Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-11-03
VOLUME XXXIII
NEGROES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN
FOR THEM TO EuIGRATE TO THE
NORTIIWEST.

The Richmond Eaqaire- Of Tuesday says:
'NVe learned on yesterday from compe-
/ tent authority, that there we're twenty-five
/ thonsand colored people below Williams
/ burg, who are not supporting themselves,
/ and whom the Freedmen's Bureau have de-
/ termined to remove from the lands on which
! they have squatted, to some other locality.
A letter from a citizen in that quarter urges
the importance of consummating the re-
moval at the very earliest day; both for the
purpose Of enabling the citizens whose lands
are thus TO be restored, to make their ar
rangements in time for the new year, and
for the opportunity Of installing the negroes
in their new homes before the seventies Of
winter shall be upon them.
Whittier these negroes are 10 60, Is ques-
tion which we understand greatly perplexes
both them and the authorities who have
charge of them And not only is the selec-
tion Of proper place Of settlement Of deep
Importance to them, but also to mulutudes
Of their racc,l who, having dissolved their
past relations, are roaming the country seek
ing living"
In connection with this statement, the In
quirer introduces letter from "an old-fash
ioned Abolitionist," inviting the oolored
people Of the South 10 the States Of Iowa,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota,
Indiana and Ohio The following extract
from the letter gives the reasons for the invi-
tation and the inducements TO its acceptance
by the negroes:
"First. The ilI-ieeling created and cult
vated between the two races in the Southern
States has reached point, wheni is impossi-
bic for them TO live together in harmony, and
very difficult for them TO live together at all if
not quite impossible. Such is clearly the
Of every intelligent American in
this country.
'Second. The Southern people are so bank |
rupted and destroyed by the fires which !
have swept over their country, that it is i'm
possible for them 10 furnish capital to pro-
ftably employ the blacks is any useful avo-
cations.
Third. Their system Of labor in the |
South has 10 be supervised by the Freed |
mems Bureau in such way as to make the |
negro worthless and disgust the white man,
and the connexion between the two races is
bot only improbable, but is, in fact, danger
Dus and destructive to both races.
Fourth. The colored people will be vel
coined into the Northwestern States, not /
only as a laborer but as citizen. He will |
have equality of rights. Where he works he |
sits at the same table with the farmer who |
hires him; his daughters and sons may |
Freely associate with the sons and daughters
)f his employer. He goes 20 the same
church, and, if talented, he will receive the
iame attention due to a white man and all /
hat is due to his manhood-which he never
IAN hope TO receive in the Southern States
anywhere, at any time hereafter The mat
er has been settled and practically adopted
IS the uncontested law inThe State Of Ohio
md several Of the other Western States, that
negroes may vote. In Wisconsin they vote
~ judicial decision, in OHIO under the Civil
Rights bill; and they can vote without in
Indeed, so kindly is the public
sentiment toward our colored friends that at
many places where white Copperheads are
rot tolerated at the polls, negroes are well
,omcd TO the ballot-box as its defenders and
and are uniformly treated with
he very highest respect by everybody.
81 have noted these as social and political
easons not without their real significance,
,ut above, far above these are the pressing
wants of the poor black people.
"FrSt. The blacks are very destitute of
PROVISIONS, clothes, and all of the comforts
# life; which is the harder because they
re living where general devastation has left
he country desolate, and the people Of every
olor without the means of living; so that
'ne-half cannot help the other.
"Secoad Northern and Northwestern peo-
lie have every facility for education without
ny prejudice against the blacks; and until
hese unfortunate people are. provided with
chools, the blacks can be accommodated
With free schools and begin the work Of pro-
ress at once.
"To give the work a practical efficiency, l
propose that societies be imrpediately organ
zed to provide for sending emigrants at
nee to the Northwest-in every North
gestern State-and to continue this work
ntil the whole black population is properly
provided for.
"This will DO away with the necessity Of
he Freedman's Bureau; will provide for
he blacks, and develope the great North
rest"