Richmond planet., 1901-01-26
"THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE,

this constitutes the cause OF the solidi.
W of the South to-day. They want
their Negroes again. This being i'm
possible as they new well-know; they
want the value OF what they consider
ed and even now regard as their legiti-
mate property.
THE CURE FOR THE AILMEET
In other words.if he northerners led
by President Mckinley will recon-
mend, and Congress will enact 6 meas-
ure, putting a fair valuation upon
every Negro man, woman and child
owned by the Southerners at the close
of the war, and . commission appoint
ed for the distribution Of the fu d the
found alton Of all OF the trouble will
have been removed and hardly q sound
will be heard, except, in isolated quar-
ters concerning the Negro aRd the vote
which he exercises,
To show YOU to what extent the
South believes it has been wronged
and robbed. have only to refer you to
the statistics bearing upon the pro-
duetions of corn, wheat and oats in
eleven southern states.
AN APPEAL TO sTATIs-Ios.
The Department of Agriculture shows
in its repl rt for 1899 that the states Of
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-.
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Mis-
sissfppi, Louisiana, Texas, Ten
netsee and Arkansas prod aced 40S .e27, +,
278 bushels of corn. the value OF which
was $l71 334, ,72l ;82 657 ,964 bushels OF
wheat, the value OF which was $24 AL, -
4lS; SO S5S 765 bushels of cats the value
of which was SIS .355 337, the aggregate
value for one year being $2l4 13l 476
The Negroes OF the Sou in 1899 pro-
duced II 235. 1888 b les of sottoa,
which was abouG 9996 Of the entire cot
ton coEsu option OF the world. o. Q
basis of 467 pounds to the bale and 8
cents per pound in The worlds mari ct,
the value OF the prod uct for one year
only was $4s7. 7S0 62l SO. 4 id this III you
please, to the value Of the producs of
corn, wheat and oase for one year and
you have the mann moth revenue OF
1851 .86l ,997.6S more than 9096 of which
is being produced by these much ma
ligned Negroes, and which value is
added not enly to the wealth of the
south, but to the country at large.
This estimate does not include the su-
gar and molasses and tobacco procuc
ed by the Negroes Of the Southland.
LID NUT WANT IhAM LEAVE
think then, sir, violate no conf
denee when / say that the Negro is q
producer, and as such is no impedi-
ment to the progress OF she South
This accounts too for the attitude of
southern planters. who when an exc
dus OF this people was threatened
stood in the roads with their shot guns
forbidding them to leave and notifying
labor agents that convenient sapplings
awaited their bodies should they per-
sIst in inducIng this wealth producing
people to leave their old time planta-
tions of the Southland.
And these Negroes were not using the
words OF Naomi, "Intreat me not to
leave thee, or to return from follow
ing after thee: for whittier thou goest,
l will go; and where thou lodgest, /
will lodge; thy people shall be my
people and thy God LRy God: where
thou diest. I will die and there will 1
be buried"
CLAIMED AS THEIR PROPERTY.
You will note that this annual
wealth WAS produced by these Negroes
whom tens of thousands OF Southern.
ers regard as their legitimate property,
wrongfully wrested from their pos
session By the mighty power of the
North. This then, sir constitutes she
true cause of the solIditY OF the South.
When these game Misguided people
look upon their estates, gone TO de-
struction in many portions Of which