The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-26

keE We append an article from the Mont
gomery tAla.) Mai" from which it, will be
seen that henceforth the Government will
sake charge Of the helpless and infrm he
groes and provide for their wants !. This ID as
it should be- To attempt to force the former
masters Of these helpless creatures to provide
for them, is simply requiring an irnpossibihty:
With his Claborers scattered and his fields TN
caltis ated, the Southern planter finds his fam
lily threatened with starvation If he can find
meat and bread for his wife and children, he
will consider himself most fortunate! To be-
saddled with large gang Of helpless negroes,
would result in starvation to all. Nothing
short Of the immense resources of the Federal
Government can rescue thousands of the
black population of the South from actual
starvation within the next year rJT ausats.1a
At the end of that time it is to be hoped
they will realize their actual condition, and go
to work to provide not only for themselves,
but for their helpless fathers, and mothers,
and kindred The sooner they are taught to-
know that the blacks of the South mo matter
what their age or condition,) are to be sup
ported by the blacks, the better it will be for
all parties. '5s8 a
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. -The
freeing of the slaves left on the hands Of their
late masters large number Of infirm, Grip
pied and infant negroes whom the regulations
of the Freedmen's Bureau have compelled
them to provide for at present, says the Co
lumbus ENQUIRER. No such compulsion would
have been necessary in ordinary times. when
the former owners were able to provide for
them and indeed very many Of the
whites would have divided their last morsel
with these infrm and helpless negroes,
even without compulsory regulations. But
the charge is too great one to be made per-
n1anent, and we are glad to see that General
Wilde, the agent of the Bureau, travelling in
Georgia, has made known the intention d
the Government to make other provisions as
soon as possible. The Macon Telegraph
makes the following notice OF Gen. Wilde's
speech in that city: "Gen. Wilde was first in
troduced to the audience by Mayor Collins,
and explained briefly the object OF his mission.
He said the social relations OF the negro We're
to be determined by US, and that equality was
not to be- expected. In the present condition
of the negroes, they We're a burthen to US and
the government. The government was dis
posed to relieve the people of the South Of the
great tax imposed upon them by the freeing
OF the slaves. To this end military hospitals
will be established for the helpless and intrm;
free schools will be established for the educa-
tion of the young, which the able bodied ne
groes must be taxed to support. :"
The policy above disclosed is founded in
Justice as well as philanthropy. The govern
snent has forcibly sundered the relations which
these unfortunate people bore to the whites,
and, having deprived the latter of the advan-
taees of the institution of slavery, will surely
not impose upon them its burthens The true
policy is to make all work who can, and at
the same time to protect from suffering those
whose infrmities will not allow them to sup
port themselves.