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planters as the condition of affairs in the State might demand, a rigid inspection of the entire State was made by competent officers to ascertain the extent to which it was advisable the Government should furnish assistance to any persons or class of persons.- The result of this investigation found that there was enough supplies on hand to subsist the people and as land was abundant and fruitful and labor cheap and plentiful there was no occasion for help from the Government if the people were willing to help themselves.- Accordingly an order was issued declaring that no aid would be furnished to any persons able to work and that all those who applied to the Assistant Commissioner for assistance would be considered as placing themselves at his disposal to be transported to such points as they could be furnished with labor. The economy of all classes relying more upon themselves and less upon their credit and the evil consequences of cultivating cotton alone to the exclusion of breadstuffs meat and articles of home consumption