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

But at that point the unqualified rrai'e s'oppen anu
the complaints began: The negroes won,a nU' po
place Ia place, steoling by Tue wpi t'o, por "
icTred lie OF idleness and yagrnncy 10 tna' u, o1
no, show any Willingness 20 enter into contracts or
II they did. showed q stronger dhpOSHoh W "icnH
them than to keep them they were becoming lnS1p-
o,d,nete and irsoent 10 their former owners; hey IN
dnged In extra, agant ideas aoout thel fE".s uHu i
ed uoon the Government 10 support tieT "snou1
work. in one word, they hsa no 'o,inns s,cedoo
rllt freedom gave. aud Of tie oDeatlghs neS"o.n ON
irpo,ed upon them. Ttefe complaints ! leu" tr
neotrd win endless variations. wherever went Noi
were they made without some oho" Vi ic''o"' VIZ
review them one niier another
UNWiLLISGEEss TO WORK.
That there ara, nmoug the negroes good many con
sritution'Ily lazy individuals, Is ceiuny tur Az Az
ur0prpsiy to idrness seems Ia b9 tathei suoHtH uo,
v.ued i'm the South generally. without belnS co hutu
10 a. particular Ince. 1t is nso true that the 'aeIi
negroes put into their work depends IN uFJuI! ~ ~
cases up0n cert Ia combinations 0t clEcnhsta"oOS.
* asserted that the negroes have QreJndlce ufann'
working in tie cultivation OF cotton rice anu s'Sa;
Although tbis Ireuaice, moblpy 9i!S'nE uou ~ w.. 49,
that no cntton rice and sugar fields remlnd the ior'
er slave o the wor, experience Of bis pist me- eN'tS
10 some extent, it has not made tho freedmen ~" I
the plentaiofs unwilling to cultivate such crops ~ luc
pttrrs NAV have III 10 raise. f'W c'ses o' ~
iu,s may have occrrrcd Bat there Il another iact o
which have become satisfied IN the course OF ny "
seryaioEs ard which is of great scnihc.hee' my
most Of the old Shareholders conpln oi tho "I
and instability Of their negro ab0rers. most ui ie
Northern men engaged in painting win "nom nase &
IN cOutICt. SPEAK ~ thtH n'kTo itD"l'i' W"
satisfaction; and these Northern men almost eA'.ns"
is devote themselves to tie cultivation oi cotton
good many Southern planters. IN view 0i tbs iAo| eh
pressed TO me their iuention to engnge Northern men
for the manae eemcnt Of iGeir lllntatnns Ibls cIVu
stance vould seem to prove that. under oertn Cnhu
t0ns the negro may be expected 10 WORK ven irelo
are two reasons by which il may be expaneui nIs',
that Northern m IN knows from actual 'xprHrnce WHn
free labor IT, ana understands its m0hagrmeut "ulch
the late slaveholder, stl chnGinS to the ira
dition, Of the od system does not aud, then
Ieat
thnn In his iorner masfcr. Whena Northern man d'S
cnxcrs auonr his aDoing force an lndylouAl tha ,oe
not do his duty his hrtt impnse 70 dlscI"fte h1D
and no nets accord ng!y when late Stakeholder DIS
covers such individual amor hs m"oteIs' hle 40
impuse is 10 whip hin. aud lie S very nW ID SUI Wv
oct to the inpu' sc Ill treatment Is doubtful eheou'
arcment for free labOrcIs and 1t proves more hpt 70
i've those tnat still at work away than 70 huAe
the plantation attractive 20 others but II t.V irhs
above stated sufficient to explain Wy ,le neg ~,
work better for NOtthcu men tlah Tor ,"u','In y " "
follow that A general improvement WIZ t'he p'Vo .,
soon as the latsI fulfill TIE same condohs iha' u, us
soon as southern men learn what Zee lanor H. hhu oN
to manage il in accordance with is rTncp'c au ~
soon as they succeed in gaining the condenee u 'Ho
cUIorcd people, - ,, r,..o.,
In the reports Of officers Of the Freednens Hnreao'
among the documents annexed to this you VIII hhu 'Ic
on,u reprti,s OF the statements that the negro gen
eraly works vel who're BE Is drcentIF tteht "u'
welt compcnsatcd. Nor do The officers oi tNe iie.u'
mof's Burcnu alone tLirk aud say 20 southern heh;
who - expementng inthc right direction eN l ess,
to me their opinion to tho snme et'ct. some ul uvn
told me that ihe negroes on thelF ps,h.,l r. 49,
as well - ever" or even lir bett'r thhh tu'! ~
r,rected' IL tue the number II planters VINO mac,
that admission was small. but II ueirY cOfrcspohuru
with Tie number of those who, according u tncir oN
statement, gave free nfgr1Iburh pcficcty I'il y 81. ~
while ~ those who prefaccdrycryth!ng tney SOFA WI.
tie assertion thit tho tegr0 VIII hot Woih VIM.
plyscal couiplflou," could find no oud 70 thcf com
do vel nnder The test circumstance just as there art
Others " 10 vili do veJ a,dcT IL wors!
