The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1865 Page: 1 of 2
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WHITE Oil BLACK LAHOlt—
THE í íptóit SOLVED.
Ai't«r I tin tuoMt thorough empirics
and calculation* inreg;.:ti(olhe form-
ing experiments ntade jit , Louisiana
for tilt* bwr'two yearn by northern
men with free negro labor, wé luid
it mlir i' . ,1 oil (ill 1iii|1c!h that lift)
scheme U it complete failure. Tills
is 11 unit tit o! viiil Importance to
those «>1 «tur p<v;>lo tvhó Hti'.l insint
that cotton c in (to successfully raised
with tliH present system of labor, mid
who urn preparing to engage in it
next year. It tlm known energy,
enterprise utid economy of tlw^mkee
fail in «ccojuj li«liiti^- a giVijjHpoiut,
how can i hi; Southern ütan, ^rcmper-
*d n« In- in with the law und milita-
ry rule. fX|>«*ct to «'. > hotter'! The
statistics and fui-fa of thj. Vr own ex-
periments Imve fully Bottled the point
mid iiwái^wtiiln tíiut tilo negro is
now worthier, ho far as cotton is
eonconmd, We aro then forced to
do the bent wh can until a free white
l.iboriug population can bo brought
unions ui>, and the duty, of every
individual and the government is to
aid such a voin-uuimiiiinu in every
way possible, After mature veflec-
tion and study we believe flint the
policy, and iu fact, the oilly way
oitr planting interest can sncc-ed tur
1J10 present, is by so.ving the bull; of
liitld*in wheat und other grai$. The
BELLVlLIiE, TEXAS, AUGUST IS, 1865
lived negro may possibly be iuduccd
to woik loug chough to how, and
again may be forced by noceaiiy
astntt at bárrt# tífíie long enough
to MlVtf the crop*. • This in about all
that can b* depended on, but it will
<u:ib'<e f armors to raise large croiia uf
wheiit. The crop /ofTexaé e)«ii be
placed in market at least six WiV-Ub
ni advance of that from the Western
t<iutett oruny other portion of 'the
5 thu* scour i ug h very gref.t
vautflge. /
Wo uow hope that otir ablest
Statesman will tuko ibis great ques-
tion iu hand. In the multitude of
councillors, it lum been well Buid,
t luiré I* subtly; amino g^er,t prob-
lem, moral, social or political, was
eve.- worked out in practice, until
the minds of thonsunds Nlwd Lean
beul earnestly ami long to thb tusk
in itri solution.' American statesmen
have to deal with a new element in
our social condition. Who shall
predict its gradual influence or its
ultimate results Í One fate we hope
will be spured our native hu<l, and
that is the condition of, the West
indios arising from emancipation.
Having that experience before our
ey«M, we ,woul 1 as a neople, deserve
tó sutler, should we depend n^ou free
negro labor. The article in this
per on that subject should be well
' by oil* people. The South
w commencing precisely the
e experiment, with unt one single
over those Islands, and
the negro cannot here,
there, live upon the pro-
of uature, but must use
ion t how long he will be
this out, however, is yet
i the Cooly system
• and we declare
!> it a} unce, know-
'
In
wealth ft* nil who will élym
tain it.
In I rehuid, we /ind the landed pro-
prietors set down at 10,000, out of
poptilniio'.i of 8.000,000; llius
nbowingtthe startling tact that 700
out of every ^00 own no ' portion of
the «oil; uuduio same tiling is ap-
plicable to almost every .other coun-
try in,Europe. God never intended,
tltfa statu of r.ffuirs to exist, and it
may be tlint the present great change
in our social condition is meant to
alleviate the condition of the suffer-
ing millions of European whites by
inducing them to emigrate here
where there is always an escape.from
a mastery tyrunnv._ v ,
We have not yet learned the doc-
trino avowed by certain European
economists, that a man born into a
world already occupied and over-
stocked, has no right to claim food;
that stich an one is "a being super-
fluous on the earth, and for whom at
the great banquet of nature there is
no place to be found.
G KT OFF THAT S'tT.MI .—Among
the paroled yebel "sbkliers who ■ came
up on the steamer Lady Gay on
luesiUiy, was a .Milan, a little over
term mil a huff feet iu Aright. He
storted ont with the Missouri troops
at the uommencenieiit of the war, and
stuck to them until the "dog was
4ed" and never received a scratch.
Soon kt'U'i' hu was iriuntered into the
rebel service, the regin ent to w hich
he belonged appeared before the
CoUpiol on drees parade, nnd the
Colonel who pride'd hinm if <>it the
fine nupwraticii lind-^ood l&o-of his
men, casi 1\U e4Ve3 along the line, l wlSit
with a stnili; of-üolf satisfactio'n until
they reeled on the towering lbi,m of
1 he tall Aifcsotjrian, w hen he knit
his brows, an(l called out tlcjcely in
thnuder toueri. • ''Oiitoff that stump,
j ou impudent iicoutidrel, or I'll order
^0\| undur p.rk^t." The soldiers
coked nt each other, wondering what
LOVE TIIEE.
