The sun., 1873-10-20
Labor in the south.

labor system i'm thc South upon prn-
c.pios which insure Justice To lahorors
and employers aliAr. Nost.,.w which T..
not jr.t to an p.r.i,s concerned can or
uu. to stcDD.l; th, u,o,. uv of some
.t-t.u -mt.r u tc,,il aud ada ,ei log
iua.,a applications iwiouttD.
ia several @ -unfN,.u -'aty- h.ark
hhur cam l' ut'D D.o most profitable
ana u...u. Tic I,,lm.u arc already
,hcrt wd ID l- fr u.W interest as
well lasfor tAc.utciD-t of the whites that
muWdily satisfactory relations should be
established between the two races. There
Is great deal o.! talk about doing away
with colorcd hhor,rS and encouraging
white emigration TO develop the resources
of the South, but this is folly, for no
white immigrants can replace the no
grocs in those branches OF agriculture
which are peculiar to the Southern Statcs.
white men, whatever may bc said % the
contrary, cannot endure like the blacks
the labor required for the cotton, the
nee aud the sugar culture. This expert
mout was tried over century ago when
Gen. OGLETHoRPE and the trustees Of the
original colony OF Georgia in their zeal to
show that an American colony could bo
made to prosper without slavery, excluded
nvgrocs from their limits and permitted
thc employment OF free white luborcrs
ouly. THE consequence was that the Eng
l>h and Guiluau hborcis imported to
cultivate the land died like sheep and the
colonists finding themselves in daurerof
starvation surrcnl rcd their charter 10
the crown.
The abolition of slavery released from
scryitude millions OF ignorant un,kilcd
lshurers who were coufoundcd by the
sudden Change iu their condition. The
most cNtrayagaut ideas prevailed among
tn majority # them. II was common
impression that release from slavery
meant release from toll, thousands Of
them were induced To believe that every
freedman Was to receive farm and mule
FROM the United states. The carpct-haggcrs
took alSaut1-c of this unsettled condition
10 ins;ll in the minds Of the negro popua-
'iou sentiments of bitter hostility against
the whites, who would naturally bc the
bidder, for their labor. and they sue
vceded m sowing seeds of dis,ension and
hate between the two races which have
already borne evil fruits. As natural
consequence the freedmen have been un-
profitable lahorcrs and the South has been
continually declining in prosperity.
The maudmuistration and plumber Of
the carpci-uag governments haYc been
sufhcleht 10 produce the present i'm
povcyi-hel condition of the Southern
states, lut an unnatural and vicious labor
sNsttTf. or rltucl. fine, want If ANY son. i'l.
s> -i"i1. h- ALSO atty couirihui'i o. the
rei"- c.ei'n 90 t.r S'Hl n material
Ir"-i iDrIiN. I'm was .N instances cole
'i'I m.n "i exc r''Hi a'i'iy have
ir'i 'r -h' plantations nuI n'' lo-
come wealthy. Iu some 81 ia" states
numbers oi thr col. red people l1v" taken
-m.u iusn- ami successfully cWtNutcd
them. Bat thr great mass If southern
negroes have been compelled To work
either for wages or ou shares for their old
masters. and iAcir disposition 10 assert the
privileges or thcii newborn independence
has hAnli,si'd ltc.i IN ways which have
proved disastrous {" their own interests rs
wei a. u those oi thclr employers. we
are t"id ~ planters Try ing 10 pack cotton
WIN gHIl-- 0l llhnr'i~, every ono ot whom
brought L" Al' WORK "a loaded gun OF rhc'
ready To use II on tue slightest proNo'a-
ton; OF other planters who' having adj
Vancod 70 thc.r labor'rs the iull Nnlu' OF Il
seasons WORK. have been Lett with their
cotton standing ungaiherrd IN the field;
ana others yet who have had their fields
deserted at the most critical moment at
the beck OF some domagoguo who had
issued call for political meeting.
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