New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-18

is carried ont, will copy nots which is sent TO
every planter whose hands return 20 bin. IL 10
sufficient evidence that the officers who are carrying
this plan iDlo execution Understand that the ul-
qualified sympathy Of the Head Of this Departments
ID wi'h the slave.
OFFICE TEE SUPERINTENDENT OF NfsBo lanoH'
Ngv-OBLBANs -, I' a ,.,p,n
MI -Sm: bsve induced Of yonI neg,or' 20 10 10
to heir homes, with the understanding that tn''
kindly ueated. Ham. hat the
s authorized b. tie couu anins General 20 Sc,
ne goes not only perform their duties bu fhs ''''
proper and haaens tre,tn'ent t,r, vour,
This note ia sent only after the planter Das sSneJ
the uansr uromisiog 20 treat his hanos pIoIeipi '"
| to nav them wages fixed by GoVerhineh'. a. .o,,.o.
Now let me tell you how the planters
| interpIc: this whole nian' sone We. Cd ssve,tv.
! took occasion 10 visit between slxty snu seNsn'y
! fvs IIantetious 20 ascertain the condllloh Oh .ne
/ - Cd IN assure myseli that the spins OF 'he
~ O. 80 being carried ont. Among others spent
y an hoor or two nj the house OF gentleman Whooo
family name stands very prohInent among tIe IS
i~nits | fcuod that nearly all the hands had le's
The tace OF about 100, not moro than 10 or TO- hlu
those house labOrers remained. The husband was
absent | talked very freely with the lazy VINO "as
unusually shrewd and thoughtful In Tue cOu5sc =,
conversation, / SAID: "Madam 1 have DO uoup.
your husband will gladly enter into the en-
which Gen. B4nks is willing 10 MAKE oet"0o" '''
planters aud the Government.
"Do YOU refer 10 the arrangement by winch
slaves are induced 70 return to their homes, Sir
"Yes, Madam, l shall DO happy to havs Mr.
Blanks signature"
off he gives II, il will never be with my consent,
Sir. In my opinion, the man who signs that paper
signs away ms right to bis slaves. III the Pres'
dents Proclamation exempts this district from the
decree Of Liberty, then my black man is NINE, real-
lv mine in the largest sepss Of the word. have q
right to sell hin, and have night TO whip him
lie is my chattel, any property, my slave, and can
do as choose with him, ust al can with any DINER
piece of property. But il | sign that paper, do
virtually resign my right In him as my property
lie becomes IRON that moment my hired hand, and
Tot my slave. | do not tell hun to do u certain
thing, ask him If he will DO it. And what il worse.
the boy las "a right to refuse, No, Sir, the paper
shall never be signed in this house VI can help II.
Government may strip my plantation IL 1t chooses, L
have no power 10 resist, but II can never make me
hire my own slaves"
Thia is really the true view | take of the Gaze.
Tbs planter ill entering into the engagement does
virtually resign bis ancient night in the black man.
lie no longer Las the power 10 Cofnmsnd him. ana
TO compel obedience as in days gone by. Soon as
bis signature is wrten be stands In an entirely new
relation 10 his negroes and they stand in entirely
new relation to him. In the first place, be cannot
sell them; virtually they free. In the second
place. be must pay them their wages, for they, have
a legal lien on the crop. In the third place, they
have the right to leave him, if be does not treat
them properly. Where do You find the essence OF
Slavery here. Surely none OF its peculiar charac-
teristics are 70 be found. The black man stands
forth clothed in the dignity of the apprentlced
laborer. 1t is the portico TO the great Temple Of
! Freedom. 1t is the grand first step, and believe
that there is no man IN this country more wiling
nay, DESTROYS, to take the next and the inevitable
step than Gen. Il inks lie is certainly dong oil lie
can TO fit the mind Of the negro for that freedom
which s held in the womb Of the future. believing
that it will surely come, lie compels the planters OF
this Department TO pay wages TO the very men
whom they have heretofore bed as their property.
/ Now allow me to Tecapitulate in brief:
l First. The blacks are CrOwdIng within our linei
in such numbers that it is quite impossible for Gov
eminent 10 take the proper care OF them. A large
proportion have lived IN unhealthy localities, anC
viii surely breed pessenee IN tie warmer weather
Already an alarming mortality WATTS us that I
9 remedy mus, be sought.
Second. 1t 10 evident on the very face of the mat
q ter that cannot make them either comfortabl
or az remuneratiye to themselves or the Governmen
"a indeed, they vast expense TO GovernmeOt-
by allowing them to live 10 the deporable condirio
v in which they have been living, az We can by indu'
ing them TO return 10 their own plantations, or 10
j. upon some Government plantation, where they WI
a be sufficiently protected in all their nights.
Third: This protection is easily insured to them
= They have access in various ways TO our milIar
n authorities, who are instructed 10 pay particula
attention TO ali complaints Of this kind.
Q Fourth: BY living during the present season o
the plantation they escape tue poverty, and wOrs
than this the vices which 30 terribly preVa
lent IN our array.
Fifth: Their stay a plantation does not In tn
least degree interfere with the prospect Of freedom
10 twelve months or as much sooner as the Presiden
shal lit TO declare 1t. Ii rather prepares then
2 for It.
Now would not have you think that all are in
discriminaiey induced to 90 back to their home,
, Thousands, / may say, have received pass allow
ing them to go about the city unmoested to earn
, living. If man or woman can show that there ia
fair prospect Of their gaining livelihood, they ar
/ not hiudered, but helped. We have now man
ligh;.colored people whom we do not care 10 sen
upon any plantation. These help in their effort
10 get situations. There is advertisement Of thi
kind in the New Orleans papers.
SITUATIONS WASTED.-Hsvins many colored bs1se-ser
under my who cannot be induced to return
their owneI' aud who unfit plantation labor aud b.
eyDg thst many would be glad to employ them ia
reasonable compensation will furnish to any wishn
hire good Cooks LSundree CoacnnIen, Body Servant
and Mechanics GEO h. HANKS,
/ Lieut.. and Gen. S0pt OfEegIo LsbJr.