Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-28
Partial TO Free Negroes.
We find the following communication il
the States:
Free Negroes In the Government
Employ.

EDITORS STATES 1t is lamentahIn trnth
that the application If worthy citiz"ns-sul-
jrcts of the democratic party-men who
have had 10 leave IN ir homes and bn, mess
in our n"iehboring city Baltimorr, and flee
from the hot pursuit Of the plug Uglis .
and :. Il praps.' and on taking shelter In onr
city, he denied that hospitality and -ympathy
in the hour of their distress which should
characterize the Democracy of our national
met opolis.
OHe of these worthy objects of party
charity has within the past few dnvs made
application TO n number OF the heads of the
Dcpa- m,'nis for employment. though il I've
humble, that woud Enable him to procure
the means to support his family who were
in destitute circumstances. He Was told
with IN air of non chGlIdHce There il no
vacancy for you; they are all filed" YES
filed in a vast Dumb"r of instances with free
negroes-hlack men, who have sacrificed
noIhing for the good of the country or the
Democratic party, and have never paid a
little into the public treasury They are
fnstered and pampered by the r. C, ipts Of
Government funds Sniy to live in our midst
tn engender dissatisfaction and disaffectiou
among our slaves, or in the end To sow The
seed OF instruction and blood>hed l. il tie
policy of the government To continue in lis
employ ihese tree negroes 10 the exclusion oil
our fell"wcitizens and partizans. and allow
them either TO starve or 20 about the streets
begging for bread ?
Nor will il top here. It's influence will
spread. The whole South must, ere long. feel
its baneful effects They are but tue maya
zine by which the Aboliliouisis O. the North
intend eradicaling the institutions of the
South.
have no war TO make upon slaves. This
in the normal condition 81 The black race
But have upon the free black population in
the slave States, aud especially 20 ia the Dir
trict OF Columbia Oar slave population is
r, ndered valutl-ss by thrir example and in.
fiuence. In fact. u is unsaf to bring slave
property into the District. Will tn. citizens
o. The District. who are interested in the SD
cisl Institutions of the South, fuid their arms
while this magazine OF death and destruction
H. being planted within tn. very heart of III.
government This speculation is founded
upon the fearful expert nee of The bloody
| tragedy just ended al Harper's +, rry.- a1g
In conclusion. wnuld throw OFT this g"n.
tie hint for tue heads of tl,.. departments
that not ou1y III" p'.rS.bnal and peculiarly in.
terests 81 worthy mn aud ID mocrs,ts, who
are out of employ m,nt, aud having seen BIT.
tar days aud with n go d education, are toe
preud 10 rngag- in tnr mental duties of the
! kitchen or The Stable. demand al your haads
q favorable coasiderai ION but tbs. iutrresl
OF the coanlTy, her sociat institutions. the
safety II lives and property oil her CT gus
all admonssh yoa OF the necessity Of "A 2. i"ru
ia Tits one respect; and when our 0wu tellow
ciIizens are seeking gov, rnB,ent positions
n,S~ hil'd By fire. negroes. give thrm thes.
positions aud exclude thc negro. who Ia
and smployneut mUTe upon a level with hn
capacities aud his nature. AT least IL ap
pears 90 To-
oxE Who Does Sor wANr OFFscE.