Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-14
The NEGRO.

agIiculturslists. The, relation OF master
and slave was humane and peaceful and
the farmer and his slaves were perhaps the
best to do and most coutented Of the
worlds inhabitants. From this cause. and
the absolute plan aud secarity Of farm
lie, the universal desire OF every one who
accumulated the means, was 10 v q farm
and slave. The Southern people had 10
desire TO engage in soy occupation save
with this in view, with very few exceptions
The master and his slave were rapidly
getting POSSESSION OF all the best lands aud
forcing the whites onto ths barren lands
or ridges, or to emigration West ard
South Hetce the great body Of the white
people we're very poor. they could lot
compete with the trained negro labor en-
the farm, and there were no manufacturing
or mining operations to give them employ
meut. Things have taken a different turn
since emancipation from The expectations
generally entsrtaile1. The negro has
turned cut 10 be much more pIoGiabls to
the lard owner as O hireling than he wa:
as a slave, hence capital is accommodating
and with foreign capital is rapidly
investing both in manufacturing
snd mining and then giving
employment TO the poor whites. La5or is
10 this and Other ways becoming diversified
aud the South 10 producing r~otonly a vas'
surplus OF cotton and tobacco, but food
aud clo;hing for her own population, and
It has been well demonstrated that both
manufacturing aud mining can be done
cheaper in the Sou,h than IL The North or
West. This results from two great leading
causes. In Consequence OF cheaper food,
clothing, housing &c, due 10 a milder
climate and hence cheaper ls5or, aud the
remarkably low wages which satisfies the
negroes every want. TIE farm laborer Ct
ihs North and West, who gets SIS 90 a
month ard found, csuGo. understand how
The reyro can labor tor So 90 a month and
found His very moderate wants, dJcile
deposition, the Yery small expense Of cloth
ing aid housing. &c and then he fluids
farm work every month IL the year. lie
is saiisitd with . cabin that will cost $50 OO
CT less, and Gads in It comfJrt that his 10.
iurs graves, and cheap coarse clothing is
all he wants Esuce. he eau produce corn
mrd much Cher tUpd at less cost rasn 1t
the West, and When tee great rivers How
iog in tae trGns-A Mississippi ia the SOUTH
sEalt have teen improved q vas; corn and
wh,at couutry Will be opsn'd up and grain
10 supply half the country sill be produced
by negro labor cheaper Ihsn suy wheat
in the West Hence the dsy is At hand
when this grain will drive the Wss'ern
grain from the Southern market eLd Sue
, ces2fcpg rival the Western grain in the
worlds markets 10th from being produced
by cheap negro labor end IRON wafer trans
uor:a,i0n. Our cotton ard iron mauufac
turts, into which cheap negro labor largely
snte9p, Ei!l supply the Southern wants and
[ think suppiStt tGy2s products from the
East ia the Western matktt The car:at
lets see this, hence the rapid increase in
tSe;r manufacture 10 tie Sou'h soon to he
followed = 81 sorts of manufacturing.
This chsap regro labor ~ tie South will
enable-is enablirg-oar white population
both capitalists ana hbcrers TO Eng Ige in
manufacturing. &c where bat for il there
would be Ett.s demand for white lsh,r and
bns little st.racii3n 20 2s2i!al Therefore
the increase Of tie ntgro roplis'to. VII
csuse a corresponding increase III ihe
white porulsrior; for il ia msE:f.s at that in
the mechanics a.ls and in the department
OF skilled labor, ia tTaas I'D commerce
and where mind and intelligence ga
needed, he regro can never compete Nith
he white E2s. VIII these ~progncs,ica-
lions ior tee South, y lkey come true, aud
90 one who has made pgope. ingest; sGtlon
can douottheir EARLY yefideatioD What eject
wiI this cheap negro labor have 90 TIE
. Nor;haud West2 When it shall have sup.
, uIIsnyss Western food nov brought South
With Southern p,sGI2sd food, aud Eastern
manufactures With Southern r. ,~nutacto
lie end shall put upon the market vast
quantities c. grain in competi ion with
Western grain the question Will be On.
, syerfd. Is it known to the country tbs;
ths eStssp area of the trsns-M Mississippi,
now unepilivaisd far want Of water transit
ia more extensive than the cotton area east
( of the Mississippi river, that on these isnss
corn can be produced cheaper, inducing
cheap water transportation than IN the
West, that the wheat dis'ric$ Is Of very
great sA;ant? As with cattle and wocl
from this West Srsion SO will 1t De With
Grain. How long can the esst.,e Snd WOOL
raises eest OF the Mississippi CoTPeFn,
/ With that p.Gigcca south ct the aissonri
- Let the NOrlhera and Srlicrn pso-
Lhe ,oaso ~ these things and look for
gori to a future .. 9Th the most powerful,
richest and most populo1 'SH''" ~ sao
world. Let them leave US and tee
. 10 ourselves and we will yet develop the
| greatest and grandest civilization known
70 the worlds history. Let the South dis
pel Ter ~spprebensicns about q redundant
negro population. The moro The
negroes the more the whics, and
hut for the labor # the
negro the South RoGld be 9 wilderness TO
day. Take this labor from the sonih
and the Jungle Will take the place Of the
cotton, rice and sugar plantations ana all
proCress cease. The North would stso
, lose her market and hence our ruin would
/ rival theirs, the loss Of Northern and West
ern markets Well organized, web con-
trolled. s,esIy negro labor is iudis,
pon,asIs to tie people Of the North ard
West, and the politicians Of the Sherman
school are aiming a deadly blow not at the
Southern people alone, bu' St all The peo-
pie, ana kboolo &c horAeu
| emies Of American civilization. Labor
moves the world, and negro labor Is the
goose that lays the golden egg Tor the
American people.
But some one under great apprehension
tia. f,om the rapid Increase Of the
blacks. they beng sl.o Invested with poilt-
ical power, the South viii become African
;zsd In reply let me cite you to India,
vbspa from tire i~mmemorial there have
been two uumerous and disiiRe'races, the
c-onouerins race from Central Asia srd
The native Hindoo. The natives are more
numerous than master white men, bat have
been from time immenoEiAl the
snbisct race. Without this loEeE
race, the Southern caste without their
~patient docils la5orer, Irdis would be
nothing and the higher race is bat is
- nensz=nrv 10 ia iuteli gent dirs ctIon.