Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-05-30
.QDblo. Statesman,
The Negro Status.

small extent work has been resumed. Th
following is from General Order by Ger
\ Wright, at Danville, Va: <I'' ~ Ho'
ut is absolutely essential that the indus
trial resources of the country be at ono
applied to the cultivation of the CROWN,
crops, In order to supply the wants OF th
people during the coming year; else th
food necessary to the support of the inhab
itants--now barely sufficient to last till har
vest-will not be raised, and destitutio
and starvation must result, All pust worl
TO live. Negroes will, therefore, remain a
their homes and plantations to which the
belong, attending to their work as usual
and those now roaming over tho country
will at once return to their homes and thei
work. Questions of compensation oflabo
80 performed will be determined hereaftel
by the proper authorities" cod. u,, ,.o.
at Raleigh, N. c., an attempt has beer
made In military order to embody th,
whole theory of free labor system. Her
is the order: -
HEADo'Rs DEPT OF NORTH CARoL1NA,)
-n''' ARMY OF THE OHIO,
In. j RALEIGH, N. c., May il5, 1861
General Orders No. 46.l rf....rr. .....
The following rules are published for the
government of freedmen in North Caroli-
"
ment In the State: .a.r.4 -.
l.. The common laws governing the do
mestic relations, such as those giving pa.
rents authority and control over their chill
dren, and guardians control over theil
wards, are in force. The parents or guar
dian's authority and obligations take the
place of those of the former master.
III. The former masters are constituted
the guardians of minors and of the aged
and infirm, in the absence of parents OF
other near relatives capable of supporting
them.
III. Young men and women under
twenty-One years of age remain under the
control of their parents or guardians until
they become of age, thus aiding to sup
port their parents and younger brothers
and sisters. ''. 81. NJ i...
w. The former masters of freedmen
may not turn away the young or the in
firm, nor refuse to give them food and shell
ter; nor may the able-bodied men or wo-
men 90 away from their homes, or live in
idleness, and leave their parents, children
or young brothers and sisters to be support
ed by others. ....... IN 49,.
v. Persons of age, who are free from
any of the obligations referred to above,
are at liberty to find new homes wherever
On0y Oui Ou1oih plopOl Cnploy iucuL, uu
they will not be supported by the Govern
ment, nor by their former masters, unles.
they work. @ a .rJ't'-or -a
vi. 1t will be left to the employer ani
servant to agree upon the wages to be paid
but freedmen are advised that for the pres
ent season they ought to expect only mod.
crate wages, and where their employers
cannot pay them money they ought to be
contented with fair share in the crops to
be raised. They have gained their person
al freedom. By industry and good conduct
they may rise to independence and even
wealth. '"' .t b'"lT .aa
VII. All officers, soldiers and citizens
are requested to give publicity to these
rules, and to instruct the freed people as to
their new rights and obligations.
VIII. All officers of the army, and Of
the county police companies, are authorized
and required to correct any violation of the
above rules within their Jurisdiction. o..
TX. Each district commander will ap-
point uperintendento Of Freedmen "a COM
missioned officer), with such number OF
assistants (officers and non-commissioned
officers) as may be necessary, whose duty il
will be to take charge OF all the freed opeo-
pie In his district, who are without homes
or proper employment. The supefintend-
Ohpo VIII oCHb UdCh W OuCtl IOtuCD dtl VIII
have left them in violation of the rules, and
will endeavor to find homes and suita-
BILE employment for all others. They will
provide suitable camps or quarters for such
as cannot be otherwise provided for, and
attend to their discipline, police, subsistence,
SC. ~ a.. .s 'I'1- .Nl s11HW w sd :
X.l The superintendents will hear all
complaints Of guardians or wards, and re-
port the facts to their district commanders,
who are authorized to dissolve the existing
relations OF guardian and ward in any case
which may seem to'require it, and to direct
the superintendent to otherwise provide for
the wards, in accordance with the above
rules. .'.I huiJl'".'i.J .JsuG,-& ln"mng1E ni
BY command Of Major Gen. Schofield.
Y' j.. A. CAMPBELL, A.tA. G. q
FREDERICK ANDERSON, Lieut.. A. A.G.
This is a curiosity in history, and the result
of it will be looked for with great interest.
The theory is unquestionably we'll conceiv-
ed, and the relations Of father and child,
guardian and ward, are tolerably well ex-
planned. But the IVth article, after all, is
the one which will prove most difficult to
enforce, and, the rigid enforcement of it
will be the establishment of an apprentice
ship system, If not of positive slavery.
We repeat, that these provisions for free
labor system, issued in the form of mill
tary order, to be enforced by officers
of the army, are a curiosity without
parallel in history, and the operation will
be looked for with the greatest interest. It
is most sincerely to be hoped that the good
sense of the negroes will lead them to see
the appropriateness and the wisdom which
characterize the provisions of this order.
If they see this. and adopt it, then It will
do well; but unless they do; it will fail of
good. The future depends now on thefree
will of the negro, and not on orders or laws.
If the blacks choose, they can be happy,
and PROSPEROUS ia the prosperity Of the
whole country. IF they do not accept right
guidance they will go to ruin. No 1miii-
taryl power can save them. golfol ed, ypt,rer,
At Augusta, Ca, according to the state
ments of local newspapers, the ""Uhited
States authorities are resolved to maintain
public order, and no disturbances, fobber-
les or excesses, either by whites or blacks,
Will be tolerated.s Notwithstanding All
measures employed thus far,
the tendency of the negro population to
exchange labor for idleness, apparently In
The hope that somehow or other their wants
will be supplied at the military head dqiard
sers, has been overcome only In part. rAg-
.icultufal labor is wholly disorganized, and
must remain so until some feasible plan Of
shall be devised. q In the
neahtime, o great deal, of Suffering will
AXE place among both whites and blacksa
-.JOaTRdt of CohlE,erce. mo- iiih ~ 1900 VI
,n9ai.noI oIaborrat the South. N ag'f o9io y