Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-10-04
,ne Freedmen,s Rureau..The Freed.
men and ether Helpless Persons.

Under the above caption, the Nh. iitr-
cid is out with the following:
The war haS left great many n'sserS ur-
nroyided for---broaG |houidered, glgantic
Sambos, we'll developed, greasy Wencnes'
ond nick sn;nuies iadescribaole anc lmnuIner
oble' Itis saia there are tonr millions OF
MI sorts AND s;;ze:. They are scattered owe:
the whole South, from the Potomac to the
M;ssiss;ppi and the Bio Grands. They are
IerJcd in cabias and camps in Tennesste
and hidden IN swamps in South CsTolna; they
ara bunting the possurl and the connin va
T;rrinnr. and have s1ua;ted AID made them
selves ut home Oh the old plantation in Geor-
c;a. Alabama aud cyeryThefe else. II is
feared that they will .not be happy. Som body
;s afraid that somebody else Viii Cypress
them: that they viii be made to exert Their
ense muscle in little labor, such rs hoe
inc in the cotton and the corn, ard thai
when it is all done the little white man who
makes 'fifty or sixty big. nigscrs do this: labor
.won,r nav them moro than iiityopcr cent ei
what it is wortl.. .And SO, 10 gnara asains. gi
such a la,nentahic result, we hare established
q Frced;aeu's Bareso 70 watch INC interests
of the niggers, to see thatthey sttseir r's9's,,
that they are not imposed upon, aud Aat
white men behave Themselves
Nav. there ere a!Eo il this country anotter
four millions Of very helpless persons, who
are constantly in d:nger from The. tyrapnlcal
ssDirit of cruelty and Injustice oi others-tour
1n;ll;ons whose lives are in continued misery
b.rssson of the injuries they have received
.nl t;,o injuries they fear, and for whose pro-
faction the laws and social usages DOW III ex'
;s,ence are utterly insufficient. These four
m;Il;ons are white-.hey are the women and
,rounr girls who ure poor and depend epor
tbeir own efforts for living. They are n
the mercy Of every onei and though II IS pre-
tended by some imaginative writers that %o
mao holds an elevated. position IN Christian
. conutries IN. ths nineteenth centnry, Shes'
moor wretehesodo not recsi;e respect or ever
decent usage. They are the victims OF lh' M
rim,et eyed d-tradesmsn, who wears ths'r II ilve
out by hard service and poor rpay--tnes v
fins >of flandlords. w!io charge Jhsm h'tceF
d6llars 4 mouth fur privilege cto'sieep IN som'
dog kenncl. and they are the victiaas OF bra
> tal husbands and fathers, who come come a
night ssethipg with ram and beat them mt
sha peless masses. They are oppressec ant
wronred by everyone.
Shall we hare.n bareap also 10 take care O
this latter ro,r millions ? VIII the govern
ment erect tribr,,.l Of summary jnstice t
hear aud determine in all cases thai relate T.
wrongs doue 10 these women and slFlsI W: w
!, nro,ect those who cannot protect them
,sIve,9 will It feed them when III waa''
nrov;ae them comfortable clothes, and SO
hat they receive no harm from whaseys
source? And il the government will not {
this. how absurd isits SGT IN making its ~
mense provision for the protection and ASST;
tence Of the gigantic Niger and his brood
Can he not fight his way in the world as We
ss.these faint hearted and feeble ones? Ao'
and in what respect are they better abls
endure tbcibattle OF life than he IS?
Patience, brother Bsfr,.eA ,fis long lai
.,,a, hos no t,lra. This Frccdnai's Hurea
canny. cam by law last over year frc'a ths ell
of tie var.
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