The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-22

No ..
Tho SUP Commissioners of tho Free,
mems Bureau In the State of Mississippi
will be required to see that every whit
citizen in their District is furnished VIII
copy of this Circular
1t il importah: that the Planters {
c Mississippi both understand the ne
relation which they sustain 10 the labor {
the State, and cheerfully accept the FAC,
OF the new situation.
H. Abuses OF Freedmen of the graves
character are often reported TO this Office
These must be. stopped. The planter
should learn lIht their interests and tbos
OF the Freedn5en are coipcideht Thi
Bureau will Andearor TO advance III,
: interests OF bofh, aud each cIass should
seek the welfare OF the other, as III,
-OeaDs OF promoting It's own. E,napcj
patton Is q fact. The Government i
pledged 10 maintain 1t. Yet many 81
the PLANTERS are found gong back, il
thought, to reargue the question O,
freedom. and to dispute that iact thus
throwing obstacles in The way Of the sue
cessful working of TIE free labor system.
All this is FOLLY. The argument WIS
finished when tbe war began the ones
tlon was forever aettled when it clt sed
| If we ha, fallen among difficulties, we
are TO look forward 10 tind the WAY out of
| them, since we cannot % hack TO the
| past. 1t matters less how we got into
them, if we may only csc ,pe. We are TO
look ahead tor light and prosperity
War has doCe its wors.; now, with re-
turning peace, we may hope through its
! quiet arts, to repair The maleriul losses
entailed by the wsr.
ma nj If bo ~ 4 ~
Freedmen lie parallel 10 each othsr :
| They cannot become hostile unless preia-
dice mikes them so. Land is valued IS
without labor, and the labor Of the great
majorl y Of the Freedmen is vain with.
out land. These interests must be com
hined, or each Is com paratively vAlueless
For the planters, then, 10 abuse, or even
ALLEVIATE, the elias on whom they must
depend for the labor that makes their
plantations valuable, is foolish as well a.
wicked Cancellation and Kindness is
he true policy, and is self remuneratiYe.
Grtve frequently hear OF men bsinr
shot for leaving plantaiions. or for reply,
ing TO personal abuse in terms pot diere-
spectful; and of others who hive iueu
hogged, padded, etc. IL must be under
STOOD that the old appliances If slavery
must b abandoned entirely, and the fact Z
that he negro is n man. anu entitled to !
the common treatment due 10 II human,
being, iuiiy lmpressed on all miDd DIS The |!
time Is come, when a. people that su,p /
poses iiseit capable OF managing it's own |
government, should cease to suppose that !
All arguments and claims. in behalf of 50 !
important class as the aborng popuia- |
lion, are sufficiently met by the phrase,
so widely used, "dann the niger" -
" hoover cannot accept all this is not 10 I
&c reas oned with, and should piece HIM
self In such position as not 10 come ia
contact with The Freedmen of the State !
Contracts are of great Importance ~ sil
parties concerned. Planters employing
Freedmen must make a contract in writ
ling with them as soon as practicable,
and deposit copy in the nearest office OF
the Freedmen's Bureau. Contracts are
not only useful to EDUCATE the Freedmen,
to secute 10 them justice, and to teach
them how to deal with men they also /.
prot. CT the planters by holding the poo
pie to steady work. and by preventing
tlsappoln ;ment to employers when labor
s ost needed. Thev are also useful to
)tticers; because, If Freedmen are lazy, f,
II dishonest, it is easier TO hold them 70
Contract intelligent Y made, than 10 en- ,
orrce on them their duty IN any other :
way. =.
Il is Of the highest cons equencs tina, >
pod faith with the negroes be most care. ?
ully observed. The planters expect gov +
tnment to hold the negroes 10 their du.y a
10 their contrac s II is not
unreasonable that they themselves should
re held rigidly to their agreements. The
Freedmen are universally suspicious o. c
White men, and especially OF ioim4r /
laveholders. Kindness and fair deanne
re Indispensable, if We would overcome e
he influence of these p ejudices. 81
There must be no evasion Ot freedom, n
% system Of apprenticeship coufl ctlns :"
With it, and NO contracts Tor terms OF ! u
ears or Tor life, as Is sometimes pro Il
osed b
1t is evident TO all. that ints lligent Ii
aGor is more valuabls- than that of the a.
ynorant and degraded. The Planters
ill therefore subserve their owl inter. n
ste, II they aid rs To educate the Freed. II
len, and contribute to support their c.
:hools aud eucouragA all i'm provemehts. $
he opposition that is often manifested I
, the education of the coior.d people q
withou, any logical reason, except Of
hen it arises from tie desire to keep
len liable 10 be cheated and rnisused. Ia
We habitualiy erloln Upon the Freed p'
len the duty OF being respectful TO their III
tie masters. 1t is not too mitch 10 say, IN
a the other hand, that these shouIa be ST
spectacle, and 10y considerate kipdu+ SIS. 10
AXE ii possible for the negroes to follow
lr counsel N
For the current year, especially, the m
eedmen will have TO be- supported from &C
IL crops which they have labored to dt
AXE. They have a right ~ this. as st
cry iaborer is worthy of his hire; and sC
,vernment will $50 insist ON il as = ne 80
ssity. ard TO relieve itself OF needless pc
irdens, rs well IS on the ground OF right 10
his policy will ais, benefit the plaute po
retaining on hs place the labor, which pe
ii be Indispensable and valuable mex A
ar. af-a ~ teH ~ asa pa
The negroes right 20 bold properly. VII
hen legitinately ACQUIRED must pa re, eli
gnized and res ected by ALL This mast trC