The Van Buren press., 1873-09-09

thankful if they have feod and clothing
and have settled up their bill and pr,
served credit enough to go through Tia
per cent mill anotheryear
l wish had time ty show you how 81
commercial, manufacturing and specula
ting world have formed their scheme
, shaped the laws and unted in harnoni
Gus shrewdness 20 gather the profits. 9
cotton planting in the South,
tell you TO day, care not what sea
sons may come, what large crops yo'
may raise, still, undereXistins condition
you will ever grow poorer who produe
cotton, aud they will ever grow richie
VINO handle 1t after it produced. With
out great change the Saa.Asss- -Ss..e
are destined to become 80 many planta
tions, practically owned by the Northern
people, and the Southern people SO man,
hireling slaves to work for them AnC
IL this condition you viii reap scarcely
the wages, and not half the respect 20,
accorded your former slaves And ye
the very reverse Of ibis fate is in YOU
power Under the present policy tht
next generation of Southern people viii
become the poorest, the NEST powerless
and the most coRtcmptible of earth's in
habi,anls While, under 4 wise policy,
the next noralion OF Southern people
NAV become the richest, the most power
/ iul and the most respectable Of living
peoples Which destiny will we choose ?
But, Won ask. how eau this better des-
tiny be secured | will tell you,
First Make cotton your surplus crop
In these five words lie the Samson locks
OF your future power Make your own
fertilizers by resting, cropping, grassing
and manuring your lands Thus you be-
come Independent oil the guapo mer.
chants. Raise your own provisions.
Thus you become independent of the
provisjoa merchants Your cheapest and
safest Inc OF transportation runs from
your own fields and hog pens to your
own barns and meat houses " 81 no
debts COR our supplies, you will need no
accommodation credits at two per cent
per month Thus you become indepen-
dent OF brokers and cotton factors and
liea merchants. You can then sell your
pVI cotton, at your own time, to your
own chosen buyers, and for your own
price, and will get your own money,
None of these things can cotton plant
er do VINO plants on credit aud borrows
money to buy his provisions. But, you
say, the Western Slstes can raise proyi-
sions SO much cheaper than we can that
We can make more money by making cot
ton aud buying from them This is 4
teaching Of figures and q greater lie was
never taught.
Now, affirm, it is cheaper Tor yon to /.
mem urvuEsrrv --ii -- L -'--A r. 80 I
10 YOU OF the nearest depot free Of all
.ost and charges How is this? lnthe
irst place, if we raise FIVE millions Of
bales of cotton we will get no more mon |
ey for them than we would get for hall
hat number. Then, ont of the same
amount realized, you pay for raising the
fue millions, just doullc cost Of produc /
ion. Half the labor and supplies en-
ployed in raising five million bales of cot !
Ton could be employed in raising sup
plies without reducing The value Of the
cotton crep one dollar But half this la
bor would raise more tban you needed Tor
supplies. You could employ much OF it,
also, in enriehing your lands, and inn
proving your property IN many ways
Then you would come to the end OF the
year with your cribs full OF corn, your
smoke house full Of meat, your family
ful Of smiles, yourselves fall Of indepen'
Ience. and your pockets full OF money
for Investment. And how would you IN
vest it: In cotton factories on the wa
,erfalls Which God sent al through your
rountry to run spndlos. ibis would
make YOU independent of Old England
and New England Then, also, you
would mine your own iron ana make
your own implements Of husbandry, and
this would make you independent OF
foundres and Massaehn-
seus workshops IN word, every i'm
would be built up IN your own
country. and all the profits of those in
would go into your own
pockets. 49,.
Go on as You are now going making
cotton your chief crop, and slavery Is The
doom Of your children and you children S
children forever! a people who depend
on -,har pcople for food and clothing are
and mustbc slaves
Make cotton your surplus crop, and
your wealth, independedce and power
will multiply MS surely as the years IN
crease.
But YOU say there is great obstacle
ia the way Of raising our supplies ne
freedmen will destroy them before they
can he gathered. ! admit The full force
of this obstacle. The negro, as race,
prefer to live by idleness and theft, rather
than by labor When the present gener
alton Of negroes-who acquired their dis
culinary habits in slavery-shall pass
away. the troubles alluded TO will increase
with every future generation Ihis
brings us face to face with great prob
lem. And / say here now, If there IS not
sufficient craftsmanship in this country
10 devise laws which shall compel the ne
gro to quit stealing and so to work, then
tho best thing we can do is 10 pack up
our children aud hunt another country
| would give the negro every right TO
which he is entitled under the laws, but
he is entitled under no law to become
the destroyer of his neighbor's property
nor to keep the white race OF the South
in poverty and bondaSe.
The first thing to be done is to secure
home government for home affairs ih's
is our right and our necessity we mus'
oct control OF our own labor and regh
;,JuStrv Massachusgtts I