Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-08-30
Sensible Advice to Freedmen.

Sensible Advice To Freedmen.
We have seldom read more sensible advice than
is contained iii d communication, addressed to
&c My Colored Friends" Oglvie Byron Young,
which we find III the Richmond Wing, extracted
by that journal from the Nashville Gazette of the
23d instant. We do not think we could occupy
our space to more advantage than by giving such
extracts as we find i'll the Wing, hoping it may
get into the hands Of the cclorcd people of this
section.
The writer, Mr.. Young, when aboutleaving Nash
vile, was called upon by the colored people to
name some magistrate in that city whom they
could consult in confidence and safety in matters
OF litigation that may arise amongst them Mr..
Young, it would appear from the whole transac-
ton, has been the guide, counsellor and friend
Of the colored people OF Nashville. Whoever he
may be his advice is so sound, sensible and con
sentative that it should he brought to the stten-
ton of the public
After naming two Magistrates as trustworthy
and reliable, who are opposed to him in politics,
and both Of whom are Souhte,w men, he offers some
general advice. He urges his ccloretl friends to
beware Of ''the class of execrablc pseudo Union
lists - who blow hot and cold in the same breath
are for & Brutrs to-day, for Camillus tomorrow"
It the Union leagues at night dcnOuncing South
erners, while III their offices III the day time they
are as trucking and subservient spanieis,
Suubbing Union and adluding away their
rights lie says these men are solely for them
selves. Ele also warns his colored friends against
q class he denuminates legal harpies, who have
"A set Of lazy negroes whom they use as stool
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streets to hook in customers for them. He calls
them ''iaclzalls preying upon ignorance and mfr
nifty - filthy vernin that the revolution has
sown broadcast over the land"
He advises the colored people not to go to law
at all, if they avoid it to "agree for one half
Of their demands rather than sue" reminding
them of IN old saying that, . we lawyers open the
oyster, cat it, and then divide the shells with
clients" Should they, however, go to law, he
advises them to employ lawyers Of acknowledged
ability and known worth, rather than 6 bigoted
fools' He says, q Southern men can rveyoubet-
ter because their influence over iuries is greater "
Re tells them to shun that & detestable class "
who are proving" all over the South stirring
up strife between them and their white neirhbors.
He says they are full Of g false croakings and I'M
Just caumnies" Says he ''Rely upon it, they
mean no good to you. Let them not embitter you
against the whites OF the South. They rant notE-
ina 6u lOu1. utOaey." He adds The Southern
people are not embttered against you only as they
are aggravated and incensed by the appeals of
these knaves," and continues:
Drive a<ay from Your midst, hoot, hiss and
discountenance the roJthess hotles Of l,eilyo1ers,
p00y sch00tmasterS, hVpOc1coL cOIportes, Hiaerdnt
-sOuZ-s0cerS and uiUainoas, Miering Bu
rem agents Of foreiqn i"p0rtation, that swarm
among vou Xix" autunnal leaves in Valambrosa S
vale sowing broadcast in your midst rival spirit
of INSTRUMENTATION, discomfort, and factiOus hate
Free yaurself Of the malign intiuence-of these
factious II pGrS lntacll+e9os ag1tatGfs and my
word for it, the utmost peace good Will and pros
perity will exist between all shades complex
ions and classes of our citizens. Shnn these char
acters (of whom there are goodly number, both
men, and [ regret to say, ar0apen too, Northern
teuchers aud preachers,l you would the deadliest
infection. They mean you no good. You that
trust their plighted faith lean reed that soon
will part, and send its shivers to your heart. =
These vermin swarm over the South locusts I'M
der the decetful gllise Of protecting the colored
people. Protectors they have been with ven
geance What protection have they given You
That which the hawk gives to the helpless kite
She wolf the sheep fold, or the fierce falcon the
aovescot. These, your protectors and advisers, I
know something about Ihace been qriM them be-
hind the scenes-I have seen them stripped of their
false plumage broken OF their painted enamel
reeking in all their naked ugliness and hijieous
defornlity.
Then are a hriple-tongmed, hydra-Aeaded clores-
footed set Of a"aitigated scou'ade hypoc,ies, liars,
cheats and c-throats, arhQna, lille earth acre a f-
c''ttns and the ackole hearens leoer, 4haghty God
could not, IN the space Of thousand gears elevate 10
The IereJ Of q common culpaa. Rather blasphe-
nous, We must say, however we'll deserved
Against the stirrers up of strife you are warned
in HOLY writ. Then dJrQC near aaiO uOu 3piH their
mouths, honor you qctb their lips, 6 their hearts are
far from you."
The writer's tells the colored people that the
Southern States were not responsible for their
bondage that slavery was left to them as lega-
cy by their mother country, and entailed upon
them by the. ayaricious North when. it found that
it could no longer make its slaves profitable. He
urges them to "pull together with the whites in
stead of in contrary directions, since 'your in