The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-04-04
Advices from North.carolina.

Major General Howard yesterday received ad-
vices from North Carolina, affecting the bureau.
1t appears from the report that the situation,
condition, and department of both planter and
freedmen remains unchanged. But few cases of
violent outrag are reported, but instances of
petty annoyance and interference with the indus
try and energy of the freed people are numerous
The chvalry, so the report represents, take great
delight in stealing the horses and mules Of the
eolored people, and in tearing their fences down
and killing their stock The perpetrators of
these mean acts can rarely be detected, and,
when apprehended, it is next to an impossibility
to bring them to justice. The assistant commits
sioner expresses the opinion that could the freed
men be sure of full protection everywhere, they
would exert themselves more earnestly to acquire
property and improve their condition Washing
ton Chronicle
We fear that with the best intentions, the
Bureau at Washington does not receive en-
tirely correct information in relation to the
colored people. There are so many of them,
scattered over so large an area, that it is next
to impossible to gather the facts concerning
them, or to learn correctly and truly what
their real condition is The colored people
of the South, suddenly set free, are nearly all
emphatically children of a larger growth"
The practical test of going forth into the
world and taking care of themselves, is alto
gether new to them. While in a state of
slavery they were provided for by the white
race, and it was rare thing in this State for
any of them to want for food or clothing
Their masters and mistresses had to think
and provide for them. They were useful,
docile, faithful, thoughtless race without
forecaste, and seldom providing against fu-
ture want. Suddenly emancipated, with
these traits of character, without education,
with lifelong dependence on the white
race to think and provide for them, how is
it to be expected that these people will at
once commence career of prosperity The
idea is preposterous. They must stand alone
before they can walk, and they must walk
before they can run
We deeply regret the allusion in the above
to the "chivalry," coupled with the charge
that the white people are stealing the horses
and mules of the colored people. There is
no foundation for this charge, so far as we
know. Horses and mules are stolen, but
more are stolen by colored than by white
people. There are rogues of both colors,
and they do not stop to ascertain either the
color of the horse or of the owner. There
are associations of thieves of both colors, but
this is the result of decentralization caused by
| the war, and cannot be traced to any dispo-
sition on the part of the so-called I" chivalry -
to steal the property of cslored people. There
was but little thieving in the State before
the war, and there will be as little year'or
so hence, if the civil Courts should continue.
as they have begun, to ferret out and punish
the guilty.
We are gratifed to hear from various parts
of the State, that the colored people as
general rule are going to work, and are
much more faithful and industrious as la
borers than many supposed they would be.
In some localities they are as industrious as
them is steep and rugged. Human nature
is selfish, and those, whether from the North
or the South, who have capital and educa-
ton, of which the great mass of the colored
people are destitute, will take advantage of
| them, and will keep them down for long
time to come. They have as much to appre-
bend in this respect from the shrewd, calcu-
latlng Northern man who may settle among
us, as from the so-called "chivalry.p In
deed, we believe that the great body of their
former masters are as much disposed as
others are to give them fair bargains, and
to settle with them promptly for their labor.
| There are mean, grasping, selfish, unfeeling
men in all countries We have such here.
but they are exceptions to the rule Our
people, whether of the North or Of the South.
are not generally of this character
Let the colored people resolve to improve
their condition by industry and economy
Let them estimate industry or labor as one
of the chief virtues, for without that they
can do nothing. With it they can acquire
property, and gradually educate their chill
dren. Let them bear in mind that the help
now extended to them by the government,
will be Withdrawn after while, and that
much depends on the use they make of that
help. Let them also cultivate the good will
1 of the white people, and do nothing to of
fend or injure those among whom their lot