The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-11-28

war, and slavery vas suddenly abolished,
and tho South thereby previously impover-
ished and constrained 10. accommodate it.
self to violent change. more suddenly in
troduced than the teachings Of experience
would seem to warrant, all patriotic men
looked for national .repose % set Oft. The
one great theory Of our government, which
was supposed to be settled, was that each
State should manage its own internal af-
fairs. But so far from the abolition of sla.
very having composed our sectional diffe-
rsnces, it has only intensified them. the
negro being the subject OF strife. The
North claimed that humanity required lis
interposition 10 protect the recently eman-
cipated slaves from aggression on the part
Of the white people oil the South. and new
and strange tribunals were instituted a.
mong Us TO manage their race. claiming
and exercising, long after hosulities had
ceased. exclusive jurisdiction, civil and
criminal. over whites and blacks, as ia all
matters to which a freedman was party,
and resting their decision and modes OF
proceedings on no known rules.
Itbehooyes every patriotic mind Ia solve
the problem--what 10 best " be done TO u.
soidithis sectional strife in relation to the
negroi Is il possible. in entire consisten-
ey with the well being Of the African race.
to avoid this enduring source Of anilnosity
between sections
II seems 10 NE that the course TO be pur-
sued is obvious. if tie parties % the con.
troversy sincerely desire reconciliation.
The canse OF The trouble i the unequal dis
tribution Of the race between the sections.
The plain and practical remedy is their
more equal diffusion. Existing circam-
stances involve such diffusion.
The people Of the South. (whe,her Cram
prejudice or not is immslerial 10 the view /
take) do not regard the negro AZ their
equal. lie il not allowed the right az suf
frage. The North insists that this preju.
dice Of the South does cruel wrong to the
African. Among Us they arc very poor
and very few OF them have acquired local
attachments By ownership u land. Tie
resilts II emancipation AMI war lave made
tie whites poor als0i aaA tie unceriain
condition 81 orr federal relations present..
the influx Of capital or population. Eater.
prise il paralyzad. Few are able 70 EN-
plly laborefs aud pay them literally. On
/ ihe ether hand. the dnninaut safes are
risi. III I'LL 1t thcm the wages n labor are
hlch greater than we can ply. III many
Of them are public lands ar great fertility
which The laws give tu the ac,eal settler Al
nominal price. In one OF these States 4
portion Of the people has given subssn-
Ilal earnest II the principles lhey profess
by tlectlng two Africans as member, oi
their state Legislature. Eserything seems
70 invite their emigration 10 tie dominant
states; but most 81 them arc tgn poor -
pay the expenses Of moving. This difieal.
y may be overcome by JIvertns the ap-
preparation made 10 sustain the Freednen,s
Bureau. % delfaying the travelling expcn.
srs Of those who NAV chuuse NJ move, Al.
lowing each one tochoose the State ~ Fer
ritory to which lie would 60. When thus
LEI. free and aided to 80 where the may
lh,nk ;heir condition will be braere,i, np
ground will be left for further sectional
strife a. 70 their government
VINO, that would avoid tic rOrs On which
our ship 81 State il threatened sith wreck
viii object 10 ms scheme Of rrsOnci,a.
iIonni Il Is clear that ihe Northern State.
vii not object 70 it. Il will place the ne
groes, voluntarily emlgiaiing t. the II, On.
Ger tielr immediate guarlansHlp, wherc
they can lnpk si.rr their persona prDicc.
ton, aud mental and moral culture. much
more dIscrcetIy ta8n they can 81 ] freed
mems Buren,, o. any other machinery.
while tsey rsnaIn here.
nm sure North Carolina viii not object
70 this scheme. II il be objected that the
emigration wouiI 5e ~ universal - Is leave
- fJr time aitnout saiIicieac, II la
5Orers, anu i Be conceded thst iii. would
be the result, ahp would not prefer - per.
form serylle labor until other iaJnr could
be procured. % tac nquicmdc ard hunilia