The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-12-03
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER B, 1873

of desert mahi"y is going on in
our midst every das under the pres
ent ruinous system, and the farmer
is growing poorer md poorer Year
after year; and yet We arc making no
determined and systeuntic effort to
remedy the evils from. which We suf
for. The negro is dependant on
yon for the roof t'mt shelters him.
and the broad that! feeds him and
yet like the viper, Mrmol to life il
the good farmers Msom, he turns
and Stings syou,ondisto ,day,and ever
will be, your invGcrate enemy, do
what you may to cmciliatc him. We
have borne with Inn patiently, re-
Wondering his Ignorance, and sus
picious disposition, enhanced by all
tho willy arts Of the renegade and
''carpct baggcrs, pnd in our earn.
est endeavors to prove ourselves
his friends, have iumorod his ca
! prices, and acccdcl to his demands
! till we are almost bankrupt And
what has it availel us? Nothing,
worse than nothing! He hates us
worse to-day than when first cman-
! cipatcd. He rcjoIcs and riots in
! the JOY Of being oGr political equal
and our political master. Never
will he willingly yield this power.
The time has come when we must
act--%ct, for our sclf-prcsorvation
. demands it. w, have done our
best to make q friend of the negro,
and our overtures have been spurn.
cd and rejected. We must now
wash our hands Of Ill responsibility
concerning his fate. IIo hos obsti.
nately persisted III his course of ha.
tired and opposition to the whites,
let him reap it's consequences. The
time has come when capital in this
, section must assert her power,
and throw OF the degrading yoke
of subscrvicncy that labor has i'm
posed plo4 her, Everywhere oluo
save in tho wrecked, and ruined, torn
ma II g led Il, bleeding, conquered
South, capital is supreme. Why
should she not be so here? FGal
and timitlity Of ali arbitrary and an
irresponsible government sustained
by pauper vote, has subjected
capital here to labor. But notwith
standing this great obstacle capital
can. Will, and MUST assert ler aupro
macy over labor. 1t is vital nc
cessity. Tt is the living issue Of
the hour. OnG~ Ch,lt we cannot
avoid meeting if we would, for the
instinct of self preservation de
mlanQs it. Y!is cAd n,ust be &c
coMptfShed or our ruiA is Mcrita
AIe, But how is it to ho dono2 j,
combining ali the mighty power
of agricultural capital, by unity Of
purpose, by concert of action, ani
bring; it's mighty INFLUENCE to leal
on labor. This can be qono through
the Grnngoa. Tho great obstacle
i'll the way of reform hitherto hes
bcen n want Of confidence in one
another, u want of unanimity O
feeling and Of cohesion among on,
farmers, and the want Of M eflicion
organization to rally, and bind to
gether, tho vast agricultural into
roats Of the country, and to bring
its mighty weight and influence tc
bea" on the great cause of moral
social and industrial reform ant
progress. But this is past. Tho
farmer is no longer noworless bQ
Is olto Of & vast Mol! organized
army. Flo is no longer fighting
his battles alone, but has the conn
tenamcc and moral support of mil
lions Of Patrons whose hearts ben
in unison with his on all the grea
questions Of agricultural reform
now agitating tho country. w
must institute q spe etly change i,
our industrial system, for our fet
ters 10 even now being forged, an
if we delay our doom will soon b
sealed. European immigration is tn
great necessity of the hour. 1t il
the only means Of solving our socia
and industrial problem-:the onl,
way whereby wo can ever escape from
the CALLING and degrading hopdag
of negro rule. Immigration is tn
key note Of deliveranco from thi
ignominious aervilo yoke and sl!qpl,
hq sounded in trumpet tone
th oughout the "Sunny South,
until its echoes shall bo heard @
th> Paeiiiq slopo, and ovory farmc
shall be aroused to q sense of it
vast Importance. 1t is very cheer
Ina Ina and y gr@'ttifSSiRg "a marA III
deep, earnest and growing intercs
now being manifested in thi
scheme by our people every da,
phe negro, au a laborer, we rrepoa
is q failure, bu. oven aa q faihno /