Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-06-23
Reconstruction.

the completing of such hollow shells. Th'
people have got to be moulded into I
! homogeneous mass-to become one pco-
pie, in general sense. l7e most
The great bone of contention for thu
last half century. slavery, may have be-
come thing of the past, but it is moi
quite patent to the sight. The colorcd
mnn. will be the object of petty spite, Of
prejudice, of bitter and unrelenting per
sccution, Of large majority of the whites,
South and If with this common antiptahy'
this disposition to rule those they have
owned, We leave these ignorant and sim
pie minded men. without any protection,
they must fare hard. They are but half
freed, unless we give to them weapons Of
| self defense. the ballot box. To cure the
many evils with which this question is
surrounded is a work Of time, of patience,
of earnest labor. 1t is reported to Gcner-
al Howard by those in charge of the freed
men of South Carolina, that they have
nine thousand Colorcd children attending
school regularly, and that forty thousand
adults are at work raising cotton sc. All
these persons are fast becoming educated
up to point where they can be trusted to
assume all the franchises belonging to a
free citizen of any color. No doubt few
years of assistance in the way Of starting
schools, and in establishing system of
labor, will give this hitherto degraded
class, a start long way in advance of the
poor whites. 1t seems to us that there
must be infused into this Southern society
geody number Of Northern men. The
school house, meeting house, and free
ballot, will work out the redemption OF
Southern society.
ARichmond correspondent Of the Wash
ington Chronicle, in alluding to the Hon.
John NJ. Bolts, a supposed Union man all
through the war, says Of him
| THE ABOLITION oE SLAVERY.
| This eminent gentleman also thinks that
DISCRIMINATION OF labor, by immediate
emancipation, is source Of much dis
quictudc. The people wonn have pre-
ferrcd to have had u voice in what 80 near
ly affects them. They do not like the
idea of accepting fundamental law with
whose provisions they are unacquainted
and Of whose spirit they are unintorincd
He frankly admits that the anti slavery
clause is repugnant TO the people. yet had
they the formation OF a new constitution
they could be induced, by certain innu
enees, to yield their objections and inser
IN article ;ibolishing the system.
Mr.. Bolts has no hesitation in saying
that the abolition of slavery was one .
the worst measures that the Government
has adopted for the slave. He declare,
that many Of the negroes are lazy ant
worthless and not in a condition to cnjo,
freedom; but that if the act had beef
: gradual, they could laye been prepare,
ier the position which has been forced upo,
them. He wants it distinctly un,lerstOo,
that he is not i'll favor Of slavery, and tina
at his death he had intended to make
satisfactory provision for his bondsmen.-
Many Of them, however, not knowing o
his generous intentions, or, if they did, no
caring to wait until that period, mysteri
ously disappeared, among whom he think
there are only two or three who are capa
bic of taking care of themselves The,
left the women and children with him
whom he cheerfully supports, Thankful
that it is in his power to do SO.
NEGROES REMAINING IN THE SOUTH.
Mr.. Bolts cmphatically declares tina
the democracy of the people of the Soutl
is of character that they will not per
nit the negroes to remain in the South il
peace as free men, lie mentioned th
fact Of his friendship for the negro in sever
al instances. and spoke Of those unfav0ra
BILE signs, not as expressing his own feel
ings, but as anticipating unfortunate
events. He called attention to the fac
that in the Convention Of 1850 in thi
State. to revise the Constitution, whel
efforts We're made to deepen the aegi ada
ton Of the slaves, and to increase tn
embarrassments and prosecutions of tn
free people Of color, he demanded of tn,
representatives. Of the State what-witl
: the additional weight Of legislation the,
were abent to burden the negroes-the,
wished to accomplish lie was answere,
that If it were deemed necessary, the.
: wonll be driven into the Chesapeake
His liberahty with reference to the negr
has frequently been the cause and mad
the occasion for the most violent vitupera
ticn from his political opponents in Virgin
ia, VIII" seriously questioned his fidelity t
: Southern Institutions.
II such are the views of one of til
most loyal of the Southern men, then ther
must be labor expended, and long tim
eiapsc before we shall be safe in trustin,
the interests of all the people in sue
hands. But few Of the Southern men Of tina
class born to rule, "are fully indoc .rinate
in the true principles Of a thoroughly Re
publican form Of government, such as W
hope we are to have, in all this land afte
this. So that it would seem as if ther
need he no haste in hazarding the in
terests that are now 30 important, an
which have cost so much blood and treaur
to vindicate. and to snatch from the hand
of reasonable men. by giving such int
the power Of doubtful or half loyal men
We want no more war, no more conten
} tions no mere slaves, no more privilege
classes, no more men lastered and petted
and pampcrod. wha in the end will groy
fat and kick.
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IMPRovEMESr.-Ther Is good deal o
Improvement going on in this village, IL
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