The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-22
The freedmen and their late I'm.
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Zach succeeding lay brings additional
proof that % the loIeiats men OF The South,
such a. GOV. Jenkins, Of Georges, ore al
lowed some discretion u determining the
culture status d the Freshmen. % ssIll lare al
least as weii with the-rrnsucipated lopula-
li0n IS Il Sc provided o -umplua-y code Tor
their gU'dance and protection 81 va. ng-
ton O. Boston
Sothlng, We ta1e ID, eau bs more liberal
kindly, OF temperate than the spirit which
perFs6es Gov. Jeu Sins' inaugural address
on this very question OF the negroes tuture.
The Governor pays them q handsome trib
ute ior Jhsir conduct during the WAY. lie
SAYS they must be thoroughly prrtecred IN
their personal property, and nave the right
80 enter tn courts. He SAYS they should be
encouraged " work, and then they would be
the best working class, aud their late
owners the best employers ID The world.
It's quite likely thai esen this exhibition
Of kindly temper viii be construed bya elias
OF professional phIlauJhr0pists among ms
into an insult TO the negro race. il seems
10 be part Of lhs modern dJctrine 81 the
negrophilists, that the freedmen should not
be subjected to the degradation Of being ad-
monished 10 ir0rk. The wort Of it is that
this extra sensiblity On account Of the race
does not tend o elevate II. ltpresents hon
est labor before a community unaccustome
10 think and act for itself, a a sort Of indig-
nifty upon It's newly acquired mar hood, aud
makes it q species Of heroic patriotism 'oi
able-bodied male Africans to resist the in.
ducements 10 honest industry held out By
their Late employers.
The end o. JhIs-if It shall turn out that
we have party st the North strong enough
to aim a. the spurious eXaltation ofthe freed
men at the expense Of tbs rest Of the com
munIty-It is not difficult to fOresee. Labor
a. q means Of Independence, viii be at
discount among the eEancipated class
! Contracts for a. exchange between unskil
| ed industry and capiIal viii be held 70 be
| badge Of degradation. The antaFonism be
tween the employer and those who 0uolt 4
| Be- employed will grow and iructify, until W,
| shall cap such harvest Of misery and SO
! cial disorder as they are now experiencing
/ IL he West Indies.
On the other hand, Jet the employers-thj
! governing clsss at the Soluble encouraged
as Gov. jenkins asks that they be, in seek
ing to establish mutually just and kindll
| relations with the emancipated clsss, AM
/ we shall escape all The dangers of anarchy
| and many-if not sll--0f the evils Of indus
trial siagnation and social disorFanization
| The great problem OF keeping the two race
| togs .her ia the lately insuTgent States a
terms which shall be mutually adysnta
/ geous, must be solved At the South-iu tn
local Southern Legislatures, in the loca
/ courts Of justice. IN the Executive counci
I chambers Of Just such Governors as Judg
Jenkins. Every feathers weight Of extr
| official pressure from without will mos
/ surely produce reaction in the minds G
the better disposed Of the EMPLOYERS at tn
| South. And nothing that the philanthropy,
OF the North can Contribute will be d com
| pensstiOn TO the freedman for his forfeitm
Of TIE goodwill aud kindly co-opera.ioo q
| those who have heretofore directed hi
| lab0r.-N. Y. TgmCS.