New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-23

rel resented the wealth OF the Southern county ore
pnu! lGt0rirg under the seyeiest emharTassEens,
partly reduced 10 absolute poverty. Nany who are
Sulped OF al ayaeabe mems and hive nothing but
tter land, cross hclr arms in gloomy desuOntcncy
incapable Of rising to q meDy resolution OtLert VINO
stun possess mems are at a loss how 70 use them,
as their Old way Of doing things IS, by the abo'
nuon Of Slavery rendered lmprecl cable, NJ
least where tie military am Of thc Government
Els enforced emancipation. O tiers are still trying TO ~
o. N the old way and tlal Old way Is IA fact TIE oy
ol6 they under st0nd and in which they have any con
tdeuce. Ouiy minority is successfully trying 10 iuly
acopt the oider q tl;-es. Large rumttr OF iIe
plantrtoIs, prob by considerable majority oi rs
more valuable esiutCsls under Ee0Yy mortgages, Hhl
The owners know that uless tlqy IetIeye tneir ioi-
tunes IN Comparatively shOr space Of time. tielf
properly will pass cut of ther hauds. Almost all az
10 some extent embarrassed. The nervous anxiety
which such state Of things produces extencs also to
those classes Of society which, although not composed
OF planters, were alWtys IN close gs ness connection
with ;Le planting interest; and tlua Trs laTd.y a
branch OF commerce or industry in Tie South WaIcl
was not. directly or indirectly so connected
Besides, tie Southern soldiers. when returning
NON he war; did rot, like the NortLern
soldiers. ind pTusperous community which merely
waited for their arrival 10 give a. TemuneraiIe en-.
li0fuet They found. many 81 tbcm, their EOmesteaIs
ctsiro!cd uc!r farms devastated tleir families IN DIS
iteSa and those that were e info tunae found at al
events an imp0veushed aud exhausted community
which lad but little 10 otter them. Thus great many
have been thrown upon the world TO shit as beat they
csn. They must DO something hUneit ur dsl onest ana
must do it soon, to make d living, and their prospects
are et rrcsen, not very bright. Thus that nervous
anxiety 10 hastily cl ar broken fortunes, and to prevent
s'l greater ruin and distress embraces nearly oil
cGises ard impfGts upon all the movements Of the
social ,oey inuIb,dea-racier
In Which direction WI these people be
most apt to turn tier eyes Leaving
youth tuey have been acquainted with b,t one sys-
ten osabor, and with that one Syscm they Lave been
in the habit Of Identifying al their interests. 1hty
know of 30 way to LCip Themselves but tie one iAt!
are accustomed TO- Another system Of labor is pc
scented TO tAem, which. towe,er owing to ciICgm
salces they not appreciate appears al first Ia an
uDpromising hight Touy II, they consider eu expert
mcBt which ttey Carnot atioid TO make while tbcI
wants are urgent. They lave mol reasoned calmly
enough to convince themselves mat the irial mu3 be
made. II Is indeed not wonderful that under such CIR
cuustanCes they should study, not how 10 introduce
aud develop free labor, but low 10 avoid It's H..
PRODUCTION and how 10 Icutn as much aud
old order OF thugs. Nor is it wonderful that
such studies eboaid find an expression III ten
alempio al legislation. But the clrcnmstaute that
Ills tendency natural does not render II less danger
Gus sLd Objectionable. The macticbl question presents
itself j. the immediate restoration o the late Rebel
States 10 absolute self control 80 necessary that IL must
be done at the risk OF endGGgcriig one OF tie
cat results Of the war aud Of bringing on IN those
State insuIrccuon or anarchy or would II not be better
10 s.pOue that restoration until such dangers are
passed. IL long tie change from slavery to free
labor is known 10 the southern people only by il de-
sTuctiye resuliSaese people must be eApecedio tro"
obstacles IN lis way WcuG II not seem q, ,ccsssry thai
night channel by the hand oi the power which orei-
mated the change. unt that change can Lave disclosed
some of its beneficial Effects
/; is certain tLet every success Of freo negro labor
viii augment the number Of lie friends. and dis.
arm some Of the prculices and nssumptous of IL Op
poneits on c0n-inccd oAe good tcrrtN GGo BY INA.
