The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-31

basis of emancipation, and none for the en-
ployment Of the slaves Of the South in his
armies on promises Of freedom. The action OF
Congress in favor Of the proposed amendment
will be universally accepted as the end OF
slavery and the slavery agitation, the end Of
Southern fre-eaters and Northern abolition
fanatics and will thus in every way strengthen
our cause, weaken the enemy, advance us
10 the GROWING victory of the war, and har-
monte the two sections in the restoration Of
the Union. saI S. t5siot ~ taasia
How to Dispose OF tho Inevitable Negro
General sherman's Plan.
The Trib,ne's mission is to find fault. It Is
nothing when not objccting. To agree with
nobody and to try to force everybody to agree
with it are the main points Of the creed Of
that delightful journal. The latest illustration
of this creed we find in poor Greeley's com
ments upon General Shermans recent order re-
serving certain lands for negro settlers exclu-
siyely. The order provides that "the islands
from Charleston south, the abandoned rice
fields along the rivers for thirty miles back
from the sea, and the country bordering the ST.
John river, Florida" be set apart for the settle
ment Of freed negroes. More fortunate than the
white men, these negroes are exempted from
CONSUMPTION, and they are to receive the same
bounties as white men if they choose to enlist
Whenever three respectable negroes select o
location for settlement they are to have it
forthwith, and negroes in the army also have
-. &o hold Ir IN
officer Is specially detailed to carry out this
order, and to take care that the negroes are not
improperly in.erfered with. This seems to us
very liberal as well as very excellent plan for
disposing Of the inevitable and irreprcssible
African. But the Tribune does not like it, and
distinctly refuses to endorse it pNuaf0H k-a9
The objections Of the Tribune, rs we have
had frequent occasion to observe, are eften the
best possible proofs of the excellence Of any
scheme or system. The objections Of the
Tribune to General Sherman's plan of coloniz-
ing the negroes demonstrate the advantages Of
that plan. We have yet to be convinced, and
the vast majority Of mankind have yet
to be convinced. that Greeley or any
other Tribune writer understands the negro
better, has greater desire for his improve
ment, is more thoroughly informed in regard to
his necessities, and his capabilities, and
has o more practical acquaintance with
the best method Of disposing Of him, than
Major General Sherman. Sill the tn
buns impcrtinently undertakes to lecture
this general, to convict him Of "the vicious
principle Of prejudice against color" and to
condemn off hand q system which it has proba-
General Sherman says the Tribune, "as-
sumes that the negro is race apart and differ.
ent from the white" "a this assumption so alb
surd and so criminal? Is there no difference
between white and black? These questions an
swor themselves. To coonize the blacks along
the southern coast and upon the sea islands is
TO give them the best possible chance to become
wealthy as well rs civilized. There they have
climate to which they are adapted, and which
is adapsed to them, although fatal to most white
people; and cotton and rice plantations, aban-
doncd, but not worthless, are bestowed upon
them gratis. If the negro has any capacity for
sc,fgovernment, any innate industry, any de-
sire TO rise in the world, any of those ambi-
tons which distinguish white people under
similar circumstances, now is his opportunity
to display these qualities. But we decline to
accept the TsiJaine's dictum as conclusive evil
even wore that dictum accepted, we could i'm
agine no more favorable surroundings than
those supplied by General Sherman for tho
development Of the best traits Of q race just re-
leased from bondage and oppression. o.. q
Tho fact ia, however, that theoretical aboli.
tionists, like those Of the Tribuas, never can
agree with practical abolitionists, lihe Sherman.
The theorists put plan upon paper and them
regard It rs q thing accomplished They blessed
Abraham Lincoln for yielding 10 their clnmors
and signing the emancipation proclamation,
and they cannot conceal their impatience at the
discovery that this was not all that was neoes-
sary TO annihilate the institution, and they are
constantly starting new schemes 10 achiave
what they have repeatedly assured Us was
already done. General Sherman and General
Lee are tho two great, practical abolitionists Of
the day. They are dsposing Of the negro by
admitting him into their armies and by allot-
ting certain lands for the support Of his family.
Sherman b more liberal I'm Lee, inasmuch as
he gives the negro his hrty acres at once,
while Lee holds IL out as the rcwardfor bravery
and good conduct during the war. This is
practical abolition and practical philanthropy
combined, and the theorists Of the Tribune can
not comprehend how admirable this combine
ton Ia. Neither can they submit without
grumbling, to be thus superseded Thcoreti-
col reformsrs, like Greeley Garrison, Wade,
Wilson, Phillips, Bsechcr, Summer and the rest
Of that clique, nre swept GU. Of sight by such
practical rcforners as Sherman and Lee. The
best man produced by the clique to which We