Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-25

nav be almost said to join the human CRY. Our
wealth and influence muss come from the earth
Its products are needed 10 replace the poverty
and remove the agonies OF the war; to liquidate
individual and State liabilities: 70 enrich and
build up our towns ard cities. 70 make new rail
roads, clear out our rivers, and erect manuiacto
ries and school-houses and dwelling houses; to
pay the interest upon our national debt. and 10
set the wheels Of a varied and mighty industry
in motion. Lsbor-ve can't move . step with
DOT r..
The negroes now in the country must consti-
tuts a large paft Of this labor. They are here.
and they will, for the pre0eut At least, remain
here. Faneifal spoeulaiions about separating
them from the whites or removing them from
the country, even If realized al all and TO any
extent. can be only gradually and upon a COM
parsiiyely limited scale. Practically they must
stay where they are. and they must be fed. and
therefore and for other reasons. also. they must
work and work steadily. They must be made
TO observe their contracts. They must be made
20 observe the d~ecencies and ussges Of ~civilizs-
ton and to obey the laws. They must be alike
protected and held responsible. They cannot be
drones In the great hive Of human industry or
LEFT to prey at will upon society. He who en-
courages them in ~idleness. 10 any degree. is Il
fool or a knave, and deserves to be booted out oil
decent society.
1.-THE negro is quite as much Influenced by
public opinion as anybody else. and perhaps
little more. A strong, united public opinion
emanating Jointly from citizens and officers o
the Government, brought to bear upon him
will do much 70 produce in him industriou
habits. which will be as beneficial to him as t.
the country at large.
The address Of the President to the colore
race, to which We have alluded 10 a previou
issue proves that be Is profoundly impressed wit
the necessity existing for the freed people {
labor TOR their v support, and we canno
doubt, therefore, that SO long az the Freedmen
Bureau remains in operation he will see that
right influence shall emanate from it in this re
spect; and when that Bureau shall be superseded
ss ere long il will be. by the power of the re
~spective States, working through proper law
and organizations. that power will of course b
judiciously yet vigorously exerted 10 furtberanc
Of the industrious habits which we trust will al
ready have been initiated. developed, an
strengthened through the previous efforts of th
Governments agencies.
I'VE want five million bales OF cotton mex
year. That crop can be made. The soil
ready for 1t, and the labor lie already in th
country. Shall il. can it be made available
That is the only question about which there ca
be any doubt. Many Southern men have it'll
hope that the negroes can be made to wor
steadily; but when they perceive the Govern
ment and it's agents taking the ground that th
negroes must work, as well for their own goo
as for that of the country, they will be encour
aged and take heart.
The disposition in all the Sta.es, so far as W
can learn it. is that the freedmen must and shsI
be protected in their liberty and rights as FIRE
persons, but at the same time that they mus
and. shall work. That is the correct position
and the quicker and the more strongly an
deeply the truth OF these two propositions is inn
pressed upon the minds of the colored rae
throughout the South the better i, will be for a
concerned"