UV THOMAS' Mouilli,
Love time l—ño well, no tenderly, ,
Tliou'rt loved, ndoicd by,me,
VMM, furtuue, wealth, uii(Uil)(Srty .
Were worthies* without thei;
1?L®' briuiQi'd witlf blemiiiKS rich and rare,
n cup beiere uie lay,
llnlen* thy love were mingled tliere,
I'd snura the druiipht uwny.
Lovi thee í—*o wellvüo tenderly,."
Tliou'rt loved, udored Vynic, • >
Fume, fortune, wealth, «ad liberty,/
Are worthiest) without theo, •
Wittinut thy toiiile the monarch' let
To me were dark and lpnu,
While teith it e'i n the humbleit cot
Were brighter thun hin throne. ,
Those worlds tor which the eonq'rers sigh,
JJpr, me would have no charms t '
J4y ohly world thy geutle eyet—
ouly tli.#ne thy circling uruiH!
Oli. yun! ao well, so tenderly,
T^ou'rt loved, adored by iih', * r
Whole realimi of li^ht and liberty
Were worthless without tliee.
To tlio People of Texas.
After a uiglit of war, confasionnnd
bloodshed, a new era bus dawned up-
on us, and we have new duties, new
work to perform. Lot us, like, wise
men, therefore, buckle, on our armor
ami go to work like men. We aie
Americans. In the vicissitudes of
suffering and war tlimugli which we
as a people have.passiíd, much, very
much has been done to be regretted,
and if to be done overagain could be
improved. BtU regrots tor the past
wiff not correct thy ill of the present
oi- secure the hopes of the future,.
Wo have work to do j the path oí
(^vty i.< plain Tielore ub. i: d if we ate
wise ,jy;e' will follow"it and acouit
the Colonel meant, but 110 one moved.
Finding the authority treated with
disrespect lie fairly boiled with rage,
and, advancing to the big soldier, lie
exclaimed, "wllnt iu the d—hire jou
standing on V The soldier respeet-
fully replied. "On my feet, Colonel"
The Cclouel wiih completely takeu
aback as ho sun-eyed tliifl tall speci-
men <if humanity from head to foot
iu blank amuzemfut; hu mumbled an
apology lur rude remarks and hasten-
ed away, Roving hit men convulsed
with laughter. «Set off that stump'"
became a by-word with tho Missouri
rebels, and it will no doabt live us
long iis^thc Miseourian,—Cairo Dem.
iÍAXiMti-f^M.—A I^ondou nuwspa-
oer states that the coufidetitial agent
of Maximilian has had a conference
with Palmersto^, in London, and
that he failed entirely to induce Pal-
mers ton to alter the Mexican
of tlm English Government.
Palmerston Ib represented as tell-
ing Melvroy that England would con-
tinue to stand aloof from Mexican
entanglement8., *ntKhe should do
nothing wl^might be regarded as
unfriendly By the government of the
United States.
We understand that JtUdge James
H. Bell hoe been* tendeA^d tho ap-
State and
as accepted tho' same frrim Gov.
Hamilton. The people will bk
to know that this "* "
by oi4|ii™~__
rominunt ]>osition as onu
sons of Texas. Ji
U aBh"*
(itirselvi s us AméHcnns nitijht. The
wovk of destruction, of " kUliiigoff,"
it is to lie hoped lias ceasx'd. tKir
present duty iw to build up, rn-organ-
izu society mid government, nnd, as
fur as possible, let by-goiu.s be by-;
gones.
F'.r myself. 1 take no credit for
what 1 hiive done or suffered, and
cure not to inflict suffering npou oth-
ers. Iris dono. Let us deal with
the present—obey the law, do what
is right, and let consequences rest
with God, where they ..behjiig. The
first land most important thing for
each man and woman to do, is to
provide—food, clothing and shelter
for. thofo dependent.upop^he.ir efforts;
and in the honest discharge of these
duties, the highest good .of our peo-
ple will be secured. Obedience to
and respect for the laWs of t^ie land,
will secure the object of all good
government, to-wit: the greatest good
to thu greatest number.
Imprisonments, persecutions and
wrongs have been suffered jijeóme
who still live to remember th«wf; and
thu persecutors and wrong doeirS wp
many of them still" fü ¿«rhind. 1
have suffered with those.who suffered,
and can uow rejoice with those who
rejoice. It is a blessed* thing
able to forgive. Let each set tan ex-
ample of forgiveness.' The laws of
our great, nation are supreme; and
tlpey who boar the sword, do not
it in vain. Errors and mistakes should
be forgotten in a spirit of génetoálty
and goodwill. Crime íh sure tobe
punished, and right doing brings its
own reward. A lie ia nothing hot a
lié, and eanuot live long, while Truth
' hty, and lives forevpr.
over four yean the dark lido
rand suffer*** a*ep* over
it waa because laws .were
A few men were ewifs
te the laws, and a n&tion-mounis.
