, 1866-01-10

Blakely and spsnish Fort. II = looked 20
| utterly foElotn and wretehed that The kind
heart Of Col. Robinson ssnk within him ~ be
undertook to Eoprimand- -lhem for their sup
posed delhauencies' h The old h.eheyed
way, for Of course he conh use No Other Ian,
guage to them, be told them they Must work
and support their families, and II tkey would
| not do 10 the Government could do nothing
whatever foe them. When hc kad concluded
the tongres Of some or t6e older negroes BE-
came loosened, and they poured forth rapid
recital Of their wrongs.
THE sToRr or TIE wRoE6ED.
| In the old days Of slavery, they said, they
always had enough to eat; their food wal
I good, and plenty Of lt-mea1, pork molasses
salt, vinegar and tobacco, always composing
their rations, besides which they had STATED
tasks given them, which. when performed, al
| ways lnft them limo to cultivate their poo,
gardens, or to do overwork,' By which they
could get = little money to buy neeessaziea
not included IN their slare rations: Now, al
termission, from daylight TIL pitch dark, 70,
| their taskmasters, aud all tha ttboard" they
I got from their employers was q peck Of un.
I stfted con-mea1 and three pounds and hall
Of ealt porx week (halt q pound day.,
which they might cook up AZ they pleased, IN
taH ea Intervals thsr Of daskRsss an taey e9pd l,
without change from years. end to
years. end, they Wcre expected to preserve
their health, and do fun days work Il
they wanted anything more they had to buy
| il at four or five prices, OF their master, who
always brought them In debt at the end Of the
month, Withou: their purchasing any clothing
whatever, OF getting any money. After they
| had made their statement, the Southern Meth.
odlst Deacon who works this mass Of black
misery for his Owl especial profit, made q
speech, ostensibly to his negroes, but really
to Col. r. He shed eopious tears a. he told
them how he loved them, and recountcd his
other men like him had brought On, quoted
Scripture literally, and shed moro tears; but
never denied one Of the assertions Of the ne
groes, nor promised to do any better for the
future.
pLAcK PHILOSOPHY.
In the midst of their apparautly hopeless
misery, could not but be struck with the
men expressed. 0ne old man was loudly de-
nounclng the bad faith Of the. Methodist
Deacon In deceiving them by drawing up their
contracts for the year 1866, willie he pretend
led ut the time they were only TO work till
January next. II only came over here to
Try il for fer MONTH, - said tho old man,
'faud Pm sure I'll be dead II have to stay .
year beyond my time, and live on such feed"
i'eho, Uncle John," said another, s'that aint
nothing, after all. We blacks never had moth
ing before, and b year or two don't make no
difference, If We don't ket no psy, 80 we can
only keep alive and take care Of ourselves
til I've can learn little how to get along."
Il eiviue an emphatic affirmation. could not
but observe al through this sad interview
|; with these unfortunate people, that such q
/ thing as living without work Of having lands
| ut Christmas, or any such nonsense, SO con.
tinually and perslstently charged upoa them
by their late masters, never seemed to have
had the most remote lodgment in their minds,
any such Idea. All they asked was fair treat
ment and snch food ns they had been accus-
toned to, TO keep soul and body together
during the severe and unrcmitting toll Of the
temperate regions. Such cases seem actu-
ally beyond tho reach Of benevolence, or OF
change tho cruel hearts Of these bad men,
who so comy 1acently grind the bodies, If not
souls of theil late ehattels into the earth,
there seems no hops for them On earth.
TIN REBEL npy,r.,or.
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annasis ~ ~ ;nnaae " soTnesn l, alen ls
4taaJ1t.s !h M p.sncassGlo ~ tnc inlesnal
annosl.y Icy 4a'e asal1ss Tue nlisefaple
nesfo ~" tuAt ne - no longer tnell save
20 ~ appafentiy htelaeent planter, Who VA
aisning ina1 Az me 60 niegefs had ont
hilate them, asked what substitute he *
petted to procure as laborers In the sonth ;
tnai wnNe people never Worked when they
conlo poes1oly aFoio It, anu 10 my view, attef
Ten years experience and hnvei all owe.
En5ope, no country had 80 submissive, patient
and easily managed body OF laborers At the
SCUM mat Ihelf virtues we're many, and
tn tnen vieesl snen . as tasy "ele, Neis salaef
ti tpose o .1s sys1em mncu etS1nseI ~ ELL, sIen
than those natural TO the race. 10 which he
replied that the Internal niggers we're The
cause OF AZ our troubles, defeats, and moEtlh-
~ Sn AHHt y
Iii were e1ntlIe1 from the conntrv. plenty oi
Dutch would come in to take theiF p!sces,
Such are the dreams in which these people,
guile a. great a. that which they once enter
tained. that lie maauilceut RAILWAYS Of tho
Eorth were the rsnse. moi fha efact of North.
EN- prosperity, and that oil they had to do
was to bufll railroads aecordipely,'
The minds OF these people afe progressing
parent 10 one ike myseH, who has been ab-
sent since August last. and thclr inmate dialoy-
a|ty IL daily mora aud more manifest. The
Northern man who would come herc now to
invest his money in Southern enterprise, IN
my viow, would be foolhardy in the extreme.
If willing to go eTeu further thnn southern
and cruelty toward tho negro. ho might be
tolerated, rs In times past, but u he was not,
the country would soon be made to hot Of him.
OF course everybody processes to wish TO see
Northern capital come IN, knowing well that
they will control and tax 1t when It does
come, and confscate It, too, If the posseasof
Is obnoxious IN any way to them.
tSxAAt!oS " aootasnS toNss
Auo natetaa pAoSp-.ty " oon.aelu so"As
a sfnTfe lean frnm nxtreun flenrnssion Ia aa
extreInc an fn{atlon, From expecting thef.
property to be conAscated aud themselves
bnnished OF hung, as the people knew they