The loyal Georgian., 1866-01-20


usually they offer from bohe third the
gross to one half the net proceeds.1sThey
are at liberty to pay money or q portion
OF the crop as my be preferred by the
parties ~ sa1 7ei ani4 4si.J boitli.4@S
ILL., Freedspeopls who have sufficient
property, or are SO, situated that they can
support themselves and families, without
making contracts for their labor, have the
right to refuse to make contracts and
must be protected in this right; but in.
all other cases, comprising the vast ma
jority Of the freed people) it is absolutely
necessary that they make contracts to en-
sure a supply of food and escape starva>
tion the coming year. 1t is also impera.
lively necessary that contracts made in
time, to prepare for raising crops the en-
suing S,ason. 1'8a
ai Freed people have the right to select
their own employers; but if they cons
tinue to neglect or refuse to make con-
tracts then, on and after January 10th,
1866, officers and agents of the Bureau
will have the right, and it shall be their
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duty to make contracts for them, In all
cases where employers offer good wages
j. and kind treatment unless the freed peo~
pie belong to the class above excepted,
or can show that they can obtain better
terms. Contracts so made shall be as
binding on both parties as through the
full consent of the freed people.
". Article II, of the amendments to
the Constitution of the United States,
gives the people the right to bear arms,
and states that this right shall not be
infringed. Any person, white or black,
may be disarmed if convicted of making
an improper or dangerous use of weapons;
but no military or civil officer has the
right or authority to disarm any class of
people, thereby placing them at the mercy
i Of others. All men, without distinction
of color, have the right to keep arms to
defend their. homes, families or them>
selves 500 ads oi asaasoyT-r0 $3.50
/ ". AL persons are forbidden to tam
per with or entice laborers to leave their
employers before the expiration Of their
contracts, either by offering higher wages
or other inducements. Officers and agents
i will punish by fine or otherwise, any per-
son who may be conYicted of such acts.
MS The public interest requires that labor
be made reliable and profitable, and so
long as tho freed laborer is we'll paid
and kindly treated, this Bureau will not
tolerate any interference with the rights
and interests of employers. ESQ -a4am8s
.,t, DAVIS TILLSON,
Brig. Gen. Vols and Act. Asst. Com.
Colonel =. Whittlesey, Assistant Com
missioner of Freedmen for North Caro-
lima, has issued the following order, i'm
portant to all classes: s,
ssir "RALEIGH, N. O., Nov. 10, 1866.
"All officers and agents of this Bureau,
and teachers of Freedmen, will publish
as widely as possible the following In
structions
''I. In view of the fact that govern
ment aid now given to the destitute may
soon be withdrawn, freedmen now living
in camps, colonies aud towns, are direco
ted to ind employment at once, by which
they may support themselves. i'lia2
sHII. Officers and agents of the Bureau
will issue no more rations to any refu-
gees or freedmen who, refuse situations
where they might earn their support.
While the innocent and we'll disposed
will be protected, vagrant idlers who
try to live without any honest calling,
will be promptly arrested and punished.
GIL. Paupers will, as soon as prac>
ticable, be turned over to the "Wardens
of the Poor for support, and officers
and agents will operate with such war;
dens in providing for the infrm and
helpless. Until ample provision is made
by, the civil authorities, such persons
will not be foroibly removed from the
plantations where they were living at
the close Of the war. ''' '' 2. i-fq'a
i"IV.t Orphans and children of per-
sons who have no honest calling, or
visible means of support, and other
minors, with the consent Of their parents,
may be apprenticed to some good trade
or occupation, in accosdaLce with the laws
Of the State applying to, white children
Every effort will be made to provide in
this way good homes for all minors
now dependent upon the Government,
that they may not become vagrants and
paupers. aE, 4..t "a