Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-04-11
What shall we do with them ?


ponents with What they consider crush
er, in the question, " W hat shall we 40
with Them! or Where shall we take
them! 2 just as though, 1t the slaves were
liberated, they could not take care OF
themselves, or would have no rights OF
soil or home which, as Christians, we are
bound to recognize. These views and
these arguments arise either from mario"
minds or bad hearts, with no sho" d Ie"'
son or OF rlsht' ha' s"a" VIC W
with them tuey ulu'npna"''y assn "'''
we as trlumphantiy answer Le' ''e'"
alone Let them stay where l'ey are
or 60 where they please, Ike o'her lree
men. = They won "ofR' anu WI"
starve," is the next reply we 10 not
believe it; and there is nothing III 'he
history of the enlightened negro 10 prove
it. They are far more capable OF taxing
care of themselves than their masters
They are Injured to to", 10 PARENT per
severing labor, have taken care OF mem
siVes and afforded handsome surplus
for the masters on "h'c'' 10 i've al '''e'
we are aware th"' me 'a'cu''''o'' i0'''N
with the owner WINE Inc execution oo'
ionged to the slave bu' s'I'@o Oh MS
letters, take from his nea'' Tue ie"de"
consciousness that he Is coaue'' ana 'e'
him inhaIe the air OF Keenan, ana ms
strong arms and untrammeIed spirit WI"
bring him a living where the man OIL cal
cula!ion will be clothed IN rags
Many are silly enough TO suppose that
il the slaves were freed there would be
general rush towards the north, and We
should be overrun with them, our poor
houses tilcd with dusky pauPers, cur
prisons overlooked with black CRIMINALS
who commit crime for the sake OF Il home
beneath the fostering care OF the white
man. Nothing is more absurd. Born
in the South, rcared in the South, having
all their domestic affections centcred IN
the South, and emancipaed around their
native hearth stones, they would remain
among the scenes Of their many Joys and
sorrows in preference to emigrating to a
land they know nothing Of save trom
tie mythical tales and dark hints of some
itinerant aboliionst or Yankee school
ma'am. The real objects ofour comms-
Grafton in case of general emancipation
should be the late masters, who, unused
20 labor, would be without he'p' paving
lands to TIL but no hahuS 10 90 tue "o'N'
They would be helpless were IN y with
out resort IN their late slaves VA Tue
other hand the negroes wlthou' ianp' 10
till or capital to invest would be equ"Ily
helpless. In such case OF weakness on
both sides, each feeling his utter neip-
lessness without the other, the relation OF
master and servant would still continue
though shorn OF its toFbiddinS aspects
Labor and capital would 60 hand IN hand'
though capital would not, as now o''"
the lsborer. The negro would become
the hired operative of his former master
receiving a stipulated price for his labor ;
and in few years the Southern States,
now nearly ruined by the blight Of sla- |.
very, would present all the phases AID
types of our New England system Of
agricultural pursuits, mechanics, and so
cial life. We hone to bear TO more Of
such questions a., What shall we do
with Them ?" Rather let those whose
hearts so yearn for the welfare Of the
moor slave that they cannot hear anything
uronosed for his benefit without a shud-
der, ask with the big, round, honest tears
in their ewes. "Wha, stall we do for the
HELPLESS masters ?" There is cal philan-
,bronv and Genuine benevoltnce.
"Wha. shall we do with them" Is
beartless oupstion. N-rroes have the
same rights here that we have. This is
their country as well as ours, and no
man. edict or council ha, a right to re.
move them without their consent. Their