, 1865-10-19

| regiments, but they very rarely endorse
the cause for which those soldiers fought.
that the b" geographical position" Of the State
4 forced her into an alliance with the Confrde.
| rucy-" my situation, and not nv will, CON
seuts," appositefy quoted one delegate. They
lave the ordinance that expressed their sense
Oh secession handsomely copied on parchment
publicly signed, as the other was-the Jour
mails will show: what delegates refuse to SIN
it-and an cuterprisipg photoeru plcr uroposrs
to furnish members with handsome copies OF
the document and signatures. at fair price.
They arc glad to get back to m acknowledged
place II tho Union, but they arc especially
glad *tto get lick at the secessionists," as
one Of them expressed the idea to mo.
The danger Of the hour docs not lie In my
action Of the Convention on questions affect
Ing the relations Of the State to the General
Government In 60 far, the President has
cause for qualification. True, the Unionism Of
the people Is, TO certain extent, d sham
made up Of old bitterness toward the Demo
Gratis, OF personal hostility 10 secession leaders.
Of longing for peace aud creature comforts,
and Of tue " "1-told-ynu-so'' spirit; but. for
all That, it calls itself Cnionism. and has some
metal Of the true ring There needs careful
Discrimination, however, between the little
sad thing If the President pins his filth to
everything In North Carolina that throws
stones at secession, and boasts Of lis Union
ism. "I<ovc Of the union'' and "hatrcd OF
secession" are not synonymous phrases,
TIE NEGRO AND HIs SITUATION.
The chief cause of concern Is In the attl.
tnde OF the whites towards the negroes. The
relations between the two classes art wholly
unlike those prevailing in South Carolina I
Of the strength Of the term. Tbs fact that in
North Carolina there arc eight negroes to i've
whites, and In this State bnt three negroes to
five whites, will, Of itself aud alone, be sum
cient to show why thu relations Of the two
the guilty conscience of his late master cowers
| In fear before the dim possibilities
Of the future. There, the negro, hav-
ing God and numbers and The MILL
tary-and The military Is yet his prin-
cipal strcugth-on his side, docs very much
as he pleases-does so to bis own destruction,
to be s!,re, very often, but does 80, neverthe.
Less There the negro packs bis all In bundle
on his head at dark and starts for tho coast Il
abused or threatened, or str1ishtway chuckles
down to the contrnct office and makes COM
plalnt wherever the employer Is brought be-
fore the military. If the troops are oil moved
from that State, and If the whites once take
up spirit against the negroes there will be
terrible and startling work "The war OF the
rnces" Is not such an idle phrase ns some men
would hare US believe, when considered In
connection with the facts of The situation at
present existing in that State, mud the probs-
bilities as TO the rules and regulations which
the weaker race will set over the stronger
racc-
Bad as The 6ituation Is In South Carolina,
cherries as arc the ncgro's prospects there
for protection IN the right to live and enjoy
ent than they are In this Slate. North Gro
lima sets MP some special CHIN on The score Of
her Upiol4ism. There i an assumrtiou thai
privileges are hers which no other rebel State
gets-one of these privileges being the right
TO Fold the negro In practical slavery One
o., 81 ths sonrGnsion S delegates told in my hear
marnged his negroes. he coaldn't whip
them, he Rcid, because tkey'd sneak on to III
Provost Marshal and complain OF him; .tBut
III be d-d If I don't get even with the cusses
when they try to ride ahead; / Jest tell 'cm
I'm IN for fight, md then 60 Into Fem for
about ten minutes; they understand it, an
come down on shate knees right sudden"
&c told tlis with plain Indications TINT he
considered himself smart In thus retaining the
essential feature OF slavery. We had 10
Eneak oh IN yer night to come up yare, an
Ne'A haf TO sneak back in yer night = said
yention. There. are stoeniy co.sntits in The
Stafe tchers slaptTy Is ftsa as strong po,o a eper
tcdtn p tells me an officer whom business has
called into threefourths of the counties with.
n the last three months. "In some eount.es
hdts no doubt, from 1rhn tee can learn, Nat
ne9roes are Whipped no.o al much "a Mey erer
tee1c, remarks au officer Of the Freeducn's
bureau.
Why 60 further In showing under what
evlls tho DeEro groanss They al result from
this onc-that BE Is still kept In practflKi |
slavery. !" hthe whites, especially the late
whole duty and treat the unprotected blacks
With Justice and kindness, we think most Of |
the troubles which now annoy us would soon /
pass away" says the veteran North Carolin- |
ian who Owls and edits one Of tho papers Of |
this city. u expect our people will be shame
1nily abused this winter In some countless"
IN the Frcedmen's CONVENTION. One
Of the delegates from the extreme western
end OF the state t6 the Constitutional Conycu.
Ion chuckles at his hotel, In the hearing Of
dozen 5ystanders, over the fact that the peo-
PIC IN LIS county don't know, that s1avc1y
The statc, agsregating pefhaps, seven thous-
and men-or, Just eighty for each county,
Two Of these reg iments were ordered out ycs
teEday TO be mustered out.
The negroes are alar1ncd-some of them |
n1e: = dependent. WIN the Congress aud
ION good to US 81 asked one Of them with
whom walked half IN hour last evening.
There was intensc feeling in his voice, YET.
2 the cities and large towns the negro's con.
ntion Is comparatively good. In Raleigh, I
hink- he is very kindly treated. There will
yl'l be among the poorer class Of whites,
When country delegates to the Frcedmcu's
get mp and ask that nothing shall
&c done that will bring them q vhipninr
Ehen they get home, what testimony Is un-
CONSCIOUSLY borne to the condition Of affairs
the back districts? When that Conven
ers commander Of the Department to tu1n-
u SAFE eonducts To twenty delcgates, who
'efe aEao TO Hturn home, Nhat was the
lgn OF ihe itmssY |,
II Is admltted On au hands that the negro !
',e eeneraty "eil-a'sposcd. ea In this matter,
onth Carolina, where there Is widespread
;enns e s Of oiseontenI Which leads to not lit
le pad conduct; Many Of the negroes have,
~ suaeY ~ ~ tAelr oio MONIES but cstl-
,aae , Ina. ne number WHO have wandered /
way W. a9es hot e1eeeo one-tcnth Of the atg,gre- /
ate. Ing DINERS are, TOT the most part, | !
qietiy ut work on the plantations md farms. :
r riom 9i. oar e1Penenee and observation, says
ne eoltor OF the frogre&s, OF this city, q na- .
nc, and former STAKEHOLDER, tive believe !
aat ~ treating the blacks justly, md Day. |
y ihdn promptly, more will be pro- ]
1ced, by good management, under
le ffee labor system than was !
nder the old slave system." Where :
'e negroes work for regular wages, the pay :
er month Of iuh hand rnnEcs from SIX or =
ght dollars and board, to ten or twelve dol.
fs without board. In other cases, the ne :.
,oes get one-fourth Or one-t third the crops =
ade- !,
All things considered, the negro has .iarod :
lite we'll at the hands of the Conrention-} =
u absolutely, but relatively, well, That he !,
ould get the right Of suffrage, no one, OF Il
'urse, expected. The war taught some mcn +