Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-27

10 De 1TEL ~
from an Official source. Gen. {. siros, writing
under date Of the 18th inst from "Headqusr-,
ter, Assistant Com Bureau Refugees. Freednsr
and Abandoned Lands. South Csrolina and
Georgia" to Mr. FRsScsG SHAW, President Of
National Freedmen's Association, thus describes
the condition Of affairs IN bis Department.
III deem Il my duty &c call Jour attention to
the fact that great numbers Of destitute persons,
for whose protection this Bureau was established.
call again for the benevolence Of the North
Unless clothing OF all kinds Is furnished there
must be great suffering and loss OF LIE during TIE
inciemens season now approaching The means
At the disposal Of the Freedmen's Bureau are en-
tirely inadequste TO meet the pressing demands
of destitute humanity. Blankets. WOODEN shirts,
pantslOons. women's and ehiidren's under
eloshing and dresses, and shoes and stockings of
all sizes are needed. -
"Grsst portions Of these two States havs been
de~solated and laid waste by the late war. H.
dusiry has been interrupted. and over large dis
tricts entirely suspended. and thousands OF people
are utterly destitute. Thirty fre thousand bIsn-
ksts are NEEDED in South Carolina and on ne Sea
Islands alone. Every necessary article of wear
lng apparel which you can send will be the means
Of saving some one from suffering"
II thus appears that in one State, aud on the
Sea Islands alone. thirty-fve thousand blankets
are needed. besides all other kinds Of wearing ap-
psrel. 10 carry the freedmen through the APP
preaching inclement season. without which there
will be great suffering and loss oflife." Whence
arises this condition of affairs? To be sure, &
large portion OF South Carolina was d~esolateC
and laid waste BY the war, but If the freedmen
had manifested any disposition to work, thos.
desolations would in a great measure have beer
overcome. They would not, however, labor il
they work in those sections which had not bee
subject to those casualties. AS soon as the re
suits Of the war invested them with freedom
they accepted the boon as freedom from labor
This was their idea of liberty. And what is til
RESULT Desiitu,ion and suffering, says tn
loyal" SAXON. and 70 such an extent as to cal
upon the philanthropy Of the North for relic
These facts demonstrate what Mr.. GREELEY sai'
in 1856, that las a class, the blacks are indo
lent. improvident, .ervile and l~icentiou.
and have no idea Of setting themselves to work
except as the hirelings and s~ervitors of whit
men" The journal entsitiln5 the idea tina
"just laws make willing laborers," and that
"they are assured Of legal protection aud the al
Of impartial laws in enforcing their rights. Il" the
the negro jubilee will come, AMI, from indolenc
and improvidence, their natural characteristic
they will be suddenly converted into industriou
and provident citizens We have no faith i
this Utopian idea. We believe there is only on
remedy, and that is to make the freedmen work
IL this is not done, the South will be filled wit
lazy. vagabond blacks, who will become a ours
and burden to the country. The public interest.
aud the good Of the freedmen themselves, d,
mand that. by stringent regulations. they sha
be set to work and kept at il. AS a class, the
will never set themselves to work or labor contir
uously unless by constraint.