Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-16
FgEE COTTON CRGP-TE5E FINANCES
FIFE LABOR OF THE SGGTH--THsF
GE-TN NF TEE CONVENIENT.

FEEE COTTON CiSGP-TEsE FINANCES
F7EE LABOR OF TIE sOUTH--THsE
DgrTY OF TEEE GOVERNMENT
One of the greatest problems Of any age Is
TO be solved the coming year. one sufficiently
formidable 70 test the best craftsmanship of
the country and which feebly or indccisively
met, may bring additional and untold calami-
ties upon the nation, besides bringing us into
disrepute with the whole civilized world. -Four
m;llionS-more or leSS-of an inferior and
comparatively dependent race have suddenly
been set free upon this continent, and their
dcstnies are Enthusiastically in the hands OF
the white race, the thirty millions who hitherto
have held them in thral: and for any TO take
the position that this poor minority cannot be
controlled tor Hci g0od by those 50 largely
their .uperiors in numbers. in knowledge, iii
means, in all that represents or constitutes
,,orer, is a libel upon humanity, and as such
utterly nadmssble in reckoning cause and
effect. in this view Of the case none need
tall, to us of Repatriation" Of "coloniza-
ton of the need Of getting rid OF this peo-
pie: none need advance reasons to MS why we
should for any cause fear their presence. The
one thing that has always been wanted ON this
continent ever since the 6rst forest trees fell
beneath the axe at jamestown Or Plymouth
has been labor; and with tins people amongst
us, land'csS poor, dependent IN every sense
Of the word. vet constituting the best Iaboring
population on the face OF the earth. we repeat
It, It Is libel upon humanity 10 say Una. ulcy
cannot be made to continue useful TO All sun
furIher III preparing Ih'S continent as 'li"'
&'"i5|S nome ioI ali Oh "lPicsS'" humanity
who can reach ii.
We have said that there IS great l1HHRiem
to be solved the coming year. and the coiorcd
man Is deStincd-lt properly dealt by-to play
u priaciIai part IN It's solution. We nave Just
emerged from long ana expensive war; ana
The nation hnd> Itself borne down by dcht
reck"ned by thousands OF millions Soou
deaf OF winch III Inc form al government oohoS
mas to be met IN I'll" shape OF interest sent
abroad And when we hnd that-audlilonai
10 tmS-the course oil itaoe mas a tendency 10
rnn against us IN snch way rom various
causes, rs 10 aenaho shiPhleht9 oi com III Tue
absence OF Shipmeh's Oh cot'oh' we are maze
"rtlcie to regulate exchanges ana 10 look
"'ou' Us r"'her ahAlouS'H IT. see no" '"iS 5fc"t
Staple IS I" be SrPPhed'
Amt now comes the important inquiry
how III 'Ae general oiSofganiHa'loh ana iule'
ness ncVlaDie from lhe Shodeh breaking up
OF SYSTEM OF forced labor, are those VINO
have hitherto produced cotton to keep up any
With
the whole system a tionndering wreck for tie
present, Is the nation, must our statesmen wait
Tor 1t to reorgalnze ITSELF slowly, meihclentIy;
until i1iene9s' recNieSSheSS' starvation ana
disease have done Ihelr WORK. cufta'llng the
numbers oi Inc IaooreF'' anu Gripping OF
destroying those resources agricultural an"
financial "hlch should De fechoheo upon
10 save the creoat OF the "a''oH' an" 10 ''uheh
1t upon a ne" career Of prosperity anu great
ness. lake inc DeSl accounts 'haL 'tach
HSaS to Inc CONDITION o. the COTTON o'''fi''s'
ana no'hins can "'''e ''e ,e'l'"'' '"' "PP"'
ing iact' thai inc ""ll anu SUFFERING, the us
organization ana lo'eness are lrgh'ni.-
hi'Sl me treto'nan bureau ID "o''s
FAaV II can; Wha' us limited SCOPE anu powers
PefmlI 10 pace matters upon peuer p's's'
'nere IS no co"ce""H@ ',ie lac'' 'ha' 1t "ov"9
aolethllg more comprehensive more e"P""'e
ol acl'e'lhs "eclSi'e results 'l'H i'y'liis We
nave seen yet Anu 10" comes the point our
statesmen nave TO meet; the question which Is
10 test 'nelr acui'len anu Lielr hr'il"eSS tneif
sense OF "hat Is uue all concerned ihey
~''''' '0n'Pet ,"o' faooI "eeoy"' Jo' Ne o"'0"-
''9' ""' "'''" " 0''" '"'eS' ""'c" o'"e'r'se
'"""" o' @'""e" y ~ "c c''S'S 70 F"'ch
"gm"' 'e'"' anu now
A"eIe 10 y 'cin III IoFce Ill AL enlightened
communities, "i'lch closely ana justly reckons
what % ""S from man 10 man; IA prlnclpIe re
os"i"Gu "s Vi iott" eVefyWhefe;-ln the
"'1Ine Id" "leh II !" oru;hhed' tnat "he who
'''' nv, WIN nei'Her shail he eat Ill the
laws o' cnfi'Van states and municipalities,
wiz" 'NGS "i'e9' al iu4efS, Fa9fants' paupers.
Al" So ,'t'ir ~ Cd. "i"S thelr subsistence ana
'"on P'aihiy aPPlies 70 inc case III haho'-
anu any are startled at the proposed apph-
e"''oh Oh 'n'S prncipie IN dealing with the
army Oh coIoreu idlers throughout the South
err 'ola'e'' iet all snch remember, we say, that
mere Is not state IN 0hristendom but what
mas already recognized this principle IN deal
ing with the white man; that all over the free
North the "mtc man has been sold or hired
""' With "S connrmeu Vasraht OF ldler he
peV"Nc Pufueh upon lhe community III
Mn II, MS lot was cast
80 men we say let the rresloeht take TINS
matter ~ manu- "ha' recognizing the stern
rV'e'''iea Vi 'he case, at once organize
80 "iiici' ieeo'hs the"e Fagran''' Shall at
'i' s''n' l'ii'g compel 'hem TO render services
plantations. to the good of themselves and the
benefit of the whole conntrv The treasury
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