Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-03-03

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sacrifices for trcedom were trec,t made,
aud whers1Ae signst SnoteSf the coming
OF our late rebellion WAS fr4 sounded, do
from that SdksrN ,o4ibsr,y, snd it. gov.
srnment as2a s,Ns in She haods Of the
AsowS f'isAd fsks ssr6 separated on
y by Ne fsso$Fi river On its eastern
EH s;skvk;ASsl lss's,,. slave Ter
ritory and the slave .,a,e Of Arkansas,
with a soil suitable TO negro labor and
climate adapted 10 his nature and habits.
50 of the forty aud fifty counties lying be-
tween western slant Of the Al ehaMes-As
of the few negroes both mail and female.
| only 600 in t,tai that are 10 be found with.
| ia this state are they accredited to Leav-
| eaMD<h and the northern counties of
Kansas where their owners of that day
hrouxhl. over. doubtless the majority Of
them. S. Of Ohio Of Indiana. Of Illinois,
of New Jersey, OF New York, Of Pennsyl
'vania In those sections Of The states where
representation OF the south inh.bit aud
predomnate, there will you find collected
in greater excess the negro population.
Letus travel over in imagination this
extensive range of,errisory devoted to free
labor and examine in what respect " any
the condition Of the negro north differs
from his fellow Of the south First we
| fad characteristics now common, to both
sections. his energies unssucref' BY the
shackels of bondage and the rig,h to
avail the proceeds Of his toll, bu. hostility
to the race marked most conspiciously IN
every department of life, differences in
degrees VI intensity, but by all degraded
With badges Of natural i"feriority, the
same stole indifference t. their tate, the
same con,emp, barring every door to as
ISOLATION aud prescribing the genial
| warmth Of social interchange ! enter
| your halls dedicated to pleasure, 10 ins'ru.
lions aud recreation, and Look in vain for
a negro par,icipau:-t enter your public
! schools, no negro child is the reel pent in
| common OF the public bounty. pass t.
your halls of justice, and the jury panels
are no, checkerei with a single dark or
| mulatto hue, ann last in search Of equality
enter the ,emp!e appropriated to the wor-
| ship Of the creator and Judge Of all and
| here too Cad the same ban imposed and
| throughput all Of The ram,licatiou of so
! cie,y with the humble and the high un
| con tin.i to the private circle but III all
, the varied as.emoages aud enjoyment Of
! men, do find the same cold aud rigid
! exclusion And even ia the rare insAn-
ces which dozen names will cover where
! the half or fourth blood negro derives he
! advantages Of refined culture and adopts
some ons Of the learned professions Of law,
divinity or medicine, DO fnl hlm denied
co4n,, n ,uce ana fell Jwship in the partic-
| u ar circle Ct these poSsesSi u.
! Are these harsh AMI proscriptive ussyes
! r. f-rab,e to mere color or diversity of
race. | state but a fact known t, each
| IN Ibis room | make 10 attempt 10 jts''-
| ty i,--tut from whatever origin these
restrictions Of society arise, d'ssenole
thu fac; as We may. 10 prsvaric,''nn can
| evade the conclu ion, and candor comnels
, Us to confess to the feeling in view Of the
: development, th.. !; Is a icpusnance
WHICH W. have 10: bc,n able 10 control
| interiurily ut t.ce. ins!nc'lvely and by
| com nuulcn;.bn l.l- ;12 ""t-~7 learned
!, bis stale ui mad and vC;iLnGt towards
han ~, III! fee = H'-, an! has w!s"'y r.
, trained trlm ,an!u- up he new a,socia-
! tun that u,ing> to Ii n IA charge ul co.,
. dltsuu, Y,.,. ,n, cNp Sc han o ii 'r3 r'.,)r
OF sea>ot. S,a}h lh.n e N,SlnS Iine
may We assume that the freedman will
~l;l remain Is; VIVA, change viii he no"
! be an c:rI 10y tn. n4" II l't.nHs OF
thing, ,p,n.d as thc soalh will We to
native .Gi irre's I'm n1s !oA. wha;"'e
, these asrn.l-s t pro uec IL his w2't4re.
Naturally iuio'eh', vita faculties impair,
ed by log strvltudr, the freedmen IS III
prepa el 10 brea,, The iil- fall a,1 v'spr
pu- that will sci in over this entire sec
t,on, and 10 compete wi h the self-reinn
en,erprisiur, active and energetic labor
! that vii! nuw cutter to cu't'ate ana de-
ve.up these lands in the sea OF activity
,hal will prevail IS be in peril at every
infl,~ius AMI rctllen, current. The CIR
cumstasces Of his situa,iv" Will all be
changed. Instead Of the dull monotone
OF = TAIN aud feeble agriculture industry,
and . state Of Insulation from the world,
will be be .conii"n,ed by the rush and
clash of conflicting interest the rivalry
of trade, the early and late tltage OF the
SOIL, The hum of The shuttle, the blaze OF
the forge, the din Of tie workshop, and
the busy sounds and scenes Of all nechan
zeal employ ment; restricted to the labor
Of the staple in The person of the s'aFwart
Auglo-Sax on, Germ an or Irish eln mil grant
will he iud claimant for his last re-
source. s. this period Of time have the
barriers of slavery served as dykes agains.
these intlaences, ana with their removal
does be End bis helplsssness thus array.
ed. To expect OF him tert,ude and ca
pae,iy 50 resist or that he will be adapted
to HE new emergencies, is an expectation
not justified BY any .exper'ennce that We
have, Should he remain !here is nothing
moro int;.!Iably certain than that this race
will furnish IN their ultimate tnte par,
, nllel to the Indian of whom we will haze
soon retained but the memorial In the
names Of cities, aud states covering The
sites of their former camp and wig-wam
Here then is field for the labor Of tho
philanthrophist, and duty calls 10 early
action, wha, shall BE- done with him. One
of the most sLrewd observers Of the age,
and u statesman OF ability aud exleri-
euce, an earnest advocate Of emancipa-
.ion, and who, has conazssuted quite as