The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-10-10

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vas inautara,cd. aud all tho masque-
raiders bad The FOOLS cap on Every
freedman 10 bo l0uud, NY lair means
or iUul, was got into tho crop: and
we were unfortunately assisted in
tbis mania by Burosu established
among ~ by the Government, oslen-
sibly 10 uphold and protect, and re-
orgonize tho lah0f vi the country,
bot which resulted in absolute harm
to tho people to be projected, aud
organ zed, IN fact, throughout the
South, agricultural idlcncss aud q
nomadc band upon whose idle rest-
lessness the grand staple Of the world,
we ioolishly thought, depended The
system Of hiring labor for reasonable
wages. the one the farmer or the la
borcr can properly or successfully
permit, was almost wholly abandoned.
and urg, Il and assisted thereto by
the freedman Bureau, the miscra-
bic farm destroying partnership or
cropping plan. was inaugurated,
while to induce a halt and some work.
from the homadio bands, the farmers
offered the liberal, even grossly ex-
trayagant advances Of supplies. More
over, the labor hive had too many
dronos in it--has too many now
nom producers OF value, subsisting
upon the farmers capital. Strife was
the rule and not the exception among
cotton planters in this wild struggle
for negro labor. Corn, oats, ice,
the hog and COW were all forgotten,
in this TOOLS race for wealth, and in
his blind idolatry Tor cotton. SO
ended the year 1866. What was the
result ? The crop was short, the price
low, the means Of the farmer almost
unlyerl ally exhausted, morals de-
based, the skirts Of the Christian
soied, the rule OF buying for cash, and
buying only what was necessary, OBJ
liberated, a positive violation of sol
emn contracts frequent aye and it
Is painful to say it, fraud, fraud,
fraud, the result ol this stupenduous
folly And now cine the year 1866, |
and with it began the
CARNIVAL OF DEEDS IN TRUST,
that peculiarly Southern American
legal obligations, unknown among
true and reliable farmers in other
parts of the world And when the
detestible deed was signed, gloom set
tied over tho farm, the hog became a
rare animal here, corn .crios were uses
leSs, or could only boast a few bush>
els Of shriveled nubbns, for the gun
ny-sack had taken its place debt
was master of the situation, land half
titled, bitches and fence corners over
run with briars and shrubs and ma
ture advancing On the arabic land,
cotton planted in long aud circling
patches, invaded on either side by un.
slightly gdllies, ard the eyer increas-
ing, waving and mourning sedge
grass no rice, no corn, no oats, no
new rails for the fence the barns
falling to decay, and no farming
but only the growing and discomfort
ed laborer. standing amidst this desc
lation, the foremost figure OF the pic
ture, demanding his lull share in this
wonderful copartnership, with his sub.
sistence thrown in What man among
US all can say this is not true? Not
one. We must bow our heads in
shame and say it is true picture,
only laintly rawn, and only partial
ly showing the folly OF that time
Was the merchant or the laborer to
blame for all this? No, sirs, they
were only parties 10 the blunder,
which truly considered, is crime
Oh our children the Flame
must rest, should rest, where the
greater part belongs, with the land !
owners OF the States. Were not the (
years from 1867 to the end OF 1873,
repetition, not SO gross perhaps, but
still repetition Tor cur folly then?
In fact, leG the full truth come, does
this day find you wholly emanciDated ?
While it is true that this Order
has set upa
LIGHT IN THIS GLOOM.