St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-06-26
Suppression of the Schools in
North Carolina.

that Military Governor Stanley had iss-
ucd an order prohibiting further instruc-
ton in the schools at Newbern established
for the benefit of the loyal colored refugees
there. On Tuesday, in the Senate and
House of Representatives, resolutions of
inquiry were adopted, introduced by Mr..
Sumner and Mr.. Hickman, on this sub
ject.
1t was in February last that the expe-
dition of Gen. Burnside and Com. Colds
boroug n won the victory at Roanoke, and
took possession of Newbern and the neigh
boring country In North Carolina. When,
it is SAID, "Burnside unfurled the Stars
and Stripes in sight of Roanoke, he saw
little canoe padding off to him which held
a single black man; and in that contraband
hand victory was brought to the United
States Of America, led by Burnside. He
came to the General, and said: This is
deep water, and that is shoal; this is
swamp, that Is firm land, and that is wood;
there are four thousand men here, and
one thousand there; cannon here, a re-
doubt there The whole country was map
ped out, as an engineer could not have
done it in month, in the memory of that
man. And Burnside was loyal to human
ity and believed him. The soldiers forded
where the negro bade them, the vessels
anchored where he bade them, and to-day
he stands at the right hand of Burnside
clad in uniform, with the pledge of the
General that as long as he lives and has
anything to eat the man that gave him
Roanoke shall have half loaf"
Soon afterward, DR.. Vincent Colyer OF
this city went down as missionary to the
contrabands in North Carolina, and proved
himself SO useful person that Gen. Burn
side appointed him Superintendent of the
Poor, and thus he continued his labors in
the double capacity of government officer
and Church missionary and teacher
What he saw and did, and what he thought
! Of those among whom be labored, will best
appear from his own words, addressed last
April to one Of our most honored citizens {:
"All the negroes, as fast as they come
within our lines from any direction, are
Immediately sent to me. Sometimes as
many as sixty or hundred will come in
at once, occasionally at night. Some are
: fresh from the plantations, often ragged,
hungry, and dirty from long travel through
, woods, marshes, and dusty roads. Many
little children come with their mothers
All these have first to be fed next shelter
provided; and soon, work and occupation. I
have over seven 700 able bodied men enter
Y ed on my books, and with their families, up
ward Of three thousand men, women, and
children have reported themselves. Five
hundred Of the men are employed on gov
ernment works, and we cannot get sixth
a part of the member We could most proftably
, employ. Two hundred are employed as
= servants in the hospitals and in the Quar-
termaster's Department, unloading ships,
etc. The women soon learn to earn taeir
t own living, selling pies, cakes, ETC., and
t doing washing for tue soldiers. The ne
groes far exceed my expectations as to
their intelligence and capacity for useful.
, ness and self-government. They are or.
= derly, well-behaved, industrious, cheerful,
cleanly, aud IN every way, often to the
q risk Of their lives, ready to serve US. We
q employ them at every kind Of labor, as
carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, farmers
gardeners, timber hewers, home servants
j. laborers, etc., and in all these occupations
they are equal to the work we give then
to do. As to having any anxiety about
their ability to take care of themselves, o.
thought Of sending them to any othe1
/ country for usefulness, or safety to our
), selves, it is simply absurd. Only let then
;, alone, and give them fair wages for thei
is work, with Intelligent, sensible men. owe
them to direct their energies, and instead
y of dangerous body Of men they will Prov
t, a most valuable community, and blessin!
;: to the nation that, harbors and protect
is them" 49,
D.: But is understood that Gov: Stanley
" after looking into the operations anon!
IL the contrabands, has announced that he
r required to govern North Carolina accord
in ing to the laws as they stand on the statute
books of that State, and that those law
m forbid the education Of slaves, which NUS
N therefore be discontinued. ~
b. According to the law of North Carolina
~ enacted in 1881, to teach slave to rca
10 or write, or sell or give him any book Q
pamphlet. is punished with thirty min
e. lashes or Imprisonment, if the offender b
Of a free negro; but if white, then with
to fine of $500. The reason Of this law, as
H. signed in its preamble, is, that ''tcachin
he slaves to read and write, tends to dissati
oy faction in their minds, and to produc
n insurrcction and rebellion. ."-N. 7. 2ril
Cd une.
- John Hcnly, one of the most successf,