Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-27
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We publish this morning an interesting
letter headed " Richmond-the Labor Ques-
ton." The condition OF the Virginia Cap
ital as depleted by this writer may, We
imagine, apply toIauyI other Southern city
which has just been relieved of the calami-
ties, of war. M But from this picture, we
draw conclusions which are hopeful. I'm
provement must begin somewhere, and it
Starts where it Is most needed for the exi-I
gencies Otothe moment q IL, lis. manifesta-
tion of lite. The ,non-essentials will come
after awhile. '''"'' t'-'--'', 90. '.'.'A =
This latter result of course depends on
the "labor question - and of that we have
Just as little doubt. But it requires patience,
the preaching of which we know fails on
ears that cannot exactly comprehend the
import Of it. When a man has lost a half
million, more or less, by the emancipation;
proclamation, which swept away so many
wealthy estates, he is not In a mood to listen
| to consolation. He is hopeless, unless he
| be1a full grown man in the true philosophy
of life that is, have disposition to sub
NIT to the, inevitable. The man who sits
down and makes himself miserable BECAUSE
he has lost his negroes and his confederate
currency and his confederate bonds is not
equal to the emergency, which inspired
courage and patience and endurance among
the noble men who fought through this war
to the last gasp-IsomeI of whom have come
home with an arm or leg lacking--thous-
ands or whom fell -dead-on innumerable
battleriieltis, and NliedswithB the full sassur-s
ance that they were doing their duty TO
God and man and the laws which it was
their duty to obey. They, fought for what
they considered q principle. The principle
which inspired the other side has worked
out, its .ewn salvation, The, wheel Of The
lottery has given a blank for us. We
must accept that blank, and not, as the Irish
say, hone. for what we have lost Let the
venture go, and let us, endeavor to forget
that we have adyeptured much, and lost
nearly AL. We can Keep. the past for in77li
structiop; but we must use 1t for Instruction.
We can, better, ourselves only by this dis
cipline, and, we believe, make for our chill
drep, II not ourselves, such places as will,
heyelop' their energy and lead them tocom-;g y,
The Labor question: from, the, hopless-
ness of those who have been suddenly coh-
gerted from masters to the equals of their
slaves, in the eye of the law, has not been
examined with that care with which so inn
portant q matter, should be Investigated.
The negro is a child in our, civilization. He
must so, be considered, II from him any
usefulness is expected. Without q moye-
ment OF his own, he has been thrown, into |,
q, condition which is entirely novel to him..
He knows no more of his duties than the
child which feeds at its mothers breast;
but, as in the past he has been d0cile, we /,
may assume that, after awhile, with kindli-
ness from his white tutors, and his natural
disposition to obey his superlors, he will
learn that freedom Is not privilege of idle
ness.lu He may be taught TO understand
that every free man is a struggler in fhe
battle OF life, and that those who do not I