Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-04
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From the Richmond Whigl
A man, who signs himself d. B. Nichols
supeTintendent Of conlrsbends, Washington, D
e." publishes long card, appealing to The phi
lanihrOpie North for help. He says there are q
hundred thousand contrabands on hand who
need every sort Of assistance. Their wrong
views Of Bible morality urgently csll for the a-
oors OF the missionary When the negro has
seen thoroughly indOcirinated with Yankee mo.
rality, he viii be very much altered animal
no doubt But the trouble is, how to help him
and what to do with him. Northern philanthro-
pists complain Of Sambo's unreasonable de-
mgnds and waywaTd maHners-lose all patience
and refuse any assistance. Mr Nichols under
takes to explain The character of Sambo He
has been accustomed to have houss, fuel cloth.
ing, food, medical attendance, all free gratis
his master furnished them, and the negro relied
upon him for them. Now he expects to receive
wages, and still to have oil the necessaries and
comforts Of life supplied TO him without price
When asked BY the Yankee philanlhropiat:
" Why do you ex pect the North to give you
food, clothing and houses, and what return do
you propose making for those benefits 2" The
emsncipsted slave replies as follows Old
master gave all his people food, without having
anything to pay for it. Our bacon and meal
was always here about this we had no care
Now we certainly expect the Union people to do
as well By as as our masters did in Dixie
Then, again, our masters once year distributed
clothing among the people, and lhis, again, was
tree-we had nothing to pay for it and Te thiBk
that the more liberal Uaion people viii do even
more for US in this respect than our Southern
matters.
Besides this, slavery had its privileges, and
the slave his rights. The slave was permitted 10
have his own poulry-yard and truck patch,
and by most masters was allowed the keeping
Of pig, and had tbs privilege of doing over
work for his own benefit, when the task OF the
master was completed"
Now this does not suit the Yankee At all H
must teach the negro the blessings of wages
in which phrase is embraced every degree of
human wrstehednsss-and for the simple, con
iding and contsntsd b-ing that he was. make
him huckstsring thief worthy Of his Yankee
Mr. Nichols gives few instances Of negro
greepness:
For example, few days since I was sd
dressing young man, who had only two chill
dren, showing him how important it vas for
him to remove his wife and children out of the
camp and furnish them with support. bus he re-
piied . only have twenty-five dollars per
month"
=" Two days since, weIl-dresssd man, with
new suit of clothing on, called upon ne to ssz
for clothing, 10 have it donated to him, and his
plea was, he had as yet not received his
share from the government. Now man
had no one to care for, was himself receiving |
ten shilings per day every day he worked, and /
yet he thought that the government had with |
held from him his rightful dues in clothing.
"a few days since, mother who had, to my |
knowledge, received SIS so for her labor, and |
.hsn speI 75 cents for jewelry, and afer that /
cams to me to furnish her chiid with a pair of 1
shoes, aud upon my saying Why did you net I
AXE the money you paid fof jeweiry and buy /
FOUR shoes q she replied, Oh, that money I |
worked tor and could do as 1 pleased with it, |
plainly showing thus the cropping cut Of the I
same erroneous teaching
We think Cuff viii bother the Yankees som9i
1ut it is sad to think what will be The fate of I
hsse poor creatures, when they shall have .
passed through the ordesl Of Yankee Bible
morality, and been s8iodled aad starved by
be hi=her law free society