The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-07-27

acts, been forever destroyed. They are
dead, with no more hope of, resurrection
than separate Confederacy, buried be-
meath the best blood of the republic, and
amidst the graves of hundreds of thou
sands whom The nation will mourn for
years. You put in peril your own instl-
tutions and your own country to destroy
this republic, and failed accept now the
fruits Of thercbellion, bitter though they,
be, and carry out the terms of your sur
render and allegiance in the spirit of chiv
alric mon. Do not, because you may be
distant from q military post, visit upon
the harmless and unoffending negro the
hostilities andresentmentsy you feel against
the United States.
Hover obnoxious it may be, every man
is free and must be trusted as such that
done, the whole is accomplished. and near
ly every obstacle removed. You have.
been for years learning the folly Of resis-7
tance to the Government and have been
almost ruined. Surrender now st the out
set all prejudice against universal liberty
Your own happiness and prosperity de-
mand it. Tincourge the system OF free
labor Develope its resources, and the
masterpieces will blossom once more, and
grass grow green on battle. plains. Your,
own welfare depends on the welfare ofthe,
colored race. Without his labor your
fields viii: not be cultivated, your wealth
not increase When you make his eondi-
ton miserable it reacts and entails the
same upon yourself Treat him kindly.
Learn him by your acts that you consider
him free and desire not tc enslave him
again, and yo,sft Ii restore MS confidence.
! ! alter fcoSSr years of bitter war, after you
+, |, lrau exhausted-allthe resources os-a nigh
ty section, the prowess of brave people,
You ask that,we may be lenient, forgiving,
and not exasperate your people. What
YOU YOU ask will be granted. The Govern
ment of the United States, its people, its
army, every officer and soldier will treat
you kindly. In return they ask that what
lis neted out toi:ycu who have done 50
much of wrong to yourselves and the re-
public, shall'b be cheerfully by you metcd
out to q peoples without guilt, who are
free because they eannot avoid'it,s who
lhave not been even required to stretch
forth the hand to take the proifered boon.
A people faithful while YOU were absent
in the army, neither destroying your
lands. housesor family. Yet never known
to withhold aid or bctray the path OF the
Union prisoner.
You Garnet expect the sudden change
in your system Of labor to work smooth
.ly first. The negro is to be ledihei to-
discharge the duties and obligations free
dom enjoins, as well asa true conceptions
of the rights of guarantees: ,
lie is to be taught that there is no, i'm
munity from labor; that in the sweat OF
his brow must he earn his bread. That
he is not entitled to any share of bis for
mer masters land, Or mules, or stock.
That herl!as only been given the title to
himself; that he can no more be sold on
the auction block That the wife cannot
be taken from his bosom, the child from
this side, and sold forever from his sight
That vagrancy, and idlcness and theft will
be punished by the proper authority, be-
cause they are crimes in all regulated So
cicty Ihat while lie can make contracts
he is bound by them when made, and
must fulfil them. That he cannot throw
down tho hoe and> abandon the crop at
pleasure, but will be required faithfully to
| labor ts'dboy his employers in all lawful
commands, and not absent himself from
his duty without permission. That he
must be respectful ;s:td'tourteous, that IN
science is no moro to be tolerated from a
freeman than a slave.
Most Of this instruction must be impair
1 ted by. their former owners, nov nccessa-
ry that they should learn to recognize the
rights and thereby be placed ina position
more efFectu;tliy to tcach the duties OF
freedmen
| Many The freedmen are declining to
sign contracts unless they can be told BY
proper authority they arc right. The
power to punishs reserved in some con-
tracts, and the continuance of ei!s lash,
have moved thcis suspicious, and they
prefer working on, leaving it TO the en-
ployers to give them what they choose.
for fear by making q mark on p per iiel-
will sign away some. OF their liberty
After Consultation with citizens If this
section, it is proposed to form basis Of
remuneration, in IL general order, which
will Be Just to all, TO apply where no con-
tract has been made. ard wh:iA will e&
tend to all the districts in this command.
The many good citizens who are con
tmbutirg, by word and decd. to have &C
cepted the new order Of affairs, wf!l Dc
serve well Of their State, if tney can 50
mould public sentiment, that the salile
spirit which leo to rebellion, tonr years
ago, may now be powerless to cmbanass
their communities by thwarting The dc
sign of the government.
Courts will soon be bcestablishcdin every
district within this command as directed
hyorders from Dept Headquarters. where
testimony of witnesses will be taken with
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