The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-02-24

ger for 1.-The government" ia this 'rent me
farm operation. aali s ols
The writer then proceeds to give the
details as follows: # ~
"Thc rules for the lessees to comply
with may be briefly summed up as fol-
lows: 3eL. HHf
No lessee to lease more than one aban-
doned plantation. ~ +s
The lessee shall pay rent of one cent
per pound on all cotton grown by him, and
in all eases where freed labor is employed,
the lessee shall, in addition to the stipu-
lated rent, contribute one cent per pound
on all cotton grown by him to the fund
for the support of helpless and aged free
people, for educational and other purpo-
ses connected Herewith. f. ..'-5
Freedman's Home Farms shall be es-
tablished at convenient locations, which
shall be under a superintendent appoint
ed for the purpose, aud shall be places:
First-Where all freed persons of the
respective districts in which they are To-
Gated shall be registered and employed,
until engaged by other employers. &
Planters, farmers, and other employers,
requiring labors, shall make application
to the Superintendent of the Freedman 3
Home Farms, who will furnish such as
may be required. as .sasot erta 81
All freed persons over. the age oftwelye
years, who are capable Of performing la
bor, will be required to work. oaf (
All laborers will be classified by the
Superintendent, as follows: l. Sound
persons from twenty to forty years Of
age, inclusive shsll be called No 1 hands.
g From fifteen to nineteen, inclusive,
and from forty -one to 6fty, inclusive, shall
be called No. 2 hands. 8. From twelve
to fourteen, inclusive, and over fifty, No.
5 hands. Persons suffering from any
physical defect or infrmity shall be elias
sifed by the Superintendent, and wages
for them designated. 9l'a
, Application for hands shall be made to
Supcrintendents, with certificate or copy
of contract showing number of acres
leased and hands required. One No.
hand, or the equivalent in other grades Of
hands, shall be employed for every twelve
ncres of tillable land. The Superinten-
dent to designate the preportionate num-
bers and grades of each sex to be select
ed, and the wages of No. males shall be
S25 per month; No. ? $40; No. 3 SIS.
Nos. l, e aud females, SIS, Sill and
$40. s...,..s -r
AIT the end of the year or period of
time for which such contract shall be
made, the lessee shall return the hands
to the farm from which they were taken,
or count for them. and o full settlement
shall then be made, he paying to his
hands in cash such balance as may be due;
and no cotton shall be sid or shipped
without previous written permit of the
special agent Of the district, or the GER
tifcate of the Superintendent Of the farm
from which they were hired, that wages
have been fully paid. a
"Lessees shall provide, without charge,
good and sufficient quarters for laberers
employed. a separate tenement for each
family with proper regard for sanitary con-
ditions, a sufficient supply of food. one
acre of ground to each family OF iour
persons, and also to others requiring it.
in the same proportions: ND
The lessee shall provide and keep or
hand sufficient supply Of wholesome
food. and suitable clothing for the EN-
rloyees and their families, which shall be
sold to the laborers at the wholesale cost
price, and fifteen per cent thereon, keep
my an account Of the items with each la
borer, which account shall be settled and
approved by the Superintendent at the
close Of the year, at which time the bal.
ancc due shall be paid.
Lessees shall only be required to pay
half the monthly ,onges, either in money
provisions, or clothing, until the crops
are sold, The first lien upon the crops
| shall be for the wages of the laborer, ant
provision will be made by the Superin
tendent, TO secure prompt pay ment Of tAt
same, -a,
There are other minor details, whiet
can not be given in this letter for want o
room; but they will be adverted to in full
in few days"
This is abolition slarery; and as com
pared with Southern slavery, it is just the
difference between the hired horse ant
the horse used by his owner - Such q
system under the Shylock race fer money
will soon exterminate the negro race, ny
overwork, neglect of their health, starya'
ton, desertions, &c., &C..
is the philanthropy of barbarians-
the natural result OF abolition interior
ence with what they knew nothing about
the oft repeated failure Of attempting tc
run government based on the ignorance
heartlessness and lunacy of religious ia
naticism. The worlds history is full oi
such devilish undertakings, and they all
ended alike Let no one doubt that all
this is done for the exclusive benefit OF
the t'poor slave" after reading the clos
ing paragraph, the dismissal blessing
of the Commerciut writer. Il is thus:
"The object of the Government is to
make the enterprise a profitable one for
the lessee, and, at the same time protect
the laborers from, cruelty and fraud, and
insure their being paid and provided for
in other words, to gradually elevate them
from british dependence upon others tc
realization Of their own responsibility
and competency to support themselves
There il a vast neld here for enterprising