New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-18
Reconstruction lt Works,
II II l. FIR E f d M Z N
From Our Special Correspondent.

stand point OF the writer. aud you will readily guess
what cooring his views would take. Is he pardon
seeker tben look for the rosy hues Of Southern peace
and acquiesoonce which will urnisd reason 10 expect
the pardon he desires IL be negro philanthropst ,
then look out for views OF the actual suerings of the
Freedmen. II he Is a Democratic politcan-then eX
pect TO see the horrors OF niger equslity II Re-
publean-ben see how wide t. the straGdle OF his d.
emmal II be arrays facts against Republican Presi
dent that suicidal III no leaves out the facts
nnd tho Union s reconstructed OF the rottenness Of
Southern loyalty. then how much better Is the suicide
by omission than by commission-by irving the party
or rotting it
The South surrendered because they could no. hep
H. They accept the Government because they must
They abolish Slavery. since otherwise. de.un 1t be-
you'd all possibility Of salvation and without this abol
ton they remain snbugated beyond all hope of ecuper
alton and they want to be power in the Government
since they must live under Il; they call conventions
create Legislatures ,nact laws that enable them Ia
reach these ends and beyond this they 20 not in this
direction even onehalf inch TLey do this. but they
hate it, They loyal tO necessity not to the Govern
mpnt. They admit this themselves. They sometimes
even bosst OF 1t. Mr.. 81. comes hume iron Washing
kn he has the Prcsdent, tie greatest states
man Of the age or any age; President offered him
pardon. asked him what else be would have. got his
property back. sc. Nov lie snys tie President Is al
TiFHt ana " are hu ilElIl, "
kil OFF the Republican patty" and the country 10 all
fiaht These ave facts. TN. Il what ho says coming
right from tie White HOuse. DO not suppore that
tbs IN the policy o the President. bat IL Ia strangely sig
ncfnt that nearly sl who back from this erdnd
to Washington talk just as he does This Is not pro-
grhmme that we make up. We simply record wsat II
InYde. This nan advocates pence aud harmony III ut
,erauccs mingled with tie gall Of Secession hatred
The only thing that such meR Late worse than Niger
q free Niger, Of course II lank ee How they treat
the Freedmen 10 a chap by itsef 1bev d. ~ hdc
h IL fuY Sc
sleep with them. do eNeri tthLs WIth them but love
item; Of course all their pretended dread OF anaigami
tion and bigger equality Is the merest bosh aad who
ever has seen the oOmpeyiVns u southern Freedmen
and qut stions this. IA hypocrlte
BpI they Bccelt emancipation" How do they &C
eeu IN Their actual treatment Of the aoks must Gn
sw,r Within ~ days after the INIT start 10 organize
The Treodmens Bureau than - men had been nr-
rested fpr gross outrages on this po"ple About one
h-lf ci these were taken tor shooting negroes. some
ere arrested tor eutt ng of tie OF uose Who ran
away from old masters they had right to DO ne
others were guy OF pross abns's oi the people MO
has heard OF any punishment 81 any ore Vi lnese rum
ans Since that lime many other cises have come 10
our know ledge. bot no oLs need 10 suppose thht
tihe Of the ever heard oi at al beyond the
own gbborhoOd. or that IN ohoioufth oi t"se rs-
ofted lie eulprts can he detected aud arrested. with
Ia the last three weeks some hto or slI murderOus as
sHulrs have been made ON tue Freedmen IN tree au'
joining oounies while only three arrest. have oeeu
made AID twice IA many have escaped Al tbo iieh
uss iloue HDspIt i 10 kicksburg giIl was received
fom akOo Cliy by the name OF slary Jones sue ha
beaten on the head TIL she Was seusehs@ " was
shockng of cruelty and understood 20 DC O nsI
former owners infoIing sle was IA INC b9S W.
