, 1865-06-10
EMANCIPATION III GEOw-
GkAs
II Ns1ble Article from Il Late Retc,
=. UFCnu in Georgia.
[Ftom the Macon Telegraph, May sol

lf4OM kuC N4CQA AeieHf1pds m8Y 30 .
Ihs programme Of tl.e 1e1gnoph under re
and simple It is to accept whateyef is in
eyltable and mike the best of 1t, Shox n
What ne have got to do, and We will do II Il
the best Of onr ability, and with what grac,
and heartiness We may. If there is auy othe,
d1ty, NE fall to discover It. '@N'N
Why, then. reproach us, and are.e tbe
Gasp as though We were in favor of fE1nover,
iehlnE this or that class or destroying fI,ts -,
That interests We are IN favor Of no srtch
Ining. we may recognize the troubles
!1sses ana se4attous which will grow out OF
only difference between us is that You ,,rn. y
pose to nope and groan over them, Thilc We
are In 1aror Of bestirring ourselves to devise
and apply all the mitigating and rcmc,fIo1
agencies the case admits Of. You rive us
long honilies about the constitutional i'm.
possl9lnly OF immediate emancipation, and
n 90 doing are simply trying to practice n
delnsion upon yourselves, which ne Are nn. =
willing to practice upon tho public. We te3l
yon elnyery is already gone, Constitption ~
no Consultation. The death sentence i,as
already been pronounced, and final execution
Is oily question Of few days or h3urg:
respite as undesirable.
70" what ought to be done In this state
OF the case? The Government can turn fhe
negro loose, and 1t can set on foot some nan.
ernl system Of hiring, by Way of snbstttf'ta.
oat II Gan not master the subject in all III
: a,chal and absolute systems Of Aussffa ar
hnssia would be practically powerless to
manaee the infinite details Of such a work.
Our Gover1ment may begin 1t, but the peo.
I!e oi thc United States will soon turn away
is totally unsulted to it. The tbeorr
Of d. mocFaIc reIubllcanIsm Is non.
intervention with tf.sde, labor and domestic
economy. Smelling and tasting committaas
aas IRE Iae e e1seRtlGnns, ~ and not; the rule. It
a matter Of taste as well as principle; and
however 5or time contrary practice seems
to have prevailed, 1t is but an cpIsoda in t1,e
national history, Which will ba cut ehort and |
abandoned before long. The Government Of
ne United States will trouble itself particu-
larry about negroes, rs class, no great whiia
longer. It will wash Its hands Of then. and
with good soap at that
Hence, We say, the States have got to take
up this business. and, iu Georgia this rr5ot
aud knotty question stars US In The face-
nov are we going to prevent half million
nld public burdens, lounglng about in towns
and 1lciEhborhoods and sprealiug mofal aud
Thystcal dtstnse among the people. How
a'e We going to mike them, instead, usrful
members Of soc;ety-good laborcrs-com-
tvt'a"te+ *e'1-'ea aHu napny, a7 they were be- |
!orc The cmareilalions To look at the nues.
uon IN It's Wiyatc, as we'll as public aspect.
ho# ase yon, III. flantcr, to prosecute your
labors with freedmen instead Of slaves
MAINTAIN discipline and efficiency, nelral,or.
hood order aud security, suppress yaerancy
around you-,protect property, eccufe
the comfort and Eell-betoe OF your laborers.
and enforce Justice and order nmong thr,u-
Selves: foW these are The great Question.
re SHOULD be thinking and talking oser, aud
1epeaa upon 1t re hare got to solye them
ourselves, and upon their solution hangs the
question Of htggsary or comfort, prosperity or
Tu'n .or The state Of Georgia. and for your.
;elves ard ourselves. Talk about :. Yau Eo.s.'
u Ii time We we're all Yankees, If bv that tern,
S meant shEewd, energetic nuu indpmttni,ia
'ncountcr with difficulties, Tell US ab3ut h.
ng Abolitionists" We are ali Ahoiit,an.
sts By force Of erents-by the stern lor;.. ~
FaE.
Nevsrtheaess, there seems to be, u3ou the
art OF some few Of our 1eaaers. IN int7i.nn-
ition or inability to comprehcn,1 nrra
,laln thing as the a.tt;uie We nn-unc
they address rs with arguments md TX
'latnts, particularly abo1t what we haH | 6
Fritten On the subject Of negro cn,e,rIoa'
ion, MS If they held rs Responsible ~ c:t,t
he existence Of which IA nn1r -ccna.;s' I
n the name Of Justice. MI C3ri1a-
nve We to do with the practical ~ 9
f the abolition Of slavery il Grorn,. ~. I
lsewhere? Did VIC decree itY M "a .e, |