The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-12

reconstruction will preserve slavery, ",
thnk is clear III were TO be preserved
in half dozen States for short time, il
would be very short period. The exam
pie OF Maryland, Missouri, Arkansas anC
Louisiana, could not he long resisted, anC
except to gain time for gradual einancipa.
ton, i would not be worth while. The
morale OF slavery, the integrity Of the sys-
tenn, - destroyed, and another, and very
different problem is to be worked out
Mf. humphreys continues:
| Mere fighting will not ret1rn us our
iaborers. We have tough. gallantly. The
world is satisfied with the chivalry and
'alor OF our Southern people but the law OF
physical force and the want Of unaniMity
OF action, are both against the cause Of the
| Confederates. Can't the same physical
| power which has made its way from the
| ono to the Tennessee make its way fur
! ther down, 10 the Gulf We know that
| there is q wide difference between over
running the country and snbjugating it,
out 10 destroy theiabor system OF the South
| II is only necessary that the Federal arms
snail 0ysrrnn the country. And what can
the South do when The laboris taken away?"
ihs is a correc. view. The South has
fought with an energy ana valor, which
WAS aoi ntiGipated, -. ,"hich fnrn shes
W tie ~tili -AAetL~-> PROOF Ol WLAt AIiaa =.
cans are and what they can do. But III re-
gard TO conquest, II has always been fol-
| iy To suppose that we cannCt conquer the
Soath. II the four millions OF blacks had
| been white men and not slaves, or if our ar
| mics I'D not come IN contact with the slave,
1t would have presented q far more diincuIt
case. While the backs were employed
peacefully ~ agriculture, sney We're 2
strength TO the south; but III an invaded
country that cannot continue. When we
gotinto Nashville and NeInnh'. and New
Orleans ano = ickshurg, We go. u tulcruln
10, lave "
labor system oi the South. The splendid
plantations OF the Rhetts, Barnwells and
:ItiiottS, In Carolina me great sugar pian-
ta;sons II .he La i1ourche and IeeAe, and
the grea. cotton plantations which lined
| the Mississippi. nave been converted INTO
uelds Tor free LABOR. HlacE soldiers detend
them. and il viii r.. IN vain that any AZ
temp. IS made to bring them back 70 jhoir
former condition. the labor system Of the
South IS broken down, and II cannot De re-
! organized OF i.s old principles. What then
c IN tie done? Unquestionably the proolea.
.ehtci the a0dr ,p.U ieave oetsnd IS greater
thGs .hc. cf the aOas' stsetj. 1t is 10 reorgan-
lze four millions OF blacks SO that, while
personal freedom is secured TO them, ther
tGoor sAaU be q ttsefu! and Intelligent con-
trtoat.on 70 tne ice!tayt OF society. This is a
| problem which will demand all the wis.,
dom and ali the charity of the nation. To
hear Wendell Phillips talk aud Chas. SUM
ner write resolutions, one would think that
a simple decree OF emancipation would rev.
olutonize the human mind make Borneo
Christian republic and IimbuctoO city
Of letters and refinement. But far, very
far otherwise has been the progress of the
human race. Slowly. very slowly, have
any race OF people emerged from darkness
and Ignorance. Our Saxon ancestors, eight
hundred years ago, We're the slaves OF the
Norman. and while there was no Personal
/ n
elapsed before they could be called free.
/ before one in a hundred could read and
write? The negro will enter upon the pro-
cess Of civilization with far greater advant-
ages. The class which controls his destiny
are not the mailed Barons OF the feudal
system, they are intelligent; men, who an
derstand that this eight hundred years OF
expert ence 10 their race, has taught great
lessons, and demonstrated the value OF
| freedom as a means of civilization. There
is a vast deal more knowledge in the coun-
try than there was in England then; and a
great deal more active Christian benevO-
lence. Hence, the process OF preparing the
will 60 on with considerable rapidity; but
il will not be done at once, nor in a single
generation. One Of the great things TO be
done, is to free the master from the bond
age of habits, produced by slavery. Free
| dom Is not for the slave alone, but for his
4 maStoF also. Inc UlhSLeT IOuSl learn 70
guide freemen, as we'll as the slave learn to
| work as the free laborer. The result Of this
experiment on the reorganization Of labor
in the Sonth is one Of lnomentOus inpor-
tance to The negro race. for. though slavery
| be DESTROYED forever. we hazard nothing
in saying that they would not be permitted
70 remain in the Valley Of the Mississippi,
! If the ex per irnent ot freedom should prove
disastrous TO the whites. Slavery would
no: he revived, tut rcmorct would take
place.
Probably the bes, condition in which the
negro race can now be pu; would be that
which has been tried successfully in Louis
lara, that Of a depeaden: tc,iGn.,y, in which
the Iaborers should be moderately coEl-
pensated with prospect Of attaining ince-
pencence by industry, while they are fur
nished with schools, and the means Of ac-
quring useful arts. In this way they
| would have the advantage Of being guided
! by intelligent minds, while they remain in
a state OF pupilage. There are great ma
ny people in this country, even some in the
South, men Of all parties, creeds and pro-
| LESSONS, who have been striving to attain
this end. Now, if they have aimed at good.
4 if they love their country, their race, and
! their religion, or freedom, now is the time
to put forth all their charity and their wis
dom, in making the extirpation Of slavery
blessing, and avoiding those evils which
the enemies Of freedom have predicted.
I-Ctn. Gaz. ift Il. ID. M.
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