Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-02

The supplementary Homestead bill which
quietly became a law the other day, will, w.,
the intentions of its projectors are carried
OUT produce q Rm0teTvitab change ingtlie
condition of the negro race at the Sqpth,ri
than even the transition from slavery TO
freedom. The mere abolition of ehattep
slavery did not materially change the statuSI
of the negro as q laborer,, He was compelr
led to work In the. cotton fields before the
war by the will Of his master, and he stilllt
works the same gEound TO earn BAgesppon
however, aims ms td MAKE hin 4 ffeeE6ldsf,'s 50
and thus break up what is left Of the pressnT
eht labor system Of the South. 1T Is safe 70
predict that If the designs Of the Radicals
who passed this bill are accomplished ihio
two years. time the amount ofrnegr0 labor 3
available for cotton cultivation, or, a large
scale will be reduced fully one-halE {,
BY the provisions of this bill, as Il passah
ed, all the public lands in the States of Af-lO
ALBANIA, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas,
and Florida are thrown openin eighty. acre
homesteads to actual settlers only. i'WhileJs
the negroes are permitted to occupyUtheE
land at onces no Po0r,, white who favored
the rebellion can secure a homestead TIL
1867. iAs the biIl passed the House, aIlrebs o
els were perpetuallyI exclodeds hut to thisBd
the Senate. would not consent, The COM
promise finally effected is thus explained
by the Washington correspondent Of theau
Boston Advertiser: .vfIL l0diA
'.The managers on the part of the House
in the Conference committee would not
have consented TO the Limitation OF the exile
cluson of active rebels from the benefits of,3
the act to the next six months, but for the
GSSirGaCe of The Freednten's BureGa that dis
space Of time lsoaiId be SUFFICIENT to dcc6mpIishI
the object Of the 6iU-that is, to- eRebleb theyt
loyal people the negroesl of the five States
to enter land under 1t. General Howard,
as soon as the President has signed the billy0
ioU send out special Instructions TO the agents 9Y
the Blredu TO take eUery pains 20 inform he COZ
ored pe0ple Of che nature 0f,the act, and t0l1t-
,pce ttshto exercise theri9ht Of selecting boweyT
s'eads on tle public lands conferred upon them,
| 5yU. The Freedmen's Bureau has had no
better opportunity for 1restfmable aiseful|
ness since its estahlishment.n lGBged gso9
Itis easy to foretell how this will end,
The negroes will become possessed of o.
snalf freehold; will raise their corn, sqdash-
es, chickens, and pigs;i and )will work nom
more inlthe cotton, rice and sugar fields. IN
other words, their labor win become una
vailabe for those products which the W0fldv
especially needs. The history Of negro comait
nunities proves that when the blacks cam
live ss on the soil they will not work as la
borers. LADs7.n'S " 'aAi ''l!D9So 1913 a
The following Il the, amount OF. public
landto be donstedgthe negroes;, y IA -yH "a
In Arkansas ................g 9299 0l2 ~ acres.
In Alabama. oI5YOooV " acres.
In florida a,,' ,1r5-r acres'
In LOUISIANA, O.Z2o,IUS4Jh r0ss
In Mississippi. -! t!s1 aetessr
Inall, forty-six million, three hundred Il
and ninety-eight and odd acres, of which
thirty millions is known to be good arabic
laDd. This will give nearly four hundred
thousand homesteads, and support nearly,
two millions of people. ~ - -
The title Of this law ought to have been,"
"a bill to get rid of the IaBoring classl0fE
the South, and make Cuffee ,self-suppoTt-
ing nuisance. .p-Neoo York World. -.