, 1862-12-10
4 @fTEHEE.E EdbE4H,TE<bY.


correspondence Of the New York Tr;bunr4
4aLToS. ILL.,, Nov. % 1867
The shareholders Of Arkansas and Tunuvs-
see are making \ wlsc preparation for the
emancipation Of their Slaves n1ltler the Pr,sl
dc,t : Proclamation. Before leaving Helena.
1cw Weeks ago, learned the facl thai many
o. ihe s!ave etioldc-* Of that region hid ,lr.:d; !.
entered l'toa contract with their slaves to
remain On the plantations, "ud,r waq:s They
h:!Se come to the conclusion hat he negrors
arc tiulle rs necessary to them us they are to
The negroes. As 1aborcrs they are essential
10 me South. and no class will be more op-
posed 10 thvir colonization in foreign com
masters.
lie hatred of The negro ut the South is far
ir*s prevalent than in The Northern States.
Familiar associatiuN with tilei:i, their 1rrs
encc IN every household, their fidelity, and the
al'etlonate nature they possess, have created
sl12?ns ataacl'9'en,s between them and the sl-
l't1a"r race IN childhood they hare mingled
trSe1Ecr, black nurses have carried the white
cn!trtn in their arms, and kissed and frolic],ca
With them during their tender years, SO that
tie prejudice against the coil,plexin Of th,.
negroes 1T tue South scarcely exists. Witt.
against their bccolning free. 'Tlcy want t1,c
slaves labor without paving for it; they want
the absolute control Of tllv Black race. far mr.
!osc+ of 1'rs':it, ard thr qualification If r;ilr
'''s-ion: ard the l"yc If !s:,w"r. t.v l,rc Tie
negro, bit they love him o;.ly as !: slave
1helr uo1nl:leerlng rr'i'enslties. They
bate the free negro, merely because I,.
i: free, rot because he is black. They are
AFRAID of ms influence upon the e,ls1aycd !:
lucy llaa'' HIN because le Iias passed bcvon:
their personal control. Which, all s!.llI b.
co,nr 1res They Will then find tle whole race
:a''ht list It'll a1t tssc]li!i to them rs 11Irc;l
S,rv;tnis and labo7rrs. a,..i this special htrrd
ot tEc free black viii pass AWAY. Tho ,lcgrors
Will btco1ne useful leasau; ~ ts,e 1,r01,rir-
tors Of the sc;l and the relation of paid l:bor-
crs to their employers will retain with if
.'emcttilng Of tie old feeling on The part Of
the planters implied in the words, "Thesc
are my peoples "my seryants;'' INV
l'boorlng population;'' and from this viii
spring laws for their protection. and a new
order OF things, in which the blacks will have
their own households, their rights Of mar
rage and 1arcntagt guaranteed to them, and
~ provided with schools for tic education of
their children,
have conversed with several SHAREHOLDERS
IN till: subject, and after brushing away tho
eoGWchs OF prejudice that surround the sub.
.'ecf. and gettin. ut the root Of tue matter
they confess that this is the course likely to
ne taken. anG that they are l'csiuning to make
preparation fur it.
On the steamer from Memphis to Cairo I
learned from Mr. Aiken, cotton planter
rom Tennessee. that the Presidents rroc,a.
tim is expected to go into effect on tic FIRST
81 january. and that hc and several Of Lis
ne;"hbors had already had 4 talk With their
Saves, and agreed with them that they arc t.,
remain n hired servants and receive Na:res.
Mr.. Aiken said to me: t'SlF, VIC are attach.
I'd to our slaycs. Some Of them have watched
over lis in our infancy; some Of them have
proved their fidelity to us under trying cir
''tin's!al'ccs: as whole, they are ncccss::y %
,Ar.1 II.
cultivation Of cotton, our staple crop. and w,
s':-IfeE tlle'n to Any new set Of laborcrs Tint
NC :le likely to get
lie continued: ave have talked tue matter
with orr *lves, and said to them, on the lst
IT January We expect you will all receive
President. hut We want you should not leave
us. In the meantime, let no one run away.
Stay 1t home, and continue at your work. and
VT VIII do justly by you. Ton shall have fair
wages, ,,.d by remaining together you viii be
better off and far happier"
;Ir. Aiken said that his slaves had taken his
advice, and not one Of them could be cnticed
away from him. lie gave OH interesting ac-
count of the fidelity Of one Of his negro men.
who had assisted him, with pistol in hand, to
defend i wagon load Of cotton they were tax
irg to Memphis, from three cotton-b burners
said he, WAS brought up with me from Il
boy, and would trust him to go to St. Louis
or Chicago with uucountel gold. aud he
would return safely to mc''
Opposite Helena. on the Mississipni side 1T
the rlyer, there was large plantation belour-
InE to the estate Of :: deceased Col. TrotteH
On the arrival Of the Union army. the slaves.
fifty in number, were captured hy i, scouting
party and brought to Helena There they re-,
maincd till a few weeks ago. when the WidoW
Of Col: Trotter came ali the way from Colur,-
bin, Middle Tennessee, and persuaded the
most of them to return with hcr, promising
item that they should have their freedom tic
hrsf OF next January, under the Presidents
proclamation, and pleading with them that
she wished them to live with her at Columbia
Us hlreo servants, and that the old slave famf-
lilies should not be broken The women and
children all went with her, and most Of the
men. Only 4 few remained behind.
Such are the methods by which the great
problem Of emancipation will be solved
throughout the South Nature and Proyi-
acnec arc wiser than the politicians. The self
interest OF mankind, and the interests Of the
human heart are more to be relied OIL than the
Ron1cai economists Of the time. The eman-
f1la1ea blacks are to remain where tley are
ahd a1i schemes of forcible colonization viii
come to naught- Upstart politicians saw to
lne, Mhat WI you DO with four millions of
e1,aneipated BLACKS - I answer, tsWhat vii ii
the planters ofthc South do without tbe,,, : ;
Suppose we leave them just where fhcv are
aud they may be more useful to eac1, ofto1r
tlan they have been in times past.''