The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-07-12
Affairs in the South.

Letter from the South are Getting 10 oe
very numerous in the papers Being from
many localities they are VERY FAR from lee
ing OF q uniform tenor YET, from COM
parison OF them, We get an Impression at
the actual condition Of tbe people, and
their future prospects.
+ Tie New York World has a correspond
ent at Danyille. Va who attempts TO de-
scribe the blacks and poor whites OF that
state He says:
They are "a 2 class untitled with their
late slaves and in some cases ieel afraid oi
them. Il i a noteworthy circumstance
that our troops have been callel upon 10
project the masters from Inc demands ol
the slaves. Not a single c.l-e Ui violence +
on the part of the freedmen j. reported |
On the other hand. hear from the agents .
of EMPLOYMENT that may OF the late mas
tiers are guilty OF excessive measures. +
Many Of them are turning away from their
nome the women and children in The hope
that the Government viii maintain them
while they retain the able bodied men Tor
labor one case i reported to me- where
planter complained 90 the employment,
aren't that one Of his house servants hal
/ being summoned. she yas asked
, Why have Won leff home
b. Because master -sid be- aiu't want me-
no longer
WHY don't YOU take your child with
: you."
mine: and tins man IS Nh father also a.
% well "a mY child =
The degraded wretch though holding "a
high position iu Nottaway county was or
dar,-i out az the presence OF The officer.
les such disgusting revelations give
q one but "A poor opinion 81 the private NOR
ais OF these people. suppose THAT tins Is
not an average case but the evidences ot
:. this Illicit concubinage are everywhere
present All the testimony Is % the same
y effect Orten hundred thousand mulatoe-
J, In Virginia an enormous proportion are
the children Of their owners. Every com
siderati0n which surrounds female chastity
r. ln free communities is her absent. Pecnni-
u AIRY profit lent an additional zr-t 20 the
=, promptings OF lust
II Nothiug strikes the stranger SO prOnli-
\ nently a. the wonderful iecandlty Of the
J" black race here Families OF ten aud
'' twelve are common while some oi twice
that number are reported Virginia has
thrivei ~ Il species oi commerce which
rs the grosse-t harbarism A. "A con~equence
Il the state IL filled with little black paupers
who no one cares for and who are likely to
10 fall To the charge Of the State cor parish
The ignorance of the poor whites here -
~ amazing out of the thousands who are
daily taking the oath only about tNe per
iu cent can read and write. This may hr con
M slrued that this class 81 the population
Dy only l. swearing allegiance. Other inquir
y" les. however satisfy me that the amount al
~ ignorance Is UneQnallei any where in TEE
al North In speech, in manners la all hul
their docility and industry they rescmhl,
,i' very closely the negroes they dcspi~"
ne I'm some respects find the southern De
ma gr0es very much msreprescnted. Ii ha'
IT been said time and again that the, are 90
ne capable of self-SuppOrt. Their actual "ccu
patton and performances show that 900 htiiil
'N cases they support both themselves An'
o, masters. and DO 70 better han Their master
ma could do IT, I'm most hotels ia the south
TO there Is generally a trusted head servant
les a sort OF black d0m0, who takes charge q
al the traveller as he enters ami ministers Il
Ill his comfort tin he leaves ln some parts
fih particularly in the country. til- negro @raN
ny itate- of necessity To tine head oil affairs
as and really conducts The house while th
an PROPRIETOR. and perhaps a lar.sc family. af
. mo- more than Undoleut hearlrrs M "a
ieS family. Having sand this much on cun-c
'id .ur.. of the ur.sros must add That the
nave been strangely affected boy ihe new
Nv f,unt freedom IL indeed they were I
ich commit the eXiravagancie- they are some
n. lime, said to mediate. il iS nO motr tina
zeal they have been taught hy the speech
''R thelr masters during the war Many
sea them have lef. their farms and cone Z" tl
army. where the> huddle. sirN"n and di'
This morning. in company with Colon
''.' of negroes who have been unable 80 300
our employers. They are quaricrrd ln ihc e.
10" ten-iNr buildings erected a. r'lei hospital
zap The, are generally clean &nd disposed
' work The chief feature. however. o.
ID nero school of about three hundred scho
ars who are taught al present entirely !
SID negro teachers Il IL not 10 be presum,
that NEGROES are among the brightest sch,
urs. Vet some of their achievements anna
NiI eel me one little lad OF twelve redd 8
, promptly, and with uncommon undcr7iah
ng. chapters At random from "a modr
teNt book oi geography. This - a sirin.
. scene for This latitude. and g. regarded
the acme of vengeance on the whites.
% educated negro Is regarded with great h'
ror by the whites some ni The poor
''o' classics, however, are -miiten with The O.
ample. and WANT binding for VIA
school The request Is to bee granted pl
49, vided they furnish. * the blacks do. ih'
- own teachers.
nr" The Cincinnati Gd-e't. has "a letter OF {
i"t DIST inst from Decatur North AiAhAn
MN which says.
"'." The contraband is The most INTEREST,"
feature OF this country. lie b. nmmerou
represented here. and al tie contrabl
,i camp two miles north, there are over
, hundred of all aces AMI shades OF coi
Here about the military post. ihcs
crowded into ten los twelve shanties. TWO
an" three families IN each and although d
- have almost nothing 10 eat cor wear q
= are universally fat. ami very generally 60
~ tented.
i,ofe Their former masters seem to hate q
llin.r de-pise the poor creatures a. soon a. u
.,i,-.s learn of their freedom 4 i'W DAYS III
mont AN old colorcd woman made complaint
,isn the provost marshai- Office that her ma-
e., as had turned her OFT without i cent OF moi
OF any means OF support, simply heca
ar at he had finished working his corn and
.a,d. not need her any longer An OLD man
civil sixty wears. who had served ms ma-
II her since III. was old enough 10 use hoe
-nin0 me a similar story said l. Uncle. j
: / long since YOU learned yOu were ire
.rsed only "A week ago, sir. ] thought mDu
So ba free a gOol while agO but WASH ID
meet sure llli id-l "eeA Nueu h'""''
an \ free. told my old master would stay
; tba work for him # be would give me my %
and meat. and fifty dollars "a wear
told me 20. hc wouldn't do it, bee was G
going 10 keep his hand. tiil De- got
there wheat harvested. ami then the nig-
, and might 90 to the ID
bust THE old man packed mp and left
u Tie night. taking with him all the hands
oil one. The planter had to harvest bis &,
pres WITH his own white hands this vc4r
spOn- bl,cl- onas ara GETTING y per ,lav tor
lhis tina wood on the railroad.
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lgling HEih7 - NM s. oi i;..l nc a.
Owful ifeeduni' oeOall' : -. ~, -, :
rood Is lerMeu' anu reuse. ~