New-York daily tribune., 1865-08-14

lands and cultivate them by the labor Of the freedmen
An who neglected to 10 so were to be held enemies
Of the Government. TIE first act OF those who &C.
cepted this invitation TO prohibit the freedmen TO
20 off OF the plantation work for anybody but them
selves. without their consent. All did not obey this
plantation law, and cases, apparently well sahenti'
Gated and certainly credible reported. vhr the
negroes have been shot down when found BE-
yon tho forbidden limits tie dead lire OF the plants
iion prison am not that any earnest measures
have been taken by the military authorities TO prevent
or punish such ourages have already stated that
from the many thousand whites In Charleston, who
have taken the oath Of allegiance, hardly single band
of help has been extended. or q solitary voice OF cn'
couragement raised to those who laborng for tie
elevation OF the freedmen and TO aid them IN htlng
themselves for their responsibilities There is no
Union League OF white natives In Charleston, nor, as
believe in the Department. A public meeting was
called By committee Of whites TO take measures Tor
the reorganization Of the State As the call did not
purport 10 10 exclusive many blacks came to the hall
They ejectedby petty subaltern officer. who dis
grsced himself and the army by his oicious volunteer
ing to DO that dirty work Of the negrohaers. An ap
peal was made TO the PostConmander. who decided
tha. blacks should not be excluded from the meet
ing Those who had been expelled returned
and when they entered the hail the greater
part Of the whites deserted it. What is not 10 he
feared il the Presidents policy should be accepted oy
Congress- and tho entire power OF State reconstruction
be given into tho hands Of false oyntsf Few of the
late Rebels who have taken the oath Of allegiance have
givon any evidence Of sincere conversion and penehce
for their treason. Maryland johnson has instructed
them that such oaihs are unconstitutional, and that
there perjury in violating them. As far as nay
be Judged from their utterances they are as defiant as
ever and have submitted TO tie authority Of the United
States only for the sake Of saving all thai be saved
from the wreck Of their former power. and with the
hope OF recovering It substantially In other forms less
papaby repugnant 10 justice and tue usages OF civilized
comm uui..cs. They keep the old despite OF labor the
old contempt Of the negro as soye. intensified TO
hatred Of him as a freeman They still wear tie bold
front OF the years Of their domination, and have not
tho grace of Hypocrisy TO pretend to submit nom
conviction change Of purpose or principle bns only
from the power Of an oyermastering necessity. Ile
terrible discipline OF these four years has tanght them
nothing bnt feel the power OF the Union aud TO hate
IT, Like tie Bourbons. they havo learned nothing and
forgotten nothing and seem entirely unable to eonpre
hend with The obsnacy ef madness refuse to recog
nze that their crime has placed them in entirely new
relations TO the Government and TO their late saves ss
public enemies defeated traitors and vanGnisbed OPP
pressors Yot they claim the night TO demand and pre-
scribe terms Of reconciliation with those who have
waged apatriotic and honorable. and not parricida
and infamous Win our Government and people
forget that past ard lose the supreme opportunity OF
Justice and righteonsness which Providence has given
usi
To return TO the industrial topic Tho freedmen
l.r sn ~
standing the teaching and example Of their masters and
their fellow sufferer the poor whtesfcDow sufferers
in equal degree. though boastins OF freedom. and
desrising them--,he freedmen have no idea that free
dom consists in sitting idy with folded ard living
ty theft or beggary tie virtual theft Of the labor o
others Hitherto they have shown n tbs respect. a
,rler practical conception Of freedom. iis duties and
limitations than their white eouiemners. Generally
they do more and better work for wages than tie lash
conld ever whip out Of them In the management o,
their lands. business. people could De more
industrious or shrevd. They eager 10 adopt. as
they have the means new methods. and procure I'm.
proved implements Of cultivation They nrc not over
anxons woFk ior the and fraudulent com persG
ton offered by The returned planters 20 be dcfraud
ed or they have oiten been, portion OF their prom
sed wages by tie slecull ors who went there rPeclng
TO find mines Of wealth in thoiE ignorance ald simplicity
They are these last. chiefly. who aTs The loudest In
repeating tho old plantation dogma that nothing but
the whip make tho negro work. This people have
been embarrassed by hDdcrances and obslTuctons 10
which shah briefly advert, st almost every step Of
their pro- res pa; IN their way By those who should
have been and in whom they expected TO find,
bepersor such TO their hope was every white Yankee
They suffered much injustice fraud and contempt, and
becanse they did submit with patience TO the plan
tation standard tie dumb sabmisiyeness OF slaves.
there enough 20 In their passive resistance 70
wropg the inyncibe indolence assumed to be the char
acterstic OF their II would seem 20 have been
expected and required of thcse Ignorant human ont
casts inst emerging from the horrors Of oppression
OF generations tending TO crush out All distinctive hu.
nan attributes that they should exhibit tie full blown
aud uatured virtues Of free manhood No subcct
whether subject by law like the Southern slave. or by
the operation Of social aud economic forces the labor
ing classes everywhere would ssnd the tests by which,
as it would seem. the freedmen have been too often
judged. Their manhood is crippled and defaeed by q
wrong. in which acquesced for those generations
and wiling TO aoquiesce perhaps for other gener
etons. They what VIC have suffered them TO be
made. and because do not find them what il
impossible for them 10 be- viii We abandon them AZ
hopeless Of improvement ard elevationi VIII We lie
content to give tue name OF freedom WITHOUT giving
them also the Of seprotoctoni In this day Of
rctribuon and ntonement shall their future DO given
into tho hands Of the old oppressors that they may bind
them with new chains. made more calling by the
glinpses they have caught OF freedom 10 tho tender
morces Of men embttered and transformed TO enemies
by the very through whchiProvidence has been
bringing them out Of bondagei
have not gone much into detail but will state what
believe TO be the net resu Of the experience In the