The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-08
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point Of v:ow. The wants of the white
man are moro numerous aud different from
those of the negro. He cannot live under
the same conditions nor work for the same
wages, and therefore as daily laborer he
cannot compete with the negro We must
have all negro labo. or none, and if wo come
to the conclusion that all white labor is
best, then what are we to do with the
negro ? Return him to his native land +?
which is neither Christian nor practicable.
Educate him until he is our equal which
is impossible. Or keep him as he is
These are questions which the twentieth
century will decide.
For this Same reason, viz: because the
races will not mix and labor together as a
unit, immigration is withheld from the South
aud many Of our young men are driven
from their sunny homes. AS said before,
immigration, if of the right kind, is the
hope of this vast country, but what l COM
plain Of is that We are too generous, and
while we get much that is good, we also
make America the asylum of all who arc
banishcd from European countries, and thus
inject into our body polite much of evil
that might be avoided. l think immgra.
tion should be regulated and coz sd but
even then, while we have the negro, it will
never come South. Nor is the objection
solely made by the white man. The negro
has scorn and contempt for the white man
who will come down to his level, speak ing
of him as poor buckra, poor white trash,
and otherwise showing his entire lack Of
respect for him.
That our land is crowded with deserving
young men, men of industry, energy and
talent, who can barely make living, many
Of whom must leave to do so, is undoubt-
edly true. The professions arc over
crowded. In merchandise the numerous
failures all over the country show that the
merchant who wcathcrs the storm must
have capital to back him. There is little
demand for skilled labor, and in all depart
mcuts of life if there be moro than are
needed, the surplus arc consumers AID not
producers. .. z. Take my native town
where we have 30 lawyers an, business for
about ID. If the business could De done by
15 and is divided between 80. the remain
ing ID are consumers and not producers.
and the on-produccrs arc droncs in buSi
ness, clogs to society, and stumbling blocks
to advancement and prosperity. The qucs-
ton then naturally arises, What are our
young men to do? 1t would seem a simple
question as simply answered, viz: that here
arc thousands Of uncultivatcd acres, and all
that our young men have to do is to put
their hands to the plow and shoulders to the
wheel, and our country would he strength
oncd by vigorous and prosperous yco-
manry. But the trouble is that cnr young
men do not own the land, and as a mere
hircling cannot compete with the negro,
Our land is owned, comparatively, by n
few who will not part with it except upon
terms that the average young man cannot
afford. On the contrary, to own land
makes one greedy for more 1t is sig
nifcant fact that from time immcmcral men
have fought for two things, Revenge and
Land, and men fight for those things they
love best. In former times al disputes
were settled by the arbitramcnt Of arms
The tournay was their law court, and the
lance was their defence, the belief eng
that God gave him the victory who was in
the right and all nations from the begin
ming until now have fought for the acquisi-
tion Of territory. England, upon whose
possessions the sun never sets, has dyed
with gallant blood her cncircling zone.
And France, whose heart to-day beats quick
and fast, is but waiting her opportunity and
the rise of another CorScln' to wrcak
upon Germany the dircst and bttcrcst re-
vengc that the human heart can nourish
In our law courts to day. men fight longer
and harder for land than al! else. and the
same spirit which ncrvcd the arm of the
feuda knight, now sharpems the wit and
tongue of the legal advocate. Ought our
Government to own all the land aud parcel
it out? Or, as Henry George says, ought
land to be as free as air to one and all ?
The future must decide these questions
Gladstone, that great Englshman, who
is not in the Pecrogc simply because he
has no peer within the borders Of
Britain, and around whose untitled head a
Glory shines in cnmnarisnn with which the