New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-14

yenienty in onilding churches and schoO-bouses
for the good If 81 and In providing for the sick and the
aged. II your former masters and mattresses arc IN
trouble, show them every Kindness ia your power,
whether they have treated you kindly or rot. Remen-
Der the words Of tie blessed Jesus " Do good t. them
that ate YOU aud pray for them which Cespteully use
yOu and prosecute you."
IhGe is one SUI ect which / wish TO guard you
against dsappoiniu Do not he discouraged II free
dom irinss yuu and fewer advantages than
you expected. such great G atgeasit il from Slavery
to Freedom cannot he completed all az once By being
oout up ns slaves yen have formed some bad habits.
Which II viii lake time 10 correct. Those who were
formerly your masters have acquired still worse habits
10y htlag brought up as Shareholders; aud they cannot
be expected 70 change ill at once. Both % yon will
gradually improve EndcT the teaching OF new circum.
stances Fora good willie it will pIOyoke mGIy Of the
10 q Use who we're &c their slaves nc ing like free
men. They wih doubtless do many things Ia vex nn1
discourage YOU just aS Tie shareholders ~ tmhica INA
ait'r emancipation there. They seemed 10 want TO
drive their emnucipatcd bondncn inSurTec,Un that
they might have pctcxt for saying: Won what
bad eject freedom has on Dcer0cs We told you It
would be sol! Bat the cOlOrcd pee pie Of luaici be-
hayeC better than their former masters wished them TO
40. They left the plantations where they had been
badly treated, or poorly paid. but they worked diligently
elsewhere. heir women and chI.drcn aiscd ycgrH-
bes and fowls ard carried them TO market; and. by
their united industry and economy they had
iOrtaple httle homes Oftheir own.
tluk II would go1eTa'ly be Nc for you TO work for
your former masters II they treat you well aud pay you
as much as you eau elsewhere. But ifthcy show
disposition 10 Cypress you, qut t.cir service. and work
Tor somebody who will treat You like ireemen. they
use Violent nhguage 10 you never use impatient ian
Ruuge 10 them II thct cheat Won scuIn 10 chet them
ia return. If they break their promises never break
yours lftley propose 10 women such connections
USED 10 DC common under the bad syscm uf Slavery,
te"ch them that nccdwOmen not only have the legal
power to protect thcms rom such DEGRADATION but
also hat they have pride Of character. II in It's OF pas
SION, theY abuse your cnild en- they formerly did,
never revenge by nuy injury them or their property
Ii is an immense advantage To Any man always "a keep
me lIeht Oh MS slice ii You pursue this course you wild
always be Superior however rch elegant may be the
man or woman VITO wrongs YOU.
90 Lot mean this that you ought 10 submit tamey
TO Insult or oppression Stand up for your rights but
do II IN manly way. Quit working for a man VINO
speaks TO you CONTEMPORARY. or who tries 10 take
mean advantage of Won when Won are doing !our duty
faithfully by mm II 1t becomes necessary apply To
magistrates TO project YOU and redress your wrongs
II yOn are 50 Uniucky To live where tie men IN au
tbOty whether evil or military are Sill disposed To
treat the cOlored people slaves let The most inlci
gen, among you draw up settlement Of your grievances
and send II to 81 friencs in Congress snth as
the Hon. Charles sumner the Hon. Henry Wilson. and
the Hon George w. Julian.
! A good government seeks 10 make laws thct viii
equally protect and restrain all men. Heretofore YOU
bad no reason 10 respect The laws If this country. he
cause thew punish yCu for cTinc many cases
severely than white men were punished while they did
nothing 10 project your nights. But nov that good
President Lincoln has made Won free YOU vii be legally
protected ~ your rights and trained from doing
wrong just other men are pro ected and restrained
Ii is of the nOlest privileges Of ccmcn 70 be able
~ respect the lgw, aud o rely upon 1t always for
dress OF grievance Instead OF reVcngng one wrong ~
another wrong.
