New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-12-14
l.EORGIA.
TIE RELATIONS Or THE FELBDMEN--ot TRACES OK
UXroysrs-A THREATENED EMIGRATION To AR
KANSAS.
From OR Oru Correspoudsut.

SAVANNAH. Ga. Dee g. is,5
Last Winter the Legislature Of Florida passed bill
to provide for tie education Of freedmen and forthwith was
buted all over North and south that Florida had alcn Tho
lead o. o her south m the great nud noble work Of
educatin the freedmen and clcyaiing the dignity Of
manhood
All Northern editors good aa,urcd, uususPccns charitable
souls that they are spoAe leaders Of learned length and
laundering sonua 10 pre OF t.c noh' intcscht indignant
nous and liberal action Of Florida and nl good Christians said
A,aca and God br,s Fi9rdq which hitter invocation was
very oppoituue r she needed blessing and Is noS IN need
very great nc,Tl--oi sci cra bcssiug,.
II, Legislature however became 40 otepowerd by their
marnmny That they entirely forgot 70 appPnaie or
provide for uisg funds carry the school law into execution
~ "@ , ,o 10 , va. M mines no nav he St
pcrnicnacns salary employ tcachcrs 20 Did school
nouse,; AZ WI ,.s ~, cfri,in HIM. of N, ri United
States Coorc Troops who the time state super
intcndcu Of Education n The frcmcns Bureau ana thus
FLORIDA got Superintendent OF Education
The Re. Mr. Hobbs very unfortunate ~ TO
mittee was sitting aud he was summoned before that august
ioiy 10 cnghca il in regard TO he situation Florida
On be said Fordiins talked trcason,in fact be had
The Governor Of Florida testimony The iey Afr
Hobbs and Immediately Hobbs informed that Hobbs was
Assistant ommi the Fcdmchs Bureau pre-
sumo gave hn similar information A. all e,cnts lioiss
connection with Tie Bureau ceased simultaneously VIII bis dis
HoLs va. soon succeeded in State and in Bmesuby ono
Rev u Duncan who for many years past has been a9ong
under whose auspices know no ,culousJ missionary
among the remnant Of the great Cherokee Nation that still lin
lie mrncatcy went 10 work As earnestly cnshten and
Chrsane the lenshied FREEDMEN a. he had worked Tor te
Der bis bors efficient and successful be not only entirely
orcd the Northern teachers already IN the state bat by not
testing the h0e truth used OIL TIE ingenuity he possessed 70
prevent northern Fccdmen Aid Societies from sending more
and did III he could employ such persons could b. only
in order to show how he worked and what results attained
q, to quote ron h. rePor lG Ill., year s ending SSg
in pcrspcuiiy grammatical construction generally must BE-
regarded curiosity in American literature
He tells us IN bis unique and peculiar siye tht-
We Of Tie south hsys BEN ,ss sT., ma 70, w s s
bsrbasns We have brought hsm 70 tho social aud religious status
The h'.oy q tie eoIofsd sion. in South unparalleled in
missionary labor thousboa tie word a. i shown oy
me aess -. Of liz South bsioIr the wSr'
' We caaSo let Ills assertion Of Mr. Duncan pas. without
oddny our testimony tO the that the missionary work
which was pfosccntcd among the slaves by We ~ ne South
was not only "pdrald in fhe annals u missionary labor
South!
His report is dated Nov and he began bic work he snys
NOM %oh,bsthc American Missionary Association and the Ia
tonal Frcedmens Relief Association both located H. New
York and sustained erey by the beueyoence Of the North
had h-eit eight a-Lsrs IN Florida and had s sioo for
freedmen in fernandnn Jacksonville ST. Augustine Paka
Gainesville Lake City and Tallahassee; yet the Rev y b.
Duncan State superintendent Of Frccdmen Schools In Flor
ida holding his commission from the Governor OF the State
droising his sd from e Frcotens bureau oad acting a.
Superintendent Of Education "a e BuredV by appointment Of
the Assistant Commissioner does n9 IN MS annual report
Henors them completely andis withn very ignorant
very mendacous 10 assert because the North does rot
t % nrut their works Of beyoence among the freedmen or
their money his control that with all their prossed love
for the coloed people the North doing nothing and there
fore. The whites OF the South must educate them
We hope that Gen o. o. Howard has any contipl over
cedmens affairs IN Florida be viii al once take meata 10
stop this gnordHs from drawing money from the lated
States Treasury and have who has some cando and AZ
least an education sufficient to we dramatically aPoh'd
There much excitement among the freedmen OF this State
upon the subject OF emigration 10 Arkansas for the pnose Of
taking up lands under the Homestead Act Several huidre
about 100 families Ia one cOIiyWe are Trustworthy M
formed have already made DUPLICATION 20 the Fredmcns
Bureau for transportation and such other assistance the
Government give, 10 enable them 70 reach country IN
which by patient Industry and economy they hope achieve
least competence not wealth Among those lho are
about TO migrate OF the industrious intelligent
and worthy oored in this State who With y chance az
all will not only advance their own Interests but will also DO
much 10 develop the natural u s country ~
which they intend settle and thereby add TO the growth snd
Tie freedmen complain that the whites narcst much ,yo
son 20 emigration ond endeayor deter them nom
leaving the state by telling them that IL IL scheme gotten up
by mercenay Yankees carry them Cuba ard seem Into
slavery In fact great this opposition IN two or three
Valley thar those who employed them wero compelled -sI
upon the military authorities assist and protect them in cni
That Union men st prosecuted reentlessy ever
proved by the fact that Clarke SwayZc driven non
Griffin Ca, BY mob on Sunday last which mob wosd have
killed him had he not made timely escape Mr. sway has
been resident Of GIn9 where h9 owns son r ctae and
where he formerly edited and published neTpq io many
years After being most shamealy abused by e e5ds dur
ing the earlier part Of the war he ~ Unon lines
and served for time - an officer in tka rsi army
His life been several times threaten of late but Was
until Sunday st that tho Rebels succeeded in driving HIM
This dsgraeeul affair II mentioned by the Southern press
Ont Is not al likely that win be mentioned VIII be rep.
resented in very mild way and effort Wal be made show
that il was participated in only ~ the eanss but tps
that the best citizens In The place were at the botsof sid
encouraged H. -,
Gently sent ladies to Griffin TO teach freedmen ana they
ke al Others South have been threatened vita Yten
and are almost daily subjected 10 sort Of Insult
finds it necessary gurrison Spnudins Coupty
and has already ordered troops Griffin
We sincerely hope that view Of The frequent oesrrges q
such ouages that committed upon Capt and the
fcQnen murders Of freedmen and the almost universal nnre
OF the civil Authorities 20 give protection - Union m and
freedmen Congress viii do something 10 enforce Sipcy ihe
Civil RgLts bill and thus patrols from murder AMI ot
rage and save tbs people OF the South hpossbe from unG
dSgIgss Tie lpVe isel thai rkia isu months not t ap