New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-13
Gen. Fisk md Cbnpiain French on the
Condition OF the Freedmen.

large audience gathered at DIR. Cheeyers
Church last evening hear remarks of the above
named speakers. Mr.. French compared the delivery
OF the Freedmen 20 the Proyidential delivery oil the
Chldren of Israel. -Four billions oi men were how
lomeless landoss fcanf o. clothing and iood. III
South Carolina and Georgia uc ioana nui Jew Wiues
who would heip ihem the nasses iItat'4 tueul 4, ne
pies and uuisaIces Many WHITES did fyt car, hAe tAeT
thes started iHsrrrecticn or not Ydid NOT want
aas freedom pr1e1t % srcccrd. " 'Its 'HI ~ rs-
.'a 20 90 people would perish this inter ~ sisrv
alton Gases 81 collision were Arising where the
bllcks wonid stss rather than starve and then they
wor.rlc slot by the whites. 1he Government had
only two surgeons TO attend upon halt million OF
Freedmen The whites IN cities and town' we're com
rinirg 80 as 20 prevent them entering into business
tertif honsos buying and and the cid Of the Govern
men. is Invoked 10 stay the sr1ting.
Gen. Fisk then spoke To the following eHect; In len
ue,sfe and hsntuCky things were act 4ue 50 Dad IS
further So.t'. Although they had a large luhu& OF
blacks. D. had succeeded IN getting most OF then 10
work lai uoW iu cities there were five idlc Nbles
T. one black lie had put 1900 ot them 10 Work IN
one month. This he eOrgdtred was the prst step to
rci.lm Tire welfare Of the freedmen wOgd have 20 be
llol, ,ht about with the cooperation OF the whites.
They we're mutually dependent aud ho believed that
ttr SluthcFHeIs could be ms4o 70 sec 20. The most
DiGcl't cases be had 10 deal with were re white
.ouists of Tennessee. Gen. Pillow cooperating
handsomely Two daughters o. another Rebel oihccr
were teaching their own negroes. III nat 2JvD ireed
scholars under $50 teachers from tte NORTH Ihty
literally huGgefed and tauaied aier auoNIedge on" "f
DEE had heard Tluey deliver the celebrated decision
Nc.r0ps had no rights which While men were bound
io ro.r.ct"so he lad especially delighted n The nobie
da.nI tlDu OF tcn.year oil scholar IN Nashville tLe
other dJy of the following lines:
IN tht Words broad field Of battle.
~ the biyonac oi life.
Wen not be- dumb driven cattle,
Wen be heroes in the strife,
and they Lad BEEN Rebel and loyal aggeed that Tue
NEGROES had behaved better than could have been ex
peo,ed. fl Kentucky. however. there was very die
urbcd state of things. Slavery still lives there in law.
There is great deal OF litigation consequently. Slaves
were being treated very cruelty yet II man had any
decrend negroes he took them tue freedmens camp
and said he believed Slavery dead; but the able
bodied ones he kept az work saying Slavery was still
alive lie had warned his assistants against super
vIsiHg too much. Time and the value Oi products
would soon bring employer and laborer together The
freedmen of Nashville had their own banks and trus-
tees and had savings OF S2JO0O0 There was no doubt
about their thrift But they should he allowed to hold
land have homes, Schools and equal justice before the
law lie thought Tennessee wonld soon give them this
by Legislature. Kentucky was IN very bad way and
very far IN tho rear. He had found that good
citizen in each county who should be the mediator and
friend OF the negroes, and who should try every case
in which negro testimony was involved, did more 10
restore peace and industry than any other alternative.
A gentleman in the audience CIR. CilberD asked If
there was law Of Congress providing for the sale
of Rebel conlsca,ed estates 10 the frcedmeni DIR.
Checyer replied there such law bat the President
would not enforce il; the people should call upon Con.
gress see il enforced and keep faith with them.
Iesolniion expressive OF the equality Of all under
the Constitution then passed, collection taken
up in behalf Of the American Union Commission aud
coorcd man. the object OF Rebel mutilntion and bar.
barity amounting 10 several hundred dollars