The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-08

sibility from purely practical aud business
point of view. The wants Of the white
man ara moro numerous aud different from
those Of the negro. He cannot 1.-Two under
Che same, conditions nor work for the same
wages, and therefore as daily laborer he
cannot compete with the negro. We must
have all negro labor or none, aud if wo come
to the conclusion that all white labor is
best, then what are We to do with the
nsgro2 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 win decide.
For this same reason, viz: because the
races will no. mix and labor together as q
unit Immigration is withheld from the South
aud many Of our young men are driven
from their sunny homes. As I said before,
immigration, if Of the right kind, is the
hope of this vast country, but what 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 are
bapished from European countries, and thus
inject into our body politiO much of evil
that might be avoided. think immigra-
ton should be regulated and oeesx ed but
even thon, 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, speaking
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, mon of industry, energy and
talent, who can barely make living, many
of whom must leave to do so, is undoubt-
edly true. The professions are over
crowded. In merchandise the numerous
failures all over the country show that the
merchant who weathers the storm must
have capital To back him. There is little
demand for skilled labor, and in all depart
ments of life if there be moro than are
needed, the surplus arc consumers, ard not
producers. C. 9. Take my native town
where We have 30 lawyers and business for
about 15. If the business could be done by
Is and is divided between 80, the remain
ing 15 are consumers and not producers,
and the non n-producers nre drones in bust
ness, clogs to society, and stumbling blocks
to advancement and prosperity. The ques-
tion then naturally arises, What are our
young men to do? 1t would seem simple
question as simply answered, viz that here
are thousands Of uncultivated 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
ened by n vigorous and prosperous yeo-
manry. But the trouble is that cur young
men do not owp the land, and as q mere
hireling 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 a sig
ni6cant fact that from time immcmcrial men
have fought for two things, Revenge and
Land, aud men fight for those things they
love best. In former times all disputes
were settled by the arbitrament of arms,
The tournay was their law court, and the
lance was their defence, the belief t eng
that God gave him the victory who was in
the right aud all nations from the begin.
ming until now have fought for the acquisi
ton of territory. England, upon whose
possessions the sun never sets, has dyed
with gallant blood her eucircliug zone
And France, whose heart to-day beats quick
and fast, is but waiting her opportunity and
the rise of another 'Corsican' to wreak
upon Germany the direst and bitterest re.
venge that the human heart can nourish.
In our law courts to day, men fight longer
and harder for land than all else. and the
same spirit which nerved the arm of the
feudal knight, now sharpens the wit and
tongue of the legal advocate. Ought our
Government to own all the land aud parcel
it out3 Or, as Henry George says, ought
land to be as free as mir to one and all I
The future must decide these questions.
Gladstone, that great Engllshman, who
is not in the Peeragc simply because he
has no peer within the borders Of
Britain, and around whose untitled head q
glory shines 10 comparison with which the