, 1866-11-23
DESTINY DE THE NEGRO.

the census in Mississippi and Alabama is the great
and ralid decrease Of the black population, Ihe
9a o ppo ~ esssass as sse Il
thc black population in Mississipp,, has been, IN
tic sams tnic, 57,oc0. In those portions Of Ala
ti.eftast o; bldt.s usd thl'ss Is tIopn 10 haze
issn cdcnt The same. The blac. population has
decreased IN si1 yesrs at the ate OF % per cent
strnciire AGENCIES d cis,l wa1, he dcc1sasc Of
willie population has been in the netghbori,ood OF
r., cert 1fths s ;aio shall So ths same through
laiion In that tection has been reduced from
-i,tAN,c; In ISM, to :,,is1,tU in 1866,
reliable ihan mere prophesy what is The Inevitable
destiny oi the neGro race In this conn ry.-1fmes.
From the above premises our humane and
pAilauthropic, reconstructed ucighbor draws
the comforting conclusion that the colorcd
race in the United States will become ex-
tinct in q few years. Therefore, the ex-
rebels can safely consent to their partial en-
frlnchisement, as they will remain to enjoy
the privilege but brief period Of time.
A few words on this alleged decrease Of
the blacks:
1st. In no Southern State was the colorcd
population SO much disturbed and affected
by The war as in Mississippi. AS our West.
ern armies penetrated down The river, the
planters of Mississippi moved thousands Of
their s1avcs into Texas and the Red River
country. Many were also carried off to
Georgia and Florida by their masters.
I'd. When our troops got possession Of the
river from Memphis to New Orleans, some
thirty OF forty thousand Mississippi negroes
were recruited for the Federal army, and
sevcgul thousand more for the nnva1 service.
The mortality among these men WAS very
great. All family relations were broken up;
husbands, wives and children were sepa-
ratc'! AID scattered. A good many neyroes
Of that State found their way North; several
thousand Of them are living in New Orleans,
and some are In Memphis.
Sd. The whole population, white and
black, suffered terribly from want aud dcsti-
tuition, as the State was prey to contcuding
armies, who devourcd or destroyed It's food
and cattlc, and burned its habitations !; but
the scryilc race necessarily suffered the most
severely.
4th. Since the war. the freedmen have been
shockinyly ma1trcatcd aud prosecuted by the
malignant and untamed rebels OF Mississippi.
Many have been murdered, and others scared
nway, and the widely-scattcrcd families of
the blacks have been but slowly collected
together.
5th. Since the war the whites hayc re-
c.ivcd very considerable rciafozccmcuts from
the North, while the blacks have received
none, and set tho census shows that the
white population has decreased 5000 since
1850; and who knows whether the cnun,era-
tion of colorcd people hos been carefully
takcns Many thousands OF them NAV have
/; been omitted.
| 9Th, The census being taken In A1ahama
shows that the decrease pi the ,r;,,x !, rouo, IN
,'e decrease Of tic blacks, Alabama did not
snfYcr hair os badly dur;nr tha wor os
! ! N;ississ;nn5.
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