The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-08-28
1FoH THE DAILY NEWS
Our Relations 10 fhc CoIorcS ynCr

ring Q. tue eric metal about thcnItkCy bUlttl!
uttered, and uttered, too, III The right spirit.
The relations which do ard shall exist between
the two races deserve serious considoHat;on but
are generally sighted and overlooked by hcsh par
tics-by tie white man, from an indifference as to
what may now become of the negro, whom he rc-
CARDS as portion OF his property, of whic!, he has
been unjustly deprived; by the negro, who shuns
all intercourse with the white man, having learnt
to view kim in the Light of tyrant and opprcs-
S0r.
These feelings arc unquo5tionably natural ones
The sense OF wrong and oppression exists alike i'll
every breast, and the desire to resent inju1y is
also universal; but of what value arc the teach
Ess OF Christianity and cviIization-os what avail
tho gifts Of Judgment and discretion which, God
has given us-f We are to arrogatc to ourselves
the adjustment of every difficulty the avcngns of
every iriury, and, confountiing tho innocent will,
the guilty, deal angry blows alike on deserving and
undeserriug heads? TO the untutored negro the
white face Is the representative Of the tyranny-
faEcied it may bc-Whieh has SO long deprived him
Of liberty, and thus the Unoffending stranger is
not unfrcquontly assailcd by him with scowl,
perhaps with insocnce. But We, whose minds arc
untrammcled by ignorance and enlightened by ed
ucaticn, should not cCnfOund tho innocent with
the guilty, TOR harbor malicious feelings against
race oUc interiors in many respects. Tho negro
assumes that he has been wrongcd by the loss of
liberty from his birth, and that the white MIN of
the South is responsible for this wrong-hGueefhis
vindictiyeEess. We feel that have been wroMgGd
by the loss OF our property; but can We charge this
injury upon the negro? TIE black man has had
nothing to do with it. During the entire war, whom
the Federal forces were battling here at our very
gates, did any of our servants rise up liz arms
against us and demand their freedom? No! They
behaved as they should have donc-as true wis
dom would have directed. They had learned ssto
labor and to wat," and it was not until our armies
we're overpowercd and the country overrun, that
they accepted what was freely rendered them by
the United States Government
They, then, have not been to blame The injury
lies at the doors Of the United States Government
but before We metc out the penalty due to this
wrong, let us first impartially strike the balance
between our own dnloyalty and this its conso-
quence, not forgetting to consider the formidable
ness Of our adversary.
You Will hear many invcighing against the un-
faithfulress Of the negroes, because they leave
| their former owners Ah! We forget many things
when We so speak, do not attempt to defend
| the course pursued by many OF our former slaves.
| Too many of them have acted in manner which
can and must be condcmned--whic has given the
lie to al their previous life-wlich has cast sur
upon the Christian name, and created general
distrust in the faith and integrity Of the race For
such as these we have not word; but those who
have preserved their integrity unspottcd, and havo
simply chosen other employers or other occupa-
! tons, how can they be blamed? When we blame
them, we do not consider, first, that faithfulness
| is not involved. While they were our slaves, they
were obliged to remain with us; now they arc free,
and can do as they please.
Secondly, our manner toward them while slaves
may not have been such as to win their affections;
| though our care for item could not but command
| their respect
Thirdly, We forget that excitement and the sem
timcnt of their fellows is all powerful with the
negro-powerful enough to smother almost all
feelings Of attachment to their owners.
Fourthly, we do not realize that the negro has
now himself and family to support, and that he
must do what in his o,ca judgment is most condu-
Give to that step. And, lastly, We make no allow
| anco for tho frame of mind-a species of ntoxica-
tion-that must prevail i'll raco thus suddenly
launched from slavery into freedom, and placed on
an equality with their former masters.
Now, it becomes us to consider these things, and
as the superior race, upon whom the colored man,
being without property of any kind, must depend
for employment and consequent sustcnance, calling
to our aid the suggestions Of reason and true Wis
dom, to bear with tho evils Of tho present, and,
looking beyond them into the future, 80 to legis-
late that these two races living together with in
terests coexistent and inse parable, shall be mut
ally benefited. Time and the re-cstablishment OF
civil government will do much to allay the ferment
now existing The moro intelligent class of coIorcd
men, throughout the country, realize that nothing
can be gained by hostility toward those who must
continue to hold the reins of government in the
State, and give direction to all agricultural and
mercantile transactions. The influence of this
class will extend to tho rest; and though it may not
be sufficiently powerful to repress all turbulence
and lawlessness, yet it will be element of good
in the commonwealth, which it would bo unwise
in us either to despise or reject
It is through this class that VIC must expect to
reach and reg ,.ate the mass OF the colored popu-
lation; because these alone can appreciate the
truth and wisdom Of the law which requires every
man to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow
each in his particular sphere.
We would call upon every one, therefore, white
or black, rich or poor, lawyer or artzan, priest OF
field-hand-no matter what may be his condition
in life, or what the mode by which he earns hii
bread-to lay aside all these useless and suicida
feelings of antagonism Of race, which only on,
mutual enemies would have us cherish, and &C
cepting the new order of things as one Of Gods
appointing, with cheerfuness and alacrity, devote
himself to the duties Of his Calling and by homes
toll seek to win an honest livelihood. 4. j
A Son OF THE South.
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