The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-05

~ "''' ''i teS'cIudE Il save, To-Day he
IS free; but how is it as to to-morro W?
Old massa admits (rather su|.lily) that
he is now free, the Yankee soldiers
beng at hand; but next Fall they will
te gone; and how shall he be assured
that massa will then paw him the
wages he now promises? May he not
give him savage ho-gng instead,
telling Kim 20 90 back to his work ana
never speak Of freed m and wages
again or he viii catch another aud
severer? Herein the negro argues
ratenal!y, logically from all the pre-
mlses within his reach. He raturallv
says, Better go hungry and ragged
tiiI 'ho main question is settled; l cav
ent starre at the worst, and. if | must
die. will at least die free Hence,
we have widely differed from most Of
our tri4s:ds in preierring to close the
rebellion By treaty or capilulation,
rather than by its unconditional over
throw; Tor i. seemed TO US of The high
est Consequence that the freedom cf
the blacks should be placed under the
guarantee OF an explicit compact. to
! which representatives Of their late
masters were subscribing parties a
large minority, however, nave thought
otherwise; and their view has prevailed.
We hear that MANY Of tie blacks,
thoroughly distressing their old mas
tcrs, place al confidence in the Yam
KEGS who have recently come among
them, and will work for these on
almost any terms. We regret this;
for, while many Of these Yankees will
justify that confidence, others will
gross! Y abuse it. New England pro-
ducas many Of the best specimens Of
The l!nmal: race, and, along with these,
some Of The ve:v meanest beings tha.
even stood Oh Two lcgs-cunning. ra-
pacious. lypocritcal, ever ready to
skin = flint with borrowe ku;fe ana
make Ger othcrs) soup out of the
oeeiings. Tus class sooa become tee
well kAown at Momentum out, as the
phrase is-when they wander all over
the earth, snuisling and swindling, to
the injury and sha;ne OF the land that
bore ;:c:n and cast item out. Now
let It be generally presumed by the
ignorant blacks of the South that a
Yankee. hecau<e Yankee, is neces>
satiiy their friend, and this unclean
brood Will overspread the South Ike
locusts, starting schools and prayer
meetings at every cross-roaJ, getting
hold Of abandoned or contiscated pla,.-
tations and hiring Iaborers right and
ieft, cuttlng timber here, trying out tar
and turpen,ine there, and growing
corn, cotton, rice and sugar, which
they will have sold at the earliest dav
and run away with the proceeds, leav-
INC the negroes in rags and toodiess,
with Winter just coming on. Trust
taySelt' Is tAe very first maxim to be
impressed Oh the ignorant blacks: take
no mans far words us substantial
ver!;lrS, but insist on being paid as you
go. Cash paynient-so much for SO
much-we beg the new Superintendent
OF Freedncns 5 Affairs to make this the
touch stone OF al professions. 80
one has moral right to ask these
ragged, hungry beings to wait till the
crop is sold for their pay. To DO this
IS to share all the risks Of cultivation;
and why should they share the risk
who are no' to share the profit? They
need every penny they can carn-necl
1t as fast as they can earn it-and 1t
should be insisted that they be paid
accordingly.
lie who proposes 70 work a planta-
l'on by free labor should fill up 4 Sr'al!