New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-08
TIE CEElsALWV AND TEE FREED
rlEN.


formerly the pride of every Southerner, and
were supposed to be exclusively the property oil
dwelers beyond Mason aud Dixon's line, con-
vcved or implied'a reproach as now used. Per
haps they debut why do tbey' Ludcrous
pretensions Of old time partially account Tor III
such statements as the following afford iur-
Their explanation:
Zone day." says Mrs. MerIck eve aided In coen,
in fol ~ who were driven out it'll numerous OUTFITS
who have gone 10 different points 10 join irends Ho
whom thew have been long separated, their masters say!
ing e. hem in some instances nc IDS na'
freed Won now go tie Yankees, let them clCne anu
feed yu Another calls his slaves together tens lueh
he are free to go to the Yankees 10 be sold to CUBA
to fcbsist on snakes or staFse. of lu i 'A man
they had done They choose the NanAees'
Tie letter from which we quote the above Is
from Florida, and its author is in charge OF the
ASYLUM for children of Freedmen at Fernan-
diha. Her account goes on:
zone master put bis slaves across the river without
nry sons into tho woods, for weeks journey % our
force. at Lake Ciiy ana tod tneg tnt " ny VI I'm
returned they would be shot They were % IN mum
bcr and su6sisted The ehnkapns-a Small, sweet
nut about half large as nori ern ncorn uI tney
reached the camp OF our cOored soldiers, VINO lea lhe
The eight ehildIen who brought 10 tue a., IN
came with a gang similarly thrust out ono OF me
eight an infant We en- Only Jllee u us age ~
tie TEEN, OF N.lCf II Ihr iNul. w iNtH'f
was nee told Ter master she would lie io 80 tOJhck-
.on where she had f,lcnls. Hr4h T. II 20. d. start
TO no III sl00f you She started and ne dd as ~ reat
end shooting hsr 20 that che disd instantly me baGy
and its tlIee sisters sent with an Uncle, WHO
va. told to take them OF Qhe mastoD womb shoot
hin. am not able To give you all the particulars 9ll
Judge tLat IN tls instance the master finding his reign
OF terror at end by The tragic end Of this play with
this woman forced he rest to leave"
Nor does this read likeon exceptional instance
Of cruelty. Among hundreds OF similar stories,
this has nothing in it to attract particular at
tention except that it happens to be The last.
IL indicates the temper Of the Southern Slave
holder. Here az the NORTH We scarcely under
stand how reluctantly the plNters accept eman-
cipatCn-in how many instances they totally
refuse to accept it, and persist in strug-
Cling for system that has re-
coiyed It's death = wound, and for
property" in human chattels which has now
no legal existence. Long accustomed to VIC
tory, the South can hardly yet persuade herself
that she is hopelessly beaten. Long aceus.
toned to unlimited power over his slaves, the
planter refuses to recognize any other law than
that of force, and wherever the edict Of eman-
cipation is not enforced by military law, he
wreaks bis yengeiul disappointment on the still
submissive freedman. An intelligent and dis
passionate observer, writing very lately to The
Cincinnati Commercial from Albany, Ga. sums up
long and interesting letter with the statements
that in South Western Georgia the negro does
not yet know hc is free, aud the master does
not believe he il. Where tho Union armies did
not penetrate, the sword failed to give validity
to the Emancipation Proclamation. " saw,
says this correspondent, ain one cotton-held
thirty slaves still toling with the hoe under the
lash of tho oyersecr, who sat Oh his horse and
rode through the field, as much as ever the I'M
personstion of the 'chiyalry' of the South"
He adds that even where there is partial
recognition Of the freedom of the black, and
where some sort Of contract is made be.
tween the planter and his late slaves the
planter does not mean TO fulfill the con-
tract. My profits, reasons the STAKEHOLDER, |
came, not from the cotton-iield but from the |
breeding and sale of surplus negroes-henCe the |
hands that raise the crop now are entitled to
nothing but their food and clothing-the old |
wages Of Slavery. There is and will be no
profit on the cotton crop to BIO divided among
them; at any rate, there shall be none for their |
benefit. The planter declares further that
though Slavery be abolished by law, the States |
must establish a police system competent to
compel that labor from the black which he will |
not give without mpulsion-being indoent
BIZ nature, and too stuDid to take that compre-
hcnsiye view of the profits Of cotton crop
plus the sale of his sons and brothers, above
set forth.
To the same effect also writes Mrs. Mcrrick
from Florida:
1.-THE influence Of Slavery is stll at work and the |
sentiment in florida is that tine negro viii always be
n slave in some way All the power that be had
will be brought to bear to make II An Intelligent
Souihefner remarked in Ills place but few days since
The South ~ submissive not repentaul. One who was
Major N tie Rebel ranks said tO yesterday; II
the Government makes pretty rc9sOnnue terms with u.s.
they will find us clever OF fellows, bat l. not, Why
Fight IL outa good army can ROW be raised IN
Georgia
The conspiracies among the planters OF half
the counties in Virginia to pay the negroes 10
more than IS month had their origin in sem
timents similar 10 the above. There is nothing
to show that the general disposition of the South
toward the freedmen is much better. Gen.
Hartsuff, commanding at Petersburg, found it |
necessary to forbid,by recent order,all assem-
blies of planters for the purpose Of fixing
rate of wages for the blacks, and
Gen. Terry represses the effort of the chivalry
in another direction by decreeing the abolition