The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-13


tor, ii. g. Davis and Samuel Cooper for
the Houseof Delegates, James jaThoe
| Ior Sheriff; James II. Smith for Clerk OF
Circuit Court, Thomas A. Keller for
Recot tdsr; Stephen W.. ID6TSney. for
Frosecpking Attorney, Tobias Baker for
Giving the Negro an Idea or TWo.-A
~ Little, Plain TAX with 1Iin---If he
AN'aniath FaFni heimtrSt 10 20 work
and Rnne4lase it--.lIi$hty hard Win.
= ter before ii hIm..-The Negro ,X,iuSt
keep hits lehrti to be
,lILeRe7t ctel-7G Coed Advice from Cant.
,gCFandon, GEN. ;VbFis, and OtheFa.,Jl
FFogi az Ta,l cspariose, oa.. Is
On Thursdny Charlottesville WINS
black With freedmen. They poured in
fIoht h1t the SUR oundiug country. pur-
sunnt 20 the notice given that they
would bo ddtesSed by the agent of lie
Freedntan's Buteau.t We suppose fully
one thousand or twelve hundred were
assembled in, thei.Court houke ward.
where they lwero addressed. by Capt
Crnudon, the agent in question, Brig
adler Com Xoriss and ReY, DR., Broad-
dus, of the Baptist church of this pIar,s.
Capt. Crundon mndeta most sensible,
appropriate, and iudicious discourse.
Ho told, the colored people that lie wished
to correct several lnisapP ehehsi6ns.t /,
He wished to adisabuse their minds ~
the idea, that at the end gofthis wear
Christmas-athalAnds were to be divided
among the colOredl people. He told
them they should get rid of this notion.
at once. The United iStRteS Govern
mont never had nnysdcEs purpose p He
said the Government willprotSct y6u-
we are here TO protect you-but ifgyoul
want farms, yOit Glltst 90 to aBoTIe md DI,.-
chase tseHt r, Another vague; impress
sion WINS entertain ined, that the next year
was 70 % be q s9EEof etses;f=tlidt some
about the first of Janudry-he did
not. know what. That Consequently
they wereia ling 10 make con-
tracts for next year. srtAll- he knew
about this WINS that about CfTiSt-
mas tleg tbeIe gong 10 have a MiQhtv
stjsqi i1gt,itf, The Government WIS not
going to warm thenl-but they had IL
In their power to warm themselves. Let
every eolored man show TINT he is cnpn-i
bleEof his own support, and worthy of
his freedom. He urged them tbiniake
contracts at once and get homes. It is
said the ntggers won Z keep contracts,
[ He had had great experience, and he
not, We VIII make hint-He begnedlthem
to stick to their contracts. 8. There was
another ridiculous notion abroad.
Many colored people had asked him. II
they made n contract for one wear, will
they hayeto work fonr years fornothing
you, you are free 70 you will have To
work out your contrncts-and no more.
H. Another remark :, the col oretl ,peoDle
aeem40 think their Old masters their
enemies. BE did not believe this. The
necessity OF the case required that the
two races should live here together
and 1t should BE aS friends. The whites
IA ms a.,
colored people shOuld onlyexpect mode
rateFwRges,l They would get more here
atteft 10, Again 3 when YOU hire Ybnr-
self TO an employer, he Is entitled TO ali
your labor. Work out your time fairly
do every day q good days work, and,
.ipIem meFgensles, do extra work. 81 6I A5
TO your families; you should get them
together. dCapk ,Crandon urged the col
ored people TO show that they could
mako honest reliable members ofs6eietv
Ito. prove themselves worthy OF the
great boon of freedom which had been
eonlerred. on them. He told them that
they Should stay in the neighhnrhootls
they found thehlkeives and not
rush to the cities and towns. Alexan-
drl0 was not tlesWay to Heaven. Rsi
Sem XoFis tqllbwed Capt, Crandon.
He saidth colOred people had the fden
t9at t4e S9yeSnlaens ISs vas going to do
Y.
~ had done more y6i' them ie the past siT
months than II tTitk eUer do d0diji. Tho
Government Ind set them free,, He
Thought the blinking people of Vfrefnin
did not want TO re-enslaYe them. THE
Government is the people. In a short
time these gentlemen around me will
be just ias nIdcha part of the G6vern-
ment as the United States officers. In
little while the ptlitaEy will he pone.
The white men OF Virginia will make
the laws of Virginia. The coIored peoS
pie were ignorant. They must net
ebpdyIEto, represent them.,4 T6ev
must show 70 these men who would
make laws for them, that they would
mako good citizens. Must secure their
confidence. The Government had set
them nee; bat it lal not stopped Jy6rR.
mad 10 work F6rffierfv fiisv did
not receive the earn III IS 81 thhir IhiSoF.
this was now secure to them. Hereto
fore they had hnds families nom whom
they were often separate; tins win never
be Agalr He urged them to provide
for their families-not only to feed
themj but to educate them. T6 told
them that soon the government wbiilfi
lemqye the exercise Of It's authority
lover them They must therefore look