The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-06-09
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| Northern friend, Louisiana is q
peaoe. I doubt II there is q single
man within it's borders who does no
sincerely call himsclf u Union man
The people universally aceept til,
Union-nothing Is more oertain thai
this. Also, thore il no dlspositio,
tore:e en- lave the negro. Tho plan ters
hav' discovered that free labor i
far more economical than slavs.
Everywhere planters have already
demonstrated to mo tho profitable
mess Of frse labor, and aoknowl
edge that all their fears Of disorpani
cation proved grouudIess. The
bi,terest democrat L have uvt 10 tue
State said to mo. "We are fortunate
in one thing which / little expect cd
ut tho close Of the war ; We have the
best laboring force in the world.''
Ho went on to toll mo that before tho
war he had often to pay, for extra
hands which he hired, from Sl6o to
$500 a year, two aui's of clothing,
rations and medicine. Now he pays
SIS to $l5 per month and q ration.
"And they work just about as we'll,
except when some aoonrssi politi.
cian comes up from Now Orleaus
with a brass band and sends word, "a
was done last fall, that General But.
lor ordered them all to turn cut to a
political meeting" One of the hope.
full signs is that I have not heard a
single man in the State speou ate
about ''the future of the negro"
That sort Of nonsense has disappeared.
Nor have l anywhere found the
negro shy Of speaking his mind on
political subjects. l laughed at o
planter on:y last evening, who told
me how we'll his hands worked on q
y, stem of shares in the crop, of whom
! shall speak in another lotter, and
how faithful and servioeable the y
were. He, said, "But the seamps ali
voted against me at the last election ,
"l'm glad of it," he added, "for |
could not haze refused them an ythipg
they sked it they had voted for me,
and it saved me probably $500, for
they know how to aak favor fur a
favor"
THE ONLY SOURCE or DISORDER.
IL do not exaggerate when I say
that the only cause of disorder in the
State lies in the corruption and
ineffioieney of the State and parish
governments. She aompromtsc is ao.
cepted by an overwhelming majority:
of tho conservative party In rood
faith. The people hope for an i'm.
provement in tho administration
rnd are willing 80 give the Governor!
and the other rulers fair trial.
Even Marshal Packard tells me the;
State is at peaoe. It has, as eycr'
Southern, and for that matter, eyery
Northern State has, a proportion Of
lawless and rutdsnly persons. This
class is not numerous, but is oompos.
cd of idlers, drunkards and braves.
who go armed; and when com m uni.
ty Is excited they are ready to com.
nit outrsges, not only ON blacks, but
on whites, even on each other. I was
touched by the remark OF an elderly
man from mote parish. He said:
Stute government and the
courts and officers it gives US are so
inefficient that we have to deal with
these ruffanly young mon ourselves.
| have aloNe than onse taken my life
in my hand 80 preserve the peace,
whea the Sheriff was too oowardly or
inefficient to do his duty. We have
not had o murderer punished in our
parish in FIVE years, except one, and
he was pardoned out of the Peniten.
tiary. We live near tho Texas line,
and desperate men como and go .easi.
ly. Instead of being abused as dis.
orderly people we deserve praise
that we have kept as good order rs
VIC have, when the Governor has
time and again AZ pointed corrupt and
Inefficient officers, and when, in fact
society has had to be maintained
against the abuses and iueffi.ieLoy of
the government by the private effort
of the good citizens" This man
spoke the truth. 1T is solemn and
uudeniahle fact thst the republican
SAlers.of Louisiana have disorganiE
cd society, instead o { protecting the
good citizens. The only danger to
the peace of Louisiana to-day lies in
the corruption and inesEeiency of her
sulers, whe call themselaes republi.
cans and have thus gaiued tAe eoun-
tenance Of the Northern republican
party and the support of the federal
administration. These men have
committed great crime agaiast the
country, tie greatest oriae which
ei eisilized,nsen eean commit for their
misrule hes struck blow at the very
foundations Of society hore they
have corrupted the, public morals,
they have degraded and debaached
the negroes, whom *Asy werS cent TO
lead into the exercise Of citizenship ;
and, surveying tho story Of their mis-.
rule, I am constrained to say that
their plunder Of the State, monstrous
ae it has been, is the lsast of their
offences, beoaass it is q graver crime
to debauch and demoraliss q State
than TO steal its treasure.
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