The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-07
TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 7, 1862
Alarm about the Slaves in Georgia

Alarm about the Slaves in Georgia
The Macon Telegraph of the 3Oth of
September, publishes the following com
municaiion in reference to the effect Of
the CONSUMPTION law, on the slaves. The
writer says, that twill leave the negroes
on three-fourths Of the farms, without
control II may be that the CONSUMPTION
act which was designed TO rally all the
strength of the South, will be the means
Of her utter overthrow. No artifce, no
strategcm which bad men may employ
can eventually avert their destrpctioni
EKomptions-rb Farmers.
EDIroR TErEanAPn Has Congress for
gotten to provide any safeguards for the
farming interest Z Physicians, Druggists,
Schoolmasiers, Millers, Farmers, saltma-
kers, have enjoyed their full share Of the
national council; but the most important
interest Of all others seem 10 have been
overlooked. Take out of the country
every man subject 10 duty, between 18
and 80, and at least one-half, yea, three
fOurths of the farms Of the country,
will he left without a responsible head 70
control them. What rs 70 be done with
the negroes ? Who is TO control them and
make diem work ? If they are idle and
thrililess, az they will be, where is bread
20 come from The negroes are now ouI
slrength--Ihey have TO furnish food ioI
our armv-fOr soldiers families, and fOi
the public at large II will require all the
available negro force in the country TO dc
this. Is IL possible that Congress thinks
that our women can control the slave!
and oversee the farms DO they suppos,
that our patriotic mothers, sisters, anC
daughters can assume and discharge III,
active duties and drudgey Of an oyerseer
Certainly not. They know better TheI
WHO'S TO do IT, And undone where il
the bread TO come from f.? The disposition
of the negro is TO incidence and proniga
cy. Under proper control he is physi
cally qualified for great muscular exer
ton, without such control hesis ineiii
cient, and worse than useless nencum
brance.
Itmay be thought by our Congresmc
most Of them are from the cities-tha
negroes will work without oversight
that they can be controlled blythe wome
and children--that they know how {
manage farm without direction Lei Thea
act on stcb crude suppositioas, and Hcy ,oi
fad the slGye population more Thoroughly dc
moyal-ed in one year, than menty gears ca
remedy. They '0W .Gtld he farms aeglecie
grass gro,ciag, fences faila, DOM, stocf de
stroyea, and on eUejy hand he sod,lesc erl
delces Of lodsie sloih, and destruction.
This is by far more important subjet
TO the support of the country, the welfal
of society, and the good of the slave
than any one of the numerous subject
that have engaged the attention of Cor
gress. II is strange that when so niue
is atslake, so little thought has been give
to the matter by the press and by Cor
gress A FARMER.
The fears expressed in the abo,
homespun letter, are just such as, il Al
pears TO us, would naturally be lelt !
all men whose minds were not blind,
with IA desperate frenzy, which oyerlool
the most obvious dangers. The rebels wi
yet die like scorpions, by their own stin
The forebodings of the lelegf7pFs co
respondent are far from being visionar