The colored Tennessean., 1865-08-12
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your contract and / will see tnab the lanu4oIu
iulfls his. They must not only have freedom
but homes of their own-thirty OF forty acres
with tools, mules, cottages and school houses,
etc. That is the picture for the future. !
shall move in it Just as quickly as possible
would ike to settle 10000 before the first OF
next January. ask fair play, and far play
l shall have. Compulsory labor will not De
liberated Differences will be adJudlcated
hv officers and agents of this Bureau ex
cept in places where civil courts re-
ceive the tentimouy OF colored people.
They will also receive the same punishment
for crime as the laws provide for the white
man in like cases Is became necessary to
establish a Freedmen'S Court here, and We
have a court at my headquarters, where q
poor man can obtain redress | have voiun-
teersas TO be attorney myself, for poor women
who come before tnat court for justice.
poor woman came to my house, with beau
iiful child She had been driven from her
home, where she had another child as bBautl
full as the one ia her arms. They were her
masters chi dren. | had the pleasure Of
bringing that gentleman to my headquarters,
and we there compelled him to pay money and
give his bond for the support of his children,
Just the same as if they had been the children
of a white woman. The General then read
section 2f the circular IoTbldding4 re s,7 Fe
put this IN upon the petition OF the old
slave owners; many of whom good men;
men Of humanity who would no soon
eF turn away their old servants than their own
children There are many such. God bless
them! Many would turn them away and they
would drift IN upon the home / some good
man. Some humane men cannot take care
afthe old and intirtn; therefore to them tbs
rule seems arbitrary. believe il is Just. ]
hnIiayyo +ba 81 Ubo Lcg buJ a.
Of his labor SO long should take care If bim
as he goes down to his grave.
Education will receive earnest attention.
Benevolent aud religious organizations will
be formed, ana superintendents OF schools viii
Introduce method and fashion into e1u3At. oIl-
al enterprises.
This Is the outline Of the work to be done
That it is a necessary work, you are all
ready to testify. you have come from those
counties of Tennessee where most
Of the colored people are gong on
Just the same as before the war.
We are gathering information az fast
as possible and shall correct these evils as
soon as possible Ia doing this I ueed hot
only your co operation but that Ct tie white
people, AMI believe they are more and more
convinced Of the necessity Of CO. operating
with this bureau, because they plainly see
that the colored man will walk 90, 30 and 50
miles to tell his St y Of OPPRESSION. This is
very common in -ennessee and Alabama.
But think we have great reason to be
thankful that we are getting on a5 we'll IS
we are, and that there is no more oppression |
in these border States I find | am received |
with more consideration than | expected |
am from Missouri. | think I am as well |
posted as they are and therefore, they are
daily consulting me as to the best methods Of |
regulating this new scheme OF compensated |
labor throughout the State; and we h0Is 10y |
next January February that each coIored |
man will be engaged in productive industry, |
and will find at his own county seat man |
who will be his friend and protect him in |
his contracts.
EDUCATION.
We want your cooperation in the schools |
The political cry used to be 'agitate, agitate |
agitate." say, educate, educate educate |
Great cheers. believe | shall have 800 |
school teachers in six weeks and ! hope TO
be teaching $4,000 colored children before the
first Of January next, propose also good
normal school tor the education of colored
teachers. We want good teachers from
Northern cities-men who believe :hat you
should be taught-who believe that the same
Savior who died for them died for you.
SUFFRAGE.
Now for the suffrage. have not thought
SO much about that as about good homes, set
tied with your families, and you provided with
good bread and butter, and with good Jackets.
The suffrage will come around all right. /
believe in it. / was one OF the first men 10
give the colored men to give the colored man
q bible-tbe first to give him boyonet-and
shall not be behind in giving him the ballot.
With this swarm Of BIS | think the negro
will take care Of himSaIf
North of the Ohio many are willing to give [
the negro the suffrage. The n. Y. Herald, the
most influential paper in the country, advo- ,
Gates negro suffrage. II will be sufficiently !
stirred up if we give attention to other things, ,
such as getting homes down here. There are
a great many people north Of the Ohio river, :
among the old settlers Of the country, who :
believe the negro should not vote until he is ,
somewhat educated. / don't object if the :
test is to be applied to white men. Let every |
body be educated; and if | could make it a
law to-day, | would say; after 1870 no man I
in America should vote who could not read :
his ticket and write his name upon it. All :
ask IS that because a man is black \
simply, that shall not be reason for shutting i
1ln off. No oligarchy of skin, or OF red !
Let the test apply TO every .
body. The President is in favor OF this mea- 1
sure. had long conversation with Mr., b
Johnson | believe him to be your firm !
friend. He said some good things TO the col !
9red people in this vicinity last year I don't :
ihink he has backsLdden bit. /
General Fisk then read extracts from the t.
noble speech Of Governor johnson, delivered
asst fall in Nashville, to an immense assem-
bly, Of colored people The General made i
many happy illusions as he proceeded with Q
he report, it appeared in the Cincinnati
Gazette. In allusion to the Presidents J
promise to be our Moses, he said E
Next time write TO the President shall c
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