, 1876-11-01

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STARVATION AND DEATH TO LABOR,
The Southern Stases-and by this term VIC
mcau tho cotton Substantially produce IN
Immense crop from tho soil. The sugar,
cotton, and tobacco combined sell for noarly
$500, 900, not including tho amount Of
other things produced md consumed ut
home. To this product Texas adls the cat
tie, and the packed bcof, and hides; Ten
nessce and other States produce building
stone aud pig.iron. Georgia aud, We bo-
licya, Alabama hare entered hugely into the
manufacture Of cotton goods, while North
Carolina adds tor, and resin, turpentino, anil
other stores to tho general product. The
labor by which this product is made is the
sa1no-tho negro. Whether in the stono
quarry or the cotton field, tho sugar planta-
tion, cotton factory, or iron furnace. tho
only humnn labor employed is tint OF the
negro. Tho Industrial whites arc supcrin-
tondonta, agents, clorks, or forencn, but over
30 per cent Of the product Of all kinds
is that Of negro labor. II is tho only labor
in these States. Tho white race rs q class in
these States has mover labored, and never
H44 AaBN4 ] t4I NA4Ao 41E4A III tulW lEklQu
who 10 manual labor havo always been
socially degraded, and nroregnrilcl rs ''low
to-tny, as they wcro before the War. Casto
Is stronger than law, aud stronger than jus.
tice. Tho Inv Of labor at tho North III re-
verHcd. Here, tho mon who toll aud pro-
duce, whether on tho far1n or in tho ulino,
shop, or in any other form of labor, consti-
{t1fo fi,@ 1,,111r ~ {fto 41,n
controlling power in politics. at the South,
the man, whether ho bo whito or black, who
earns more than he cous.lules is pronounced
degraded, aud 80 per cent Of tic mon who
produce by labor nro not only pronounced
degraded, bnt arc edcnicdpolitical privileges,
are excluded from the possession of tho soil
thoy cultivate, and, though no longer salablo
atauction rs chattels, aro as dependent for the
food they eas upon the small, select clasa
who live upon their hbor as thoy eyer wcro
u slaves.
Theso people, the only producers Of thu
South, aro ignorod politically by tho non
producing whites. Nhero the whites aro in
q majority, the negroes submit Of necessity
10 tho laws and to tho rulers provided for
them. Whcro tho whites aro in minority,
thoy deny tho right Of tho majority to gov
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clso MS pol'ucaI power 10 Is mee ny lilo
shotgun mud tho ril!e, aud lle nets talks,
aaad votes at tho peril Of his life. II,orp Ia
m ,,oo,, nrd m e.fo+v for tho I;r,. - t1,o
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negroes III tl9o"o o'a|es un1eSa lucy 1elrnlh
from voting, or vote hs tho white rulers d.
rect. Wo invite tho nttention Of tho pro-
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1,'a saoloet' iae atat ID oy mr. BLAINE
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bid !, wus .rbt. aud str.rea and isc,sa y, ,ns
idna Of tho negro being permitted 10 yutc. lis
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