New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-17
PHOSPHATE LOUISIANA.
PARADISE LOST AND RECLAIMED.


CAL mrsFoRTUSEs or THE sTATE-IIER PEOPLE
DEsPAIRISG or THE FUTURE-THoUsANDs FLEE
ING TIE sTATE-ENoEMoUs BURDENS OF TAX
ALTON.
One of the first of Mr. Edward Kings
papers on "The Great South" appears in SeTtonerS
Monthly for November II Is occupied with Louisiana
and s capital city, and gives among many sketches Oh
life and manners In the Pelican State, some striking
pictures OF the political hepessness OF her people
These the worthy OF attention, coming as they
do from an unprejudiced aud bipartisan observer
Louisiana to-day IL Paradise Lost In twenty years IL
may be Paradise Rogained IL has unlimited hery, en-
chanting possibilities Now upon its bayOu-penetrated
SOIL its rich upands and it, vast praiIies, gigantic
struggle ~ In progress. 1t 10 the battle OF race win
OF the picturesque and unjust CIVILIZATION or inc
past with the prosaio and eyelng civilization OF the
present For century ana half It was coveted by al
naons OveIrun by the great dominant European pow
ers-the French. the Eugllsh, the spaniards It has
been I'm turn the paythng OF monarchs ami the bait OF
adventurers Its history aud tradition leagued with
all that romantic In the eighteenth century. From
It's immense limits 0utsprang the noble siserhood or
Southwestern States. whose ine1naust!he DO
world little more than half century ago the frontier
Of Louisiana, with the Spanish Internal provinces ex
tented 800 miles; the territory boased limo OF seae0asl
OF 800 miles on the Pacific Ocean; drew boundary lhe
LOO miles along the edge Of inc Brtlsh-Amercan a
tive for 400 miles fronted the Mexican Cur 9r
700 miles, aud embraced WITHIN us territory ,uciIlg
from IT, California, Kansas aud the indian Territory,
Missouri and Mississippi were made from ~ anu 81,
apes We of he world IndSna. Arkansas, Iowa,
Minnesota, and Nebraska were born out OF IT,
LOUISIANA AFTER THE WAR
win the downfall OF slavery the advent Of recon
struciion came such radical changes into Louisiana
politics and society that those belonging 10 the aneeH
rtgi,e who could fec fed and a prominent historian
and gentleman OF most honorable Creole descent told
me that among his immense acquaintance, he dld NOT
know single person who would not leave thG STATE u
Louisiana aud NewOrleans had run before inc ate
struggle. 50 broken that even residence IN the
State diatasteul 70 HIN and the society u. 'rp.
seuted the war hc said 500 ears -ee 70 NV
passed over the ConmouSoalth. Inc lt"l VI Ausus,u'
and the italy or today we're hoO Holc ul',lu
liar than Louisiana before, and Louisiana attr e WA
There was longer tue spirit TO riantan lhe sria.
unboundrd hospitality when WIS once 80 .li,l -,
Of the South. Formerly, the guest wonld have b'eh
presented TO plantors who would nave tuteIhh'o In
Tor days Ia royal siyle, ana "Ao "odu ni, ,' ~ -
forward no their own carriages comuen1e1 20 lhe h"-
pitafv Of their neigibors NOW these anne p'hl,l'
temau. All these rcl people have vanished
from their homes, ana ! actually knn" "u''
of culture and Uhlnulut, whose income W.
100000 yearly before the war VINO are
Washing for their daily breal Ire msei = the despil.
iu hundreds Of cases' uel Ond pe'I HOSTS on loN3
plantations remain entirely deserted; tle irsioes
Will not remain upon them, Ou hocA into ee cue. "'
work ON and which tacv have purchased ior thsil-
solves" ~ did not believe that the free negro d.d ns
much Work Tor himself a. be formerly dld Iot HI7
master. Tue conditions OF labor lDi paf.tIH il .o
present zine he cOu-'ifred terribly ou'rousi tle ne
they worked tie lands Oh suaret, aier .uc planters Hho
furnished them the land, tois. horses. mules. ana go"
yanced them their food ~ sdl shat he would ~ nm.
rrli hire negro Tor very .h'i sum d. hlD5 hc "t
no, believe 10 would be- profitable. Tue I'll courlg'm'it
of the native L1usianiaus. hc believed, n'se IN lhrse
dclrrc from toe d.hrill( "l "hi'il."- c.It'.i
which 10 bcgiu anew. lie hueW many ca-'s "h.r' oub
Si0Cd or sl0.0o were needed 20 maze hpi"''
meuta b. utei-loWeIs ana oh lihdi "h'n N'uY .'
nuudteds OF thousands. Nt h1N hnfh VINO. q
I.ata.y urging people 90 The Norm io iIFtsi DN t',
would nntf ana alleged ttt th'f rh"ulI i'l httl t.i
determination sUloug us tIe p.tscI. condition of pQnl'e
prevailed tie said WIN great empna- thtt h' dld n',
tAuk tle people 81 the NIr,h Wouli NtrNr 7ih"n'
which gave faithful transcript pl Zoe pres DO condition.
