, 1879-04-02

Ic%khku III lNC utlulIWU vi 1sHTETf.
Mr.. Dav!s doubts very mltc tho wtslom o.
the attcnpt to educate tho ueRrp, md Of cn,.ss
!ic utterly '!isbclfovea tu giving hin Tho ballot
lio ral!'. however' tint 1io was watchtng With
cation. md was not .prapnred 10 say but IN the
next generation Il might be I, necessity, II, order
tn enable tGo negro 10 protect aiul guard hs
own rights. Alr. Davis spoke Of The nc9ro raee
not ms mon. 1lo said they were atTcctIonate,
kindly Ia disposition md futl OF The better uLa|.
ottcs that Gcong to scrvllc rico; that they
wGro were natural servants, and llo could never
,eti,ialtty with tic Whites either by education,
segsalat!on, Or nny possible ctlnneca nf puhllu
sentiment @ III regard to them. It was Its opInlon
talhl, wherever tic negro race was fountt, It
the long run, they would give way to the ~.
periDr race under my nsul all circumstances,
Hc snld tiat, bs1t for tc t,ecl Of tlu'r lnbor IN
bo poas!bIc for tu raco 10 aubsist ior many
EcnnTutons in competition with thu willfo rare.
VIM were 40 much their AuueFors In The capncty
to !Ian alal t. accomplish rcsu1ts by patient alld
atr. Davs. acknowledged, however, that ro
bad chanaGd his mimi entirr1Y unon ono q,lus-
t!otl, Viz, that thu great staples Of tic South
enlton anu sugar; @ e could be produced With aren.:
laior rather than by Tho labor Of slaycs. liz
been demonstrated. a,Ml that fact alone nOcs far
~ psovo tHe auVantaFo when the abolition Ut
tlcr: "Whnt harn said Of p1Hntntlon lnbos ia
equally true Of house or domestic cmpoyments;
iyr nov fat less number Of servants Is required
t!ian 'ntneriF 70 20 lhe work OF household.
tho fcGbie, Ruperannnatel, and superntltnGraltcs
tl.at wefo !ohna upon all t'lo Oh pantattons III
s;ntc oi dependence upon thc owner.h
Ntle.r'hs 70 !Ie poilteat status OF inc negro,
been 1tlBcu by the politicians, thinking. Qs
nntteF - eohfse, itl,at NoftHern neh Wero thr!r
ttest ,esenas, out o. taIn scurs tt,cro was dc.
eiaed ssihngn ~ tnctr lecl!iEs' tnd iilcY seemcd
hleir best lE'caus were 10 the soutl where their
Hones we're, '1i1tl Ill the long run, II would 10
inmna .nat sts negfo, haysg nsit lttlo rcai SELL
uenehdehce. Wo!ild vote ~ .scostlance with tle
w.. Ws!'es mo sentiments OF tllos4 wno empoved
mM. tor t'lls rehsoh he ttioteht inc negro vote
would ne less important factor 1T the lioiittea
ol ,he Intllro tlan Northern men supposed.
Melersns 70 tse olt.feiterated el'urgcs of
coercion nIt buildozng Of INC negro voters ia
snh'o sections. ing cx-Conlcdcrnto cl,!ei said ha
naa no doubt tl'ht there were Individual In:
ssaaees " eEnetty aau eoercloh on INC part q
t III some sections, ny h9 believed
tovan! their fornsr slnve.. Mo mentioned
eGgctal instances or ir!etIusp a'ld devotion On
allow Tint this kindly feeling was reciprocal.
nill narrated several anHctloscs Illustrative Of
their unlit tY durlng tic War to the families of
1Heir nlastc5s' when showed thcsr remarkable
AZ ne time OF my interview tl!o recent at-
lacks upon Mr.. Davis BY AlcssEs. lloar, Blaine,
AMI ChAHulcr IN the Senate Ind not bcen made,
altd hc SPOKE without any warmth Of feeling
10 na.iolal ailllrs; Hc said ho aecepte1 the st.
t1at',,, U.s. decided by tho arbitranlent Of the
sword; TINT he was very hopeful Of the futurs
ol tue country; that he did not 0otievc there
n
1ncnt, or lint i!Iorc could bo nhv hereafter.
III AlacllsstnG this tuplr1 lle talked rather rs
= spcetator viewing things as from distance,
IN witch he had neither part nor lot. He
said ons OF The results Of the War alreat'!
npparent was ts'at. tho South was less de-
pendent upon ,l!o Nurth than heretofore. for
wttle slla woulu sippEy tho great surplus OF
cotton, rico, md sugar as before, the people had
lclr own tlst linn ever BEFORE aud they would
eventually compute With other secions In man
nlactnres anu INC mechanic nrts. ln this cot'+
,lcrtion fo Iesnarkod tlhs, while the South was
was creatly depressed, III very sllnrt time tho
price ol landed property would ADVANCE because
OF ~ sntrtnslc value III the production Of stapu
astlclos ..oL ct',lltnsfse.2 pohtlttE tu tie
r!c1 sugar plantations on 10th ssdes
OF the Lnwcr Mississippi through
wn'cl 'fe were passing, liu snd that before the
Wnr lAey were falued nt 500 per acre; since
tien they cnttd rarely be sold i0r SlO per mere:
before the War the Southern States produced
nearly onn.half Tue sugar anl molasscs con-
elltncu Ill TIC country; now they wore pro1uc-
Ing only nnout ulc'senth Of thr supply, MID l1s
could not duubt that ociora many years tho pro-
Gnetlofl would iar exceed anY previous results.
lle ihI.i that, although Cutla lad so!ne I'D.
va,tasgs over LousiaHa, II Was his brllcf that
Under ,sle new system OF paid Iabor III conncc-
lion win TIC Improved machinery recently To-
troduced, Louisiana COULD successfully compete
Will tie fugas plnnters Of that tslhnu.
During our whole conversation MIR. Davis
nude no reference to any private grievances or
to any sectional topics. II he had any op!nIous
US to a "soII South " he withheld tlicm from
your correspondent. II lle favored tho PROPOSED
subsidy for tho Texas paciilc Railroad. hc bud
nothing to say ulon the nAtter; but npon tho
general subject Of internal improvements he ex.
dressed y wisl. that Congress should do moro
than It l>as yet dono o. proposed to do to pro.
Of agrlsul.uro M nml .'i commerce. Nj. Davis f. y
lcata - w. ~ cs!,neLs.f !laa no nlnnLloHs
sn,lrms snr ~ ~. wnlgor, n'a aans,e.ris
Tia yllUlu ru,utry. Hu sail ths oniy tst ur{,,,.