The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-11-07

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OF other l0slIiiigs has beon supplied.
As an illustration ol che great
changes that have taken place within
q few years. the ogeaiaz OF tho Air
Line Railroad has led 10 an increase
ol cotton 10 tho neighborhOoJ thrOuhg
which 10 passes, a thousand fold, vii lie
in tie great South bclt--tho home Of
the staple--the decline amounts to
forty or aftg per cent. In the one
place white labor is doing the bulk Of
the work In the other, the black |
man. Time will demonstrate wheth-
or, with such o minority Of labor, the |
whites, even with all their agricul, |
tural advantages aud all the profit |
likely to accrue thereirom can with
out accessions maintain the crop at
the present standard and establish a
basis Of calculation on which the capN |
italist and manufacturer may safely |
count his gains.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
Where the ballots of the negro are
thrown without intelligence and urs
der The influence of false and wicked |
representations, and where the race
can thus inscnSibly exercise control
in public affiirs, it is impossible for a
good government TO exist A bad
man from the North may come here,
proc lain himself a radical, and in
three months so far win The confidence
Of these ignorant people as that they
will follow his advice blindly to the
pistol point. The love for the old
master is forgotten, all the benefits
of past or present life are ignored and
far no other reason than that this
man is believed by them to represent
What they call liberty, and, bad as he
may bc, they will obey his voice as if
lie were an autocrat, and do his bid
ding like slaves. 1t is for this reason
that the people of the South never
have been able to make political
headway with the negroes, and even
as Republicans have been thro wn
aside Tor the carpet bagger and thief.
1t is only little while ago that the
race made deposits Of their savings
in the Freedlnsn's Bank. To,day it
is said to be q hopelessly insolyent
institution and yet the poor dupe
takes no lesson, and even kisses the
hand that gave the cruel blow. 1t is
a curious race. A year or Two ago
Que of their number, Northern ne
gro, named Alvah Peoria Bradley,
went among them and collected their
poll taxes, amounting to several hun-
dred dollars, and decamped. He is
now hack again seeking for Office or
another swindle, and it will not be
astonishing if for no other reason
than that he is Boston radical, he
in securing under some plum.
dering pretext a considerable share
Of their years hard earnings. 1t is
this class Of people to whom the
whites refer, when they say, Let US
alonep 1t is bat fair to say, however,
that even il there were no radical
party in tue State or nation the ne>
gro, as voter, would probably still
be a political evil, for he would mats
urally affiliate with that class of
whites vino approach him nearest in
character aud condition, and who are