Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-07-17
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The country Is beginning to get fcretaste of the
evils attending released slaves The contrabands are
now costing the government hundred thousand dol
lars day. They lying upon the wallis, on the
steps, and lie the yards about Washington. AT Port
ROYAL they are SO lazy to be almost valuess as 10
bortrs but they will eat The rati0ns, and lie around
loose, burden upon the army and The treasury. Let
the emancipation become general and The white popu-
ation will be forced drive them out of the South or
to leave themselves.
Perhaps hundred thousand or so will come TO Con
necticut The quota for Pennsyl vata will be at least
five times as many II will the abolitiooists take care
of them, turn them hungry away from their doors
What effect will they have upon society, upon labor
upon public sentiment bere, when they flock INTO our
Towns and villages ia such numbers as 10 become bur
dens0me? by are RE Wtsern States-kansas, Hi
nos &c-makiog the sevsrest laws to prevent negro
from settling within their limits Where the four
million contrabands to go Already enough has been
seen TO satisfy reasonable that they will not sup
port themselves. We suspect that New England will
fnd one OF tbs Sc days that emancpation ia
we'll cacuatedSto make sad inroeds upon her prospeTI
~ That the doctrine tends TO break up the Uncn tor
ever is quite apparent. But the radical a6otoGIsts
seem to control measures in Congress and to nave gen
eral sway over large portion Of the public sentiment
at The North. For the coed Of the negroes and the
welfare of the whites the people should pause and reflect
upon this grave question-and then act with reason,
and in accordance with the dictates OF humanity, IT, H.
ed, they determined to pay little or no regard to
the compromises and the FrIncIplts OF the CCDsltu
tion.-Hartford (Ctl Times.
A the Emp.r e is the organ ard fieDl OF white men,
wish, through lis columns TO call the attention Of The
working men Of tie city oil Dayton to The fact that at
time heretofore there so many negroes 10 tie
city there at the present time. 20 where you
will you meet them their dusky faces greet you at
every turn and majority of them seemingly strangers
believe there is brArch Of the under ground railroad
10 operation here for al seem to get ready employment
on their arrival.
For instance
In one shop in this city there are fonr negro black
smiths Ia 4 certain glue factory al the hands sre ne
gTOes
white man making one dollar day, running q sta
tioDary engine in certain carpenter shea had to leave
make for c0ntrabaDd at eighty Cents per day.
A certain nabOb on Main street, and great war
aud encoufHger Of our brave boys 10 volunteer,
some tiue ago bad white to work for him. One
morning be Told tie au that be wanted him to DO ad-
diional work. This same nabob had also negro he
raising, grown boy. The man expo8'uattd with
bin, and told him that be thought the negro ought to
do it White men o! Dayton, what DO you think was
the Uabob's reply? Why that the negro too ten
derby raised, and he did not want him to do it. The
man, of course. left, any man Of spirit would, and
bis piece Was soon supplied by rewly-imgorted con-
trabard
Another Main street gentleman. having q paatal
residence, ground down poor white in his wages
so low that he compelled to leave to make for
low-prced contraband dayton (Ohio) Empire.
The poor white folks are not the only sufferers
from Negrophobia. In visit to the upper end of
Oolumberand county, in this State, few days ago,
crediby Informed by several respectable gentle
men that the c0ntrabands brought from Virginia by
Gen. Banks, in his retreat across the Potomac,
found in great numbers between Shippensburg ard
WiiamapGrt, and that they are being hired at the
former place and in its vicinity at five cents per day -
What 30 cur white labarDg men think OF this
Lancaster PENN IntelligenCer.
Our own country is already beginning 10 enjoy the
fruits of the good time coming" We are informed
that, few days since, certain farmer, not many
miles distant. has discharged oil his white farm hands
and had employed eighteen of the negroes sent hth-
erward by 'ol. NJ cody, at twelve and half cents
per day LaboriDg men Of Madison this is only a
! fCgetaste of the blessings in store for you.
London (Ohto) Democrat,
What are the white aboring classes of PennsyIva.
MIA coming to
In this city and vicinity hundreds Of runaway
slaves have aiken up their quarters and have success
fully entere<4 into competition with white labor
ers, by Offering 10 work for low wages, We hear Of
numerous cases n our immediate neighbnrhood where
white have been turned away by their employers
to make for contrahands,' whose services are
obtained at half price. This may suit capital but does
it suit white labor Is this incpient revolution in
the ator of the North in accordance with the glow
ing pictures OF future prosperity the warm protes-
sOns OF sympathy held out By the Republicans as a
lure to the white Iab0rers OF The North, when they
unfortunately inveigItd them from their allegiance 10
the Democratic party, which alone has ever repre-
sented and offended tie interests of labor agarss the
oppressive and usurpiog tendencies of capital!
| Does . the dignity OF labor" cant phrase Of the
| Republicans consist il the degradation Of white men
! doomed to compete for days work with hordes of
haEsarved negroes forced upon US by the destruc-
tive policy of the abolitionsts That policy depopu-
!ating the fields If the South and leaving them to
serity and waste, while it is deprviRg the North
ern lahorer of his wages and quadruplng his taxes
How long will The people OF the North blndly be.
ieve in the iaae pretences Of these political monn'e
banks ?-Ha' rlsburg PENN Democrat.
! WONDERFUL COMMUNITY OF INTEREsTs.-We will