The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22
SOUND AND SENSIBLE VIEWS.

SOUND. AND SENSIBLE VIEWS
=. An. WaadeIl, Esq, of Wilmington, deliv-
cred en- Address, by invitation, 10 that city,
few dave since, before the colored people OF the
Mace. unon their new relations. The Address,
which is represented to have been well received,
and which has been published, is replete with
sensible and practical views, that entitle them to
General commentator. We make one or two
extracts
WHITE LABOR
aYou will, hereafter, necessarily be iaborers,
but you will not be the only laborers. The in
situation of slavery was all that kept foreign
immigration from our shores. The tide OF for
eisuers set to the North and West where they
could buy good lands very cheap, live in free
State, and give their children the best advan-
tages of education very large proportion, of
these are the most laborious and thrifty people
ia the world. They have no stumps in their
fields, no Imprinted, dilapidated buildings, nor
broken down fences on their land. Their farms
are like garden patches, and, under the influence
of their intelligent industry, the wilderness bios
SONS as the rose. They improve aid enrich any
country they may irhabit Now, since the abo-
lition of slavery has removed the only obstacle
in the way, these thrifty, intelligent people are
coming out to the South. The climate, the soil,
aud the certainty of prosperity invite them to
our land The tide will soon turn in this dlrec-
ton, and when they come with their intelligence,
stout hearts, and sturdy arms, to settle among
us, you will have to bestir yourselves, or be left
far behind in the race. Lazy, thriftless people,
white or black, will inevitably be elbowed out of
the way to make room for the industrious, the
active, and the enterprisiag."
TRUE FREEDOM
"Some colored people have very imperfect
and incorrect idea of the freedom which has
been given to them, it is true, but this was to
be expected, and was not unnatural. They
ought, however, to be put right in the matter,
and it is the duty of the infuential-the leaders
among you to see to this thing. You ought
to make them understand that freedom does not
mean the right to do as they please without re-
gard to other people that it does not give them
the right to Ljure, to insult or annoy other
people, white or black or lounge about in idle
ness-this is the freedom of savages, The edu-
Gated few among you will have most influence
in shaping the destiny of your race, and there
fore the responsibilities of your station very
great hope you appreciate them and will act
accordingly. I have only or two other
topics upon which to advise you, and then my
task will be finished. 1t is not to the interest
Of the colored people to crowd into the cities
and towns in too great numbers. What they all
as class want now is good steady employment,
ht fair wages, on the FARMS turpentne lands,
timber swamps, mines, railroads, navigable
streams, &c, &C., of the country: Their first
duty to themselves and their families is to pro-
vide the means of subsistence for the present,
and, if possible, to clay aside something for
rainy day." They ought to make it chief OBJ
ject to save enough to buy little land as soon
as possible, and, when bought, to settle on it
Immediately and cultivate it diligently. Only
few Of you are what are called skilled laborers,
and these few will find the competition with
Skilled white labor greater than they ever ex-
perienced before A new era has dawned for
you, to be sure, but new has also dawned
for the country. This good old State Of North
Carolina, God bless her, is wide awake now, if
she was before, and her future is as bright
as that of any State in the Union. She has re-
sources of which the world profoundly ig-
norant, and which, when developed, will make |
her the richest State in the South. She is
about starting on career of prosperity hereto
fore unknown--a prosperity which will shed it's
blessings upon all her children, of whatever color
or race, who seek to benefit thereby. I would
encourage you, my friends, to entite yourselves |
to participation in this prosperity l would T
urge you, as friend who desires to see YOU enioy
all the happiness and good fortune to which you
can justly lay claim, to seek employment, to
labor diligently to improve your condition and |
elevate your race to abide faithfully by the laws
to educate your children and to live in such
way as to command the respect and sympathy of
your fellow-nen. You must not Judge the |
future by the present. Everything is in an un-
settled condition now. Military authority ncces
sarily prevails until the civil authority can be |
fully established society is demoralized and |
evils are common. But this will not last long
The machinery of civil government will soon be |
put In motion. Elections will be held, the courts
will be open for the punishment of crime, and .
the dispeusation of justice, and law and order
will once again be fully restored to this recently
afflicted land. God speed the day, aud may He
who rules the destiIies of us all send us perma-
nent peace, and happiness, aud prosperity"
GoLD.-The following is the official report of
all the American gold received at the United
States Mint and itr oh &C., e