New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-17

thropist" from his new plantation He stnid
not upon the order of his going but went at
once. At the river he met another band of the
free and enlightened in his employment
they informed him that he had contracted
with them fora year. and that he couldn't
go He must wait till the time was up, and
that he must return to the plantation; and he
accordingly returned. We can imagine his
bewilderment. Land on which he has made
an outlay of about thirty-fye thousand dollars
and which was planted in the expectation that
it would yield from eight hundred to a thou
sand bales of cotton, win, we understand. yield
not more than about fifty bales
The gentleman whose misfortunes we have
sketched was a consistent advocate of e1nan-
cipaion, He fought for it with ardor He
was for demanding from the South ''indem-
nifty for the past and security for the future. :"
He regretted not to see the Southern
planter despoiled Of his wealth. He thought
it retributive justice We believe he was
honest in his views-but his views were based
upon that sort of knowledge which makes
men mad He believed spoliation was very
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not think it good for the Massachusetts
gander. We are not surprised at his con-
illusions, for the New England intellect is
ever awake to individual interest. 1t does
not astonish us therefore to learn that bitter
individual experience has created revolu-
ton in this distinguished officers opinions
which the experience of millions of others
could not bring about and that he now avows
willingness, after having fought conseien-
oiously foi years to accomplish the freedom
of the slave, to fight the rest of his days to
place him again in the thraldom from which
he aided to drag him
We do not recount this example with any
feeling Of satisfaction at the result Wewould
greatly prefer that all Northern people who
come amongst us to develop the industry Of
the country should succeed in doing So They
have reyolutionized our system of labor We
think it would have been more wisely done
had there been a transition period allowed
where the change of systems would have been
gradual. But this was not permitted, and we
must take tie system as it is Southern CON
servatism would now be as averse to forcibly
turning bad the revolutionary wheel, as it
was some tine ago to giving it forward i'm
petus. But those who like the unfortunate
gentleman 70 whom we have alluded, were
chiefly instrumental in bringing about the re-
yolution, ae likely, when their interest
awakens then to sense of past errors, to pro-
coed as madE in the future as they have done
in the past Let them be content with the
experience tley have bought, and instead of
getting up anew war to enslave the negro
whom they lave freed, let them devote their
abilities to correct the irregularities of the
freedmens bureau, to reorganize labor under
wholesome llws which will Cypress nobody,
to restore freedom to the white men of the
country, to put down radicalism, to sustain
the Constitution, to uphold civil law, and to
support the administration Of President John
son. If they will faithfully discharge these
duties Of a god citizen, they may obtain the
forgiveness of heir own consciences, and their
perturbed spirits may once more rest in peace.