, 1861-06-05
WHAT'S TO BE DOKE WITH THE
NLACES?

Gen. Buffers four hundred negroes who,
fleeing to him, are now safe from the bru-
tality Of their masters, in Fort Monroe, arc
declared contTaband Of war by the hi CHEST
governmental authority, greatly to the sat-
iEfaction of the country, and unquestiona-
bly, 10 the infinite disgust Of the task
masters. These few negroes are easily
cared for and cheap'y fed; thcytill g place
in the military economy Of the garrison,
.nd are Goublv welcome; but when their
number is increased to twcut;, thirty or
forty thousand, as it Will he within =.
month, and when women aud children, as
well us mcn, seek s;ice:y under TIC Guns Of
Tic place-p;hat viii he done? They cali
not be permitted to stelyc; they calinot,
ItIrg ccnlraband and llcemeD. he
driven buck 10 their masters; they
canpct be profi':tly employed in the
wt1k that they are fitted 10 do
what then is 10 be their rl!cs Here
is p'ol;l'1n which must be solved Tie
New York Times is of The opinion that
tEty 1lay he settled on lAc soil which the
1ctels mag lcare;; ;;~tut that would be only
to leave then to reinstatement as soon us
tie 1'r t'ctirg hand OF Government is
withdrawn They cannot be put in
uuoccIris:d territory: VIC have none fiji for
their peculiar industry, and, if wo had,
the cost of their removal and suslenmnce
until they Become eclfsustaining, wuuld
draw tGo heavily upon the Na
tional purse. They cannot he
1:rcught North, because IN ou1
present excess Of labor, there is no place
1L7t they could fill without crowding loyal
wlsite men out. We do not want to arm
tlAtm t"r the fight, because theirs would
l'c war Of revenge and determination
which even their wrongs would not justify
uEeiu undertaking. We have solution
al South Ca1oliniars and Fior::lians say
that 10 white man can work in the States
Which they represent, and live. The
fact may tie aa they tell it. We take
them at their word, and, believing
in the divinity Of labor, lay down
down the rule, that where the white man
cannot work, the white man has no business
tot be. If the blacks only can cultivate the
soil, to them it belongs. Would it he too
severe punishment Of treason to clear the
traitors Gu: Of South Carolina, and reduce
'ne Stale :o the condition Of a territory or
colonE, uIder the care of the Federal
power, and fill it with these blacks, the
olEpesa' Of whom is now the matter o.
dispute. Doubtless the men 10 be dis
possessed would believe that they arc
saFagcly t,cated; but between 1he
death that their crimes merit, and the
exemption from punishment which they
nope 10 enjoy, this expatiration would
NC e'acjy accepted as 4 compromise
eoo1n Carolina las always been
9o"erless for good in the body polite
hef people are, some Of them too i.uorau,
70 appreciate and preserve the blessings @,
Republican institutions, and Others, WHO
eon'foi the masses, arc confessed aristo,
cfafs Who hate and despise tie restraint.
OF popular rule. Beaten, they viii M,
readily submit. Forced to rive IN III,
notions that have made them the traitor
1hey are, th:y would hatch new consn;r,
c'es on other bases, by which the Rcnnh,;
might be destroyed. What better than :,
strike at the root Of evil, and make th
vengeance signal and tcrrible-a warn
.asg 70 eonspirators for all future tim,
After south Carolina comes Florida. Sb
saos ngfaotnde and folly to malignity an
dlsleyaity,. and her fate should be not
Whit less memorable than that wh;c1, II
mother Of Eerpcnts n crits.
We do not at this time seriously recon
ahend the policy which we mark out ri
quick conquest Of the rebels, and the g