New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-19
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or, nave aavs been IN THIS Sute Let i have authority
xlher wage and prevent yagrancy 1t always got aloHs
Ave yor mistaken about It's always having bad this
'SWsat cx claimed the asto, !shal fIrconary "wly.
was raised hyar aud lived hyar All my met DO you
Apparently sir; fr you 70 be ignorant 81 the
fact tai r,, IN Norm Carolina rsre roT' 'o" e 70"
| ssi.on of'tse Sraf, G5renmsat down to lsJJ"
| '"Iti.nt ~ slraugtr" 80. q.
,E,oase aie but olr own State records VIII show II
apl 4 say he very ignorant eltz-n 70 o. tak
ipc about ways and OF reorganization, who dosss
Know 50 simple anu rseeGt fact in tie hs'or! u us
Tie Cracker scratched his head ia great Devil lermen
"WelL stranger yol doat mean to sag thd the uo,ein
wash.neton Is gong to make Us ei nisgsr' 'O'e'
wei Why rOt have the decency TO et us have vote on
oarselvos aud say Wheeler NlN Let ringers voter f..
ia other words yoa mean tnis. Less generation
nro Won held convention which robbed certain classes o
your citz,n' OF rights they had enjoyed undiSIe rou @
Of your Sate down to that hour Now yoa pro-
Sc 20 let robbers hold election to decide whether they
srnger e5ealed another 4 he group Tita grefI f Ss
phasis IS the Governneni at WasangSa' because H''
Possibly it w! At any rate Strong party f1yors H.
r Ye. SIR III leave Ills Government and 80 North :"
And the man true his state Rights training seemed 10
imagine that gong North goag under another no'efn
men spoke Of as one might speak oil ENGRAVING "
| China
| "ro be frank with you said so-caled Union-inan
from the mountain district of South Carolina, I'VE were
all Rebels The North has never understood, and doubt
IL il ever will understand tho absolute unanimy with
which, after the war begun we oil supported IL
While there any init We resisted seeesaloAi ou
ancr the State seeded our district which was always
strongly Uaion sent more and better volunteers to the
war than any other Mr.. Reid asked the same man
whether II South Carolina and other States occupying
her position were restored power in the nation there
would not be danger Of their uniting with tho minority at
the North which openly secretly in favor OF repudi-
alton. Ills reply significant:
"Well our attention has never called TO that subject
that there was like to be any portion
Whatever Of your people favorable To rePnaoa. iSan Say,
however what violent pe,l) woul do Ihere mas
very s comparison OF views and az our enor.s mus
frst 10 given to getting civil authority ana power re-
stored without considering what questions M como ~ Di,K
Of that"
lie found the loyalty Of the blacks very decided and
very Intelligent When questioned about their political
sentiments they exclaimed, with good deal Of emphasis
that they knew their friends "Massa Linkuin, Mr'
Chase. and Gen. Saxon, whom they persisted in calling
"saxby," were their special idols To negro who had
asked Mr. Chase for his portrait, the ChieJusticc gave
one.dollar grcenback:
Old slrde barhcaecd and with his shirt thrown loosely
back bTaway boson stopped d,Ta spread The on
oat on one kne end fazed rom u 70 NJ Iiae snG DSS
the bill again Tor come moments. IN pefIees sleuo'. ~
kuowS yoa lie broke out at st yoi Oh GfeenbaeA bis.
SELF You mout come hesh my yeah rpm now ana "a Aos
you Just same. aud tell you al about n Ia DIS !eah
piazza hoah.'
The mos, degraded slaves in the South beyond all
question those on the Sea Islands about Port Royal They
were mostly Of the pure Congo type; they devoted their
labor almost exclusively to the culture OF cotton, not even
raising proyso1s; they ~ege herded together
Ike brutcs and hcy knew nothing Of marriage. OF the
5000 W., worked in the unhealthy islands before the war
nine on Of ten arc still 10 their accustomed places. the
"ncso elevation effort Of the Abohonsts is total any
where would belikcy 10 f here Yet Mr. Reid gTesun
eouvoc testimony rs success H. visited the negroes
firms houses and churches Wherever they have had The
onportity they hav, bought the titles to their lands
erected their own cabins furnished them decenty, ana
clothed much better than their masters ever
clothed them They have stocked their plantations, pay
ug the h,hosi prices aud offcn bidding against whte
men At tho auction sales Of condemned Government prop
v All who have been established more than year have
raid hack TO the Government the rsfions drawn In their
int dcsiltuion. They exhibit the industry which de-
serves prosperity, and in most cases the tnrft which IN
sures H. continuance. Moreover, with their savings they
have established National bank and bought si5Oeoo
north of ovcnment bonds II is the testimony,
on those Islands where white have bought the plan
tons and employed the negroes abors that the old
tax which the slave worked from sunrise TO sunset is
now readily performed by the freedman IN SIX or seven
hours. During twelve miles ride ont, and many back
tparily bv different road M. Reid did not pass field
that would not bear favorable comparison with the aver
age Of Northern farming. 1t is rre he says, that West
en ooield shows such careful caurc as he Observed
on the cotton plantations on Ladys Island.
In New-Orcans visited Of the colored schools
where he was impressed by tho aptitude q the pupils and
The inccency Of several OF the white teachers. "Nis
r sohool-teaching manifesy not the respectable
Ling 10 do in New-Oheans, and the Board seemed TO
have been put TO sal straits sometimes for teachers
But they not all bad
The teacher IN the third great contrast 20 the
two hsd Just seen as was her school to theirs sho was
smart bright Doklg for ~ the world Ike LoWeH factory
suo, as uhs were in q ae order Their lces had evidently
been washed systematically long hors had forced upon he
comprehension tue advantages II clean aprons and pnaoes
sad they aFeaed attentive and noisil sn1lous % ear
This tchcf seemed capabs giving an ntegcnt oplnoh as
North aid she difference in the repiiy with which
aud blacks learned spoil and read There were dul
sohoar and bright sch everywhere Some hero were as
duh airy SAW others bright as the brightest
AID she called little co'l tlck creature who had been
many wears Oh rho eyes title thag spsrkled she
beg to spell Eight days she had not known her let
have mastered every sentence on ihe charts hung about
la one Of the ths building Of picaninnIe'
ranging from 10 H. stood reco in tha FIRST Reader
as we o. tered Was an old man Of Co. with wool and
wrinklei face lie pair Of hugo brass trimmed spec,
Without further confluence aud 50 he had tied Of pack
ing cord tho ends Of the brass temples and around his
head. asked tho old man what he wanted to learn to read
Reckon II It's good for white folks good for
"But you're old uncle. one would think you wouldn't
/ for such tnings more.
Reckon II IT,, GOOD Tor chlen cant be bad Tor Old fk'
Subsequent showed that the old had Bible and
wanted 20 read H. and further that be beloved as
soon rs he could read would be entitled 20 vote Precisely
what good would do him be did not seem 70 understand
but worked awny iniuousy his wetbumOed fiIst
Render aud scarcely gave second look 20 the visitors az
whom the ehidrn staring wih all their eyes 1t
trding thing Doubtless and tho old nan may have been
yo silly thus settiDg himself to chldens tasks In tho
simplicity OF his desire learn what he knew white ks bad
found good for them bat thore seemed nothing more
touching or susgeuVe in all the sights q NewOresns
Wo saw no other OIL the schools and few yourg
beyond but the teachers SAID the cases
we're quite which the nteigent schoaf'
their parents ut home. Iu all such Instances
Inc parcnts we're sure enforce regular Attendance the