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


Under the above caption, the MI Her
sld is out with the following:
The war has left great many n's=erS uli-
nroyided for--broal- Ihouidersd, gigantic
Sambos. well developed, greasy Weuches,
ond mic, ,sn;nnies indescribaelc anc innulner
obIs TITS said there are tonr millions OF
olI sorts and sizes. They are scattered ore:
the whole South, IRON the fo,'mer e, ~ .nc
Mississippi and the Bio Grands. 1asy are
kerded in cablis and camps lennessee'
and hidden in swanps in South Cs'olina; they
are hunting the possnm and the coonha va
Yirriuu}. and have squa;ted AID made them
salves at home OF the old plantation IN Geor'
ria. Alabama and cyerywherc else. IT Is
feared that they will net be happy. Som thody
Is afraid that somebody else viii .oppresS
tbcm: that they viii &c made to exert their
;nm ense muscle in little labor, such rs hoe
;no in the cotton ;:ad the corn, ard thei
when it is all done the little white MAN who
makes fifty or sixty big. nigscrs 90 th's labor
won't uay the,n moro thar. fifty per cent. ei
yhst il is worth. And so, TO guard against
sucG lame.itabic> result, we haze cstaoiiSiea
. Prc.d;nen's Boresu 70 watch the interests
nf the uippers, to see thatthey get their rights,
,ths. they are not imposed upon, aud that
white men behave themselves. :, /,
Now. there ere a!lo this country anotieT
four millions Of very helpless persons, wb9
are constantly in danger from lhe tyrannicsl
spirit Of cruelty and injnsilce Of others-ionr
millions whose lives are in continued misery
bv reason of the injuries they have received
.,nd Tho injuries they fear, and for whose pro-
lection the, laws and social usages DOW III ex-
;s,apcc are utterly insufficient. These four
,,il,ions are whitc-.hcY are the "cmsn ano
rorno nirls who nre poor and depend npon
their own efforts for 8 living. They are nj
the mercy OF every one; and though it IS pre-
tended by some imaginative writer's that wo-
mao holds an elevated. position in Chr'siian
countries in tbs nineteenth century, these
moor wretehes do not racsiYe respect or even
aecent usage. They are the victims O! lht
rin,et eyedtraaesmen, whowcars their liVe'
ont by hard service and poor rpay-the sTlc
fms ofiaollord4 'w!to charge Them h'tcen
dollars IN outh for privilege to>sieep IN some
Jo, kennel End they are the victims ofebru
tai husbands and a:hers, who come aone a
night seetLipg with ram and beat them; ii'1o
shapeless rm,sses4 They are oopressec nne
wronged by everyone.
Sba,i. VIC have.n hHrean also 10 take care
th;s latter 70 ,r millions 2 VIII tie govern
n,srt erect tribunal of summary jnstice t
hsar aud determine in ali cases thai relate t.
,sronas aoue IL these, women and Sirls? WI
:, nro,ect those who cannot protect them
selves? will it feed them when N want
arov;ae them comfortable clothes, and So
hat they receive no harm from wha'eys
source? And i! the government, Will not 6
this, how absurd Isl. sgt IN making gs5 IT'S ssse IN
mense provision for the protection "a, ana las sss,;
tence Of the gigantic Niger and his brood
Can % he not ig6t his way in the world as We
os.,hese faint hearted and feeble ones? Hoy
anS in what respect are they better able t
ehfpti Pasence, nee brother Bett. IT'S long Ian
that has no tlra. This Ffscd'nan's sarea
canno. can, by law l,st over 4 year frc'a the cn
of the war.