Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-07-12
Cen. wilde andDrI French :

freedman $ bureau, haye poem IN our lo"n- 'o0
days5during che past week, ,fer the purpose Of nd
dressing the whites and blacks upon tie newly
developed relations between them. Gen. WrLDE,.
ap officer of highly rroposaessing exterior and
very ssntlemanly manners and address, said but
little OF, either Of tho two occasions whenhe stood
before The public Of EdgeGeld. Like Mosssrof'
old, Ire was tho leader and law giver of theexpe-
dition, while DR., ,FhsScH played Aaron and wGs |
his spokesman unto thepeople." pr.sF nEScH<is I
native of Vermont, lived for many years'beforeI
the war fif VIC are not misnformcd) in Ohio, and
for three yearspa:t, has lived and labored on the
Coast Of. South Carolina. Hchss long been'an
abolieionst end fTiend of tl,onsgro: or atlsast,
so he wonll himself bxrrc's H. NC we'ill say
however, meaning the reverend gcnt.snau'no dis
respect; afahatirD abolilolist and negro wof-
shipper. he says' that lie mean. we'll; and VIC
earnestly hope;ho does. lfe.says too that loves
the Whites ms muchis the blacks and lie doubt
less thinks he does, but in this ho dcccivss hini
SELF lie moreover boga urgently that he MAJ DO
alyiscdof anyindiscrctdas, or;sistaKes, or errors
of indgnien he maycommit in his present course
of labor, as he wishos todo alfthc good he posi-
bly can: We7fedaess laave 20 o1itakc him ut his
word, ai1, point oat soti slarmiEg indi:crctions
be committed wI:lo in gdgffc'd. -. - ,','-ff
Tho two.sptechos lalnoFs entire but. .neS .qei to
SO, Of this gentlcr,an;, carefully prcp=rsd-hy our
kind and intcl'igeni .TIeoa, Major j ssN3.As Nun.
nrLL Of tho Charleston ccrrter, viii he found in
our paper of to-day. They contain tho wise and
christian things thai DR.. French said These
wise and christian things were good-sesd, but not
we'll sown; as tho reverend gentleman scattcrcd
them, he also scattered tares and frebranda.' In
bis feast of charity on Friday last, thero'Usre
many dark spots The institution of slaYery'isj
as1Dr. FRENCH so often and so rstrongly, ind so
persistently andso exultingly expresses it, clean
sono forever. He Believes; and so:do'we, that no
power.shsrsofstIe mighty arm of God,--'can re-
/ store it, Why then does DR.. FRENCH harrow up
and inlamo the minds of the lately freed negroes
(aud aso Of their lutte mastcrs) by bisyiyid, ter
ribly-exaggerated and oft7repcated pictures Of
the abuses which have existed in that institution
What good can all this possibly do? What in.
finite harm does It not do? Tho institution is
/. .eoue, and Why all this9 Does DR.. FRENCH re-
meniberhis fearful picture Of tho ruthless sunder-
ing Of husbandifrom wife, Of mother from child
of tue ceiling of ssbnbss" upon the auction block,
while their distracted mothers stoodby powerloss
for ought but grief and tsars 2 We know intin.
/ itclymorc about thismatter than DR.. FRENCH and
we never saw u " b7be' sold from it's mother
nor child under twelve years Of ago either
Does ho remember his horrible and prurient mic,
ture of the forced and compulsory adultery and
! impurity Of negro women? Does he renembe'
his narrowing picture Of negroes being shot, and
4 tortured, and hunted down by bloodhounds? HI
exaggerated I'll these things shamoful'y-ver,
sbamefully. And oven if they had existed as ht
nainted them, what boots it to bring thcln fsrtt
so ylarinAy now Now, when they cannot hap
per again Under the present circumstances
his words should all bO words Of charity, hi
teachings al teachings Of love md good will, nnd
his inculcaions those of forgetfulness of the past
!. DR.. FnEscn may have thought it wise and usefu
to draw these Terrible pictures, so narrowing K
Y tho blacksand so insulting to the whites; We hop
i his motive was good. T6shim they may hasc ap
,e,.,sd prnpcr ;-tn iha white. ,mhn Wh'
4 heard him, they appeared unchristian; malicious
and indecent We do not speak hastily or in pms
sion we-have weighed the Ghrce words well
And in uttering thcm, W, have the honest intsn
ton of warning DR.. FREScH Of those thing
which will certainly and assurediy mar aud bio
his lsbors. And we would warn the DR.. on All
other point. Ho should always be careful Will,
making these speeches to keep General at hi
side aud soldiers at his back, FOR on Friday last
nothing upon earth but the fear of being b.yo
nettod or thrown into prison, kcpt.us from hurl
ing stone at his head. Perhaps on some future
occasion, the indignation of some outraged South
crn man will cause lin to forget both bayonc
and prison.
The minds of the people Of tho South aro fully
madoup as regards tho institution Of slavery
they consider it gone. Nor DO they weep oyer i
half as much as Dr. FREScH seems to think
They have not tho faintest intention Of forcing
Or attempting TO force. tho negroes back intr
bondage; nor havo they the fain.ost idea of abu
sing and nalfrca.ins them either openly or Sc
croty The iaess or Southern men feel just ii
kindly 20 the h!achs a; DIR. FRgSc1-and viii
much norl method .;.G understanding in theii
1 kindly feeling The Southern man rscaguizc:
the freedom Of thrnegro, bnt cannot recognizes
his equsitr NTH tho whites: Co.! has. stamped
the negro. with the seal Of inequality, and never
until the white race dcgansratcs to tho -lctel oi
the negro onn there be any such equality. And
the Northern knows this, aud feols it, just rs
much MS tho Southern man; ror is the negro to,
day any moro the. equal of the white man ut the
North than Of the white man at tho South In
his case, freedom end equality aro distinct terms
l Dir. FRENCH docs not know half as much about
the former or existing, relations between the
whites and blacks as no imagines. ho does. Nor
is he by any means aispassiOnate; and until he
becomes moro dzpassionato, how'll not be tho
right man for the work to which the Government
and Gen. HOWARD have assigned him. If any
man ever had nced to pray night and day upon
beaded knec that God would illuminate him for
tho work before him, that man is Dr.. FRENCH.