The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-15
VIVA, win Become Of the Negroes 2


picture They have left the plantations,
or refused to work, or can get no work to
do, and are consequently dying OF star
walton or endeayoring to procure subsls-
tence by means of crime. The disorgan-
ization of society consequent upon the
war hastirned these people loose upon
the country, and, from having been so
long in a condition of helpless DEEPEN
dcnce upon the will of their masters, 1t is
not to be expected that they will sudden
" become prudent, selfreGant, and capa-
BILE of taking care Of themselves They
are suffering untold horrors and hard
ships. Their liberty seems to be only lib
erty to starve and their freedom means
nothing more than freedom to die in
squalid penury and want. Emancipa-
ton is likely to prove more terrible
curse 10 the negro race than was ever in
ilicted by slavery. Most Of the misery
which has come upon the negroes Isl due to
the manner of their emancipation more
rhan to the fact of emancipation itself
They were not prepared for it; many OF
the old and iufirm, as well as the very
Young, arc utterly unable to provide for
themselves; even the strong and health
ul know nothing about working for
WAGES or managing their means, but all
are embraced iii a sweeping decree OF
Immediate emancipation, and thrust out
IL struggle through the world as best
they can. Thrust out, too, at a time
when industry is paralyzed in the South;
when no planter is encouraged to culti-
vlta his land, not knowing when it may
hr contiscated to the United States and
hc himself put OH trial for treason and
his family left to starve. So long as the
formerly wealthy people of the South
stand i'll the attitude OF convicted trail
tors and hold their life and property at
the will Of the President, they will not
feel much disposition to push forward
work upon their plantations, or hire
their former slaves to produce crop.
III This state of things, the ne.
groes are reduced to Il state of alb
solute beggary, with no one to re-
licyc their wants. Their former mas
tn. are unable 10 support them i'll idle
nr,5 and can only provide for their own
families 10y great excrtions and strict
he = +p h., Hln
Government cannot establish depOts of
provisions all over the South and feed all
those who arc thus suddenly cast upon its
care. Even if it we've possible to do
this, the policy of such course is highly
questionable Ii such course should
lie adopted, when could it cease! The
problem what is to he done with the freed
negroes is one which may well claim the
attention OF all friends of humanity, but
we confess that we cannot see any salts
factory solution to it which is likely to lie
approved by the Government. The ne
gro race is i'll danger of determination,
through the mistaken kindness of its pro-
tossed friends, and none of those who
were instrumental i'll bringing about this
sad condition of affairs can now pre-
scribe the remedy.
1t was claimed that all the negroes
needed was their freedom and, that be-
ing secured, they would take care Of
themselves They now have their free
dom, but they have not taken care Of
themselves. neither can they do 80 And
now while this unfortunate race is per
hing for want Of bread, the Abolition
lists stand mp and tell Us that all the he
sToes need is The right to rote, and seem to
expect the privilege of depositing pint
ed ticket in the ballot box, will satisfy
their hunger, clothe them in comfortable
garments, and make them a happy and
prosperous people Wehave had enough
of such hooking philanthropy, enough Of
this political charlatanism, enough of
that spurious .bencvolence which would
give ballot TO him who asks for bread.
We want practical men, who are free
from these tanatical and false notions, to
come forward and save the negroes from
utter destruction. Abolitionism will do
for party cry here in the North, and ne
gro suffrage may become necessary to
give political preferment to few super
excellent and pharisaical "loyalists," So
called, but they don't give relief to the
four millions ofhuman beings whom the
proclamation of January LIST, 1863 has re-
duced to starvation and nakedness We
have heard great deal about 1.-THE hor-
rors of slavery" but the present condi-
ton of the Southern negroes is teaching
us that freedom has horrors" rs well.
PierpOint and the Radicals.
Governor PIERPoNT is likely to en-.
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