, 1864-05-10

eeisensatplst ann suca q Lie generals as Il y!
wish, in1ead, 1 had not to write tn: &c
things, hut hive Cleaned the facts T4c71
is no doubt that recently, four 1lC.dred !, lies
! Of cotton were burned, after ;av;u; b.ea
| kindly guarded nv night t,. ;'::: navy, be-
+! cause the :gnature OF Gen. 9.:tsl:, necessary
! Tor its rrmoya1, could on1y h:.: ,tt=n 1T the
f, iatc q 20 much Per bale. u i-a.ao tolc!lbly
!; certain that abandoned ct;nn has bean
i sought for in Government tLa;rer:, iseizad
rrder prcteDse Of sending 81. dis,atches)
! with troops, which, having fuIl.a to tind; was
| afterwards brought to market. aud bccsuso
the more enterprising parties were unwilling
to e1src The proceeds, the cotton was seized
and appropriated to otiir7 vong grate:st Parties.
II ese are few Of the instances ofthis gross
tavorittsm and ulalversation Of oiIcc which
hare come to my knowledge Ina joui n OF
,;,i'' r''''t' -
-. RECONSTRUCTION HEA5UREs.~ ., ::
f.. or, the general efficacy Of the pretcnt
means adopted for bringing the insurgents
hack into the Union, there Will be differences
80 Wide Us between radicals and conserva-
tiyes. Could the inveteracy Of the rebellion
bare been forcaeen, 1t wonld have been the
letter plan to have maintained strict block
ade at Cairo, bauished all the inhabitants
from our lines, laid WIste the country, and
commenced work Of determination. There
can be no doubt, however, that: the gain Of
people fs with us. Thousands Of refugees
are continually making their. way to the
Eotth, and scarcely ono to the Southern
lines The people are being weaned from
their error by coaxing or bribing. The
dry goods and vet goods Which they get
from us can utither .ald numbers to their
Ianks nor strength to their arms; besides,
NC nre Invariably getting the best Of the bar:
gain. There should, however be q distlnc.
lion between those who openly sympathizc
Ia nAnf~t
With us. Gen Tuttle should bo Instructed
in this duty, Or relieved by some person
whose political aflipities will prompt him to
interpret Alright the spirit Of his Government.
Oa the whole, there can be no doubt that the
Union cauFe ts growing, hut It is In exact
Ih1s cannot too strongly be impressed on
our people. -
TILE n1sros1T1oN or THE pIAcKs,
There is one sreat fac. which should be rp.
n1enbered In every attitude OF this question
The great buih q TIE population Of this caun-
tfy is race Of people with black ssias. wno
hare hitherto been worked % slaves. In the
here, nine per cent OF tie whole population
were blacks. What can be done with thetns
They can work-tlat Ia beyond dispute; they
can be made to fight, has been shown.
Common sense, o1ess than human instincts,
susEeots that such of'them as can bear arms
tso peculiar J their Drn) ahould u1 davoto1
to that purpose, and tbat the rest Of thcm
shon1d be employed In that purpose.
We arc glad to see that Adit. Gen. Thomas
has this subject st .heaEt, and though the
field is much too extensive for his single su-
perEision, that he has made considerable pro-
gress. There are still large numbers Of them
for which provision must be made. Ths Mis-
6issippi must be held, union or t1!sunlou,
The Government has wisely made this great
artery it's base Of operations, and intends en-
ploJing many thousands o1 them In the nc
ccsssry work Of cutting wood for the use Of
steamers, and at u few places In raising corn.
cotton Ec., SO is to prove to the rebels aud
to tie world that the value Of the black man
is enhanced as free laborer, at the same
time that his condition Ia improved. The
resn1ts thus Tar are encouraging.
Judge Hart, the Treasury agent at thus city,
IN speech to the citizens OF Natchez lately,
gave expression to the following views on
the subject:
But what shall be done with the negro
populatlons answcr ,pnt one or two hun
dred thousand Of tho men under urms-aud
when. the rebellion is crushed, and peace re-
stored, march them into Mexico, and let
Louis Napoleon, anl his French lcgions.
LIT the negro troops remain there send
their women and children after thcm. Estab-
lish over Mexico m American Protectorate,
and thus spread trce principles and free In
stitutions over the entire North American
continent. That will be progress Of tie
right kind, and In the right direction. -
But what In such case Is to become Of the
Southern plantations? in the first place,
there will be large numbers OF negroes left In
the South capable Of performing q large
amount Of labor. In tho second plac let Tie
white population Of the South 20 to work
like the white population Of the North.
Why not? They are no better. II the pres
ent generation won't work, let them train up
generation that will # they can't do this,
or will not do it, they will find auong them
the hardy sons Of the North, who will teach
the people Of the South, and the nations Of
the sa1th that they can work X as t vel as ilsht,
the men, who can do not only their own
fighting, but their own planting beneath ANY
sun that shines upon their almost boundless
empire.