The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-22
N0T so MUCH
NEEDED A. DIVERSIFIED.
Extract Of am Address OF Worthy
rzux4cr ~. ~. F4i(IG ell, OF Gar
roll County.
from the Conservative

| hold that we do not need more field
labor. On the contrary, [ hold that the
time has come when even that which We
have. must be diverted to some extent,
from the cultivation Of cotton; else the
ruin which has been threatening us for
wear or two past, will fall upon US with
CRASHING eff ct, and the whole South Will
be involved in common bankruptcy. 1t
would certainly be desirable to exchange
the labor we have in the field Tor
different class; the black labor for white
the ignorant, thriftless, misguided negro,
through whose ballot an alien, corrupt
and extravagant government has been
voted upon Us, for the intelligent
conservative white man, who feels his
identity OF interest with Us aud will help
us to establish IN honest and economical
Government. This exchange is desirable.
| But how are we to get it-Whether 1t IS
within the compass OF our ability 10
accomplish it at all, l am not prepared to
say. The negro is here-brought mere
without his consent.-He Is free without
any agency Of his own, and was surprised.
| to find himselfa citizens and voter without
being consulted about If. lie was an
| impIssive instrument II the hands OF ms
master lie is still an impasslve
instrument in the hands OF shrewd ana
designing men, who use him too often Tor
corrupt and selfish ends, He Is more to
be pitied than blamed. In HIM we have
the opportunity presented to us for the
exercise OF the highest attributes OF ouf
nature-charity and torbearance.
Patriotism. humanity and religion demand
that we deal with him as we tind HIM
/ Let us prove ourselves equal to the duties
which these and the superiority OF race
and our higher civilization impose upon
us. Let US try to educate what mind Goa
has given him, and by precept and
example, instruct him in the duties OF the
citizens. But while we do not need more
labor in the cotton field to add to an al
ready oyerst9cked cotton market, there is q
class of immigrants which we do need. We
need skilled labor OF every kind. We need
the experienced farmer and stock raiser OF
any and every cline, to convert our rich
bottoms and fertile table lands into
waving fields Of grain, and our wood
. crowned bills into verdant pastures we
need farmers, saddlers, shoemakers ane
a harness makers. In the whole county o.
Carroll, county that will compare
E favorabIy with any other in the States, II
: the industry, energy, wealth anC
q intelligence Of her people, there IS not,
9 believe, a single Tannery Bark timber i
: in abundance, and the trees are cut doW1
o for firewood. for rails. or are girdled ant
i left standing in the fields to rot, an
/ thrashed down year after year, the corr
II and cotton grown upon the land. Cattl'
f are slaughtered by the hundred, and theI
L g., K.4.T
to rot and furnish food for the worms; o
: are sent off to Il western markets to D.
n tanned and manufactured, and sent bacl
to us at enormously enhanced values Z
. supply our wants. Why not use thes
: materials. manufacture our own shoes AM
harness. aud saddles, and so keep tn
i money that is annually paid out for them
e in calculation among ourselves w
4 need cotton manufactures, funltur
q makers. wagon makers, chair makers
: broom makers, people who can make ak
: handles, stock plows, and generally
a convert the boundless forests of valuabl
: timber which grow at our very doors
! into marketable products, which, Will
i they would retain the great amount
: money sent abroad to purchase thes
= simple articles of necessity, would, at tn
a. same time furnish home market for
n the surplus products of the gardens an
patches which we cultivate. This Is tn
n class of emigrants we want, and the:
i ne must have, before prosperity full
~ dawns upon us. These and the capitals
Of who will bring the money and brains
ns back the skilled labor, are the classes
f. Immigrants we need not field lahore
w to add to the number of cotton bales wit
ot which the markets OF the world are
" gIutted, as that the price Of cotton WI
az barely pay the cost of production.
this extent | am in favor of immigratio
#. and no farther.
70. But it will be asked, what shall We {
M with the considerable amount of land nc
're living waste for the want of tillers?
at reply. sow it do N, pasture it, SOW 1t
mr. oats, wheat, rye, barley, the grasses )
ow put it in anything that will grow, exec
Tin cotton.
yer fThe Worthy Master proceeds.to arg
rot that these productions will be remunel
sys live, while an increase average of colt
M ~. will be labor and capital wanted. \
lse shall lay before our readers further I
the tracts from this able and instructive :
eat dress