The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-06

HsUNuERyILLE, s. C., Oct. :, '65.
"Air. Editor-In your issue Of TO-DAY
Saturday. is a most sea enable article over
r the signature Of Planter He expresses. I
am convinced the sentiments Of the plant
ing continuity Of South Carolina If not of
the whole South.
~ IS question. however, whether
northern philanthropy and republican, ism
will not defeat any efforts looking to the ef-
leeiual Reorganization OF the labor Of the
south. I've inner Light Of New Fnrlaud's
conscienc can brook the wholesale de-
struction OF the negro race, which is now
taxing place, aud for which they are Re-
sponsibie before God, but wi hardly tolerate
the recuperation Of southern prosperity. IN
less for ax-Psying purposes.
In letter addressed, since the Meeting
OF the convention, % the Hon. D. L. Ward
law, / endeagored 70 call his attention l. a
plan said to have been organized bv The En-
| peror Louis Napoleon, aud 70 have prr,vsd
ehectual IN restoring the ruined estates al
the planters Of French Guiana, and has rem
derei the labor Of the freedmen thera ~
| effective rs when they were slaves. "A has
been quietlypu in execution BY the French
/ Government and estates that were absn-
doned by the planters in that coionv are
| agaln IA Hsaceessiul operation. It will be
seen thai this plan avoids the iRfliction Of
ehasii,en.ent BY the employer. yet has
I proved elective in preventing VaRabondeoe
aud psuperism among a race who. il lei =,
themselves, will not Voluntarily ,bor-a
fact conceded byeverV one who Il ol4ida,l h,
observation and common sense, and not h
higher lava and 'inner lights The 81
is IS follows: Every freedman 4 .penS, =
upon his daily labor for bis daily brsI = :
compelled by law &C. hire himself - -
eihployer far the year. The wholo ..,et.t.
ia'd OUT INTO distfiets-eech disGs ct hss H.
house OF industry, its magistrate ma ,,,l;,.,,
whose sole attention is siyes, ~ l'S,i's
q The freedmen and theis ess ,,Io,'er.
"As have said above, eyr ~ s..-a.
compelled BY law to cont aet with an ~, en-
ployer. There are tArOe parties 10 ne con-
tfact--,he employees employee and tbe
State, the last, represe. sted ~ 90 49,
lraie, enters As oae Of the parties A an -.
the contract, and ia receive a Stimulated sup,
20 De set aside Tor times Of sickness or old
nBe "a lhe employ ee. In case OF disagree
.leA. peewseh the employer and employee.
tus magistrate or police are sppeale6 ~
III the matter cannot be setfle5 kg 49,, =
the satisfaction Of the parties, then The EN-
pioyer giFeS notice 10 the police Of his in
teh,loh 70 discharge the employee, who is
i'IlhNltn taken IN charge BY the police. snd
s"hFeyed TO the house Of Industry, where 4
ne |ocks for his support until hired bv some /
etheF party. II the employer discharges
we employees or the emp oyee leaves the !
p'hee' without due notice 10 the police, then !
" hxed by law.
NO FREEDMAN can leave bis district and /
g inlo another without 3 written sanction 1
81 tfahsier from the magistrate Of one dis
Alct % the magistrate OF smother.
mus % VIII be seen that the above svs-
tem prevents oppression on the one hand.
ana lieenee on the other; checks vagabopd-
age BY providing employment for the yesr. i
removing those great Inducements to for 4
sake his employer, idleness and vapabopd- /
King, by conGning his choice "a ne -
moval from one scene Of labor to another-
nom AS employer 90 the house OF industry.
II prevents panperism, by the Stats /
keepng reserve fund cut Of the freed- |
man wages for times Of sickness npd old /
age. krenchmen who have tried The svs-
tenn assured Colonel Roman thar il bad 4
proved equally effective and far more agree
able than slavery. The ab0ve skeasn i |
wen nom memory, and may not DO en-
urely correct.
Whether this, on any other effeetpsl sys-
tom, will exempt US from that pestilent. IN
termeddling philanthropy which, however
excellent IA spirit, has proved so destructive
70 Waite ana black in practice, is problemat-
zeal. have my doubts if even Louis Ma
poleon's or French philanthropy aud hu-
viii prove acceptable 70 the
spotiess descendants Of the Plymouth Rock |
Pilgrim Fathers, whose garments are 80
clean that they never require inspection,
ana as natural sequence they ere always
searching for spois on their neiehbors' Z
coats. ], IS rue The above system is difer-
ent nom aud inferior 70 slavery in Ibis
10 does not provide for TIE
Increase OF the cOloyed race. That propertv
10 the negro which made the planter -
cereiolly nurture the children upon his
lllaniatien, Is gone with the institution IS
slavery. Already the havoc amcnr tbs
eolored innocents has been fearful-uore -
than the terrible destruction 20 the Older
negroes, which has been frightful enough
10 have sstiated the vengeance Of their I
worst enemies"
"BES1ANlN RHETr."