It1TELATED TLEE LABOR IA The South voy'd haze Jar
bfner cGeci Gh all he oas tier haze boe taken GHG GH
The ordinances hoi hare yet betH Pcsstd ~ Sott'rH
cOnr,nfi0na But bow such result 10 attained p
Tie facts enumerated IN lbis report vel as The news
We receive from tie South fIom day to day. mast make
IL evident TO every unbiased observe that unaducrated
free labor cannot be- bad at present pnl ss the Ma
oral Government holds its protecting and controlling
hand over H. II appears. also tlat the more efficient
s protection OF fee labor arainst all disturbing ard
eaconaTy influences. ne sooner may such satisfac
tory result be looked for. One reason why
tho Southern people are 60 SLOW N accom- mo-
fating tbeveelycg to tie lew order Of 0 inrs. is
regulate matters according 10 Their own ECtipns
Every concession made 90 them by The GovernmeLi has
been taken Us IN eacLIoFcmeht 10 pcrstVele IN iAls
hone and unfortunately iCr them, this hope is nOur.
isfed IL influences from other parts of tie county
Hence tAeir anxiety 10 have their state goyerum,It
res ored az once so have lc troops Withdrawn ana tie
J. Fsrcdu eus Bureau abOls. eC-dtlougb good many
discerning mon know well mat II view OF tie la"ioss
uri su prevail c. II would be FAR better tor them 10
Lave the general order Of society hfm' maintained by
the federal power until things have arrived at the na
settlement. II ad IRON the beginning the conviction
been forced upon them that the ndulternion Of the
new order Of things by The anuiSirre OF, e'e-
irerts belonging to tie system Of Slavery would
under no circumstances be permitted, a much larger
number would have launched Their energies into the
rev channel and. seeing that they would DO Z" no
better" Faithfully coo Grated With the GOV crnment 1t
4, hone which fixes them in thcir p'rersc notions
That hope nouri-hed or fully gahed they VIII peIs"
yCfe in the same direction. mat nope OetIoytd.
r,cat many will by the force Of necessity, at once
accommodate then selves 10 the lone Oh The change
j, therefore the National Government firmly and um.
cqu,yocliy announces it5 policy not to give up toe
control Of the f,ee labor reform until 1t 10 ineDy
accoH plshed. the progress oi mat reform WIN uii-
coubtcdy be far rapid and far less difficult. than
4 viii be- il the attitude Of the Government is such as u
rc.fuit contrary hopes 10 be indniseG IN.
: The machinery by which tie Cove nment has 50 iai
eyeIcted s protection OF the negro ara oi ree labor
in tie south. tAe FTeedmeDs Bniean Is Ve unpopular
IN that part Of tie county rs every institution paced
there o. O barrier 10 re0ctOnary aspirations Woud be-
q ID abuses connected with TIE management 0i
TroclmCns affairs; that some Of the officers OF The
Bureau were men of more enthusiasm than Insertion
ard - many cases went beyond their authority, all this
ig I'D itied, But while the southern people are al
Wavs ready to e1patiae upon the shortcomings OF we
FeGmrns Bureau. they are not so ready 10 HcogLlhe
IL e. services n has rendered. feel warranted ia say
inc ths, not half OF the labor that done IN The South
mi. year will be done there next year. woad h"'e
be or Vonld De done bu for the eIeiOns OF the Freed
mems TuIeau TIE confusion and disorder Oi tIeuan-
son period would have been Infinitely greater had not
ar agency nerofed which possessed the ,onhdence OF
the en- anciUatCd slaves; winch cOuld GtaDLse tbtn
az AM; e1trayagaBt notions and expectations and he
trusted which could administer 10 hcm good advice.
ana be voluntarily obcyed. No other agency, except
one placed there by the NdtOnh No'erhheht' cvuiu
have welded tha. moral power whose inerposlton was
A. necessary to prevent Southern society from fang ~
ooco INTO the chaos Of general collision between its
rent eemeuts That the success achieved by the
reedrupus Bureau is as vet very incomplete. cannot
be diputed A more perfect organization ana more
carefully selected pers0lnel NAV be desirable but u Is
douutful whether more suitable machinery can Oe de
iscc 10 secure 90 free labor N the South that protection
ocains disturbing influences. which the nature OF the
situation stil imperatiseiy demfhds
IMMIGRATION.
Temporary continuation of national control 10 the
con, orr Staten would nlsO have most beneficial effect
90 regatds the immigration Of Northern people and
Tnropesns lnto that country, and such imnlgiation
wonld in ifs turn contribute much to the solution oi