Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-07-15
ap;gors WITHIN THE EEEMT'a 1lsES,

AZ faithful rs re expected. Ine most aosuru
dreams huvs taken possession of them, of the
delights Of freedom in which they wouldn I
hsvs to cork any more" They have faucied
that they would be fed gratuitously, and that
their future will ba nothing but fns clothes
and holydsy Under these absurd idsas, they
have snsctad soine of the most absurd things.
Old servants and somatimes cripPles, who were
maintained py their masters purely from bus
manly, End who, as matter OF mere interest,
might hsv. bad their freedom and bounty
lcny ago, have deprived themselves of the com
fort and shelter Of their dscreptnde BY run
ming away Ia most instances. .howsvsr, these
have stxid behind, while they have encouraged
those to leave bytwhoae labor the master WIS to
bs enabled 10 relieve their own helplessness. In
some cases servants apparently the most Of
tachsd, and who have been tenderlY treated BY
kind mattresses, have heartlesslJ deserted them
to follow sfter strengsra.
fhsse things havs naturally excited f=sling
Of resentment But great allowances must be
INSIDE for tbo poor deludsd creatures. They
have Leon bsguilsd by cur enemies, and &C.
du:ed By ivory possible appliance to fulsaks
their duty. A lettsr before us. from farmer
wao las thus suffered, says: "Oar servants
have been operated upon, 10 every conceivable
way, by the, Yankees, to induce them to leave
us.n Tho poor creatures have not understood
the true character Of their sedacsra. Thsy
have aoL understood. that tho real moliEs VIE
mol good To them, but evil 10 their 'masters.-
Beyond lhEt and for the negro they cara ahsnt
utsly nothing. They care no! if be ataryes.
The nbow OF kindnees With which the fugitive
is at hfyl greeted, ia only Intended So lnTe TO
others.
What is To hecoms Of these poor dscsiVed
flg tyes, is scarcely left to The future to dis
clops Same Of the very States whose suldiers
sre enlicing thep from their hcmes IN the
South, hsVs provided, by express law, that
they shsll not put loot On their soil. They
seducs them from cne horrs sud deny them
another. The Yankee papers tell us that they
blvs been shipping than, By tie cs.go, frelD
Alexandria, and perhaps other points, 10
the island Of ST.. Domingo; fumor says they
send them to Cuba ond sell them. Bnt, in
either case, thsy are sent to new climate,
where the fsvers and influences to which they
urs MT accustomed, will, befl.e the close Of
The year, send the great majority Of them to
thai: gra7es.
Ws learn, slso from tbs T:rkes papers,
thai runhera, who have fed to The States CT
Ohio aad Pennsylvania, have been compelled
to rive up the romance of living without work,
ond haYs sought employment, as the only ro-
source against starvation. The proprietor OF
the Cambria iron Mandatory, in Pennsylvania,
save work to the poor wrstchss at the rate Of
tscsHty ire cents per day! the miserable
kneye, who probably is good abolitionis,
was not, however, allowed 10 thrive long in bis
chestery Tho white employees rosa in mu :
tiny and, by "ptrike," droSe the blacks out
Of tho establishment The fugitiVes we're thus
cut tiF IRON even euch comforts IS twonty five
cents. day could procure, ana forced to
wander ss bssgsrs among hcartless people
Il OHIO tie stniticn brethren drove still
hsrdor bargain with the negroes. They eu-
ployed them TO work in their harvest halds,
.ccord;Dg to their own papers, OF t'eelVs ard a
iaJ cents per dsyI And there, as il Psnnsyl-
7snis, the white aboreTs vera puttsring their
threats at this lowering Of labor End introduce
ton Of black competition. TIE Indications
thst the negroes we're to bs mpbbed and driven
Of we're so strong, that one Of the 'humsnits-
ri ems. in words that sour,i lb5 bitter mock G.
ry, sxhorted the mnicontents rs. 10 prevent
the pooT fugitive FROM lsbSsing ror !, living
Ma.t is to becons Of these fugitive negroes
when ii,o short summer Of the high ATTITUDES ia
sndsj, End the terTors oi the NuIthern winter
closes 10 upon them it is hot difficult 10 imagine
They will suffer as they lave never dreamed OIL
And in answer 10 their appeals for help tbsy
will fad that Abolition charity ended wbsn it
esducod than from their homss.
Thousands Of these negroes will, doubtless,
return to their masters, il allowed to do TO-
Already many havo made their perilous gay
BACK, through the lines Of the enemy. Some
bsse lost their lives in the effort. But short
time $50, negro in Caroline county, Va, who
returned to Ills master, sid that another, who
e.tern pted to return With him, YES killed By o
Yankee voiley, fred at them both. But thol-
sand, will remain with the Yankees, from the
dcmorsliz ,ton which They have undergone. 4
gentleman, who had opportunities for observa-
top, Informs us that the rspid retrogrsda:ion
towards their native barbarian, 10 the negrcea
who be7o gone into tho cnenY's lines, is
both astonishing and painful. TIE fri
voli;Y, Tue low Tastes, snd the SUI
irene ;adosncs ard improYidencs Of The
African race, sem TO assert their full swsY.-
They wish DO grsster happiness than to lie
about in tbs Gun, gaia ct parsde, end EFT the
ratione which Lincoln has provided for tbsm.
They furnish swift proof that the negro is g
parasitic being, destined to find bis highest de-
vtloprnent and greatest happiness and uselul-
ness undsr The shelter end control Of supe-
rior race To take swsy ha white mssteT IL
to take away 10th his teacher and his pro-
tsctnr 1t is like tskiDg away the stnti that
supports ths vine Thst The people OF the
North will care nothing for the poor wrssches
whom ;Ley rrs making out Of our we'll tutorad
alavaa, is too evident. 1t is evident from the
Yankee character, and it Ia evident from what
we have already seen in Pennsylvania cad oao
Ttcv will stiince them With rAions snd lies 70
l,ays Their tncpte'S; but thst once effected and
!hair SEPARATION fran their masters secured.
hsY will Leave EleIi TO harvest "hsat al I2s
cent. per day, and 10 spend their long winter
in tins rlesaant rrcolrctien.
The lnsnner in which our cittZ'rs bear toe
loss OF Their servants fully rsiutes the calumny
Of our CT, mt 8, That this Isl WAT fG- negroes.