The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-08-28
White Labor South.

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Mr.. bennett is just now contrbt
. ting to the New Orleans Picayune
series of valuable articles upon whit
labor in Louisiana as compared wit
, colored.
For many years it was suppose
that it was impossible for whit
men to successfully cultivate cotto
upon the alluvials of the South-sup
posed We say ; but there are few vii
know that this supposition was IL,
political trick of the slave holder i
the first instance, and after the wa,
was the electioneering cry of the car
et.bag leaders South.
It is easy to understand why thi
should have been so in both instances
The desire to "make money" an,
''make it all" was the prime motiv,
actuating both parties. More land
more slaves; no room for whit,
labor, was the cry of those slave own
ers who had seen the test of it in thu
border States and in Arkansas and
Texas. No whites need come, criel
the carpet Dagger the climate il
deadly; you cannot stand the heat
aud what disease don't kill, thu
bloody White Lacquer stands ready
to destroy. These follies follow each
other naturally and are but the re.
suit of self interest.
Now that all these things are be.
ing exploded, and men are becoming
reasonable, the fact is being demon.
strated, that while labor is not only
able to stand our climate, but is far
superior in the intelligent application
OF his physical capacity to the negro.
That fact has been demonstrated in
this parish and cannot be contradict.
ed.
Whites have come in all along the
river since 1874. From the Lane to
the Grant plantations, being the up.
per and lower places on the river
line, and in every instance the white
mans crop is far superior to the ne
gro-tbat is, he will make and gather
more to each hand than the colored.
What is more he has produced bis
crop at less labor than the negro.
Why Z Simply because he worked at
the proper time, and when the negro
was blowing in the heat of Summer
the white man had "laid by" his crop,
was ooz'hg 10 the shade, waiting for
harvest time. This is not idle talk, but
can be proven to be as We say by &c
'nal examples in a hundred localities.
Another false statement is made to
deter white immigration BY "interest
ed men" that is, the bad health Of
the valleys. Who are the healthy
people herei Where is the least
sickness in this parish : We answer,
ION the rirer banks" Our water il
rom the heavens pure rain water
10 mineral springs or bad wells ; but
lie best known to man, the distilled
lew from heaven.
This too has been exploded and We
ire glad to see so many white men
to the rich coil where their
oil will be rewarded ten fold. The
anne may be said to be the case in
IL parts Of the State, and We note
he fact that the finest sugar crops in
'outh Louisiana are those that have
'een cultivated exclusively by white
abor.
We predict that in less than ton
ears from this, Louisiana, the eden
{ America" will have a population
t whites Eve times as great as now.
his will not only add to our wealth
ut US we'll up in tho race for i'm
rovements, but will settle the poll.
cal question beyond all doubt.
The whistle of the locomotive is the
DOM to negro supremacy and seal.
wag and carpet.bag rule.
A woman will reach up and pnll.at
window.sash fur . few seconds
uite good naturally, but when it
Oesn't come down "A she turn
ronnd and sees her husband looking
,mfortably on, she mentally asks
erself, ''1s civilization q failure ~
nd wades for him. |,
She locked him up in the third sto.
lnnle na.6 n..n... ~ 49, 4.