Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-02-26
+" Whip, Hoe and Sword
LIVE CHAPLAIN's EXPERIENCE IN
GEN. BANKS DEPARTMENT.

work OF close observer, VINO nau iafe
opportunities for learning what we all
desire to know. 1t is the work OF a Wig
orous writer, equal to his subject in tho't
and expression. When he reached Car
rollton in Louisiana he soon found that
the regiment of which he was chaplain
was not likely to engage early, If it all,
in any active service. Spurning the mar
tial idleness of the camp, he procured,
through Gen. Banks, lieutenant's COM
mission in the Louisiana Native Guards,
and being detailed as aide-descamp, had
rare opportunities of watching the work.
ing of the new relations between the
blacks and their masters, under the eyes
of northern soldiers. 1t was thus that
bis sword came to be crossed with the
soiled hoe and the broken whip. Mr..
Hepworth speaks favorably of the or
ganization of colored labor under Gen.
Banks, but believes the planters need
constant oversight, and seldom hesitate
to make any statement, true or false that
will prolong waning power. He spoke
to one of them of the barbariies of sla-
very -
"Not slave has been whipped on this
plantation for over two years." he replied
10 a tone of offended dignity. The
whip was abolished long ago. My slaves
will all tell you they are happy and con-
tented. have told them over and over
again, that, if they wish to leave the
place, they can do so at any time. | beg
you to examine this matter, and ascertain
the truth Of my assertion" It was very
udcrous but in my pocket had lit
tie memorandum, which ran thus: Mr..
Williams plantation. Number Of hands
on place at the present time, hundred
and fifty; number that ran away six
months since, hundred and forty-two.
Complaints registered, that boy Tom and
girl Mary were both inhumanly whipped
last Thursday"
The Creoes at The South our writer
regards as genuine believers in the "insti-
tuition" for lis own sake, bitterly hating
northern usages, and ready to sacrifice for
these desperate mistakes comfort, prop
erty and life. He says of the Creole -
"a love of slavery is in the marrow
of his bones. He says he has so many
head of niggers, as be speaks of bis cat
tie. He never talks 20 you of slavery
as a missionary society. That is the
stronghold of one who does not believe
what he asserts. lie never offers any
statistics to prove that free labor is i'm
practicable. He stands on a platform
beneath which there are no such subter'
fuges. He simply says, The nigger, sir
was intended by Almighty God to be the
slave of the white man. He isn't a man
he belongs to lower order of beings.
But, sir you commence to reply. There
are no butts about it, | have livet
with them fifty years. | know then
through and through; and nothing il
more evident to a sane man, than that tht
nigger is one grade only above the ape.
This is refreshing. There is no chance
for argument. You are simply dealing
with fanatic of the worst and most un
reasonable kind. He islworshipping hi
ebony idol with all the blind devotion @
the East Indian. He is not man C
the nineteenth century, but shows all In
characteristics of a semi-barbarous age
He resists the government at every point
Just beyond Carrollton is an immens
and magnificent estate owned by one G
these Creoles. His annual yield of su
gar is fifteen hundred hogsheads. II
might have taken the oath of allegiance
and thus saved his property, but he woul
not. The work of depreciation commer
ced but he bore it without murmul
First we took his wagons, harnesses, an
mules he said nothing, but scowle
most awfully. Next we emptiei his sta
bles of horses for the cavalry service
he did not have even pony left, and ws
compelled to trudge along on foot; sti
nothing was said. Next we took his Ell
tire crop, ground it in his own suga
house, used his barrels for the moiasse
and his hogsheads for the sugar, an
marked the head Of each u. S. : not
murmur. Then bis negroes, three hun
dred and more, house>servants and a
took it into their woolly heads to con
within our camp-lines. The Creole WI
most completely stripped; still be stoC
in the midst of the ruins, damning AL
Lincoln, and wishing that he had eig
instead of four sons in the rebel army.
But these misguided men form but