ar t 60 ws.ks Osser facts be obtained by refer
enco u the pts records aud thr surgeons attending
William Ward. from Nszoo County. ~ miles irom
Jackson came the hospital neaii dead tiom Injuries
Inal,ted Us Mas fgehber Of TO Piesbyteriah
CLurch The groh thought That hs od master wac
also. bu' was tot certain OF I'is. -,
lie lad been HOrth ! 30 D. lore the Wnr; was WORK
n.as many DO this yeaftr subs lstcnee, Ras sent to
tbe held 10 plow va. t'o 'ek " pn~ aud sat down o
the ground. Soon, old mater came out ~ The teId.
and W.ih him bis brother e"e1 "ith hfys slcs 7
eudgcl The servant as asked wly be was not plo
sg and answered thht he was sick aud uss not able.
lie wh,. tsescupun; set on ~ the old iaa' i,is
hands wtlc broken AMI maDg.ed iy is continued vo'
ercr His back also Was scored. aud ~ ths condition
after tine ntd h. Ga Dmnun had nggrHvat'd bi, cfuel
wounGslc came 70 tbe hoe itn anu t"Si h!s s"rJ Ia
The ,urgeOn bis dybg bJd. with ever appearance OF
truthnLess aud honesty. lie died th, SECOND week
of his say In tho hospital, focfWhg every car"
and .lle, atinn that bis case rqu ed. WHO that hns
gwen O tie Frccdncns Hospitals vii regret tho oul
y that migated the dAifcsses oi those wlo Tel among
thIetcst -
,prit tha freedmen often encounter Was That oi sarah
mn from YGIoO CITY Her masters name IS shel e
cote. lier huiband was beaten vim suck ~ hlm
two years ago nld chained up md from these seventies
lie died the neft night TIE Occnsiou t sIch cruelty
was only the old owners dislike of escnPng slsNe-'
year ncu she too was beaten and driven on ihd relced
the hospital a. lcncth. She showed As the injuries
then received and ,ill apparent. In atohtr ward
was "A man lately shot BY guerras without prOyocaton.
His arm was biokrh. lie eaue seven or tlglt weeks
nro lis old master brought him to the hospital
A few nightt ago man was shot while gOiug puety
10 tie wood. ord at Four Ale Bridge. He escaped
and came 10 the hospital se,oialy wounded.
just below 1icksburg. Mrs Dr. Gibbs has returned
20 her abandoned pantation who're, ~ ofder 10 GET
poss-ssinn 81 the crops raised by negro lefses. who
obtained The nnd OF Toe Government and pay tho Gov
oruuent for il. she attempted 10 hgbten le needmen
away with n pistol--ihIeatcning their lives She
4" "wou Il show them whOse iuud II was.
Toe motive for tA.l tIi.,L4t - tt,t 20 all " sue
succeeded m figLoui12 them SWAY, she would get the
entire crop which they had already made, and a.o vent
her Rebel spleen on the dnrkes. During tho war iWo
negroes escaped nom this same plantation and were
| impressed into G0veTnment sciyice by Gen. Grant
moi nnwihngy FOR they stole sway from camp ut nigl
and irtd 10 bring their wiyee away TO the Union iues
IL ther cuI do this they were discovered caught
nud punished, uy dOrgug, being "saked d"~n IN or
der 10 bo whipped, uLd then burned IN addition TO TIE
meIciless lashing.
IL is impossible 10 eNaggeraie the brrbnrsml OF
Slavery IN the masters. the barbrities iuncts oB
IL victims IL ID 20 to be hoped nt compulsory
crapripation viii change the spuH or ttf habt- o his
poole at once than that the Ithl pnn viii change bio
Shall tho freedmen b. ie to the tender mcrce7 ~ hrso
udtened tyrants-the frightened sleep 10 the iigy,
hungry woly.e heard IL sid ~ Central Mississippi.
end approved by tLe nudors, thdt "erAncpAtiUn IS
robbei, =" and thnt tue United States IS TIE greatest
IObbcr "a the "ulld. , ,
can sny of personal knowledge that this 10 TIE common
/ sentiment IT the people
do not exhaust ny record of facts. give samples.
reserve tbe worst atrocities. especially insutrg TO
the Government, for another letter oibtk'k-
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