The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-28

4 who has not according to my iudg.
mcnt, up to this time proven himself a
success as 4 tcnant.
Question 4tls.i This is field, to use
farmers "lingo'', that needs deer
flonghing and would admit of a regt.
4 lar sub-soili,,g, but will haYe to pasi
4 It over for The present., according tc
the usual custom, with merely a .'snr.
facc scratching. To bring about
general prosperity in our country
there must be something akin to g
revolution--%ea, a big revolution. III
the first place, white men must 20 tc
work with a greater vim. not only
with their hands, but v i,h their brain.
also. Intelligent and good, common.
sense farming, q little mixed with
science, is what onr country needs
Unfortunately, it is Il lamcntable fact
that tho farming operations Of thi.
country have been given over toe
much to the negroes. Landowners
being Over-unXious to secure his ser.
vices and huve their lands worked, or
ruther scratched, have made TOO great
concessions to him in his ignorance.
Think for moment ofthc control OF
one ofthc most important Interests Ia
the world ut large being conceded, to
the extent to " hich it is in this coun.
try, to the most ignorant and by nature
the most indolcnt race on the face ut
the earth! We could not REASONABLY
expect prosperity under such circu,li-
stances, tor it is altogether a mistaken
idea that ANY fool cun farm. You
must not forget the tacl that / am
speaking OF otr country as Il whole.
Ol course there are many cusrs to
which my arguments will not apply.
: AS evidence, however, OF what | us-
sert being ~ the uluin correct, would
say. go 70 the records in many Of the
counties, and you will find almost as ma
ny liens given tor supplies as there are
legitimate voters-anu this, too, in Il
! strictly farming country that ought by
all means ~ raise its own provisions.
THIS OF itself Is enough to convince
any thinking mind that there must be
screw loose somewhere, and that
there Gun be 10 real prosperity rs long
as this state Of thugs exists. The
present existing statc Of affairs has
also brought about the almost uuivcr-
sal Impression TINT there is grcut
scarcity OF labor in the country, which
venture IL assert is not true to near
the extent to which it is generally be-
lievcd. On the other hand, l nin of
the opinion thut there is sufficient
amount yet for all ordinary require
mcnts, could it only be- controlled and
properly utilized.
THE LIEN LAW.
! am also candid in the belief that
the lien law OF our State has done and
is still doing no little harm towards
uelnoraliZlng negro labor, and to-
day is the chief barrier 10 prosperity in
this country. Through the operations
or he lien law the negro Of this cp,n-
try is made the most independent la
b"rcr on record. lie is pundcrcu to
and pitted both by the merchant and
the lund-owncr-the merchant for his
trade and the landowner for his SER
vices. 10 to any country or section
where labor is properly organized aud
disciplined, and you will find that the
laoorcr i always required to earn his
money before he receives it. Umtor-
luna'ely, however. matters are Just to
thc reverse in this country. Any or
binary negro man that can boast Il
uil-NelrIiDG ora blind mule, neither
cash III any market, Gun 70 to the aver
age merchant of the dav and bv yiyiny
4 mortgage on his bull and Il lien Oh
his crop procure credit to the amount
OF al least fifty dollars, thereby rendcr-
ing himself and his family (Which IN
many eases is composed Of four or five
good hnnd>) perfectly independent al,
least until hiackhcrricS come in or the
crop is laid by. Aud, instead of this
stnte Of affairs getting better. it is
steadily growing worse aud worse.
Many merchants of to-day heartily
court the negro trade md ruin accounts
with them in preference to the best
white men. 70 some this may seem Il
little Strange, yet is mcvcrthe.cSs true.
II we had to guess why it is so, we
would say that an account could bc
run on II much larger margin with an
ignorant negro than M Intelligent
white man. We are Informed. and
also see from the papers, that there are
merchants who actually do not wisI, to
sell goods at all for cash, but prefer to
sell on crcdiI--wc presume on account
o. thc pi ohts being 80 much greater.
Bnt al of this only points to Il moral
which ~ the end will result IN thr
pulling down Of many to the building
up Of n few-nnd this few will evcntu,
ally find out, AID it may he to their
sorrow. too. that their geese arc only
being killed in detail, and that the
time will come when not q goose will
bc left to lay the golden egg.
From the present outlook, the inni
grant bids fair to be the chief laborcr
in the future Of this country, but be-
yond a doubt the negro is the hest Ia
horcr for the present and time bciny.
That we could have. His wants nnTl
necessities arc far less than any othcr
making him the cheapest and most
r"hvchlrnt, while his ability to execute
work when properly controlled and
dl'Fclcd IS not surpassed by any. The
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