The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-08-27
The BLACK Pcasantry.


iI":y little does The Yankee know of the negro.
The Erownit., believed them rnce oppressed
I'D painting for vengeance. Lincoln trusted he
-I;., r,p,lc mistake, when he proclaimed them
frc,, an, made them soldiers. Europe stood in
expectation uf Il second San Domingo The slaves,
tempted bt tho promises Of their Yankee friends,
;war from tnr:r masters, but in instance
al they inUgk their departure by acts of violence
TO persons property. They had no wrongs to
avcngc. The enlistment of Il negro in the Yankee
F ARM Ia on Gtts innf ARE Tssx s so.fr W. ter
:i~s 81 = c"sIr which are seen when the recruit
. ing officer of Mexico returns from plantation
with oi poems las:,cd BY the wrists to
bile. it K II" w.a.',r that in battle the negroes
,aIly :" ;c rear. nrcrthrowing their reserves
an exposing i.ic army 10 decentralization and de-
feat.
The pl:i,r:hrnrst nicknamcs the negro slave.
lie such ri.i;.- lac is n peasant. lie gets
sue, share Of ms !our satisfies him. lie has
more money nj Christmas than his brother peas
ant of Europe. wtllii> rent, clothcs food and doc
tor. bill guaranteed in advance for ln lifetime
True tine negro il sub i:ct "a the will of his
ter; regulated by i!w, and tempered with hui
raan r.car. io- his interest. The European
"peTatiyc IS >:oicct 10 the same control, without
the Same protection or sympathy. =
T!,.. Y.i.scc; do not understand the negro. In
heir !ias .ic is rau;cr and curse in ours q
happy and useful creature. We comprehend his
f.c;tit;c= aud Ia, defects W. have made him en-
i'cat'y u=cf, IN Tie present crisis:
Ia. i.'4s Id i!'i$ var. He has taken carc-tntt
IA. care. of the soldiers home and family, whilst
maxim, var npon our enemies. The swollen and
fostering, bodies of innumerable negroes infect the
iiis"r:ibict tsoi,ndcd fall upon hostile ears. The
yankees stc t;.a' nero troops arc most dangerous
TO 'iso-e Who e.aPi9y thsm Our negroes have
i..a.ic a'i harvested our troops. We hear the
Loud '.s.cc> Ind peculiar rhythm of the negro as
-. wrife. Ii - ii procession OF we'll weiEfed
,ilye>. Ear!. man has hiA kn,psack and haver-
sack :iiIsi by the OF HIS master. With them
uISrc!. the ".cr,ccrs sent by each ycinage to su-
pcri"nd them, III sickness and health, to that
t.y do no; suffer from rial-trcatment neglect.
a:ri to r",;cri and bring back their wages. This
procession constitutes IN part engineers corps.
Th-- not oi'r Ir;,,-thcy not our Dutch.
Tcy "ur .Iu,.I',!e and attached servants. They
do digging. II * they. who, having made our
crops, have .'Iilt those xtcnsvc carhworks which
cm!,racr Richmond and Petersburg. aud which
have s'nc, ready for months, to receive Grant
i,c SEove Ike cvi! animal to break into the
circle and citadel ot our freedom: The oversecrs
and nG.grogs OF Virginia have mainly constructed
her dc;cnccS SIR. Greeley, the nOn-slavchodcr
did fn!.. I,is hands i'll neutrality. The down
trodsrn slave did no; fly to the enemy. They
united III providing dcfences against those who
only wished TO employ them to subjugatc the mas
ter and then cxierininate both rs an incumbrance
upon ti.. paradise which both together have cre-
afcd-
The world gives the South credit for having
effected wa. all the efforts Of reigiopand philan
r,ropy, from the Abyssi"ian experiment OF the
Pope 10 the latest decree of EXter Hall, has been
made to accomplish. The South has taught the
negro the language of civilization and the religion
OF Christ. She has cla,t him III garments, and
taught him the arts. He sows and cultivstes the
CROP mines and forgeS the iron, digs the entrench
Ir,cai an. r:,ise, the rcdoubt-and all this, the
than affection for his master and instructive dread
of the Yankees. CorporSal punishment - rarely
re-oitei {" except for police purposes. Exeter
Hall will ;c surprised to learn. perhaps, that the
Yankees manufactured the cowskin, and that 1t is
almost unknown upon the plantation.
Now the Yankee receives the negro from our
ban..- a, tins high STATE of improvement and dis
cipi,ne. In a few months the negro Is brought to
grief and destruction. He is made fTcc and put to
work upnc his III iscr plantation, under \ An
lRcc contractor, and very soon he Is shot by the
b;;swii1ck"r or his philanthroric fricad, the con-
tractor, i fund hanging in familiar equalhy with
tic ,;cludct. wrctchcs. upon whose unc0mpenssted
labor IL: had expected To grow rich. The negro
women and chtrcn taken from comfortable cab
in< and a''uniant food. arc pcnpcd up IN shanties
carried fri'u iiic United Colonies by the British
:..Gv IN f7s1 they will infesi sncie.y rs nuisance
:::.I -,,iii ie ultimately shipped to some Sierra
leone perish by the ntrophy OF vice aud idle
tied ard fi.tcd With blue suit and musket Is EN-
,lpvc., as - movable breastwork 70 protect \ an
krcs. iii> mas'crkcss him in arms, and Is 80
much cAa~per..tcd that he rushcs upon the miscra
in. to ln"ritci destruction the Yankees who
crnmcie,. behind them. Hcrcupon the ankee
;lrrnS and deserts the negro as hcttiser nt Tor
peaceful nor warlikc pursuits. As exposing him to
l." un:, for cu;iivatnS cotton Mt his side. or shot
for sprin.,inl. mine IN his company We
think these new allies already tired OF each
otl,c-. and the inevitable separation will be mutu-
ally accc liable.
The guardians ad Item Of the negro had better
pok To- their warl lie is losing t.e protectioo cs
the eslr friend God has ever given him on earth,
and IL abandoned to the tender nercics Of the yah
KEGS. who have jus; discovered thsy havo NO q 20
foY him. lie il between tho upper and neither miA :
stone Ills guardians had better stop the mill or
he Will lee ground 'o a black and mpaiPable pow