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mako tho entirc crop On tho hlshtt ays:e, wl,:c
III Identical with that Of Alabsa,a, ~ dnarrlbe1
In ono "f my lc:tera n,'l ~hei,, II in AlatAuIa
nilaboh til" negro, by .autr,Htln; IN thnso
Tr5tccl condition than did TIM .tayca III 1,a.,y
q plantation. n barely kaop hoiy aud soul to-
EtIAer. As t,o la
t;nEarEHE hF rEsa wAsTa
Than arr other FREQ man wEt!l1h tho Cnlon. ho
s1anhHon to hltsist Vi, what muuEd provo Iiiauf.
ilcant to k.ei' aoicshor ibe !'ostsa Md sons VI
10 tahct anywhere from Nov fprk so California
n0Ita Of aiasun Il Dlxo!ls l,un.
Aftor tho niost calofut ubsersa.Ion and iu.
un!ry, 1t fB difficult for tic TO wt.!a wl.Uu. cpu.
taihrtuonH in1; aslGnoe OF The u,ye.kal dcierni-
,ihsIoh, thtonRl,oa. mt only ueotsia. but lilo
Suuth goAei ally, uf tho wtg nau " n.llrk tabur
fet mote dIhirnlt Is It to wrHu with t..tiu:co nf
tba lrup'httroua sRsi!ty, 10 leas shameful than
VAN. that teIideis them ashanal " wo,k. Iueru
u reasoi for II, linweysr. 'fae lanI.uwhc.n re-
fer to "tho labor OF Tho Stase jst hA In former
hsys thcy referred 10 tho alivos. ",flla latn,r,"
11w. a. ahe'. iaspoken about ~ n1nn North
would srcak u Ito stean.s senytne, anu in resari-
I'd way Hlllcl a. In live stuck a. lllo North 4
wlte 'tnl1,, nVeu Tho poorest OF tho uhfte trash,
IN nut content 10 lo ps III hnc!l category. It IL
much mora " lls 'iksnK, usr ,l,ih crl,i,tio,I, to
run fur Constable, Or to trust to odd jobs al they
HAPPEN to turn up and 10 PASS tno rnsnaln-
a}y.ta:sp ssy &c and t1s e v, ',s e ,S;o ass Of sy ! r
dan,nin3 Tho "nigge:H.' Tile frne'staon, vho
WGro Ut Eenst IN no wossa ina.atlal condition Hhon
III slavery, aro cuttut to Luil and sH6at tu Hlako
the cfups, mud weekly to itceise t1ujr s.talsouB
Ut u pounds .. hacou nn4 ~ pecks vi cu1n-
Ineai anct, Tor which, when thu cr1p IL lnado,
they arc charged trcm q, to 10 per ccut upuu tl,o
coat price. 1has Ia about wllat tho credit costs
tbs landowner. In nj nilaccountai,te lit OF Eoud
aa1lsc, ahd pIutabiY tlo.X y yaAI dual ,uurv thaI
thoy knex, tho Gdorsta : ,unB rcloaicd ,lo fa..
tors Lion law, i}y MICH i,,r Afiyancoo, tlo o.
qairod lien IN tho crop. Tho result has bsutl
10 st.cston acvlis u tlo oxtout, al sumo Ieam,g
Ioaora III Ilanta.iou.aapI!ics estimate, Of three
.io1ttis. blt, as tlo same tine, il !laa mada
credit marc costly, wl.''c, for security trust
deeds alo osaosed; and 'ua coat Of 1t ali
.ho cuti,in,eu. cultivation az cottnn. All ui,oI,
theun aro wS,n out, aua,,dou than @"4 "N*'A
ilcr, a,nn' f,nIy lin n,nst n,,rturtixo 1,,. ~,
worked. THO i.oGrocs,-"tho lalor,'-bviuy
wholly inadequate iu number to tho c,tivastonu Vi
tho cntire urabio nraa, in uousuuIloucu opiUy tho
solitary prerogAtlyo Of acec.lnh lhe III oto p1uln
tito ttaciA and this has coatnnod until. it this
iauknp.Soutlltrn HIate, between rs and tv nor
celit VI tLu cluaral lands aro wasto aud ul.eul-
tiyatcd. Tho willie, nc e!lJrt In Made tu a,Ecst
tho productive aIuyln. inqusrn wi,stnor ' thuse r.
abandoned lands miGht not lu reclaim.
cd by being sown with rruas-
ca, md tho iuvhssabls response Int '.Uhs
ycsl Int tho 4sgcia wons Do ANYTHING but
gtun cotton anl j,laui corn = and ,7lat wor tho
"nigsers " wou't To, Of c1urHo. goes uudouo, as
tho nogro has no possible Interest (unloss, rcr-
Aarn, wtat syGry 1oau Nas) iu tue fertility Of
tho soil, which IL too rcmute for lliu to Rfasu,
llU very naturally anl Bensib!y dceliuos to
vAsto labor for tic Improvement OF tic noil fot
tho land. Owner. Az, llpiler tie pt teseut syslou,.
uo IL tusuoti atrft ~ soou Ut thu ctou is ,naIo
ho has absolutely uoiliuy 10 gain by i.yeat,ng
bis'iabot for tho Improvement Of subsequent
erors' AUD, as 70 "taAsos .ho erop' nltlr tho
utl, only sing;o lalf-starscd OK or palr i!
cnyca 10 draw tito plow, hu can ouly s,cceti
in m.hiuX o living III bare cxistet,cn
eau 10 tcrned huelL. when ho woskA
tao boltor lallds. Under this ByBteln
Should II 10 continued Il u only = Question Of
tl9o Wncn, ~lshlh the Cotton holt. tho Cotton
arcs Will IN
rAnnowEo TO THE NorroM-1ASns
IN the rirer.yalIeys. Tho oaly rttp yot tskau
g,sano and tbs ,hoe,,l,atch and n,u.,utacu,oI for-
tll,zers nnd ttieAe nto too expensive to ouy d.
lay.tio iaeyitatlo result. Already, a. a natter
Of fact, hs nov tnauagod, tho caton crop viii
ohly tho bo!ser partioaA Of tao plantations cti-
though, for tho acraaYe norIud, It paya Land.
aoiuely. Wl,h tho "doluoralixod :" vol-
efntiui, of c3,niu3 nosruus, 30 mauy of
whom arc going to school, md all Of whom
to1l-c:op, ouIv lou ycars acuco. is anytnv In.
tayotab!o. Tho old pianteiy oyerywbcrs, not
oniy III 0enrSla. but In tho otllet States have
vlsiteu, tell h,e what luost troubles Them ID lilo
question Ut labor. 1t haH not occurred 10 tAcgu
planters that tho important n,uro toward tin M.
luton Of this ycscu taoatlot would ho mnr;c
WHOM they taught theIr suns 10 work. Unt tho
fathers still c:.or,s tho l.opo OF coptjnutnu M
lho landed driBoc.acy. Tic sonH ptb cruWf,oa
into tho pyor-croudea ,rofo8siona Of into !. b !.
lrchp," and asplro 10 DO - planters" ~ nero Tho
fathers. And in Georgia (for that matter
,thsoarlout the cot:on country, i planter il a
man rllo tnyer hinssolf wotls. and e1peotY 10
grow rich
orr THE WORE on THE s,ooERs."
Tie S!ato ID admirably a;laptcd for weil-to-1o
csa4s OF sn,nli farmers s.lcl, Az thoys to vl,on,
sLo prosperity OF tho West IL duo. urowuls
cotton alone, ihey Eou.I scmain poor, but Ills
soif IN many inc1tftcs wt|i Will tinn ,-.'.,s ~