Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13
Tne southern Negro IN his new he
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The important orders issued on the 27rb and
2sth Of April By Gen. Schofeld. commanding 10
North CAROLINA, and By Gen. Hsrtsuf, Con the
24th.) NJ Peters burg, throw light. which vas
greatly needed, upon the future relationship be
tween negro labor and capital at The south.
While Cen Sehofeid, IN his frst order. urges
mosI e>xaessiy and opportunity the duty Of ell
70 cuIt1s~se fiendy relations. 40 that the less
ings % unies. peace and material prosperity may
be restored 70 the entire country and while he
promises ample protection 20 all good and peace
able citizens. he proceeds TO dispose, in bis sec
ond order. OF the slavery question in say which
has at least the merit of saving world OF ais
cussion. Gen ScEJheld announces, In short, TO
the people Of North Carolina. that. "by virtue OF
the proclamation of the president Of the United
States, dated January l. 1868. all persons IN the
state heretofore bsld as slaves are now free. and
that il is the duty Of the army to maintain the
freedom Of such persons This. We presume.
rather anticipates The constitutional amendment.
and practically renders IL question Of secondary
interest, whether New Jersey shall vote to ratfy
that srendmen, or not
Gen. Schoheld, however, while thus recOg-
Bizing and affirming the new relation between
master ard slave. evidently thinks. with General
BANS. that the negro has duties as well "a
rights IA his new condition. They will not
be protected in idieness," he declares; and We
assume that be will consider the louisiana rate
Of wages xhich comes fully up to that of our
rural school teachers in this state), fair scale
for beginning, at least, in the way Of recon-
pense for such unskiled labor as the negro can
perform Gen Schofeld, did not expect, how
ever, that in recommending these emancipated
blacks TO stay with their late masters, TO labor
faithfully and do their duty as hired servants, he
will at all satisfy the professional negrophilists.
They wiz discover the same hardships in his re
fusing to protect idle negroes ss they discovered
in Gen. Banks labor system, and his scale Of re-
muneratiOn TO the emancipated slaves IN the
parishes around New Orleans We think. how
ever. that he will fairly meet every demand of
rational philanthropy in rigidly exacting from
the emancipated blacks Of North Carolina re
cognition of their obligation to work-even if
such an obligation should be enforced by q
prompt iuhiction Of penalties.
Gen. Schofied interprets the feelings OF the
overburdened tar payers Of the country Alright.
when be proclaims that the negro shall not be
protected in deness bis labor rightly directed
may be turned to such account "a will speedily
help, in indirect way, TO mitigate 10 a con
siderable extent the national burdens.
Gen Hartsuff, at Petersburg, has begun TO ex-
perience-what General schofeid in part fore
shadowed-the dangers of the released negroes
misapprehending their position and their duties.
Many OF them. 1t appears, are already hugging
the delusion that with their liberty they acquire
individual rights in the property of their former
owners and that they are entitled TO live with and
be supported by them without being Obliged to
labor" Not the least painful feature in this
state Of things at Petersburg comes Of the fact
that these emancipated slaves are uraged in
this view OF their rights by ignorant white men,
who have made themselves apostlns OF the doc
trine-whieh is by no means confined to a small
cass--that the negro must be protected and de
Tended ia idleness. if he chooses to be idle Gen.
Scho6ed and Gen. Hartsufi promises to make
short work Of this delusion