Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-28
RICHMOND WHIG.
FRIDAY MORNING.......JULY %, 1865.
Negro Tr.bulatiOns.

men, Refugees, aud Abandoned Lands" mas
notified the land owners Of the county OF
St. Mary's, in the State Of Maryland that
If they do not provide on their own estates
for their former slaves now become unh; for
labor, their plantations shall be seize by the
Government, and cultivated for the benefit Of
the afol esaid superannuRted darkies. This, as
our contemporary well observes, is short
and easy method Of settling a 7eXed queS-
tiou; but 1t is about as oppressive arbitrary
aid wrongheaded as il we'll can be. why
no, issue an order compelling business men
a. the North 70 pension their employees
" unit for labor" and farmers to prov de Tor
the support Of those % who have worked tor
than. and became incspacitated by reason
Of age or other cause During the exist
epee of slavery, masters had the obligation
fapd generally felt it) Of supporting their
slaves tiIl death or the auction-block did them
mart. But now, that slavery has ceased 10
s1ist the customs OF the institution fall with
II. and idle, or poor, or superannuated ne
sroes can no longer be made q personal
charge upon their lac owners. These recent
slaves have precisely the same claim upon
their late masters that laborers have upon
- applovers elsewhere and whatever
tbat claim may be, il IS subject Tor State
,o6 not for Federal execution. Maryland Is
a,-val State in the Union, has State laws,
C,vtNnor. and a system Of relief. Let this
system he applied to those who need IT, but
az the integrity and honor of a State are
v,lued. let not the Federal Government at
,smut 70 declare the duty Of one citizen to-
wards another. 1t may as legitima;ely en-
force the order, of General HOWARD in Wor-
eester county, Massachusetts,, as IN St. Ma
rvs county, Maryland.
Already the conflict Of authority between
the Freedman's Bureau and the army IN
south Carolina has commenced; and be-
tween the two, the Ethiopian is in a fair way
70 he ground to powder. The New York
Tribune explains the muddle as follows;
w, believe the difficulty 10 be thai the Freed
mans Buieau has the legal night VIII Re General
Hatch and other military COMMANDERS nave th7
military power. General Howard VINO Is AZ 'ue
beed al he bureau, OF &c neral SaXton, VINO hss
.h-r.a,ft the ; ates o. south Carolina and GeOl-
-. Soss NOT command single sold e., and either
% lem IL powersss 70 enforce the orders when II
A. bisright ava duty 20 issue IL may DE tlAt the
War Leyartnent Cbllzhed general oFuer mat
o. rnmanders Of departments shouIu ASSIST tne
Commissioners Of The Bureau pVt II Gems 70
W hem neglected By the de 5Er ,ment cOmHan1-
=. a1d never 70 have reached their subOrdlnAtes.
he result is that tbs latter, instead oi co-op-ra-
tipg effectively with the Bureau Commissioners
81 IN orders nd systems OF their oSni ana ths
f-,sdfnen AXE their chances between me Two
q f--if Icg ,ycrcG c poor chaace. Zeal for the
-, ~ NOT commonly 70 be Looked Tor among
amy officers high IN command, ~ three lnIe
I.-snt Oh servers, who have lGteiy returned itOu
Sfstb Carolina. We are assured mat tue puDilsh-
ei accounts IRON that stale Auo'1 No IluIsaeloH
f the zeal state Of affairs OF tie ds0rg ahlzstOn
Tbe iaWlessness the Indifference, or worse than
trat tie strong disposition on the part OF mil
tarv Officers 70 side with the planters as against
the negroes
General Hatch, il seems, has his ''plan'
for adjusting the relations Oflaborer and en-
rlovers. II resembles General Howard's
s,plsnp only in the application Of force and
military law. Thus the freedmen on the
Cooper river. have refused TO sign con
,r,ets approved by General Hatch, and SO
the General sent troops out 10 force the
freedmen 10 observe the contracts ordered
by the Department aud accepted by the
plsuters. The troops were also ordered to
5issrm all the insubordinate and compel
them 10 g % work g..
So the negro is banded about from one
a. another, and il he escapes the tyranny of
ri, military protector, he encounters cruel
treatment from individual soldiers. The
following cheerful description Of scene in
Chsrle.tou is given 10 letter to the Bos-
ton JOlgna!
A. soon as the One Hundred and Twenty sew
snfh Ell with their wanton crueltes the One
Hundred and SiIty-6tLh- 6etiGves, Col Duryea's
command were IA their place and, oh God
,yb-,a c3u,d such tends come from The cOlOred
rsope We G kpOC ked down, robbed, &C. Last
ssti-dsy night In the market, they went up 10 a
crloied man who was selling eggs. They upset
H. bssket and broke his eggs. he said II Sas
bsaut fol for soldiers who were sent 10 protect
tbrn 20 act so. The ZouRve drew his bayonet
ecd Thrust him. He died on the spot. On they
vyont-strlSing eolored persons about the head
I'D face with knucks and slung-shots. A gene
RAJ rog commenGeG -, .-.,s
tn ~ ssrs street tights daily with Zouayes and
Isbels No notice whatever was taken By the COM
rnsnders Of the post or district until this Satur-
Sav night when the roE cost life. Then the Gen
80 oT5eied them out Of the city. About two
tbj-5s In The remainder were secreted by the
Rebels in different parts Of the city. They con-
t,n1s5 their depIelations on Sunday and Monday
An. disguise as citizens Where do they get thFr
eIothesl From the Rebels. Strange this regl-
NET should be sent here. Three weeks ago forty
of tbeu were sentenced n be shot but pardoned)
Tor disobedence Al + Ort ? llaski. They were sent
f-orn the city OF Savannah tor crueltes on col
ored persons
In consequence Of these outrages, the col
ored population became excited and held a
meeting, whereat they passed the following
resolution
RESOLVED, That we, the eolored citizens Of South
- Csroins residing In the city OF Charleston. deem
- ri,bt and proper that We should know from the
commander Of this district what may be the cause
Of our molestation by those whom the Govern
Tnsot bss paced here for the protection Of all
Ioval citizens. We are quite sure Of our peace.
fni conduct in the community, and II We cannot
Obtain proper information from the authorities
"a bs radressed We will appeal 70 the Govern
Inent AZ washington. We are determined not 10
,,,-r,lt any further intrusiOns upon our rights as
iovaI citizens nor iniractions upon the Govern
Inent 0, the United states
This looks indeed like speck Of war, and
indicates something Of a disposition on the
mart Of these disconnected freedmen to as
sert the rights guaranteed to them BY the
Emancipation Proclamation. We submit,
however, that little common sense among
the military chiefs would readily bring order
out Of confusion.
1.-THE negroes are really free, there should
be no interpretation of any kind between them
and their late masters, on the part of the
military authorities, in the matter Of con-
tracts Each party should be at perfect lib
erty 80 make what contracts they please Will
the otbsr-just as in the case of other free