New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-01

Blair began it, even before the close OF
the war, by effecting surreptitlous ad-
mission into the Confederate camp and
councils He told their leaders to sur
render, and the Democratic party would
| reinstate them in their former positions.
So these commanders at the North in.
structed their lieu,enants at the South TO
evade OF resist the government: and laws.
These lieutenants, TOO old and too Gun.
ming to be either progressive or wise. is
| sued their orders, and for more than four
years there was conflict between
the inevitable authority Of the fed
| eral government and the ill-advised and
Intellectual resistance of a disarmed PEG.
pie. At last this people began TO see that
the "sham Democracy" Of the North
wanted their powe. to make Tammany
Hall Of Congress, while the d;smasted
politicians who obeyed their orders wished
to be reins:a.ed in their seats in Congress
and foreign missions. With that instinct
i've wisdom which spreads through q
| whole people like benefcen. epidemic,
the Southern people saw the game play
ing at their expense. Soldiers, they had
indicated their courage. To;levs and
taxpayers, they saw that this agitation to
overthrow the federal administration en-.
| HANGED their labor. deprecated their prop.
erty. and terrified the laborer in their
fields. So these followers halted and
stood fast. They refused obedience 70
those who wished 10 use their interests
as scaffold TO rebuild their own political
fortunes. Virginia led the way by thrusting
out these fallacious advisers. She elected
federal General Governor. So she has
peace, order. immigration. She has not
increased her State debt dollar. She
commands the confidence Of the whole
North. Georgia. Tennessee. the Caro-.
linas, Mississippi and Alabama followed
this lead in irregular succession. The
last stand Of the sham Democracy was in
Louisiana. Here the dead beats Of other
States rallied-here, :rampling over our
commerce and agriculture. they made
their last fight. All the tactics OF Tam
many have been tried-a candidate who
had opposed the sham Democracy all his
life-an entangling alliance with their OPP
ponen.s on the basis Of dividing the
spoils-1iots, violence and sullen
submission 20 the powers they had
provoked. At last Louisiana seems
convinced tina. her people and pros
poets have been used for no other
purpose than 10 replace Tammany and
its Southern satellites in Office. The PEG.
pie refuse to follow further. Tammany
has found Tweed and Greeley load TOO
heavy 70 bear from the Potomac to the
Rio Grande. Louisiana follows as the
last Southern State in socia! and industrial
reconstruction. We will give a proof Of
the manner in which party politics and
business are connected. As Jammany
takes charge Of Southern politics, SO the
New York Bulletin assumes the guardian
ship Of our cotton crop. True. the B,,lle-
tin is conducted in the interest Of the con.
sumner, but our people have scarcely be-
gun to rely upon the collected facts Of our
own Cotton Exchange. From the Bu.'e.
tins report we make the following COM
parative summary of the state Q: cotton
industry in the several Southern States:
A. 20 che increase or decrease Of acre.
age planted in cotton in each State this
year as compared with last:
North Carolina increases five 10 zen per
cent. say average seven and half per cent.
South Carolina increases ten per cent.
Tennessee increases five 20 twenty per
cent, say average twelve and lfper cent
Georgia increases five to ten per cent, say
average seven and half per cent.
Ala bama increases about two and half
pei cent.
Mississippi increases ten per cent.
Louisiana, no change.
Texas increases fifteen per cer..
From every State except Louisiana an f.
crease Of acreage is reported.
COMPARISON or LABOR SUPPLY.
South Carolina, supply about the same as
last year, but results better. owing 10 CAPT.
tai and labor working more in harmony.
Tennessee. supply sufficient.
Georgia. some sections scarce. owing TO
emigration 20 Mississippi and Arkansas not
to Louisianaj.
Alabama. about the same as las. year.
Louisiana, supply adequate 20 demand"
Iii added:
In some instances, We find better results
from the same hands, owing 70 more
harmonious relations having been estab-
lished between the planting and !aboring
classes. Our reports also pretty generally
indicate that the negroes are being less di.
yerted from work than formerly by their
devotion to politics.
Tha. is, as the colored people find more
kindness at the hands Of their employers,
they cease to take that interest in politics
which they deemed essential to their
safety.