The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-08

tiny with allthe logical power ot an Arlst0'ta,
a Bacon, or Locke, and still The irremov-
able fact will stare US in the face we must
consent to carry into effect the compact tx
IS ing between those who now WELD al! the
governi1g power of the coun ry, aud those
W hom, before God ana mau, they have SOL
EMMY taken under their protection and pats
Tonnage. Indeed, do not at al oser,st,te the
case | have sought reformation ga this sub
jsct in all quarters where thoughs it was
possible to oblail it, and the resolt of my in
qniries Is before you 5!a,r
WHAT Do THEY INTEND TO DO WITH
ra.a thl esIdH
/ Tns is the question now asked 10 tie
South--for the overthrow of he rebellion is
complete 1t is acknowledged by all of the
mea of TIA section. Their lofty schemes oil
J independence are defeated. Cotton ia not
king. Enthusiasm and daring are not substi.
tutes for food and the material Of war ; and,
/ besides, what yer of trustfalEes5 there was
| by the masses in the counses of leaders in
! ducing them to take up arms, seems Iopg since
! to have departed. The impnlsigeatss OF
| Southern che racer ia now seen IN q ew light.
Prompt to rebel, it has been equally prompt
! 10 submit And its submission is rank man-
! ly and con6oing This we say in SPITE of r.
ports of partizans the contrary, just now
put forth, especially as to portions of Tenoes-
| sfe and North Caroline. Gov. Hold deries
the allegations of danger TO U nioa tnea ia the
latter, aad in regard to Tennessee tue troubles
are only the local squabbles of merest plliti
clans seeking Office. When theman armie,
surrendered. the whole people submitted, and
J from Virginia to Texas n vestlgo Of the Con-
federacy or lis army remains The entire
country awaits the re establishment of Fed.
! eral authorities, with its constitutional 1orns
of government.
This awaiting is, however, a fearful sus
pense and suspense, like indecision, is ter,
rible destroyer of human energy a nd pa tience
1 Military authority nterpos in the fifteen
Southern States; 10 the elevea, that attempted
secession, its reign is universal and complete
and yet its control is divided and confused
one. The source of the confusion is twafod
in the two classes of population, aud 10 the
| effort 10 rule the one ciss5 with Iepresentsg
! tives and deputies OF cenrifl "boteau" in
Washington, not uniformly Or duly un jer
standing heir functioos, but discor dantly ect
ing in those States, already occupied by the
military Hence the improbable opposition
, that, rs general rule, former slave 9ldefs
would njure the blacks, upon whose labor
| they must for the present as exclusively de.
| pend as they did, while the purpose t. pro-
| tect hem seems TO relaps4 vito many in o
excuse for all heir faults and con aemna4ion
! of the mos ordinary and 0at,r Il ahoas f
| irducing tbem to work, or 0 subjeeting them
| % system and reiableness 10 their work Ii
| is evident that if the bureau ia question
would be sure Of doing goo TO either cisss Of
population, its agents must proceed upon tins
! facts as they exist, not upon the cries aud sus.
| plcons They must, according to the pow
ers granted in the Law that es tablisoei the
bureau, rsducs to system their Treatment of
the fornee AYES, and be instruetf d N 9st c,sse
fully and uniformly in their duties Aud ii
| is questionab e, If they should prescribe d
planters the wages of laocr, although they
must protect he blacks, To leave LABOR 10
seek its own field, and carry its domestic
burdens. with it, II it have such, is the
cepted law of the worlds experience
If superintendent W II allow the negro Is
to wander ON p aatation to plsntaiion in
pursuit of profitable employment; n law re
quires, and no rules of equi approve he
mas er, private man, to do the duty Of e
public, in supporting the helpless and in1irm
With such policy in vogue, pauperi m
would cover the land. Il would b. be ter for
the former slave to abide WI h his ate mps.e.
until society gets adjas ed to lis Few rel4ti rs
This policy we arc g'a3 to sae iha the southa
ern provisional or military governors noR re
commend 81.
Meantime, with the humii4tion of def at,
with uncsi taioty, if not absolute igno auce |
in respect to the pc icy 10 be puf sued ward
tenn; the calmness an rti ude of tue So4th
EN- people are steali y displayed. TEey sit
there ia their desola cd homts, with C as ,
food, aud 20 Injuries, with un willing laoor-,
ers or u certain au hority to dictate Term. Of
work, to interfere with tie managers ami |
oversees, aud their fami les, al neither Q |
pine nor despair. They n Ell a settlemeat |
What 90 they intend to do with us % he ! |
are asking of every man that passes no at
through ther land.
We, at this distance, ea1not perhaps, fully
conceive of toe sorrow md helple.sness OF
their condition South Caro- mo, We are ms
formed has negro soldiers IN nearly all her
districts ard military protec,iyn of whit
men is filt to be the mosJ important want Of
every section of the state occupie ~ the ne
gro soldiery For the latter las auga. Is
subordinatio2, and added tureats. The small /
number of whites makes this State Of, .hiags
the moe objection Bile. Ga many pianta.
ii ons with a hundred blacks, yshars is baf one
white man the former ma te Y4descisbea to
them by these soldisrs. as ally, ant 1owniag
land WHICH their i4bor has pioeu Ell. AID !,
yet that man remaips only asking TO know
the precise terms Of labor ana Ell, izeneh p
promising to adhere 10 both Can We 40
trust him?-His favorlts theory of Sac
oveeign y and nullif atiol ar9 goue, an
you scarce hear regret. His regos are
emsncipated, and he asquiesces. Tha heio-
sess and sick lie around his homestead, u ok
enel by fire, or Stripped of all is el9ga ce
tie does not ask their iemova,, but only that
toe aoe.bod ed men shall reoaia 10 essist 10
providing for item at fair wag4s. His a if
tiobs have been aie4G;ed from the leadees
southern opinion, because the enpls ye " si
the recent Confederacy piundered HIM drew