American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-01-10

The Republican press OF the North
: 10 so habituated to describing the
people Of the South az riding up
and down their lonely roads, esgag-
ed IN their only Occupation-except
drinking whiskey in lOw'barrooEs-
of shooting and torturing cOlOred
Republicans, that many thousands
of worthy men in the North really
believe this to be trse. 1t, as the
Republican press claims. the people
of the cotton belt did nothing but
loaf in groggeries aud organize and
execute "nisgsr hunts" they would
all starve to death. There is an old
saw that By his chips You can judge
. work man. 1t is also true that by
the cotton bales you can judge the
work done by . people. last year
the people Of the cosseA belt found
time to raise over 1000, 900 bales OF
cotton for export, besides supplying
the United States. 1t is objected Ivy
Northern Republicans that this
work, 81 tho greater 1ast of it, is
done by the colored race. Why
not? DO the owners OF farms out
side of the cotton belt do all the
work that rs done on them? Do not
most all of them employ labor and
supervise i'll Because q man hap
pens to be black and works in q
cotton field, he 10 entitled to no
moro credit for simply working than
is an Irieh, German or American
farm hand who FORKS in the cOru-
fields on the lean soil of New Hamp-
sefre or the rich prairies of Kansas.
Because the landless,l hboring class
of the South raise cotton under tie
supervision OF men who own the
land, it is not just to call the land
owners CT uel, oppressive and MUIR
derous, and deny then credit tor the
work done. To read some articles
written BY q Northern Republican
about The labor done sH Southern
plantations, one would he led to be-
lieve that the hiring OF . man to
work was che diabolical invention
of some devilish Southern Demo.
crat.
Soutkerners are represented az
hating the North with Q deadly ha>
tired. If this were 90 they would
buy no goods from Northern inn
porters. They export much cotton
and could import merchandise if
they wished. What says the sta
tisticsi There were imported into
the United States in 1873, merchan-
disc, coin and bullion to the value
Of $466, 72.S46. OF this valuation
but e3l. 828, Sl1 entered the six
Southern ports of Baltimore, Char
lesion, Savannah, Mobile, New Or
leans, and Galveston. The direct
imports through the custom houses
in The ten Southern States
we're Ola, 19O,173. The exports
rom the Same ports were Gas, 2S2,.
$50; or they exported 3129,O92. Csc
more than they imported. 1t is
,afe to state that the balance Of
rade last year was at least $780,
)00, 900 in favor of the cotton !
States.
The present year has been the
most prosperous ever known in the
,outh. Not only have the cotton !,
states made large crop, estimated
y competent authority at 500,000
,ales in excess of last year. but the
rice obtained IL larger. The crop
Il 1878 brought an average Of sev
N cents per pound. This years
licking is selling for eleven cents
YER pound.
1t must be remembered, when
Of the probable future of
he cotton States, that they consti-
ute the only extent Of cotton land
n the world where the plant can be
cultivated; that where
otton cloth is once used by . peo-
lie it is never abandoned; and that
ID long az the human race increases
e trade develops, there is NO such
LANCER of an over-produc:ion of cot
on ss there 10 of wheat. All coun-
ries can grow breadstuffs. No 9th.
Il country can grow cotton. The
machine lately invented by Mr..
Of Memphis, must also be
AIKEN into consideration. This
Machine is 20 simple that the stu
i'd labor used in the South can
manage it without difficulty. The
INVENTION enablea the planter to
pin at small expense the raw
otton into threads. 1t u said to
lean the seed moro thoroughly
hsa the old ginning machines, and
IL estimated, if it be generally in
will enable the planter to
ct 81 per cent. moro On his cotton, Ii
Thile the money paid for spinning,