Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-09
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THE FREEDHEN's AEETfNG.

ffeedueO. They poured in from al! .hs sur ouni
| lig county, pu'suan. to tha I.ti.e given that
they would be address By tue Agent Of lie
| Ffesdmen's Bureau. We suppose fully o IhoI-
| ) nd or twelve huodied were assembled in the
| Court House yari, where they werJ addressed by
Cspt. Crandon, the agent in question. Brigad er
General Yoris, and Rev. Or. Broaddus Of tue Bap-
| t'st church Of this place.
Captain Crandon made M .t sensible, 6pc-r-
pirate and judicious discourse. 10 told tho
cOlosed people that nc wished 70 corre;t ssversi
aislpprehensi1ns. | He Wished 10 dslIdSs
their minds Of the idea that ct the end Of tiis
ar-Christnas-.he lands were t. b3 divide.
among the cOlored p5ope. hs told them they
should get rid Of this notion at once. Tho United
States GoyernmeDs Eever had any slch purpo5e -
He said the Government viii protect you've aIe
here to protect you-but II you want farms you
must 20 to work and purchase them. g. AnotbtI
vague impre sson was ente.t ined, that th! next
year was 10 be q sort OF Ja6ilee-tla. soma groat
good was coming TO them about the frs, o.: Jan.
usry-he did not know what. That cons-Qlea "
they were unwilling TO make contracts Tor next
year. All he knew about this was that about
CHRISTMAS they were going to bsve a mighty
hard winter. The Government. We; Tot going
to warm them-bu. they had IL in .Gof
power to warm themselves. lie: every col.
ored man show that he i; capable of i.s own
support and worthy Of his freedom. Hs urseG
them to make contracts at once. and got hol.st.
ls is said the niggtr5 wont keep contracts, Ro
1ad had great experience, and he believed thsy
would do so. II he does not, we wll malss hr,
He begged them to stick to thei. CONTRACTS, q
There was another ridiculous notion abroad
Many coiored people b I'd asked him il thgy ma;s
contract for one year, i0iH tGsy bavs 10 vorb
-four years for nothing 9fterxGrds' In rely, Ie
said, = / tel. you, you are free; you will have
TO work out your contract and no N ne. q. AL.
other remark the colOred people seemed 10 thu
hnir n m a ar pa
lieve THE. The necessity of the cas-. required
that the two races should live hero tJgethsr--aud
it should be ss friendl. The whites have got no
money at present and the colcred people should 4.
iy expeGt moderate wages. They woulI &c.
more hereafter. 8. Again when ycu hire your.
self 10 80 employer, he is entitled to all y0Ir ls.
Dor. Work Out your time fairly; ID esery day
good days work and, in emergencies, 90 exirl
work. 6. As to your families you should get
them together. Captain Craudon urged the Co
Iorei people to show that they could make honest,
reliable members OF societs-to p ove themselves
worthy of the gre II boon OF freedom which h.d
been conferred On them. He tod the tn It they
should stay in the neighbor ood, whs % they
found themselves aud not rush to the cities and
towns. Alexandria was not the way to Heaven.
Gen. Voris followed Capt. Crandon. he made
n clear plain, AMI straight forward speech, which
struck us as nlrking HIM a. man If ability
de said the c0lored p;op:e had the idea that the
Government was going 10 do some great thing
for them. The Government h ID no great thing
TO do for them. Il had done more for them in tfs
,as. six months than it will ever do again. Tie
Government ID set them free. lie thought tie
thinking people OF Virgini. did n t want to re.
enslaye them. The Government is the people. IN
A short time these gentlemen around me viii 10
inst as m 1ch a part Of tie COVE nmsar as the
United states Officers. In little while the mil.
tIry will be gone. The white mea Of Yirgiois
viii make the laws OF Virginia. Til. colorad peo,
i,rDI nj m rat bol,
rpresent them. They must show u these m
who would make la ags for them, that they would
make coed citizens Must SECURE their ccnadan e
The government had set them FREQ bat IL h4d
Mt stopped work. All had to WORK. Formerly
they did not receive the earnings Of their ls
bor; this was now secured to them. Here.Og0ra
they h 4d had families from whoni they We're Of.
ten separated this will mayor be again. he
urged thea to provide for tner famil.es--not ony
20 feed them, and clothe them, bat 10 sflcats
them. He told them that soon the Govern gen:
would remove the exercise of IFS authority over
them. They must therefore looz TO the whl.e
gentlemen among them for counsel aad pro;ec-
tion. There were good men here who cared for
them. They couldn't leave Virginil--should they
20 North, they would fad human nature u.
same there as here. The Yankee vas just ~ SOL
fish az the Virginian. Hs did not believe in at
tempting TO regulate wages. This matter would
adjust itself. At present tiey could not expect
grea. deal. He urged them TO maize eoniract4
and II this would not do, he commanded them TO
set about making their arrange aents for the
winter AS u the cities, they cOdlin't sup
support themselves there, if they vent there They
couldn't learn new tr cks. nea donS Ret S3u
month at Fortress Monr e-thJs, who tel you
this lie Government don't want abOrrs, It has
discharged half million in the last five months,
There are 2095 co!ored people in Charl )tteivilts
and probably from b0J 10 S0J who don't know
where they will get meal next week. GeGsrli
~. al h.
ncataeSs aud cleanliness; and nrged the colJf,d
o ,nple to be honest He sad he saw a man nj
hat moment who was thlef-he mad not only
stolen n sheep-he had stolen a hog. II they
stole not only the individual would suesr. IA.
the race wOold sufer iJr it lie retcol nendsd
lUrittea contracts. II they didn standby their
contracts the whites you'd b'iny "a another
peope. -,
TO what had been sad. He slw many ff.ends
Who had heard him speak IN tho same way 81
those who had addressed them. Ho did not free
them nor approy. Of the manner In which they
were freed but he acqniescei in the fact and
meant TO regard the clIged peop0 as fee ina9n,
and wished them ali prosperity. He was satisfied
that the community here was most kindly dis
posed to6 srds them. aad ms3n. 70 dsi! lst.J b.
them. But he had merely risen to show MS sym
pathy with the occaion, and would nos pro!o1g
his remarks.
GhplhlQ NEduuOu mere oiVso ~ nihs
siogle remark. 4 new idea had been s1ggas!ei
by General Howard In connection with the Fr.ei.
mans Bureau; IL was this that Fresi+1-'s
Court should be established, TO co2sist OF taTss
wi lie e.-Ons one the A gent OF the BIres7, oas
chosen by the back men, and third oy tie
white iacu This cour: was to decide all cl.s
tons, excepting high criminsl ofonc,s bo.wesa
freedmen, and between them and thsir lats mas.
ter.. He wanted his colOred friend, to think
the Inatte. and after due reflection, 20 indcatet
c lutain McMurray, the agent Of the Buresu here,
whom they would select