The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-14
LABOR FOR THE SOUTH.
TIE ADDRESS OF THE REV. @. "
HOWARD ON IMMIGRATION.
Delivered Before tho Agricultural Com
vention In Augusta, February III,

vention In Augusta, February IL,
1873.
Our special reporter has already spoken
In glowing terms of the address on immigra.
tlon, delivered, by Invitation, by the Rev. c.
W. Howard, OF Barlow, Ga, before the Ag-l-
cultural Convention at Augusta on Tuesday
last. We now have the pleasure OF placing
before the readers Of The NEWS the address
itself, In full.
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention:
IL affords me qualification TO be allowed the
honor of addressing you on the sno)ecC OF
immigration. II Is proper to say that my re-
marks were prepared TO be delivered before
the Georgia Legislature. II has been impos-
sble Oh q short notice to diyest them wholly
of this local character. This explanation is
made to avoid seeming discourtesy 10 view
of the fact thai they are onered IN presence
of delegates from other Southern States. 1t
Is to be hoped that the thoughts which are ap-
plicable to Georgia will be found to be not In
applicable to the South generally.
offer TO you my views, not because was
at ali conscious of any natural capacity OF In
structlon, but because the subject OF imhlgra.
tion, In It's more serious aapects, Is pew 10
most OF The citizens of Georgia, while circum.
sIances have caused it 10 be the subject or
careful study and observation On my part
Acting upon the presumption that he would
be a Very dull man who had devoted mucn
study in q given subject who could not say
something OF interest to those to whom lt was
comparatively new, am emboldened 70 aa-
dress you.
grafton, for obvious reasons, WAS ralner dis
tasteful to uB than otherwise. We were an
agricultural people. Our form Of labor was
peculiar. We did not care to submit IL 10 the
ntermeddling OF the stranger. we were
sufficiently and easily prosperous. Onf mooe
of life gave us leisure for reading, study ana
the interchange of the pleasant courtesies
and hosDltaIllies of social life. This result
was accomplished by the labor OF the negro,
then-wIth those exceptions which attach 10
all general rules, and taking into account
provision for sickness, accidents ana OLD age
the most conteuted and best paid labsrer IN
ChrIstendom. We were Indifferent to COM
merce, to manufactures aud to trade gene
rally. We could live handsomely Wltnouc
labor, and were not Inclined 10 lorego tne
agreeable exemption. We desired no cnange.
But the change was rudely, violently made
by power beyond successful resistance.
This change was instlgated In some instances
by misguided philanthropy; In others oy lanai
icIsm 10 others by plea Of military necessl'
": but In the large majority by that grover.
ling trait of humanity which, Jealous OF tne
ease OF those who live Without LABOR, seeks 10
pull them down to Its own level.
But the change has been MADE, ana tnose
who made it must take the consequences.
From patrops and customers they have COM
pelled MS 10 become rivals. They would dig,
tnrb the dolce far niente OF plantation lie. Ii
thew suffer for 1t they have no one TO oame
but themselves. The time Is not far distant -
desire the remark to be rememoered-When
the Northern cotton mills must come 10 Inc
cotton or be ruined.
In iormer DAYS the South has beaten the
States North OF 1t In slatesmanship. witness
| ihe lists OF Presidents In the former Gays VI
ihe Republic. 1t has beaten them II eio'
nuence. witness the roll OF orators, from fat-
rick Henry 10 the present time. man 10
man-nay, one man 10 Two men, al.nousn 'Sn, ~, ~
I one ufst &C. ten men-it has beaten them ID
| 10 ntIng. witness the battles OF our late war
When aid the North ever produce WasnlnG:
ton or q Leef Circumstances which some
| tImes make men could not evolve them, Iol
| the grand material was wanting; ana now
when necessity exists which did not exlsl
before, we must show them that we can alse
heat them In working. The same mind which
gave to the South Its former supremacy Ia the
national councils, which furnished the high
est and most numerous types Of American
eleuuence, which produced the greatest cap
tains of the age or even OF history, II educated
to material pursuits will still maintain lts
The necessity for labor is upon us. We
must show ourselves equal 10 the occasion
| II ia true that our condition is disappointing
| Onr losses have been fearlully great. Few
persons have just conception oil their mag
nitude.
| In the year 1866, at the request OF the com
missioner of agriculture, prepared paper
for The annual report on the cohdltion ano re
,urces OF Georgia. By comparison OF thu
census of 1860 with the comptroller gener
als report OF Georgia for 1866, 1t appeared
that the losses OF all kinds OF the people o
Georgia In ak years, amounted to the sum 0
s8Il. .254 s7S. In 1865 there were but S9,74s
while polls, which would give an average
loss OF $s,423 to the white poll. Wnen w
remember that large number OF these Wnite
held no property, what must nave peen tnt
Ioss of other individuals and of corporations
1t was staggering blow. Most people
would have succumbed in despair. But tnit
was moi all. After the war our enemies sen
from the East with an east wind, the locust
which devoured every green thing upon tn
face of the earth. "Belore them there Wer'
no such locusts as they, neltner allel tnen
ANAL there BIZ SUCH" Faugh! The stencn
,hsm has ceased TO offend our noslris.
As II the calamities OF war we're not enough
thew taxed our cotton, flching from the farm
er and the poor freedman, Wnom tney pro
fessed to love, the pittance which rewarded
their toll, thereby acknowledging the de
spised Southern staple was the government
reliance as basis OF revenue.
In addition, God sent us, year after year
unpropllious seasons. Our crops were drown
| ed with rain, or burned by drought. NeVe
were a people more sorely tried, ana neVe
was trial more manfully endured.
PHYSICAL courage Is 80 common among
Southern men, that it's absence, rather lna
its nreseuce, is marked. But there is hlghe
courage than that which is physical, Whlcn W
share with some of the inferior animals. ]
ia tbat calm moral courage which meets tn
inevitable without flinohing; which LOOKS dlt
asters full In the face; which bears with com
nosure the taunts OF unleellng men, Whlc
sterplv conquers Its own Weaknessesi Wnlc
hears cruel disappointments without murmul
which never pulH out the fires OF nope, an
which. all the while gathering strengtn, y
the end enables It's possessor to acnieVe VIC
tory of peace 80 much more lllustrlous tna
that Of war. u,,. +u,. ~
Southern people have shown. History ms
he challenged TO show more NOBLE e1ampl
of It.. But no herOlsm can accomplish lmpol
abilities. without aid from some source, tn
full development OF the South Is On huma
impossibility. ooouu,, .,
consider what is to be done and VINO Is TO Q
| If. Georgia Is larger than England, and
equal In Size to England and Wales. IL
larger than Belgium, Holland. Denmark an
Switzerland united. II contains some bo,Ol
snuare miles, or 81, ,00O, 900 of acres. Or tnes
: al 600 600 some FIVE or six millions are undt
cultivation. The rest is wild, unimproVed