The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-10-31
A Few Dodpe of the Freedmen

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guafd against new danger which, in their intercoufs
with their freed laborers they will have to encounter
and the consequences OF which may prove disastrou
to their future operations
The instance we are going to cite occurred on Ii,
plantation of one of our relatives in Louisiana an,
we have heard that others have been recorded in ou
own State
The gentleman had engaged about fifty hands anc
raised crop of cotton, sugar and corn the cotton fol
immediate sale the to plant and stock for next
year, and the corn for the support Of his hands till
next crop Gut before the corn ripe, he had ne
cessaFlIy to buy his own supply, and when gathering
time came on, he had only TO provide for few months
longer out OF the new crop lie had calculated that
this would require about 1900 bushels and leave him
5000 bushels for his next years supply
But the freedmen who were engaged simply by a
contract expiring with the year. had also shrewdly
calculated that all the corn they required reach the
term OF their contract WAS the 1909 bushels and
when once that quantity, little more or less, had
been gathered they ceased to take any further inter
est IN the balance, which notwithstanding the enteat-
les and persuasons Of the planter was allowed to rot
ten in the field. The freedmen Just provided for
themselves and left the planter protect himself as
best he could This is &n Indication of what NAV b.
expected from the present stock aborers when EN-
poyed on shares they will take their own time under
preext that they are their masters aud if they
don't work they will be losers, and ere willing SO to be-
When employed at stated wages ard for stated pc
riods they will not even consent raise more Br0yi-
sionB thai. the very quantity they expect to need for
their own support; thus leaving the planter without
any stock TO commence operations for the following
campaign:
This matter is one very serious that, in the III
stance we nYe quoted, -the nter Lonfesscs his ina
bity to hold out afother year. and is dposng of his
property. Here is the ey-where is the remedy .
We again repeat-Cato tashion--that the remedy IS
the selling Of our lands those who, with theig Gstai
lies, will be able to cultivate hem aud even to spare
time enough, like TIE smaller clds5 of European farm
ers to hire thcmsecs for time to their Weather
ncghborS. Mobile Times
TnE BEAST on IMPEACuMENr.-That our readers
may know something Of the radical programme for
the impeachment OF the president at the coming scs-
sion of congress, we give the following extract from
Beast Buffers speech at Carthage, Ohio
We have been asked the question: how can the
president be mpeachcd? He is comInaadcrn-chicf Of
the army and navy, and the constitution Of the United
States says nothing whatever about who shall hold the
Office While be is being mpeached. therefore, if YOU
begin the impeachment, he will order the army and
navy to dsperse congress- and he will seize the reins
Of government Where is |the remedy? Here it IS:
The house Of representatives under the constitutions
is the gTand inquest of the naton-perhaps | might
say illustration the grand jury of the nation It pre-
pares the bill Of impeachment against 5hc president If
it cause, and it presents the bill OF impeachment
to the senate of the United States which then becomes
n high court OF impeachment and the chief Justice of
the United States sits in that court its presiding Off
Ger 1t is longer, for that purpose the senate Of
the United States but it is the court of impeachment
of the United States. What shall they do? When
the impeachment is ready the senate sends out its
messenger sergeant-a to bring in the criminal
be he high or low. Applause. They set hiln.&5 the
bar and read the bill to him If he plead guilty then
they proceed to sentence him, which sentence is a
deposition and deprivation of Office. When he is
brought bHtUrp the bar the n Tutpl
may order him to be imprisoned or to find bail, or
any other proper order that court might adopt in
criminal case and the constitution provided this mode
OF trial, did It's trainers that who is before
tie court OF impeachmeI.tas criminal shall be the
same chief executive officer of the government? BY
no means. From that moment he TO be able to
exercise the duties of that Office until lie is acquitted
And then comes the OF tic inability of the pres
dent OF the UGited States exercise the Office OF pres
dent the vice president must take the office, and
there being yicepresident, it must devolve the
president of the senate for the time being If i'll any of
these steps, taken according to the constitution,
the president does not obey jood citizen tie be
hests of the high court Of mpeacmeat then that
court like any other court in the land call upon
the whole body of the people to aid it in enforcing its
rightfu authority. Applause. And now l serve
notice on Andy Johnson that when rghtful court OF
the of the United States calls for aid in their
behalf and the people Of the United States the boys
in blue" will answer. We are told that if congress
shall proceed to exercise their rghtful authority then
there ail be tried tie strength Of the government
that the president viii call upon the army and navy
and the army and navy will obey him. Let there be
no fear aboEt that because tho arH and navy of the
United States are not thoae few that are IN the
regular service Applause l. have a2 desire u
dsparage either the patriotism the integrity of tta
army Of the United States but If the army as such
or any part Of it, ii any officer of it, shall far
forget the duties he owes to bis flag and to his profess
sion soldier to any but the legal call of
his country that small body of men shall be swept from
the face Of the earth cobweb Is swept away before
the rising Of the morning sun. Prolonged cheers.