The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-06-13
ment Of thousands, when say that the negro

ment Of thousands, when say that the negro
will not work out of bondage. 1t is probable,
that when the excitement Of freedom wears off
and sickness and hunger come on, he will set
hmSeH to labor more earnestly than he has done
for the past year: but it is contrary to the fun
damcntal principle Of his constitution that he
shenld be Industrious Those very qualities
which made him useful slave must render him
a useless freedman. The doeility, the confidence
in the master, the forgetfulness Of the p:st and
the caHeessness Of the future, the satisfaction he
felt at the qualification of his appetites and ehe
indifference he exhibited on all other questions
are proof sufficient of the total want of that
energy aud that thought which are required to
impel men to ezertiun. When he obtains enough
to secure him from starvation for little while,
he will quit his work when the bot sun tires
him and the cool shade invites him, he viii! go ts
sleep, if he must starve for it. 1t is useless to
sly that slavery has dwarfed his faculties, and
that liberty will expand them. The only ap-
proach to civilization that race has made has
been under the hands of the white master Eve
ry portion Of Africa held by negroes has been for
ages, and is still, sunk in the lowest barbarism,
no matter how fnc the climate or how fruitful
the soil. Ignorance, idleness, filth lust and su-
perstition envelope every foot Of territory nhabi-
ted by them. Even those of them who have
been reared under our civilization, and then re-
moved from the influence of the white race (as'
in Liberia) have always sadly retrograded, and
in frost cases rcapsed almost completely
into the original barbarism Indeed if there be
any connection between the laws Of matter and
the laws of mind, we must believe energy and
prudence utter strangers to the African. No
man with such small brain can have an en-
larged mind-no man whose brain can stand to
bake in July sun can have fine percep:ions-no
man 5Sho delights to wrap up his face and swelter
in stencil and carbonc acid gas, can enjoy the
inspiration OF high sentiments and pure motives.
may seem to require too much for my laborer
but, in truth underState the case. All men hate
work, and only two things can, in state>of free
dom, overcome this aversion - the actual
gead Of hunger, and the spirit Of prudence which
seeks to provide for the future. 4bis prudence,
the negro has shown himself to be almost wholly:
destitute of-and that prick of hanger he ear
scarcely feel, for we haYe, always something to
stcai, and laboriS scarce that he cannot fail
10 procure some sort of employment whenever
he, desires it. AID in addition TO these two diff
culties, We must remember that the negro, as a
race, is without the sentiment of religious duty
and without the sentiment of honor There IS
no obligation IN q contract, in his eyes. And he
is SO duh, that that even tie law does not terrify
him. His whole desire is to evade work-kis
whole emplo ynent to devise methods of eyasien.
THERE'S bu. one argument which can urge him
up to his duty-and that argament We can no
longer apply. ...-..~--. -, ~ ..=..>.' ,
. / therefore hold that some other labor than
that of the negro is required for, our restoration
to even measure of our former prosperity i
propose to show hereafter whence the proper
labor is TO be brought, and how, and what con
sequences, pecuniary, political and social, may
be expected to attend it, ..... SOUTH.