways been
| chiefly agricultural. and upon tho prosperity Of
this olasB must dopo1ld tho goneral condition Of
tho country. Why don't tlley dtyornify indus.
| ries,-ostahlish manufactures Why don't
| yonr poor men ut tho North rido In cnrrlagos,
and drink champagne for dinnor3 Dccaaao
| Tl1ES HAVEN GOT THE MONIfs
To establish manufactures at tho South. OF any,
whore, requires capital, and to put up hundred
| cotton, aioo, woolon, and otlor faotorlos, ro-
qnires great deal Of capital. Why don't NORTH
mon and Epgl;smo who xo sa5"l SGmo ao
havo tic money to do. 1t with. Labor ia
cheap, watcr-powor In abundant, md hero Is
tho lomo-marlsot. The tr.1o answer, s1lspeot:
wlero i il ',i w b. bo abject 10 tho risls of negro
| aud carpet-bag apo]iaton, nnd who can blame
tlom? Blnmo there ia somewhere, OF course.
Thoro arc two ronledien.-not Immediate aud
! offcctua1, It is true, but valuable, llovorthc-
loss, (which occur to my own mnd haye not
heard thom proposed hore by any ono, and nm
not B,lre In tho present temper Of Tho
public mind wlethor they can oven t.l.1
mud put into Eraotice. it would not DO long he-
fore tue North would
GAIN A NEW EMPIRE,
nhoundinrg In woalth, RESOURCES. md prosperity;
an ncqufsition far exceeding California; lcHaen-
Ing tho burden of tic public debt; Bwolliny tie
growth Of Chicago, nnd New York, and
oyery fNorthern clty and. moro than all
rs qRsapg ana g5so o p piopo o Sottor an r1 ore
attractive thnn my the West can offer. ro-
stored and roluyonatcd South is that now ON
piro, and would bo worth vastly moro than any
Naturo. Mt aou u Thoso two e w wond 90 r 10
restore the South. Tho ono would bo to toltow
tho principle which believe is embodied III tho
Massachusetts Constitution, alsd
LIMIT SUFFRAGE,
not by raco or color tcat but by the conditions
OF being alle to road md writo, mud tho payment
OF some slight tax to tho Stnto. This provision
would insure to nearly every Southern ssato q
taxes Eho nexs wad bo to follow oat tie
. plan Of Alr. Jefferson. uo proposed not only to
j. frcc tho blacks, but to
coIoN1yE THEM
| | in como suitable tropical country. Ia this not
hnff fhn., n}y1Hti md
tile lawsor for thoncgroeb to bo huddted toEothor
j in portions Of tho States, aud thon to gradually
i die out7
1 have loft myself no Bpaco to spoals Of the
Industrial condition Of tho South. I may sum
up by Hnying thRt, as rule, thc South
, | Is WnETCHEpLY POOR,
and the process Of rccuporation barely porcepti'
bic. You will SEQ very contradictory statements
i made, cyon by men WHO mean we'll aud ought te
! know better, TINT there aro Honlc tcstH which
I cannot be disputed. First, compare tic South
! ern crops Of wheat corn, tobacco, rice cotton
y Tho averago before tho War. I doubl
If tlloy would, takon together, DO equal to one
: half, certainty not tlircc.f[ths; of what THO,
q woro. ThH ought to be conclusive Next, tRkt
tho value Of a,lt's doubt if It be, oil ~, nser
nge, 25 por cont Of tho old ante-be!|um value. II
sonlo localities it is higher, lut i'll otlaors not
0 tenth of tho old value. doubt If m1lcls oyor
Y 1IAs.F TIL; LAND
I onco titled il in cultivation. As for tho accnm.1
i lated capital Of the South.-1 mean exclusive @
: tho slaycy,-it is safe to say 1t IL not onchal
3 ii, money ntoc1s, 6ontla' personality &C., &o''
n I do not say that there arc no elements of OF,
i couragomont. think That largeee proportion
% Of tho whites have acquired habits of laho
artl thrift; but this is moro than compensate
r Fur ono lazy and worthless African in tho oil
days, you l,ayo hundred, aud tho number lont
iug around cities, or who lnvo gono North 10
}, service, can hardly be computed. The condition
l. of tho negro, materially mad morally,
t. Is Nor 1MrOnvED
n Flo ia descending yearly i'll tho scale Of civil
~ zution, and hecolning moro like his ancestors
II who believed in "tricka," '.spolls," md incan
d ascribc an ordinary disease, often tho result q
u their own careless or 7nsious hnbita, to trick
In put upon tho by MI clleuy; anS DO it said herr
ID Of their own race always. They noyor gis
ID power, though, If they woro to lay it at the doc
n Of tho carpot- -baggor, it might not seem 80 sill
r. an idca. These snpcrstitions appoar to be gor
I'd eral with them, aud Christianity as 2 Byetcm
m over tue advanced snvaus Of London and par
q Goncrally speaking, tl.oro ia order oyor I'll
LIS Eouth,-an order too much resembling
CO TonpOH AND DEATH.
ID, At any ratio, conlitta between tho races NJ
T. rare, nll things considered. III tho citios, III
ct groos nro ofton yory insolent; they push viii
1adies iuto tho gutter. md, in ono caso With
my knowledge, lady was knocked down by
10 UuflY AlIlCAIt hIkuuut tlI1 oHSIaGbt cHaHo
20 eyo1i warning, aud Tho strr1ttod on proud
nd and safely. But such caaoH arc not common
ar Generally, the life on plnntation-and til
w. plantntion-life prelolnnates in tho soutli-ie
cy this wiso: Tho negroes work moro or loss Of
nd clontly they pilfor good don! moro than ths
on did, and mako the Keeping Of pigs and chicken
I'D ofton an Improbable industry. Ih'
'e- live in their old cabins. much aa th'
nd did. They hiro out, alld do not complain OF &c
ito ting paid III money or part Of tho crop, as Il
A contraet may require. For tho most part, th
1iB seem in good lunlor aud especially to Il
r. whites. They go to their employer for ndyi
tt, OH tho ordinary affairs Of life,-ovorything b
AB ono:
It now THEY 61IALI. VOTE.
as Hero tAoy talo their orders from tho seer
.os leagues. They vote against, their employ
ANYHOW, II ho il OIL ono sidc, thoy tako Il
otllor. They aro full Of tho notion, pit in tht
n, 1,anlo br Ind ,vl,ita mnn b1t still dxcd fl.at