Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-10
GO SOUTH .sYOUNG MAN"

gs in the Sothern States, politically, =
.lioiouslv and socially, we hesitate q
1T to give the above advice to any :,
no NAV be desirious of finding homes =
, a rich and beautiful country, not =
outstanding different council was
iyen by that great journalist and 4
usbandman, when he said, go
Vest young man, go West" Peace :
; what the country has needed so +
ono. and that peace we now belleVc ,
las been restored, after years OF war
md bloodshed, oppression and
wrongs, and a kindly and trusting
r~e-establish between the eX-
rene sections of our country on il
sure and lasting principle The
policy which is now being car
ried out towards the southern states
is calculated. coming from the source
it does. to do more to harmonic the
feelings, quiet the minds and restore
lost confidence in u general gov
crnment than it would, probably, had
it been inaugurated by the other po-
litical party. While all truly loyal
citizens both Of the Republican and
Democratic parties indorse, and cheer
fully uphold the administration thnS
far, we find q few disappointed Office
President, who are ; c~62ntl2 Gf thy
''croaking" about the course which
Hayes seems determined to pursue in
his administration, regardless of their
dictatioLs. This number is small
however, and their political standing
so low as not to be able TO disturb for
4 moment the peace policy now es-
tablishcd. 1t is Il fact recognized 10y
Ill. that we have just safely passed Il
crisis in the history of our country,
but for the prevalence Of peace prin-
cinples would have resulted in an
other bloody war, probably more hor-
riblc than that through which we have
so recently passed. The c Of
one political party and the defeat of
another often results in bloodshcd, as
was the case in our own government
some. sixteen years ago. IN that i'll
stance excited politicians Oh both
sides, instead Of being guided 10y
reason, and acting from just prinri-
pies. incilcd the people to fight, and
that fight continued until one party
was forced to submit from sheer cX-
haustion. The experience in this
contest has most aSsurcdlv learned all
parties lessons Of peace. not soon to
he forgotten. and now, rs there Is
rood reason us we believe TO hope
! tlat the pacitication Of the southern
states is complete, and full confidence
restored, they certainly present a
most inviting field for industry and
enterprise. While it is true that some
OF these states have been burlened
with enormous debts heaped upon
them by egupet-bag rule during The
past eight or ten years, it is still Il
fact, that, in some cases, large pro
portions of these debts have been dis
owned on The ground Of their froudu
lent character, and III others, they
have been reduced to about one-hall
their nominal amounts. The state
of Georgia has thrown out several
millions of dollars Of the, dishonest
Bullock bonds, and Coy. Hampton
recommends the legislature while
making careful provisionafor the pay
ment of all the honest obligations of
South Carolina. TO cast aside those
which are fraudulent. 1t is probable
therefore that the debts which JtiIese
states will consider valid, wifi he of
moderate proportions. and not require
the excessive taxation heretofore eX-
acted. And now that these states
have come into the hands of the
whites. they are becoming thrifty and
prosperous. Capital is being invest
ed in manufactures, planting is he
coming remunerative, the colorcd
people are contcnted and ut work.
and labor is more reliable, and living
cheaper than heretofore. There is
not to-day that amOuntofpoverty and
suffering in the state of Georgia that
is to be found in some of the northern
states.
There is no reason why Louisiana
should not furnish u little stronger
example of thrift, considering the
richness of her soil and the character
of her staple productions. There is
money to he made in that state by
both whites and blacks, and now is
the time to secure homes there.
With Louisiana sugar worth 9 to
10 cents Il pound, and Louisiana
lanes yielding 800 to 1000 pounds
per acre, and cotton planting in Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas only a little
i.o1 commemorative thnn sugar nlant-
ing in Louisiana, agriculture ought
to be a much better business in these
states, than it has been Of late years
in the west, and these are strong in
~ducoments TO attract emigrants in
that direction.
1t is certain that the same amount
of labor bestowed on cotton in Mis-
sissippi, or sugar in Louisiana as is
given to farm crops in Missouri and
Illinois, will yield twice as much
money.
There is no state has received more
! u.nncsinr, 90 Dln,l,t.z, .,. 1S-D