, 1865-07-13
Northeast M1asIAatppi-An Indiana
Colonel In Conmnnd-Creat-
ueut OF freedmen.

[Co!uubus, Mss., Correspondent N. 7. Hc.aldee
Their whole employ ment in life appears to
be 10 grumh;e at their hard fate sud the
"c1uei treatment Of the fankce Government
existence occasionally by qua'relllng With
their former slaves and bringing them before
Gel. G. N. L. johnson, i13th indiana car.
alTy,) commanding this post and sub-dtstrtct
Of Northeast Mississippi. In order to complain
Of them for descrtIag The plantation and re-
lnsips to work. Col. Johnson's dislike
for the negro arises, ! think, from the trouble
which his position as commander Of tho dis
trict gives him. lie found them on taking
comuinrd IL d terribly demoraltzea state.
They were leaving the r'autattons, biyouack-
Ing III p~te& weoas, and killing tho cattle and
hogs to sabsiss On. Several citizens wese
murdeted By SOME Of the more lawless- He
a, work, told them ID an ordc. which be
Issued 1ba. in the words of their best
friekd and that wise statesman, Aplrew
Jetnscn, freedom meaut liberty to work
and tpJoy tbs fruits Of thcir labor," aud
uldc1ed that they must be put to work.
ne has etven work to nearly Two
thoueards Of those who were previously "
ilE on the government Now only q faw
helpless negro women and children, besides
the white objects Of charity, who arc very
numerous, subslst On the government ~
ticns. Hts experience with the black people
haH made Col. johnson n strong anttnegro-
suffrage man, though IN favor OF the aboll-
mo.e capable Of wisely enjoying the great
privilege Of voting than tha foreigners who
come 10 cur Shores and with whom 4 term
ofresdence. II no other gu LITIGATION, ia re-
Quisite. They are children In mind, and by
no manner Of means IS well qualified to vote
emancipation" from thelr jgnoEn1cc he thinks
iStte nett step towarda making man Of the
race.
All OF which Ia true as far as my experience
goes. Lut the caud ID truth Is, that, generally
speaking. the great majority Of the Southern
cation or morals Of the negroes. Both rnccs
hare to BE- educated, have TO be freed from
The bondage Of ignosxnce In Which the slave
holder has kept both the negroes and the
:. noor white tiash," before they will be ab1c
tercst and vtlfareLTany one w1siiges 'heu5In.
prthend how It Was that the rebel leaders 60
successfully oeluded this people Into their
accn,std rebellion. and 10 see how completely
the poo, ,er whites became mere tools In the
h5nds Of the 1:cueF planters, he has only to
come South and See ho y totally ignorant and
featlully Grpsnr'd trtat p 'or whites a,e.
The following Is, Coi,n.i Johnson's o.der in
regard tn the nrgrces, uhlch had such 4,.n.
eacial tflect in 1ttlu' iu= the numher Of those
living In idlcaess Ut tuts pD!ut off the G o..
esEne1t:-
ilEAuQuARFEas rosr,
CoLUK3us. Mrs Juns 7, 1865
There ht!Dg lstxs accumulation o. nex1ocs at
this post <eps. d,n1 On The Envt snFncss for sup
Judicial to the iEterset Of tie Government. The
cot nuntsy aud thtm.e'gc-, 4 Ia hereby d:rcd
IEat tsey return " their former homee 0: seek
stnpiuymcnt cneshers. uct'l su~h time ~ the
l:es Of the United States applying to hs regu T.
ifots Of labor ars pror1ulsa'eu.-.
They vii: be protected against cruel or tntu usu
tre.iHe1t. bp. ihty must work. II IL n nj fha nuY
resc Or ,ntcnaion ol the Government = suppu7t
th. IN Ia ldH ncte.
They will be given len saTAt time to obtain em.
poymeut and provide for their own subsistence
stEh!th time the lH.ue Of rattous will be di:co.-
ttnued. -.10
By order Of Co'ouel 9. n. L. JoussoH,
Commanding Post.
Ed. F. REID, Lieutenant AID Acting Assistant
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