Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-16

. h0FTent to freedom ana humanity. vi
. I to work at wunst and build up the brok
en- walls NV your Zion.
We must hev Peace and unanimity--
and Peace cannot dwell among rs on
less there's O oneness nv purpose and
. sentiment. To prokoor thes 10 your fnst
dooty. If there b. among 700 them e.
opposed 700 doorin yoor late struggle
for Rites, hist EN-. Their presence 10
irritatin, and kin not be tolerated ABS
. lishunisn Ia as abhorent now az ever,
and the sooner 700 are rid nv IL the bet
ter. tits safe 10 assume that every man
who opposes the lately deceased confed-
eracy 10 Ablishnist.
The next step and the most important
is to tear down the niger school houses
and churches wich hev bin built here and
there, and kindly take the niger By the
ear and lead him back to his old quar-
ters, wich il his normal position. The
| Yankee school teachers sent here by
Freedmen's Aid Societies, shood proper
ly be hang for spreadin dissatisfaction
and spellin books among the niggers, but
wood advise mercy and consillia.
ton. Tar and featherin with whippins
will perhaps do ez well, and, will 60 10
show the world that our justice 10 tenn
pered with charity--that we kin be gen-
erouis ez wellez Just Yoor Legislatures
ahood be instantly called together and
proper laws for the government Nv the
Freedmen shood be passed. Slavery 10
abolisht and the people must live up TO
the requirements of the act In good faith.
! protest again any violation NV good
faith, but labor must be done, for the
Rkripter commands il and our frail ma
cher demands wat can't be got without
il. We don't like to do il, but shell
skripter be violated2 Not at all. The
niger must do il h;sself, not ez slave |
for slavery 10 abolished but ez a free |
man. Ethiopian citizens NV Amerikin |
descent, wich 10 mullatter, and full |
blooded blacks and all hevin in the veins
a taint nv Afrikin blood must be restrain
cd gently, and for their own good, sug- 1
gest laws ez follows.
/. They must never leave the planta-
ton onto which they are, when this oct /
goes into effect, without pass from the
employer, ander penalty nv being shot.
z. They shel hev the privilege nv suein
everybody of their own color. Of they kin
give Wnat6 DALI Tor costs.
3. They shell hev the full privilege NV
bein sued the same ez white folks. /
A. They shell be competent ez witness
90 in cases in wich they are NOT inter.
ested, but their testimony ID to 90 for
notbin Of II 10 opposed by the testimony
nv white man or another bigger.
8. No niger shell be allowed to buyor
lease real estate outside nv any incerpo-
rated city, town or village.
o.. No niger shell be allowed to buy on
lease real estate within any incorporated
city, town or village, except as herein
after provided for, to.wit:
He shell give notice nv his desires BY |
publication Of six consecutive weeks in
'ome noosepaper Nv general circulation
n sed village, for witch publication he
shell pay invariably in advance He shell
hen give bonds In SIGH sums ez the
mayor shell decide, that neither he, nor
any Nv bis ancestors, or descendants, or
relations, will ever become public oharg-
Do, and will always behave themselves
With doc humility, the bcndsmeu to be
white men and free holders. Then the !
mayor shell cause a election 10 be pro- I
claimed, and if the free white citizens
hel vote YEA" unanimously, be shel
% allowed to buy or lease real estate.
4 there is a dissenting vote, then be
bel be put onto the chain gang for six :
months, for his impudence in making /.
ich request.
z. Their wages shell be sich ez they i
md the employers ahel mutually agree, :
'ut that the negroes may not become /
luxurious and effeminate, witch two b
hings ~ wees wich goes TO sap the sim q
'licity and strength NV people, the Il
um shel never exceed IS per month, n
nut not less than enuf in all cases to g
ny him one SCOT Nv close per annum,
rich the employer ahel purchase hisself.
y. The master shell hev the privilege
" addin to this kode sich other rules
md regulations for their proper govern Il
cent as may strike him ez bein good for
m from time to time.
These provisions seizure the niger in
ne rites wich kin reasonably be asked "a
Or him, just elevated ez be 10 from
avery and thrown upon the world
snorant OF the dooties Of his new posi-. II
on and status. Hs isaimple and needs
10 guidin hand NV the stronger race. II
My hart 10 too full to make further
aggestions. Organized into q taboo, w
18th the constitooshun in one hand ia
wich beloved instrument kivers O great d
eel OF ground), scar bangled spanner or
the other and q traraplin on q bloc 80
Dat, wich / stript orr nv returned mig n
or soiger which wuz sick, exnltinIy IN
kclaim, The union ez ID ia ia ez good q
: the union ez il wus. 'Ror II ~
PETROLEUM v. Massey. =
Lait Pastor Nv the Church NV the Moo rs