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Editorial
August 14, 1869
The Hickman Courier
Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
Editorial critiques the Democratic Party's post-reconstruction irrelevance amid settled political issues like Negro rights and Southern rebuilding; highlights rural labor shortages, with whites avoiding steady farm work and black laborers deemed unreliable despite high wages.
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By exigencies features the policy is correct, but in our. So far as the political divisions, and city to the consideration of we confess we see a great but, we fear these advocates rty, will find it not so easy to the old Democratic party. The issues that divided the the Presidential election of are practically settled. Negro is probably a fixed, inevitable t, and the reconstruction of the Southern States by Congress is about accomplished she or unavoidable. The Constitution of the United States, the guardian which the Democratic party as been altered and amended so its whole tenor and spirit is pa is powerless for good ct. These papers assume hoc tic party is a failure, es it has opposed have tri hink the living issues of y be successfully met by Pration, which can divest Sprejudices. We think quibble about a
All the wants of this, reliable laboring class. lequal to the duty, and if isk in numbers, the most unwilling to take hold with nty and reliability absolutely in ucdges. There is scarcely hanaultocounty that has not this eitpe present season for want of te NdI vet the highest price has been Jur people since the war, from past oc tious and feelings of political poli have preferred to try the negro to the extent, but there are few who will ounce the effort a failure. Those who will work preferring "job d town" to steady employ rm. : Men who will go in plow, cut, and ciear, and will wash and cook, is what iItis almost impossible for teady farm hands, or a rasher. Something must interest of the country us to suffer. The uld give profit one thousand an we get where this
All the wants of this, reliable laboring class. lequal to the duty, and if isk in numbers, the most unwilling to take hold with nty and reliability absolutely in ucdges. There is scarcely hanaultocounty that has not this eitpe present season for want of te NdI vet the highest price has been Jur people since the war, from past oc tious and feelings of political poli have preferred to try the negro to the extent, but there are few who will ounce the effort a failure. Those who will work preferring "job d town" to steady employ rm. : Men who will go in plow, cut, and ciear, and will wash and cook, is what iItis almost impossible for teady farm hands, or a rasher. Something must interest of the country us to suffer. The uld give profit one thousand an we get where this
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Labor
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Democratic Party
Reconstruction
Negro Labor
Labor Shortage
Political Prejudices
Southern States
Farm Hands
What entities or persons were involved?
Democratic Party
Congress
Negro
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Democratic Party Revival And Post Reconstruction Labor Issues
Stance / Tone
Skeptical Of Democratic Success And Critical Of Racial Labor Dynamics
Key Figures
Democratic Party
Congress
Negro
Key Arguments
Political Issues From Presidential Election Settled
Negro Rights And Southern Reconstruction Fixed And Unavoidable
Constitution Altered, Rendering Democratic Party Powerless
Living Issues Require Divesting Old Prejudices
Labor Shortage In Rural Areas Due To Unreliable Negro Workers And Unwilling Whites
High Wages Since War, Yet Preference For Negro Labor Failing