, 1879-04-07

thieves, felouE, aud RssHBslns. Ar. JEFfEH-
BON took different view of 6ucli allcged
olIousos, md SO will tho people Of Illinois.
THE ESSENTIALS OF SOUTHERN PROF.
pER1TY.
At no ti,no since tho War have tho pros
poets of Bouthorn industry been moro gloomy |
tau now, especially in the Alississippi-Val-
10y statos. 1Ylilo the North is rapidly re-
c,,pornting from tile oxcosaos Of the War mud
the depression Of the panic, with Its Immense
slrinkngo Of values, como portions Of tho
Sont1l--1jko Loulsinnn, for instanco-soom to
bo IN moribuud condition. For some yoars
past it has beon tho fashion to charge this
stagna.ion to tho Republican Administration,
hut this excuso will hold good no longer.
Tho Republican Administration Inns Ind no
control over tho South since tho election Of
MIR. HAYES. Tho Federal troops havo bcen
Withdrawn. Tho people have boon loft frce
to regulate their Institutions, mud they havo
regulated them 50 thoroughly by tho familiar
processes Of bullaoziug TINT tho South hns
boeu mado solidly Democratic. Republican,
ism has been extinguisLod by murder In Soma
places, social and political ostracis1n In
othors, and bnllot-boxf shifting in still otherH.
Tho negro has boen eliminated from politics.
aud from nearly oyorythfng else, and figures
no morn prominently In domestic a1Iairs thnn
ho did when lo was, a. slave. Tho whites
have Ind full sweep, and the South has gone
down fastor than ovor.
Quo docs not llavo to look far to find tho
cnuseH Of this prostraslon. Tho first OF these
is lazncsB. No State or country can i1ourisl,
In wllicl, tho people will not work. The
| South Inns al! tho eldn bnts Of prosperity,-
fertile lands, navigablo streams, good
harbors, groat citiea,' improved machinery,
milla, cnunls, railroads. and plouty Ut lnbor-
crs, s,--and tho tost anborora in the world for
It's poculiar work hut Of wlnt advantage aro
Ill theso ii thoy nro rot utilized2 TO Bct
NIL these elements in operation requires
oncrgy, ontorpriso, aS1 industry upon tho
part OF tho whites. Thoy aro tho brain Of
tho South tho blhcka'ti,o bono and sinow.
II tho former Is Idle, tho Inter wil1.be idle.
II tho whites OF Tho South would put their
hands to tho plow aud tho shovel, II thoy
would do less talking ind moro working, If
thoy would lot their so-callcd "lonor 60 10
tho dogs mud attend to- ,thoir terinl intcrosts,
If they would devote \ titho of tho energy
TO tho development iof their resources tint
the Nortl, doos, md drop thoir swaggor, an1
conservatism, aud lRzlnosg, tho South woult
prosper. ="
Tho second ea,tso is, TINT, whilo tho whites
will not work Themselves, thoy will not nj
low tho blacka to work in mannor TIM
will enhance tho prosperity OF tho South
by hopping them III scrvile condition the,
, | nra every year hlsstoning its 1erny. rh
negro Is only hired laborer, not onl.
stripped Of oyery political right which In
boen guaranteed him, and thus reduced t.
| tho conditions Of r. Aerf, but allowed DO or
I portunity to accumulate anything or to wor
y at n profit. # ho ia working for wnges
thoy ara mado 80 small tint he can bArel
!, keep himself md hts family from starvation
L II llo works for a sllaro Of tho crop, lio Is H
a. oyorchazgetl that lis sl,aso amounts to It'll
:. or nothing. So far as owning land
4 CONCERNED, TINT ID out of thu question
Il 4 correspondent Of tho New York 1fi
II une, who tatkcd with tl,o refugees fro'
it I.ouIsiann recently arrived III Ut. Lon
It oil tl.air way to Kansaa, maya that thoy n
Il told tho aarlo story, "Thoy said TINT the
ID conduit ,anko anything; Tint they Ind
l. rent land at a price. In cotton cquniing 81
IL nm acre, mud had To buy nil their provision
ii Of the planters, who sold these TO thom
a. such pricos lhat ut tho end OF the yoar th'
10 wero noarly always In debt; TINT 1t tn
It. wonid gnt little Ahoad tho white fol
1T would contr1yo In son,o way 10 got IL; tn
T. aa!d tlloro wcro no lawa to protect The
id either III thoir contracts or their propert
and tint ii thoy complained Or attempted
[1u s,sako my trouble they wero afraid of th'
ito lives" Tho situation, therefore, is snbstG
,,s tnlly this: Tho whites won't work, nn,l
n. blacks can't, tho whites because it IL
nd uoath their dignity, anl tho blacka hocar
!cs their work docs NOT giyo them living.
nd II easy euougl, for any ono who is not bs
.iy tlozer to soe TINT thora is no remedy Tor t
on condition Of things except 10 uleyato Tho
lot boring olass, give them ohauco Of own
OH ship iu tho lani1s, allow them to be educnt
Of mako their labor moro intelligent and ak
by ful. nnd arouse IN thon, nn interest In Bou
for orn prosperity.
IL Tho third ca,aso Of tho Southern denlino
lile tho insecurity Of lilo III the South. Tia
II stato OF Rnvnyory exts's III that section Il
ION he easily shown from lis own papora, i:
uad llomphis AIyxal says: VII tho lava
and not enforced and lnurtlorers aro not Ian
,mo "a they deserve, wo slla1l have snbstit,
ou. for tho statutes tho threats Of tho rtfl
tho who prpfors to do IN his boots, docs
lou. will fall below par, aud loonso will 10 4