Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-17
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Tn Texas they call it the "Freedmea's
Sidchoard;' I'M, it should lie called lhe Free
N.grr Por Il"use. Previous to the war.
there was 20 ,uch spectacle il oil the S nth
as reyro pampcr! Think tf that, yc who
are act,lstoine.! to 5 c your own race, your
own flesh an b! ok, Begging from door to
dor, or wore still, selling their s)uls Tor the
sup, ort II THEIR bodies. Cou that form oil
5 city b, cn q tic SUN Of all villainy," who.a
;hcrt VIZ, no suiIcri G, 10 ccs;iiuiion, no
want? But wnat do We sec Eow? The
Will land is filed with weeping ard vail
y. The erYans of lru dying fill the air and
tar rp,es Of The dead fairly sicken and
u .l;uic the atmosphere. In the place Of the
masters re and prot. ction of these child
pcnp'r, We nave huge Government Bureau
rr.lid, ID oyrr by 81 Genelal, VIII, is called
..p',iisntl r.l i,l" because lie tries to. patch
IN nv p.c.,nca the sulferinss which are in
il1c,cL by win csale bu, he might as well
undertake to dam the Mississippi with iul.
ra>hc> as to sep the Aa9d Of ruin, deso.ation
and Lra'h which is cngu;iing Tie doomed VIC
inns If lis cruel philanthropy. lie has re
Gently published long report of his doings,
which may te summed up Ly stating that
/; 1e wants trsice mEi,ns oC dollars to sup
port his negro paupers, including Mrce mil
lions for schools and school houses! Is not
this decidedly modest? This sum is just
about !. hat it cost 10 support the entire gov
ernmcnt in John, Quincy Aoamscs time, and
now it is filched from the pockets of the hard
working white men to support o crowd OF
law. indolsnt negroes, and their white over
seers. Every longhared Abolition lecturer,
every seedy Yankee schoolmaster, every
sneaking and worthless Abolition preacher
whom the people will not listen to at home,
is haneer-on of this Free Niger Poor
House. 1t is perfect god.send to this class
of worthless creatures, who. go about the
country making trade of philanthropy. Our
readers may have noticed that the number
Of temperance lecturers, clairvoyant pere-
srnalors, mcsmeric professors, &c., g., has
greatly decreased Of late years. They have
found better business. They have their hands
in Uncle Sans. pocket, and are driving q
thriving business in numbering negroes and
Eatherinp their own nests. What if they
coin their living out Of the suferings and:
death of the negro, and the sweat and toll or
the While man 2-any way sauSfes tlep
which exemp:s Them from honest laborious
Industry. - ,.4....
sent. to be robbed for the benefit Of grace
less set of vagabonds7 General Howard is
said to be an honorable man, humane man,
worthy man, SC. We know nothing Of
him, and have. only to say if he possesses all
these desirable characteristics, thea the ex.
cess of goodness in his heart must hive been
at the expense of his intellect. He is a per-
sonal witness Of the wrongs which Abolition
has inflicted upon the negroes lie knows
their sutferings, and be knows. that, under
the present system, tits only qaestlon or
time when disease and death will have tn.
ished The work which the deyiltry Of Aboli-
ton has begun. Can be not conceive the
idea that the negro is diGero.t man froi:
the Waite man? And can he not compre
hehd that, being different, the civil laws must
be adapted to all his differences, whether
physical Or lncrtal ;.
But whatever may be the result OF Gen.
IIowarl's cogitations, We apprehend that the
American people will have no wiss to pay
twelve millions of dollars annually to sup
port.a lot of worthless white teachers, preach
ers,. and superin.endcnts. How many poor
white children are deprived of bread, cloth
ing and education, in order to support these
negroes in-idleness7 How many white
man expends his impatient energies in hart hard
work. that Sambo MAY baik in sloth? 'Ho"
many delicate fnger'is" weaty and worn.
and how many an eyehd is.a heavy and'red,'
4 solely because the life blood OF the white race
is distilled, drop by drop, to- pay the t'oett.
u,,aioas of dollars yearly shat Gen. Howard
demands q. Workpg4men,l remember thai
you pay portion Of this twelve millions
every timo:yop purchase q poand Of coffee
! or tea, or bread, or meat for Your families
4 .Working,women you who sew or Knit; 9
weave, who in the dark walls ,:of, nHhsaish!
.ifaetories ina workshopsllI drag ont a weaE