In ano:her pat of this report nave hr'au)
~ difficulties NflGAlN. uihi
toe fr.e labor experiment IN ihe S0Ath uui'hs
tfcir reriot II transition. The sudden leap iioG
sls,ery 10 frecdon Is an exciting event 10
+ mals life. ord fomcwhai calculated 20 1s,u''
lis equanimi,v ~ romeft. People are on such occl
Ifions OIL! Id sci g. indulge thcmsrl,es little. ~ won,
have shown mrch more wiatcm IN tif negroes u 90" "
iufm ad quietly gone to vOrE again tie h'At u'! hI
Ut removable to expect Tie negroes 10 i''''
more wisdom than Other races Won1 eA o't uh"'I ~,
sane Clfclnsi noes. Beside, The wiAgies 10 N"i'
crpcnds VIII whites % we rs blH,s', l.s ~
tie Diture of the inducements ncd out and Tue an
satisfactory regulation OF ne matter 81 T 49,
ccr.4uV sOmeflrr o. do wiIh tie lnsinp u! oi mgr,
labor y ich is complained o. northern mcn engaged
. in pltntlrc almost unl0ruiy pay wages IN Mol''
While southern planter. almost unurnit' nave c'u
rnrteI with their labnrrfs or share TO- tAr crop IL
many irfttf crs tie shares allotted between employ
eis aud ahncrs With cat fairness but N ohr'- ln'
share promised 10 the abolcgs j. 80 sma % 10 e.t
liem iu the cud. very i'to OF nothing Moreover l'
Icrnps 10 the south looked generally very unpf"msint
nom the beginning winch naturally ieu1'e" 'A' '1"'
% filling 20 The ,oi of tire laborcf. ,
= I have heard n good many freedmen complain that
taking all tlnes inio consideration ihey IrHy ul ~
know what they vetc working inI except iooa' 1"l.r
. in uisny instances. was bad aud scant,. Ana sueh
comm, linfs were lfclneGiy wen iourdcd III IiiE'
number o the pitncTs we're nor 10 o'ae o' tu'
! they had 10 ayaahe rccnnmry means, auI III n1'i ni
localities found t difficult to procure provi5."is h
these uufst0fabc circumstances. combined VITA tu'
want OF COZ Gderce IN sou hern mea, we're Wen oHIcu
lated have n0ucuce upon TIE conduct OIL 'he esu
7 Ihsye heard 4, sald that money is lnducement
: Which VIII make the negro work. il Is cerolh lh1
trtrra ipfsly 4fff .
crude conception OF tie value o money ana lHc ust'
il can be put to II may however be stared a tn'
:; general rule, thni. Whenever they me NJ hDeIE -
. rhOote between TAR wages ~ money ana h,hio III
j. The crop tb,y viii choose the former ana WORK
= better. Mary ca es Of negroes engaged IN ttle
4 Industrial pursuits came 10 ny notice. IN Hhicl
= they showed considerable Gpncsa not ony Tor gaming
money but nl-o for saving ahi AdicodSI empo!ing u,
Some we're even surprisingly snceessiul. 'l,ieu
some OF the plantations divided up among freedmen
i and cultivated bv them Independently without tAr ~
prryision of white men. In some instances found
very good crops md indications 81 gebeihi thFl1 asa
GOOD management; in others the and cotton crops
{ were in a elected and unpiomRin- state The *
cL.e made was "a most cases hnt they had obtained
Of the ground too late III The soas0nahd lhht
until tie regular crops would be harvested. thcy Wert
igcd to devote much OF their tine 10 te tisuF hl
sale If vegetables Tacru.cons &c for the purpose o
j. making living IN tie meantime.
i On ne whole feel warranted In making TIE follow
ing statement. Man freedmen, not single lLulVduh'
5 bu whole "yartoi'oH gangs are workng wei olu'i'
do not Tho DIN IN their efficiency comedies II
4 great with certsin Gegetce IA inc eohul
}! under which they i've. he CONCLUSION lts h
thar il the conditions under which they work wel ne
come general their efficiency 6s free lihufcs VIII oe
r come general alo aside from indvidua! exceptions
Certain I H. that by ar Tie larger portion o. the "oFs
II done IN the south is done by ileCdmen
l. yaRraHcy.-Lrrge numbers OF coored people LETT IN
r plantations rs they became swnrt that thel
could do so witt mpuniiy. 4 at they could so leaN
tier former masters was for them tie iut test ~ h
" reality of their freedom. great mnny hocked Ia th
military POSTS and towns TO obtain t'om .he yankees