The gazette. (Fayette, Miss.) 1861-1862, 1862-08-22
TROUBLE WITH THE NEGROES in
WASHINGTON.
EsssWyrectSOs .gpprehessdeE,
Special Cor. of the Chicago Times:

Special Cor. of the Chicago Times:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-There is reason
to apprehend serious trouble from the ne
groes that are now swarming in this dis.
trict Tens of thousandsIof these unfor-
tunate beings have been enticed away
from kind masters and comfortable homes.
and are now here without any means of
support except the pittance doled out 10
them by the government. This pittance
is entirely inadequate to provide them any
of the comforts of life, and barely suffices
TO keep them alive. They. live, living it
can be called, in dirt, wretchedness and
suqalor: clothed in mera rags, covered
with vermin, and filling the atmosphere
with most intolerable stencil. The
money which the administration paws TO
them to support them in idleness amounts
IN the aggregate TO an enormous sum per
day, which the white people of the coun-
try are taxed to pay. Most Of the negroes
are as stupid as brutes, with not single
idea except those relating TO work, eating
and drinking. As they have none of the
first to do, they devote themselves exclu.
sively TO the two last. But there are
among them some men who have some
degree of intelligence, whose ill regulated
minds and ungovernable passions lead
them to desire to play the part of Tous-
saint POuverture.
These men have been petted and flat.
tered by leading abolitienists in Congress.
who have induced in their minds such
ideas as that all men are equal; that black
men in this country have equal rights with
white men; that this war was brought
abou. by the abolitionists, the friends of
the black man, in order to liberate the
colored people Of the South from slavery;
and that, when that was done, the black
man should have the same political rights
and the same social privileges as the white
man. The honeyed promises were greed
lily swallowed by those to whom they were
addressed; and they, in..the;r turn, COM
municated them in ruder language and
even more glowing colors, to all the blacks
in general. 1t is well known how rapidly
and extensively news of any kind travels
among the negroes. 1t was not long,
therefore, before the substance of the gilt
tering prospects had been held before the
eyes of all the slaves in the states of Ma
ryland, Virginia. Kentucky, Tennessee,
Missouri!and North Carolina. Yet, of all
the slaves in these states, very..'fewi com.
paratively, were believed by them. The
most of them, TO their honor be it said
had sense enough to know that theyl were
better off where they are than they could
be at the North, and remained at home.
But several thousands, nevertheless, were
caught by the alluring bait, and, escaping
from their masters came here to Washinp
ton. The first few thousand that came
found here the negro paradise no work
and plenty to eat -1But, when they began
to pour in by hundreds at time. when il
became difficult to feed them and unable
to make them work. they began to mur.
NOR. They now find that in order to gel
their bread they have got to work great
deal harder than they did at home. This
has produced amcng them a feeling O.
deep.seated. discomfort, which the few willy
black men spoken of above and taken ad
, vantage of.
The recent decision of the Presiden
, not to employ negroes as soldiers, but tc
J use them as laborcrs, has been seized b,
these men as lever, and they have usei
it with tremendous effect.
E At the secret meetings of the leaders O
the negroes, harangues have been made
by these men that make the blood run cole
even to hear OF. They described in rude
but forcible and expressive terms the prom
lses that had been made TO them, by tn,
leaders of the Republican party, of deliv
erance from bondage and of participation
in all the rights and privileges of tn,
l]vt'iseS, ur,d the shameful manner in whiel
those promises have been violated. The,
then spoke OF the Presidents decision
and read it aloud from the New York Tri
! bune newspaper, in order to give it create
r effect. SHE is Wiling" said these incen
/ diaries. "to work us to death; but he will
, not let us have arms and uniforms and b,
drilled as soldiers. We are good enoueI
to be his slaves, but not good enough L
be his soldiers. He don't want any mig
ger soldiers. Niggersl will you stane
, that? Cries of"No! no we will fight !''
: You will fight Let me see, when the time
, comes, whether you will fght!" Thi.
Language was actually used at their meet
ings. If the existence of this kind of feel
ing does not lead to bloody results, it will
be because the negroes of America are no
the same beings as the negroes of the
West Indies.