Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-25
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOMES THE SOUTH,

HOMES IN THE SOUTH,
Many thousands of the white race IN
the Northern, Middle and Western
States are thinking ndtalking of max.
ing or finding new homes in the sunny
and most inviting South. The pres
ence of colored people is the main OBJ
g stacle that presents itself to their
minds A New England man settled
. near Montgomery, Ala, writes to the
Ra'ral Neso Yorker of Sept. 19:
Although not politician, 1 cannot
but notice the great and injurious eff
fects of Radicalism and the system of
carpet bagging, especially in the coun-
try. Thousands of negroes have con-
gregated from different parts Of the
State into the city, For these there is no
employment. They must hve,and con-
sequently must steal; and as thieving
seems part of their natures, it requires
but little art to make them adopts. 1t
Is absolutely necessary for the farmer
to watch his crops of corn, potatoes
and other vegetables, as little would be
left him were it not done"
When intelligent Northern farmers
settled in the planting States for life
with their families, write back 70 their
friends and readers, who number many
thousands, statements like the above,
not from any prejudice against our col
Ored population, but to let the plain
truth be known, all may see what evil
does most to keep away from the South
any desirable emigrants. The same
writer concludes his interesting letter
with these pregnant suggestions:
Emigration has begun to a slight ex-
tent, and if we could get rid Of the
thousands of worthless negroes; who
sleep by day and prowl at night. bet
Ter class of people would FL all our
3 Southern States and make this now
barren country blossom like the rose.
Much must be done and some time
elapse before such desirable state Of
affairs can come TO pass; bat with i'm
proved farm machinery. an entire re-
vOlutOn would take place. tAnother
great drawback at the present time is
the excessive freights on our railroads
and express companies. They keep up
war prices astonishingly well, nOtwith-
standing the prices of materials, labor,
etc, haveso much deprecated. Perhaps
we may some day be able to get up an
S4fectiye opposition to these monopo-
lies,
o These great questions must all be
settled on just basis before our agri-
cultural prosperity can be attained. If
we fail to cooperate with newcomers
of the enterprise and ambition of the
RrrGt Nel0 Workers. correspondent,
they will leave us to the mercy Of
race who ''sleep by day and prowl by
night" In these agricultural columns
we have sought to avoid this unpleas-
ant discussion; but how can we, and be
faithful to the farming interest and our
own convictions of dutyg The most re-
liable men from the Northern and
Western States, and from Europe, tell
us that the idle, wasteful and thievish
habits of colored people forbid any rea-
sonable expectation Of harmony be-
tween the two races in the same pre-
cincts and school districts. Hencethey
favor the emigration of the blacks to
open the way to white immigrants, and
make this country blossom like the
rose''-the home of the highest and
best type of humanity. Negro soyer-
eighty and craftsmanship will
not achieve this grand result.
Be as charitable as charity itself to all
mankind, and even then it is a mis-
taken philanthropy which attempts to
mix up as field laborers, schoolmates
and bed-fellows, white and black chill
dren in the South, yet, we must come
to that, or separate from cololed voters.
Jurymen, magistrates and Lawmakers.
Brother farmers, we cannot properly
avoid discussing this disagreeable evil:
for, like the toads of Egypt, i has
come up into our very kneading
troaghs, and must be dealt with.
The State Bureau of Agriculture has
given the world a ponderous volume of
1900 pages setting forth ably and
truthfully the resources Of Tennessee,
inviting immigrants from all quarters;
but 1t is like calling spirits from the
Vastly deep; they do not come.
Col. Killebrew fails to deal with
that dark power which sleeps by day
and prowls at night" to the detriment
of the white mans property and peace
of mind. Here is a home force, which
drives Industrious Caucasians out Of
the old planting States, and may con-
tinue 10 do so to their utter ruin.
There should be no concealment in
this important matter, for the truth
will ultimately come out. A home
with family of children growing up,
surrounded by free negroes governed
by idcas totally foreign to our climate
and principles, is not an advantage,