You Will have much to put up with before The new
order of things become settled fOun-
datioD ! am grieved 10 rc0d in the newspapers how
wickedy you Silil treated IN places; but an
not surprised, for knew that SageIy was powerful
snake that wond Try 10 do mischief with It's tail after
Is head was crushed But, whatever wrongs YOU may
endure, comfort yourselves with two reflections. first
that there Is the legnning ~ btr state II things.
from which your children viii derive much N Ne benefit
than you can; secondly, that great m iority Il c
American pcope aie sincerely deter mind that you
shs be projected in your rights freemen. Year By
flar nd ufftsnx fssvr
poet yourseye, you will be and ooted
by white men. Wonderful changes have taken pisce in
yoGr favor during tie as thirty wears and the changes
are stLI going The AbOliinnirs did crest deal
for you. by their continual wiring and preaching
against Slavery. Then this war enabled thousands Of
people To sec for themse what bad institution
Slavery was and tie uniform kindness with which you
treated tie Yankee soldiers ssed up muttndes of
friends There are stu many pIo-Slavery people IN the
vuicsrty still call cOored people Digger aud treat
item as such Bat the good eaven now airy wok ed
into public sentiment end these people let them do
What they Will cannot set Il out
The providence OF God has opentd Tor you upward
path. Wax ye IN H. without being discouraged by the
b ambles and stones al The onset. hose mo come
after yOu will q, 0r them away, md viii pnCe IN er
stead strong, smooth rails Tor tile stchm-csr called
Progress Of tie Co!oicd Race.
One Of the most pquant things in the volume is
letter from freedman 10 bis old master, written
as he dictated it, and showing quiet humor
spicing strong sense Of justice which is quite re-
freshng:
DAYTON ONO. August T. 1865
To ny Old Master. CO-oSfL T.. il. ANDEisOA' B'S
SIR. cot ,ouf letter and was clld find that you
had forgotten Jourdon and that YOU wanted ms 10
come back ard live Win son again. PTomisl, to 90
better lr ne than anybody else can. have Oiten felt
uneasy about 700. thought the Yankees would ha',
hung You ong before ths for he boring teoS they ionnd
at your house suppose they never heard ABOUT YOU,
goiug TO Colonel Aa tins to kill TIE Mon soldier that
was Lett by lis company IN their sable. Although lon
shot at ne twice before / len yOn diG mol Nhht 10
hear OF Your being and am glad you are siiI nv,
ing. IL Woud do good 10 go back TO NE 1eA ul1
home again and see Mrs Mary and Miss Martina ara
Allen Esther Green. and Lee. Give my love 10 tnein
all and tell them l hope We VII neet ~ ~ y, se
void if not in this. would have gone baeE 10 see
vou eIl wbcp was working in the Nashville Hospital
out one Of tie Dcighb0rs told me taat Henry nVonu'u
shoot me II he ever got chance $1,000, .t.a O..
| want 10 know particularly shat the go0d chapes ~
von propose 10 give me. an dong 'otiaDH No'i
hero get twenty five dollars month' WIN Nlc uhs
and clothing; have a comfortable home Tor nh1uy
the folks call her NIs AbdeTson-and inc chiIuIeD
M;iiy lane and Grundy-sO 20 school and are learning
veil The teacher SAWS GTuady mas mean ior
/ ,reacher, They 20 10 Sunday school ana NANNY quo
re attend church regularly We are kluG! ueateu.
Sometimes we oyerhear others saying lem cOl9ied
ueople were slaves" down in Tennessee. Tie chidTen
tel bnrt when tney hear such remaiks bnt tl them
II was no dieCrace in Tennessee 10 belong ~ Cn0nei
| Anderson. MANY dafheys would have been proud, az
nseG 10 be- 70 call you master. Now you VIII WIur
and say what WAGES You viii give me- Will De Deter
able TO decide whether II would DC to my advantage to
As 10 NV freedom which you say can have there is
nothing To be gained that score fOt my free pa
lters in 1864 from he Provost Marshal General Of he
Department OF Nashville Mandy says she woud be
AFRAID 10 20 back without some proof that YOU were
dispo.ed 10 treat rs justly snd kindly and we have
uded 10 test your sincerity by asking you 10 send
~ our wages for the time We served you. Ills VIII
make q forget and forgive Old SCORES aud rely on your
Justice and friendship in tie future served you iith
lllUy Tor tliity twO YEAR, aid MANDY twenty years
Al twenty five dollars month for me and two dollars