ZpLt
were to
as long as he bohayes hs wel). 'It
si!"ems that it required four yealte of
the inoet terriffic w;uk tliat ever afflict-
ed a civilized people to prove 'this
simple proposition—that'one man is
just as good as 'auother man, as long
aB he behaves as yell ; and it might
be safely added, that he who can dó
the most good work is the best mrki.
I)on*t levps distract oufijelves and
our neighbor* by squabbling over the
question «;f who shall be Governor,
or what man shall be town constable,
or whether Womeh ought to vote.
We have an able anil efficient Gov-
ernor ; let us help him. All the
other mattets will regúlate tbepiselves
in. due time. What we ^atff noW is
reasonable security for the persons
and effects of our neighbors and
friends, and the education Of our
children. Meantime, let everybody
go to work <it something useful and
keep e^t of mischief. We are a free
people, and are able to take care of
ourselves, if We only try. The past
four year's, of war have taught Us
something. The men we trusted with,
public affaire jtfld put in high posi-
tions, did-uot all of them do their
work well ; they thought moro of
themselves thun iliey did of the great
interests they were appointed to look;
ufter. You know the result. They
treated some of t:s very bifdly ; and
even tried to klll'ws, nnd have'us
killed ; but God was stronger than
they. A little paper culled " £om-
inon Sense" was given to pur people,
and they ¡mt Peelh s and Zi|ik and
(liysilf in soiiiw very disagreeable
places, tho very recollection of which
liiakes ti.e soul sick. lint God was
stronger than they, and we were
spared. They wetv not willing ) on
sluiuld s 'o or-eonsider Common Sense,
atirl atfcmjited to suppress and des-
troy it, but Providence helped c
faithful true-hearted, woman to save a
copy, aud at the request nnd by the
advice of several good citizens', it is
hereto appended. '
. Many of you stood guard as Con-
federate Boldleja. over me while n
prisoner perseéutnd for cóuscience'
sake7 and 1 have never had an op-
portunity to thank you for tlip kind-
dess uniformly extended, and often-
times the high bearing of brave gen-
tlemen in hours of peril that yon
evinced. I do thank, and shall al-
ways be glad to see any of ypu. The
war is over now and everything on a
peace basis ; be faithful to your duty
us citizens of our great Common-
wealth, ant} let each man resolve that,
for himself, he will never 1 i*-
proach upon the name of an .
can citizen. Let us ail heartily -work
together fSrJhe Upbuilding of prps-
'iy individual i j ev<
to perform. v
ul and be s
, remain your we
low-citizen, D.J.
ms
soon
TftK Condition of.^i
Thk Fkelinu of Hi
correspondent of the New 1
aid, after travelling a I
and miles, visit
towns'and cities ill the int
Virginio, North and
Georgia and Alabama, talking
the planter at'his home and
o h the field, lb giving
suft of hisjobeervations, says :
If any there be w^io think j"
is not at an end, Or hay
a revival of the nAeHlttn at tl
any future period during the j
generatipB, they ha^e only to t
people, apá t Wv
bused of thefiaea.
No one, unless ^te has witnessed
«an form any con^eptipn of the
ruin and exhanstiojfe of the *
Souüi. The failrondp are worn out,
the tolling Btock either destrovrd or
nearly Useless, fences gone, liOUSeK
many o( them burned, aUd what are í ;í
left badly shattered; horses and mules
carried off by the arml
all kinds Ybry scarce,
and often insolent, a
nor the Vheivw-itb llojobfaiu any, . to
enable them to HtaJrt again in life.
Notwithstanding aljf .tliere tr mbl
the people as a general thing, ur
despondent or disposed to
tjieir troubles. They went i
iviir ' With their «yes. open,
their all upjiU the restiR, ai
lo8r. They now '¡j
done the bent for. of
ilou^t admit that ourj
one, but we lujve far
ling to abide the co
have the power in
wilh it as ypu will.
low ns to cí¿fe ,bavt
with the rights of
will be £ood la*'-i
accept willingly
tmn proclamation; and
our tbhre of tho nation
arc whipped, subjngati
yon please—arid uever
'«nvtraf nance.
miTkv> Uylii^ fitpUr
liw.i JyoUsi
wé; " JH
submit; but, oil
ou wishus to love i
old flag again,and feel
is a blessing,'.treat
stocks of
entletiumof
PAIuns—Gen. J^e,
is varying the monotony
tiremont iq Cnmb^rland «
A8 pood Ub
mmMBk
umm
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1865, newspaper, August 18, 1865; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177203/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.