Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-12-28
The Negro Removal Question.
Editor Of the Herald:

Editor Of the Herald:
In common with the mass OF mankind
have taken superficial view OF the pFOpO.
elton which you advocate Of the emigration
1.-THE negro 10 some other cline, TO his orig
inal jungle In Africa It may be, or 10
some selected portion Of our large unoc.
cupied domain II, however, one cOnsid.
ere the question so often asked: "Why
don't we raise our own food crop instead
Of buying our hay, corn, pork, bacon,
n0uT, corn meal, butter, cheese. potatoes.
onions, and vegetables generally, TO say
nothing OF the hecatombs OF ducks, chick.
ems, turkeys, etc., that We every day see
landed on our shores from boats that come
down the IiVerY lhe1 we can appreciate
your advocacy Of tine emigration OF the ne
gro. SO long aB that class Of imperfect Ia.
Dor 10 the dependence Of the South, 60 long
will the decentralization Of white labor be
the result. As In slave times the white
man was aVerse TO be seen working along
side OF the slave, go now he 10 more indiS.
posed to 1t from the greater Incidence and
insolence OF the free negro. What follows
is patent to every observer who uses his
reasoning powers. The negro laboTer be.
Ing tmprovident and lazy, will not work
except In cotton, which 10 q routine life
aud one OF comparative ease. He cannot
DO made 10 pay attention 70 the small In.
dLstrieS Of rural life, and the white man
will not, nor cannot labor along with
him, for certain loss OF respect fol.
lows, and tho white man TetrOgades
whilst the negro is not advanced, but be.
comes more insOlent, not to say insubOrdi'
nate. This 10 the whole labor OF the South
1slhAit lAt Snas S.SS q Il IIsaiAassepa5 all Of
A wholesale movement Of the negro from
our midst, at first blush, seems fraught
with disaster; but not TO us, however II
might work disastTOusly to the operators
In cotton at the North and In Europe. For
one or two years the white labor that
would replace the negro In the cotton
helds would pr duce cotton in lessened
quantities, because the number engaged In
IL would be c mparatively small, but the
enhansed price OF the staple would bring
In as much money for the short crop; at
the came time the youth on farms would
be engaged In raising food crops, the Ia
dies would attend 10 dalries, raising
chickens, making butter for market, etc :,
white labor wOuli raise wheat, oats, corn,
hay, hogs, etc, and we would be indie.
pendent Of the North, besides having the
well as cotton. Eliminate the negro from
our midst, and we Of the south would
speedily grow in material prosperity, and
what we lose numerically 10 political rep.
resentAtlon, would be rcquited to us 10
improved ability TO live, In increased
wealth, in hearty contentment and an over
slaughing OF such isms 90 the resOlu.
lutlOns OF '0o, and other such vain imag.
iniugs, which leaves us Of the SOutl In the
rear Ol the practical progres Of the North.
No wealth can ever come ~ Ne from eX.
elusive raising Of cotton. We are growing
power y ear by year, and no ether crop will
be made so long as the labOTer Is the nc.
gro; white men won't work by them, and
the true policy is immigrate them 10 some
other country. 1t takes heap OF dOctoTs'
stuff 10 cure disease, but q very little dose
Of some OF his compounds will kill; re.
verse the proposition and the negro ques.
tlon Is put in small compass. The over
dose Of the negro 10 what IL killing US.
Remove them and remove them, that is,
the "actiOn, action" Of the classic sa:e.
RKNIX.