The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-01
nashville. TENNEssEE.


z I ASaHa5e o. The Governor OF NEssis.
sipPis
ExEcUTrvE oFTIcR,
. JAcEsos, Mss, Nov. 20, 1865.
. Gentlemen Of the Senate and House Of RsD,
ressutatives.
IA view Of yolr resolution to take, at an
early day, afecess uatil after the holidays,
. deem It proper q cali your immediete a.
> lent On 70 lew subjects OF vital in portsece
% ne Relfzro q the State.
y sudden emancipation Of over
thrss hundred thousand ayes, MississiDpi
D na' imposed upon Der : problem OF vat
2 magnitude UPON the proper luton Of
which depends the hopes aEd future pros
|. lty and welfare Of ourselves ard our
, children.
Under the pressure Of Federal bayonets
urged on By the misdirscted sympathies OF
&he Woz. d. n behalf Of the easlaved ART
Z can, The people Of Aississippi have abol-
isned The Institution Of slsv ~, and have
soieiani : DESIRED IN their St-t- Coas.itu
s'og that "tha LegislstuFe shculd provise
I q Jaw ne Plotecti5n sni security of
person and properly Of the freedmen Of
tee STATE, end guard them and the Ststs
against any evils hat may ar g from Iboir
l sudden emanciPatioa." How this impor-
tant proYision and EsguiEsmoat Of The en-
stllptlon "a 70 De CARED into effect Is the
CUES ION presented f0r our 50 ution. We
must nov meet The question Is il IS, sid Of
IS We would hks 20 havs Is. TIE rnle NUT
os justice. The negro is free whether we
IKE h or not We must re lie that fact |
nov and forever. 70 be free, however, does
not make him citiEen, or entitie him 10 /
political or social equality with lhe white /
mao: But the Cons tuition AID justice do /
sluIe him 70 proteclioa and security in 1
sonal. -
u my humble Judgment no person bond
q res una ar any forul Of government, can
3 assured o. protection or security IN either
/ person or property, except through an in
! dependent Gnd enlightened judiciary. TIE
courts, then, should be open to the negro.
Doi Of what avail is It to opan the courts,
ana invite the negro "lo sue aud be sued %
II ne IS not permitted to testify himself aud
introduce such testimony a. he or mis- tor-
ney msy deem essential 70 establish the
run and justice Of his ease3 Whether the
Wit9ess be white or black, It is the denial
Of the most common privilege ef fres.
mockery. I
AZ mea'urs Of domestic policy, whether !
lot the protection OF the person or property
Of tao freedman or for the protect on offs Gle
I " me negro should be allowed and required .
70 u iy Tor Or agaiust the white and black :
according 70 the truth. There are few men
I 49, --eAAA WIZ nave lQL kLoHu /
many white criminals to 70 fsunwhippei Of
Ju-tice" because negro teslimony vas not
permitted IN the couits. And nov that the >
negro IS no longer under the restraints and
protection o his master, he will become the
dupe and 'ests-paw' Of the vile aud vicious Z
white man who seeks his association aud 7
vii Piu1der our lands Hilh ntire security
rom punishment unless he can be reached .
through negro testimony. Il ia an insult y
% me inteilgsnce aud virtue Of our Courts, !,
ana luries Of Whine me1, % say or suspect =
mat they cannot or will not protect the in 8
noespt, whether white or black aeainst the y
falsshood md Psriury Of black witnesses. y
Ihssquestion Of admitting negro tsstiino- y
ny ior toe prot ctou Of their person aud
property sinks into insignifcan { by theside Z.
OF ne other great question Of guard n them | -
and the ate against toe evils that NAV ~
arise from their sudden emancipation. ~
What are the evils tia, have already arisen. "a
sgalnst which We are % guard the negro -
sud the State The answer fs patent 10 all P'
-ysgraney and pauperism, and their inev- %
ltaoie eoneomitant, crime and ms ~, hang y
! dark pail over q once prosperous and ~
happy but now desolated land. q
To the guardian ca5o Of tue Freedmen's 10
Bureau has been int listed the emanc pated u
slaves. The civil law and the white man a.
outside Of the Bureau, has been deprived Of "a
all jurisdiction over them Look around rs
on and see The result Idleness and va ~
graGcy has been the result. Our rich and VI
productive fields have been deserted fc. tue y
dlthy garrels and sickly cellars Of our towns
ADD CT les. From producers they are con- "
verted mo consumers, and as winter sp- -
proaehes their only Sc vati0n from starva-
.ion and want is Fe1erEl rstilns, pluoder pc
and pillage. -Four ysars Of cruel war, con- "A
iueted upon principles Of vandali m dis- ~
graceful 70 the eiYiIEad n Of the age. was ~
scarcely more bhghting and destructive to wa
he homes Of the white man, and iInpoVer-
shing and degrading 70 the negro, than has sui
Z suited IN the last SIX or eight months from
ne adml istTation Of ihis black incubus ~
dany Of the officers connected wi b that ~
Bureau are gentlemen Of honor and int-g- so
ity, but they seem incapable Of protecting U.s.
be rights and proper y Of the white man se
lgainss the villsinies Of the vile and VII W.
slnous with whom they are ass1cia ed. IN
How lolg this hidsous curse, permitted orS
# Heaven, is 10 be allowed 70 rule, and fuiu
NJ unhappy pe'p!s, regret l. is Bot 10 M ~ ~.
'oTsr TO give any assurance, further than AZ
an be adhered from the public aId private o"
lee S ali0ns Of Pres 4 ut johnson that "the sh'
Ioops will ell BE- withdraw from saissis- ne'
ippI, when in the opi-io Of the Govern a.
1snt the peace and order and civil authori- ua
? has been restored ard can be maintained rev
Without them. Ia this uncertain y as %
That viii satisfy the Govern ment Of our me
DyElty and ability to maintain order and sd
esce and civil government, our dutg ind Gus
be Constitution 70 guard the negro aud the ano
tate from the evils sri-ing from sudden are
nsncips ton, must not be neglected. Our lop
uty 70 the state, and b the ireedmer nHs
; ms 10 me to be clear, and re peetfu " a.
sOonmend, LIST Tat legro testimony nar
aould be admit Z IN our courts not nj, i9r
" the protection Of the Pc. O. q nd proper {
? Of the freedman buE for she pro ecu Of ~
,ciety sgainst the crimes # botn rae, s. Of .
L. That the freedmen be suc0uraEsd,
ace 70 engage 10 come pur. nit q Industry. 70
II the supp0 Of his emily and The educs-
on Of bis children, b. avs assuring him n
frisDdsbip and pro sctlou. SIT
Tax the freedmen ior the support Of the c ~
digent and helpless ireedmes, aud then -
ith 50 iron vii and the streng hund Of - 4
ower take hold Of the id or and the va -
ant and force him 70 some proftabls EN- -
oymsat. 3D. Pass q militia law that viii =
lsole the militia 70 protect our people ssv
.ainst the instruction or any possible y
IN blnation Of vicious white msn and ne Ian,
/ deem the passage Of these measures, -. ~.
fore you take q recsss, Of vital impof- - !,
zee. By then we may secure the wish -,
swal Of the Federal troops, and thus !. #
ain inspire cur people with hope and con - :.
ience IN the future, and encourage them 20 -,
gage sgsin in agricultural pursuits upon h.
aich our q depends, Il We fail to pass 80
en-, the FL urs is all uussriainty, gloom III !
q dssPondeney- no,
d. BEET. HullFHEEYs -
6oYernor Of Mlsslssippi. 81,