oil aiiaIs 800 Louisauu Tue native. 90. tao state c'ui
s aa S f 90, ltr51er " ro Satl Of Ire Sal
thought should be- able N1t one oIt oi OI Negroes ihe
whpe state through. could WINE hIf niIut aul VIZ.
htd been s. 20 one single Lfgr1iurc WhO c''o uri 't
s.f. r .n.u VI color in The s, STATURE vs. Ho vaa c1u
pcttnt any largo decree. lir Louisiana people were
~ a." .' , w. 49, 'l,,t i,.. ,..fI mill
tlIy dictator would ne flr prrirr.hr lo tn'n' On
Aouiu 10 auywueto to csrui~ tue i-""HlH4 q" WINCH
tncy were at pres'nt subjected.
AuELlEss AND HOBBIES -r,ra.
The crisis dom0rilizlng every Que. nobody
sotaed win any VIII; every n denL Ih'ro Wa
,ugls piece 81 property Ia the city 81 orleans
BOO which D., Nould 10 present invest although one could
now nuy for $500 CT tioo0) property originally worth
$4,000 lie said IL would NOT pay 10 pur,in.e' fh,
plantations bad been deserted ou account or thc c,cc
Eve taxali0u How deep trr despair Wst olF ihot'
tatuli,. with ifs real causes could imagine Benefit ny
lmm.-lltion ne maintained N's lmi.- .'N uha .n'
present irt'mci Nuif mon il'h ii'.' p'''Nu
brcamc d'uorll2rd in Louisiana lu few month";, ihl
ll,u mingled 30 tho distracted .re % ,urh ht n,'
ns 90 neglect al proper dove. phti ul .n' c'nu't
Thou.1uIs of Louisiauuns were larlug o ieKa@. tud
could vouch for the correctness ol tiit assertion.
Hc san thht thN mass "i thI-iii .' 'il' l,'Nl.
discouraged aud brokcn down boo tlo Loui-ilHt cilic
because they began by working hIldDr uhah thai ,l
mate would permit lac bcfihdn' 10 hh", c'". tl''
thr state bad DO some Instances boon ordered N} ofth
Ittuus both at whit. rd c0iOrct native Wnfhn'h not
90 perform 10 mucu ",S, .' ,tH w. ',' ,.
"a dangerous Ntuplr. rIilt he beloved titi
almost any white miu ~uu.d - one SID, on %,
much work as three Negroes. re- hardy thulahi that
in tl years there would pr nY tf-fp.t Oh LOUISIANA
The race Was rapidly Diminishing. Fltnt,ia Nn1 h'u
owned hlpC four hundred slaves bciuf thu var haA
kept record %, their move monte nud found ih1t more
taiu hnIf % them hal dc1 Of want uqt NEGLECT Lle
negroes did nor know how % c1f' Ton lhotl.f'f' Ihf
women VINO still uvcd un tho same plantations where
they had been owned as slaves nov gave hiro 10 oul
one child where previously they mad three The! w'1h
NOT bear children OF Oui ana thr negro population
vus rapidly decreasing. 81 he potlip,- lurliH ana
cabbtges consumed by white P'ope % N'"Vf.tm'
came from the West, Cirfenug re- said hid uroyed au
improbable eYpcumrnt IN the present condition ni
society.
These are very nearly the exact words Of a careful o'
server VIC b. 10y uo mctu- bitilry phfiittht Nin
nud thousands ~ other fUftui H'rr concerned Wuu
ms indo.i borur visa ali tns c,. which have stslu
out of construction. without murmurug ANITA nov,
when nU sands u his icOws pushed Go hr
Will lie s Inc rrprc sonttI,, OF "A very large ta,s s
picture OF the rain aut dClcrion prevalent Dr. hr nb
ule truth ~ written o cos Of The citzcns jOu
NAV read aud realize D. there.
The struggle - over, peace has been dctitr'h, nut
a generation has been doumcd. The past .hrt
gwen TIE future the hower " the present there
Tor those VITO are gong out, aid uui small
hone for those rolnug That - what the faces
that H. the burden Of their eadnrs- lhcse ATE MOI
OF the loud-noutned aud bitter opponents of
everything tending 10 recons0ldaie thc Union /.
these are not they VINO will tell Won that
some day the South will De united more aud sill
rise m strength aud strike blow or freedom nut those
re the payers of the price. The lDuk n on the Races OF
the men who the swords Of generals, who led ma
which we're disastrous on the faces Of women
who have lost husbands, chillren lowers, fortunes
homes and comfort f0r eyermOrc. The look N on tho
lace. IL the strong lighters thinkerr aud controllers
Of the Southern mind and heart sud here In
Louisiana it viii not cheer or brighten, because
labor Impoverished society. scattered mml's, race
M md