Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-03

having been d pointed hY the Hon SecrttaiS OF we
Treasury General Superintendent and Director OF al
persons engaged ia the cultivation f the laLd and tie
employment OF the blaC,s. he Is hereby announced as
such.
. The following distinctions to the general command
ing are hereby pub ished TO- the mfOTmaiio Of all con.
osined and commanding officers Of all posts and stations
within the limits Of this command, viii be governed IN
strict conformity thereto,
WAR DEPARTMENT, February ls.
GENERAL Yoa are hereby directed to afford protection
subsistence and facilities so tar a may be consistent with
the int esis Of the service and the duties and objects OF
your command. 10 all persons who may present 10 you
written pernus. issued 10 them, under the authority OF
the Secretary Of the Treasury sitting forth hat said
persons have proceeded to Port Royal under the sane 2 n
Of the government, for the collection, safe keeping and
disposition ot C ttOn, rice and other property abandoned
by the posseSssrs within your military depa tnent, and
for the regulation and employment Of persons # color
lately held 20 service or labor by enemies Of the United
States, and now within the occupying lines and under
The military protection OF the army.
Such permits, sigued by the Collector of the customs
at New Yor< ci '. vil b. considered by you as emaua
ting from the Treasury Department
Under the hesd Of subsisienc- viii be included ra'ious
70 such persons a may be employed under the direction
Of the treasury Department, in the temporary charge Of
abandoned plautaitons; or, WITH IFS -aHcuOn. In la0ors
for the instruction and Improvement Of the lah0riHg pop
ulalon EDWIN NJ STANTON,
Secretary Of War
Brigadier General T. W. sherman, commanding at
Port Royal, South Carolina
So 1t would appear that the Yankees are about
to form a copartuership with the negroes on the
coast of South Carolina, and to enter into the
business of growing cotton and rice. Mr.. Ed
WARD L PIERCE has been appointed by tie
Federal Secretary of the Treasury " general su-
perintendent and director Of all persons engaged
in the cultivation Of the land and TIE employ
ment of the blacks" within the military depart
ment of South Carolina and Georgia. The Fed
era government thus assumes to take charge Of
the land and of the cotton and rice culture in
two independent Southern States.
No one within the military department viii be
allowed to cultivate his own lsud except upon
The terms prescribed 10y the Federal authorities
Even then, he viii be required to procoed under
the direction Of a superintendent or oversccr.
Indeed, Mr.. PIERCE, the individual Designated
il the foregoing order, is nothing more nor less
than an overseer appointed by the FEDERAL Sec
rotary Of the Treasury to direct and superiutend
the working and management of the lice and
cotton plantations in the States we have men
toned.
What say you to that, freemen of the South ?
Are you willing to have a bIne-nose, onion
scented, whiting Yankee to lord it over you
and your families, and to govern you and your
slaves upon your plantations, and in your own
hOmesi Are you ready to have these miserable.
shifting wretches made overseers over you and
yours7
It would seem that " written permits -
such as we. are in the habit OF giving to our
slayes-are necessary to enable any one to
touch or collect any of the cotton or other pro
duce left behind by the planters who were
driven from their homes. II a man were to re-
turn to his plantation, still he would be required
to show his pass like any other slave, be-
fore he would be allowed, even under the di-
reetion of the Federal o~verseer, to regulate the
movements of his own slaves. Indeed, it is
plain from the order of Secretary STANTON. thar
he would not be allowed to interfere upon any
terms. The permits are issued by the col
lectOr Of New York, and viii be given to no Ole
but Federal tools and agents.
These " permits A" embrace also {" the regula-
ton and employment Of persons Of color lately
held to service or labor by enemies Of the United
States, and now within the occupying lines,
and under the military protection of the army"
Thus it would seem that the negroes " within
the occupying lines Of the Federal army aye
no longer slaves, but persons of color Iafely
held to service" They arc no longer held to
service, but are now freemen. The government
claims the right, however, to regulate their labor
and the cultivation of the land. Whether il
intends to enter regularly mo the cotton bust
ness for itself, or to reduce the slaves to Yankee
seryitude, or to prosecute the rice and cotton
culture under a cOpartnership arrangement with
the stolen negroes, remains to be seen.
Such are the men and the government who
pretend to be our hiends, and who ofsr prOtec-
ton to those who are base enough to wear their
collars. We would rather belong to Satan al
once.