The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-08-21
DUTY of Our Land Owners.

ONIy W SuA A1oA4A O"140Aos
We see TINT much enquiry is being
made by parties from the hills of this
and other parishes, with relation ia
the purchase Of river lands, and as
the 1;iin7icator has advocated that all
should come into the valley who expect
to farm and receive at the same time
the more remuneration for their labor
We think it our duty also to express
our views to our land owners npou
the duties required Of them in on,
struggle to populate this parish with
sterling white emigiAm*
Large farming, rs rule has, by
actual trial, been found unremunera.
tive, and statistics show that the
aarge mass Of our cotton is grown by
small farmers in fact this rule ap.
plies as we'll to tho North in the cnl-
tivation Of grains as to the South
Many PersoAs own in this parish
lands, sl"n the river, Of thousands Of
acses in single bodicsy not more than
one tenth Of which is in cultivation,
nor has been since the war. We say
this rs the general rule which ap-
plies to the entire pariA, as we'll.
1'hc majority Of this river land, par
tjcu'ar|y upon the fronts, has been
cleared and was at one time in cul.
tivation, now fenceless amt house.
less, and VIC hear some say That they
will ask this and that price pr acre
as if this same land was in q high
state of improvement.-this il not
right, and shows a want Of apprecia.
ton of tho situation. These lands
will require much labor and some
cost to put them in proper condition
for cultivation-thcy are cleared it is
true-but, we contend they are in the
same condition rs wild lands, and
should he sold as such. No one can
hold large properties that pay no rev.
pnna vitlOut l0ss to them-thiS ia
the exact condition and has been for
a long time Of our land owners, taxes
have eaten up thousands of acres and
will continue to do SO until the sys-
tenn Of selling cheap, all lands not re.
Quircd is adopted.
We need never look for q class
of labor, such as some dream Of, that
all their lands may be cultivated
with q something like peonage.-
That day has passed, and We must,
as duty we owe ourselves and So.
ciety, sell lands cheap to encourage
immigrants, and thereby, not only
build up the general prosperity of the
country, but the wealth of each in.
dividual land owner.
Sell but half, cheap, and that half
being highly improved, renders the
remainder trebly valuable.
We hope that the gentlemen now
in our midst in search Of homes in
our valley will be met properly, 80
that they may obtain lands Of us at
such prices as will be an inducement
for them and others to come among
Us.
The question of what currency will
be used as the circulating medium,
and tho policy Of returning to specie
payments, has swallowed up all other
subjects in the election canvass now
going on in the North. This is done
to the detriment of other and more
grave subjects, for we are of the
opinion that the more the currency ia
lawel about aud tinkered at, the
worse condition will it he in. 1t will
naturally assume its own proper ba.
sis without the help of our solons.
We had thought that or Democratic
friends North, wouId hold tho Radi.
calls responsible for the outrogcs com.
mittcd upon the lives of Southern
States-the bayonet rule in Louisiana
the plumber Of Treasures, and the
Carpet-bag dominion over the whole
South for the past ten years.
But this question has not been
spoken Of much, no doubt to the Joy
of the Republicans. Why should it
not br, seems strange to us.
We had for a long time thought
that the influence Of good men, the
moral teachings Of christianity had,
to a great extent, destroyed much Of
the barbaroas instincts of man. But
the murders lately committed by the
Nicl'olsons make US rather doubtful
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