Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-15
The Negro Among his Abolition
Friends at Chicago.


Under its "loca" head the Chicago Times has
the following in regard to the new negro aces
sions there:
The large mpOrtatiOns of negroes. mulattoes,
and other lighter shades of the servile tribe,
threaten. if continued. To revoutionze the labor
market of Chicago Ii Is very convenient
thing 10 have IA negro in the house, although he
Is very di-agreeable animal in the fence. He
comes in so handily to fix up things generally;
and besides, he be got for little no pay,
and will dispace II class of help. which is held in
greater contempt by the employer, tnan is the
negro
30 reason the Abolitionists. They would
shrink back in horror from the thought OF buy
ing slave and paying for him with lawful green
backs, but, when he is run off from his master,
they gladly avail themselves of the opportunity
to little money. by the substitution of
black for white labor. Some of them soon find
out to their cost that. although is easy to get
black servant, il Il rather difficult to keep him
or to make him work. The only idea of dsrkey
Is. that slavery means labor, and freedom from
slavery means abstinence from work. lie sees
no practical difference between the Southern
owner aud the Northern master; and shirks the
responsibility of doing anything for either, if ne
can possibly avoidit
well known gentleman in fhls city. and one
who was most prominent in rs advocacy of
bringing the slaves here and pkoviding for them.
took the fancy last week to s46net black boy
for his own use, and priding Wself upon his
physiognOmica skill selected oneN HON he
nounced to all his friends as "A paragon of excel
lence The boy had an honest face. containing
certain well defined lines, the possession of which
Was sure mark of faithfulness and extraOrdin-
AIRY intelligence He took the boy home, and in
the fullness of his heart clothed him anew from
head to foot, and provided him with good stock
of under clothing. such would enable him To
resist the rigoTs of a Northern climate. The bill
footed up about forty three dollars Expecting
that the boys heart would be melted with graft
tude and that hence he might count ever after
upon faithful servant. he set him to work. The
boy did not understand this. His clothes
too good to be dirted. so he took French leave
the next day and has not since been seen or
heard of and the sol disnnt Shareholder found
himself again without help. In relating his ex-
perience on Tuesday evening TO friend, he re
marked that others might do a they pleased but
for his part he had had enough to DO with the
id niggers
The wife of person. prominently connected
with the pOstoifice. Is another victim of blacken-
Ell circumstance She has ill lately kept couple
OF girls 10 IL the housework, and has generally
managed to keep things in pretty decent order
through their aid. Last week she took fancy
10 three newly arrived neeresses. and. thinking
that the three would surely do as much, and as
we'll. "a the two white girls took the darkevs into
the kitchen and discharged the others. She soon
found out that she had failed 10 make ANYTHING
by the exchange an order was given % prepare
meal. The family waited long ard uneaSily.
till. at last, wearied beyond endurance. the lady
descended TO the neither regions. and found the
three girls fast asleep. What follow ed needs not
TO be described. Ii is unchristianike as well as
unladylike to swear. 80 wewll chartaby suppose
thar nothing of this kind INDUCED in.
Another man took one OF these cOutrabands
last week, and conveyed her home, but had 10
great faith in her capabilities 50 she was not set
10 any work of any responsible character lest she
should make Sal Millers mistake of "washing
and dressing the kettle. and boiling the child tor
breakfast" She was, therefore. sent up stairs
With broom. and ordered % sweep out the bed
rooms. She dId II with vengeance. A bottle
OF pure tokay kept convenient for sudden attacks
of night sickness. first attracted her attention.
and u contents were quickly distracted. TO the
amount Of about pint Sac then started down
stairs, with M one hand and gold watch
~ the other. bat. slipping. reached the bottom
sooner than intended. smashing her cargo into
smthereens. ana cutting herself severely
The above mentioned cases are trivial and IN
important, except indicating what may De ex
pected in the future; but the business assumes a
serious aspect when viewed in the light of an at
tempted substitution OF black Tor white labor
Scatter the black race over our prairies Introduce
the negro into our workshops, and. ii he can be
made 10 work az all. the dignity OF white labor Is
forever gone The working classes of Chicago
are alive 70 this fact. and are determined to dis
courage and Giscountenance the employment OF
blacks in their eral departments OF labor.
Hundreds OF men are al tins moment without
work in this city. and if these Abolition sympa-
thizers 20 on a. they have begun. hundreds more
will ere long be thrown oct tn beg to steal, or 10
starve. Tor the purpose of making room Tor the
now more than ever almighty niger.