Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-22


Appeal TO the Pr~s,deus-senstbte
Advics OF th. President- piera-
bic tuture Prospect OF the Negroes
Hesnitef the Recent uut,ny OF ge-
gro Troops.
WAsHiSaToS. JGne IL, 1863
There IL delegation OF negroes from Rich
mopd nov Ia this CITY, Who have come here for
the purpose Of layieg before the President bud
get Of real or iancied grievances. They have
had their audience. aud it turns ont might
have been expected. that their alleged grievances
entirely imaginary. They arose. Of course.
from the preDostsroas IDEAS entertained by the
blacks ideas at rst carefully irstiled into their
minds by the abctionists. 10 relation 70 their ne
status 80 free men. The, actually believed that
they and their families we're TO be entirely sup-
ported by the Govarnmeni, while they enjoyed .
life of luxurious incidence
Itseem. nov that families in Richmond. IS =
general rule. merchants doing business there, and
all Others who have occasion for the services OF
paid labor. employing white girls from the
North aud dsmsel- from the Emerald Isle. in
their kitchens: and white men a. porters, drivers
of Carriages nusicSans At picncs. balls and par
ties. Their were. At first. driven 20 do this from
necessity. The freed negroes were at frs; hired
10 ell these capacities But they proved 30 iudO-
lent, 80 unreliable, so Enthusiastically, that the
stand still The cook would put on the dinner
to cook, and then would run oct 10 the street and
jabber aud gossip With the negro soldiers loung
ing about or with other blacks, while the diuner
burned 20 a cinder: and then at night. feel
q dozen OF her particular friends with what bad
been provided BY The master OF the house for the
consumption Of the family on the following day
The negro men employed, would neglect their
duties in manner that brought even greater loss
on their employers: and when demonstrated With.
men and women alike lett their employers with
cut moments warning, after making to them
the most insolent speeches. The latter now find
that there are plenty of German and Irish men
and girls. willing to work for fair wages who are
respectful in their demesnor, honest. industrious.
punctual and trustworthy These they have
employed TO n great extent; and the practice Is
extending. not throughout the State of Virginia
alone, but all over be South.
This is the great grievance of which this negro
delegation complains. But they will get very
cold comfort from the President on this point.
He 10 we'll aware of this fact, Lbd in speaking OF
il q few days ago, be said emphatically, in sub
stance. that the negro. being laborer, and now
q free laborer, terms OF equality with other
free lab0rers, mus, take the responsibilities OF
that equality. that among those incidents was
competition, and that hereafter he would be com
PEELED TO compete with white lab0rers 10 everv
field Of labor. Such being the view which the
President takes of the matter land no one can
doubt lie wisdom or JUSTICE. he sill be very apt
TO tell these negroes from Richmond that they
are now learning what " ireedom is-thst il is
freedom TO work "a he had before told some OF
them but that il l. more than thst-that il is
freedom 10 work in competition with white men
that the white laborer provides comfortably, no,
only for himself. but for his family and that they
not only may. but will be required 10 do the
same. and tha, not in field where they will be
jostled and elbowed by an equal number of hardy
and skilled white laborers
This is actually the prospect before the negro
| race in America, aud to the thoughtful negro
Of there be such q one). It must present a most
appalling picture> The nature OF the negro
| character Is such that be cannot become a vol
untary. willing, aud profitable .borer
| Hence the press of New Orleans has taken such
| a unanimous aud decided stand in favor of the
employ ment Of whi'e laborers in Louisiana As
regards the consequences which may be sppre
hended from having our future standing army
composed largely of negroes. (Which the
| idea entertained some time ago by the War De
| partment). they NAV easily be conjecturei from
| the terrible mutiny OF the Twenty fifth Corps
when on the point of emb4rkation at Fortress
Monroe for Texas, a few DAYS ago fe~
months ago. when negro troops we're new
tnlng, there we're plenty Oh men iouhd Wiling 10
accept commissions ss officers OF negro regi
| ments. But now, when the character of the ne
| gro "a soldier has become better understood
the difficulty is to find officers enough to com
mand even the few divisions Of negro soldiers
that there are now in tho army. Commissions
IN negro regiments now 20 abegging; aud a
! few days ago the ststement semi off cislI '
made that non commissioned officers, and even
privates, who have lately been mustered out oil
the service. may obtain commissions in these IA
gro regiments. MALCOLM.