Letitgoforth and refute a thousaud slanders : iot only is the negro labor excellent. but also there is among the southern pro. prietors and leading men accustomed to black labor. and not so used to whites. a dLsposition greatly to rely on blacklahor as a conservative element. * and on this ground the blacks are cherishedThe blac" s are clkerlheeandp ortede b rdeoratie statsen. who noew holipower i. the South. He then proceeds to discuss the question of wages. and no one can read this book without seeing the precise accordance with the conclusions which the facts developed in this investigation will bring any fair and impartial mind to. whether you consider the rate of wages. or the opportunities of employment. or the cost of living. or the security of person and property in that section. Here is what he says : Nothing so mueh brings home to me the poverty and lowness of living of our Indian population as to hear these wages talked of as low. being. as they aro. six or sight times the wages of a coolie inAndia. while food is scarcely. if atai. dearer. In truth. the negroes are very welt oi. Let me read you more: More important than the rate of wages is the question whether the black laborers show any disposition to providence and saving.