New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-27
SLAVE on SAVAGE.

are very lar from eylncing that disposition 10
acquiesce in a new order Of things which might
make the work Of reconstruction speedy and
permanent. We are obliged to note, also, that
there is q change for the worse during the last
few wceks--a little as if it were taken for
granted that our political differences were
all adjusted, and reconstruction not 80 much
grave ard difficult problem as an ac-
compshe1 fact. We used to hear now and
then a rnagnanImous protestaton from some
jcnrni, or eoverno,. that, although it
Wa doubtless a great crime to emancipate
the uegro, il was not the negro's fault, and he
should not be made TO suffer for the wicked
ness Of Others. Bad passions. however, are not
always TO be controlled by the cool suggestions
of reason. The more unreasonable mans
anger is, the more violent it is, and we can
scarcely be surprised to find something of that
savage hatred which it is no longer prudent to
manifest against the Government directed
against the negro.
, Nor is this attributable wholly TO anger; it is
matter of policy. The old shareholders are
intent on saving as much as they can on. of the
wreck Of their internal system. About the
name Of Slavery they are not so particular; the
substance is the thing they seek. If they can
pass yagrant acts and contract laws and appren-
,iceshp statutes that shall keep the negro under
control make him work for such wages as they
choose to give, and keep the lash, the prison,
and the auction.bock as means of enforcing
another lifetime Of uncompensated toll, they
will sacrifice the name of Slavery 70 the senti-
mental prejudiccs OF the North. To secure all
| thsss da.irsbls things, protoxts are neoessary.
The one Just now most current is conveniently
summed up for the benefit of It's masters by The
World Of this city
In the South the opinion is all but universally held
tho, the gro will not work except up0n compusol.
and hence the reorganization OF labor contemplated by
3outh Cnrolns and other States Involving tho appios
on OF force final resort in the event OF the negro
| becoming lazy or intractable'
Reorganization of labor" is one OF those
delicate phrases which tickle the palate like
Mr.. Choate'S " different type of industry It.
soft folds seem TO include still another meaning
Untaught by events, Southern thinkers-or, al
any rate, writcrs-still believe it possible tC
attract labor where labor is made disreputablC
by public opinion. They propose at once tC
degrade the negro to the level of Slavery, ant
to invite white immigration to take his place
J Tins We find in recent issue Of The Notfoll
old Dominion the following exposition
Ten strong and abl, bodied cmigrants arrived herr
yesterday. and. employment having been engaged fo
them they proceeded at once to their new homes in h
country where they VIII be paid Literally for thei
services Thus. the labor of the sturdy industron
white foreigner is taking the place OF the colored man
Hundreds AMI thousands more are coming The insti
tuition Of Slavery having been destroyed the system
/. labor is rapidly changing
Ten immigrants are rather small beginning
for movement that is to supersede popula
ton of four millions scattered over half a cont
nent. But the dsproportion is as nothing
compared with the folly Of attempting to builC
up side by side two antagonisiic and mutually
destructive systems of labor. For seventy year
the miraculous wealth Of the South has laiI
undeycloped because there was no stimulu
to individual effort unaided by capital. Whit,
laborers, white mechanics went from the North t
meet, instead Of welcome, rebulis aud insults
II will be the same again, and no amount 0
theorzing on the necessity of supplying new
labor will help the matter. Labor must be re
spectacle, or it will not increase. If the Soutl
will consent to let Slavery die out, it can have
IL blacks, and as many white immigrants as Il
wants beside. If it will not, it cannot have Tn,
benefit of either. The disposition to prove tn,
negro incapable labor. except under the lash /!
suicidal. If the Southern people really believe
1t, they would do well to keep their convictions
TO themselves, for to parade them is to repe
ard discourage the immigration to which they
look t. replace the negro. 1t is easy to predc,
what our Northern laborers will say to such
declarations as this from Tie Charleston Souil
! Caroiinian:
1t Is evident that our fields now 20 TO waste
and groan from lack of labor IL IL evident to ali that
know the negio that he will never again go to the
pow or hoe. II ho possibly help it. He has nc
moral will nor Goes he acknowledge any spur in any
need which Is remote. He lives only In tho day and
what II may bring FORTH good. bad and Indifferent
discipline he Will grappls the hoo no longer nor assert
the nx In the forest nor follow at pow tail. he mus
BE- either siars 0r sauags"
This is saying in effect, that the South does no,
mean the negro shall work, except under com
pulson, and means to make him either slave ol
savage. White labOrers will understand that d
society capable Of such injustice aad outrage
against the negro will be capable OF the same
suirii If moi fine same immnliaf. ,nl;cy tnu, .rd