Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-07-26
WHOLE NO. A7.

humanity prompts MIN 10 take
care of every life. Nurseries are
established OH plantations, super
vised by the doctor and mistress,
that save the lives of infants
The mother only comes to nurse
her child, and she is too happy to
be rid of further care. She has
little of the affection for her young
that characterizes white mothers,
or many of the lower animals
Her devotion to the children of her
mistress is often far greater than
to her own. These facts will ex-
plain why the negroes lately
emancipated are dying so fearful
ly. They have to thank the
emancipation for taking the life of
every one of four in this brief
time; and the process will con-
tinue, in spite of Faneuil and Ex-
eter Halls, Civil Rights bills and
the Freedmen's: SureaIL Even
the luxury Of voting would not
save the race from the doom of
freedom and death.
/ @. Has the mortality been so
great as represented? A. / be-
lieve it has never been exaggera-
ted. / have seen it estimated at
one-fourth the whole number, and
do not think it too great figure.
Had slavery given as many stripes,
all christendom would have been
Mortified. Emancipation, black
with its million graves, gets only
peans of praise the world over.
Time and history will, we believe,
change the song, despite the hur-
ried records and willing testimony
, of the Lossings, the Abbetts, and
|, the Bancrofts.
| Q. Is the good order you repre-
sent in the Southern States the re-
suit of total abandonment of the
struggle, or is it from the Temporal
ry necessity Of quiet? A. Per-
NIT me to explain in reply to these
queries. There is no intention
anywhere to renew the contest
When we surrendered and were
paroled, we did so i'll good faith,
and will keep our parole as long as
the conditions are fulfilled. To
doubt this, is to mistake entirely
the Southern character. When
they surrendered they gave it up;
and any doubt of their good faith
is offensive, so much so that, per-
|. sonally, they will resent it. They
, surrendered as men, as your equals,
, upon honorable TERMS and will
keep faith to the letter, and fight
those who doubt it.
}, Q. What did they give up? A.
Their arms and the questions at
stake.
j Q. What were these questions
as you understood them? A. The
right to a separate nationality and
independence ON our part. A
central Government, ignoring State
rights and the destruction of sla-
. very on the part OF the United
: States.
@. You speak of the terms Of
, submission. What terms do you
mean? A. Those stipulated in
actual surrender, of protection in
person and property, so long as we
should obey the laws; and those
submitted by the President of the
: United States in his proclamation
and plan of recognition. Thus
far we have endeavored to COM
!, ply with all the requirements,
reasonable and oppressive, and
, held our peace, lest complaints
) might be misconstrued into disloy-
, atty, as they have been elsewhere.
! Q. Is the present feeling the
same as heretofore :
) A. / think not. The return Of
/, good feeling has been greatly OPP
: pressed, think, by the rejection
8 of members from States already res
E organized. There seems to be g
!. suspicion of bad faith, and a fear
D that they have been decoyed into
: the steps they have taken, and
, much apprehension, And should
: this be continued after the Texas
: Representatives got here, there
D will be, ] fear, great reyulsiop of
r feeling,
{ Q. What will they do i9sShat
t case?
:, A. / cannot answer. They
e cannot resort to arms, tecauss