New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-03

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they will disappear from mortality an
EnOn-pr0ducti0n.
Il In order to show that the proposal to en-
pl0y negroes in the manufacturer Of cOmmG
| dities used among US 10 reasonable, permi
me to quota from the same authority jus
employed In considering the consequence
of . denser population Of slaves, it is said
I'VE will be compelled to employ the gu,
plus black population whicb will acchmu
mulate hpon our hands in cotton and othe
manufactures, in iron furnaces, and in al
l those pursuits which now furnish employ
l ment to 80 large a portion Of the Nartherl
! people. Mt only will large portion of tn
cotton raised in the South be MANUFACTURED
! in the south, but many of those extensive
/ establishments OF manufacturing industr,
at the North which depend on the Soutl
for. their patronage, yea for their very ex
istence. will be transferred to the South.
For manufacturing in the hot and love-
latitudts they 1.-THE negroes) are peculiarl,
qualified, and the time is coming when they
I will be sought as the operatives most Go b,
preferred aud depended Or"
This capacity for manufacturing wa,
affirmed upon the Authority of cotton null:
/ in the CaroliDas, Alabama and Georgia.
IL there, then, no basis OF harmony be-
! tween tho two races, who must continue 10
coexist in this country! Undoubtedly. II
| will consist, on the part OF the negroes, in
making their intelligence and labor indis
I pensable to the wh{te&: on the part of the
whites, in improving the ability of the ne
I groes to comprehend and appreciate the
4 poAi1ieAl Fights ands moral bigatiOns Cast
| upon them by emancipation. 70 diminish,
by ouch means. the tendencies to immoral
| ity and crime, which srise like POISONOUS
| exhalatiOn from the vicious poor Of every
| country and enhance the cost and impair
| the comfort of the more wealthy and re-
I fined, to go improve the industrial capaci-
ties Of the negroes as that they will not
merely mako but manufacture the staples
grown in the field and, by employment in
workshops and shipping, keep at home and
capitalize the Immense sums now sent
abroad to purchase almost every article of
domestic consumption.
harmony on the basis of mutual utility, the
only ground of peace which can prevail
between communities or natiOns. 1t is
tEna ahak&heee qualifications were predica.
ted 0f slaves and we're accomp snied with
the affirmation that when emancipated the
negro would become . vagabond, that he
would first extinguish the great staple of
the South and then disappear.
The experience of ten years has shown
that We we're mistaken in this apprehen-
sion, if the capacity tor manufacture was
predicated upon the capacity Of the slave
under coercion; if that capacity continues
under emancipation, we may then assume
that the ability to cooduct the mechanic
trades has not been extinguished by enan.
cipation.
1t may be added in encouraging CON-
ment that from the increased and i'm
proved consumption of manufactured COM
mOdities by the enlanciDatedN millions of
the South, there is q better home demand
for manufactures and an additional in.
ducement to keep at home the Increased
value of Southern crops nov. sent abroad
for foreign manufactures.
While We Of the White raco afe relieving
our minds Of prejudices and apprehensions
which vere once we'll founded, it will be
for you. gentlemen, TO vindicate the capacity
attributed to the coloFed race to contribute
to the common welfare, and secure to them
selves the insurance Of furnishing to South
ern society agencies indispensable to its
prosperity and to its progress. 1t will be
your duty TO see that you confer your sup
port on no candidate for office unless az
sured of his integrity and capacity. You
must have been convinced that while all
the gain of dishonest politicians is gobbled
by themselves. all the punishment OF. their
course falls upon those who have been
Providence in shaving subjected che
pagans and savages Of Africa to the
compulsory apprenticeship OF. bondage,
has assuredly Effected for the deceDd-
ants progress ssd elevation never
vouchsafed under any missionary
systeD whatever. Preparatory bond
ago was, perhaps, the first stage of
this destiny. IL is for yOu, gentlenen, TO
organize the advance Of the second stage Of
development.
For this cooperation the period seems
proPitieus. We have peace pervading the
whole region in which the two races
are in about equal numbers. We have
crops unexampled in abundance, produced
by the landed and cash capital of the one
labor of the other.
The relations of the two races have settled
themselves. Arrogance on one slde or op-