Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-22
The .bonuOuIa and lhe Negro,

When he o 10 $ major, RAds, SAD thaG he favored
aboItionisn, not bs,AIse be loved the slAVs, but be
cause be hated his mas sF, be confessed the truth, and
exposed the nal giant snd sviOas source from which
our enemies IN Ills var derive their I spiFation. Ssu-
ards diAGiSe at Albany, a kU years Ego, against slave
holders as 4 privileged ClHs, sAS in the same spirit and
taught tho Sms PHILOSOPHY. rha IuPsrios sGs and
higher social status Of The SouthsErsr, biz exemption
from the meniL occupations and degrading necessities
that bAonE to free society, have made him the subject
Of that cod and Jealous hate hat conscious intsriorisy
always psedueea. TIE consequence l., that While our,
enemies are eKerting al tier poSer in the hsrce en-
dsAvor to rsdacs u 70 the condition OF slaves, they
have TO: the slightest ~'yrPsihy tor the slaves them
selves, 10 whose behalf they have pretended so ardent
an interest. They steal them away from rs not to bens'
g. them, bat to irjure their master. They TAXA them TO
their ON inhCspi able land AID cast them Gdrifs to
stArvs. They have for them, as the Mobile Register
correctly says, Al ~auspAthy which mAnittsts itself in
every social form, and in Ways and to An eI.en. IN
known at the South. Negroes there trs forced out Of
all respectable aad mcdaniel employment. They are
not allowed 10 Dive cabs or drAJs N the cities. White
drivers viii EOs tolerate the competition, and have ja-
It'd them out OF the business. FrereS BARRIERS have
driven them from their OoSupSton. They are reduced TO
boot blNking-ths Uhiss boys even dispute ths. trade
with bernard to the lowest neniAl occupations They
ara not allowed to ride With whites il ralcArs or . age
cca,hss; they are elbOssd, kicked, euded and despised
thrOuShous the land by . people Who have upset an en-
pire and plunged . continent in blood and mourning BE-
cause Ct their pretended love for them. Tie State Of
Illinois has forbidden them to put foot upon s soil, and
tbe penalty Of bringing one into the State is ire ard
inp-isOnneaL
Thousands Of slaves have been stolen or persuaded to
run away hom their masters BY the Abolition armies
How have the poor, dsuied Uretcbss See1 treated -
Witness the wholesale Slaughter Of them BY the Yankee
troops AZ Norfolk. Wines the cruel lAbOis put upon
them, urged By TIE Lash more uuspsriDgly laid on than
was ever dspic.,d By the fsneifal pen of Ma BSeher
Stowe. Oas thousand Of these poor creatures have
been collected q, Cairo. Let an 40 ,itol writer describe
their deploi aSle condition. TIE Cairo correspondent Of
the Chicago JurrGL, An abolition paper, gives the fol
loving p;etare;
The fugi,ives are placed IN tie supy barracks, build
ings more open than many Northern barts. With no
places for ere, ard With no wood 10 nike a q e Of
Half naked and barefoot women and children may be
sesn q half mile away picking up bis Of bark, chips, or
stray bits Of wood, 70 cook their ntions With, or 10 keep
warmth in their shiverinG frames. Some have eTTiej
dirt into their shantes, forming rude heArthS on Shieh
q few embers can b. placed, the smoke escaping into
the building, slnOs. binding 10 is density. Water is
carried from The rvsr-ds2lt from h~f to hree-qulr
tiers Of = mile. o. course, there are 20 facilities for
washing, cooking or other household work. Many OF
them are sick, and Others have died from t1posure.-
Mothers vita from aVO TO eight children, 81, from day 10
day ero1ehsd 10 these drsary, cold 6uldings, trying 70
hold oa to warmth and life BY mems Of personal con-
tao: aad the few rags they bcugSt from the land Of
CAPTIVITY. How they pass thsse cold nights God only
knows, as they have 10 bedding worthy the nams.-
Taus they are daggirg along 10 utter uretchedntsI
and suf ring more than pen car express
Tbs accused Northern var involves ths save in a
grsA. misery As i: does The master. When the var ends,
and the Yankees retire fIem the Sub, What 10 to BE-
come Of the poor black victims Of NsrtheIn psr6iy -
They will BE- leh behind Tor the YsuEes policy il to sI-
eluds blacks from the Northsru Sta,esl deuOrAiIsd BY
hopes and dreams never to be reslz'd, their social rea.
tons broken up, and themselves in The A,tiul e Of enc
mics TO their once kind mSsCrs. The AbOli,ioniss have
Unlisted a blov UPON the happiness Of the Southern
g we, whose evil ,hec's viii Outivs a generation.