The national Republican., 1862-01-13
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This = Ne question propcunds bZ syssI
jeusaals, sa1 whlls na6y q tAsA anew9 =
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Pot Royal oonsspoodsat Of the useeooe6
IN. H.) AMsrtoon, we -, b fnrn1lAlGg So0e
telling svi1saos on ths sshject. Ths' wntss
nr. D. \. Roai.soo, Of Msschssssr, hAsrs
large number u tAs subjects Of strife undss1
Bis charge, near Beaufort, giuniug cotton. Ihey
are to Be paid eight dollars per nonth for them
work, (,) and have the same raeaoos Furnished
them ss aee given % I'll our troops (2) Some
they ere on the watch 70 escape the eye Of the
ovetssef, and be "a out u way Of all work.
Pay seem TO bs no inducemenI (3) They afe
bofa slavss, ass ignoeast and isdolent, and he
philaathropist win have broed 6eld 70 wcfh
in 70 bring then 70 proper state Of industry
A) Certain enaacipatiooisls oaght 10 travel
smoog negroes south Of 'Washiagton, 70 know
what negroes are. (6.) Hearing will perplex,
and seeing obfascats The whole Who srs ovsF'
This Is as. coutradicsioo, ssys The n. r.
Express, % maay ss.senent pfs.'cS.ly pSo.
. nan Who hcs q large number Of the Sub
jects Of strife under his charge" b more
reliable witness than tbe newspaper core
spondeat (6.)
(l) II bss besn the privilege Of the under
signed TO make several tours os observst'oo
through portions Of The Southern oosst have
made full notes Of my progtess, end speak with
. perfect knowledge VI all The iacta Without
any dispssasenest 10 The gentleman named,
II should be borne 10 mind thst be has en-
ployed The blscks, and writes Of them under
his Northern experience Of labos. Il is hardly
fair TO compare ftee with slave labot % basss
Of eight dollass month"; tribe over t,os'ty-
fUs cents day. How many Northsrn laborers
would work, and expect 70 osupport themselves
and families q such rate? Let the prices b.
comparatively equal, and then The Conslusions
would be comparatively fair.
(2) II nay be true, In some csses,-but Il
is BY no means 80 10 all-that the colored ID.
borers 10 our lines recsive army raaons." ]
know Of one general officer, in very import
ant post, who gives the negroes (so matter
how different the labor required Of them may
be from that to which they are accustomed)
scarcely anything but hcminy and molssses.
Would Northern lsborers be content with that !!
They ought to be, II they sre 70 be compared
With negro lsborers. The negroes arc 70 be
required TO load and unload heavy csrgoes o.
ships, transport RATS 10 the water, build on.
trepchments, snd do the hardest Kind of work,
in the case referred 10, mostly on bominy and
molssses. 10 such . test fair one:
Il should be remembered, too, that II "rs
lions are given 70 the negro lsborers, cloth.
log ID not. They must clothe themselves in
winter westber, and st work where there h
always great wear and tear Of clothes, th.
best way they CAD. Where 10 the money L
buy their clothes TO come from, while they hav.
10 support themselves and families land nearly
oil have tbem) on t,esniy five cs'uts . day:
(3.) Why does psy seem 70 be no induce
ment"! For the very good reason that th,
negro, let him work ever % hard, has no guar
anses that even the small psy he gets will b
bis! A general ofncer, Id command Of pos
where Il h hoped BY him the vanquished ans
vanished shareholders will return, confess thei
rebellion and have their slaves restored I,
them, recently informed me that be should pa,
back 10 their owners oil the pegroes migt
esrn!. This fact 10 soon learned by the blscks
and what inducement, then, have they TO labor
; All hope Of reward is stricken down dead With
10 them-sll motive to industry b utterly tsksl
away from them-and yet they are expected
on t,esnty Jfus cents day, and fed on hominy
and molasses, to work like the free and com
pensated laborers Of the North! Was eve
comparison more unjust!
az What does this feet prove-thst " mol
who arc born slaves are igooraut sad indo
lept." Dots II not prove too much for slave
. ry?-that II you continue 10 keep men 10 slave
ry you will keep them ignorant and indolsnt
! Touse the opt phrase don't prove " anytbin
4 else;" and If there is any argument 10 such
A fact 10 support slavery can't see H." Civ
q man freedom and you remove bis ignoranc.
). give him fair wages, with education, and 20
:. remove his Incidence things bein
!, equal. Educated liberty, alone, s the props
state Of industry" All history aud experienl
unite with common sense 10 attest this 10 b
q true.
. (5.) happen 10 be one Of the emancipation
!, lists" who have travelled smong negroes sou,
Of Washington" have lived among them, ie
o years, 10 this country and 10 the West Indie
!, I therefore "spesk that which know and te
= tify that which have sesu," when put hsi
d on record the fact that the negro will wor
" we'll, when kindly treat d and fairly paid. Th
y facts Of the case abuudantly prove this.
d will yet be proved more triumphantly In Ane
10 Ice.
n (6) The force Of the strained inference
y. the N. Y. Express is oil broken by The sing
4 fact that some Of the most reliable Witnesses