The New York herald., 1866-02-12

hands who utterly untitled for other employments
constant and sssctins occupations may Be fcund and
wnen rolled IN these endeavo they refuse 70 enter into
hes for such continuous service as win secure the making
Of crop An illustration Of this occurred at Spottsy
usual hiring day where out Of one hundred banda
assembled not one agreed 70 enter into the
contract for service through the year Now the solution
quarters that the land owners refusing 10 give fair
compensation because the very necessities Of the land
and ID notorious that the negroes refusing 70 enter
into yearly contracts for working the land on shares
rates prsvsns before the war The question may be
asked whether this reckessness and Incidence Of the
viii not sS, eSgs %SsO such sars ws
not rise above that Of supplying his animal
school ycept experience before he win labor to lay up
provision for the fture Il may be seen how oalamicus
win be the results 70 the South in depending upon his
The best lands in the ferte valleys Of the Rappahan-
nook and the James must 60 uncultivated this year
. competent force Of the freedmen under contracts
which would such permanent service as would
justify The outlay and preparations Tor oroppins nave
'ho remedy 4 in tho hands Of the government either
federal State II simply to deal With the negro &C.
freedom and that he is allowed fair wages for his
labor; but do not allow him the cruel license Of living
where the problem Of suSsience for whites and blacks
is now pressing with fearful forcs, and accommodating
weight each precious hour that wasted N vain theor
ings and experimentR Tho government has freed him,
and the government should put him 70 work."
can, far bear oorroborave svidence but - above
embarrassed by many unnecessary dicuities and
involves the prosperity the very existence OF those
Immediately concerned u s one which should command
ment. myself Of opinion that Its aggravating COM
plicty fault which admits OF easy remedy and tho
rough smplhcation. or that another time; there is
enough for present reflection what informant
and suggests
One thing however, ! must add here without excep-
ton planters others complain Of njudicious some
hint even criminal, leniency toward offending negroes
freedmens good behavior This tends 10 make the
coored insoent. and worse. On every side OF me
True In some cases the sufferer condone the
Offenders guilt but TO me- the usual motive OF this
cIemency DIES not wear healthy appearance For OK
Mr. VIM Dckerson, near this city, was recently the
object Of negro mutny. He at one time owned over
hundred servants. Before the collapse he worked all
who had remained with him of these on division Of
profits principle The negroes were 70 receive iourth
Of the years produce They worked The time Of the
division came with their liberation and the division was
made under the supervision OF federal oicer and In
accordance with the spuaionsef the previous contract
The officer chosen deemed II just; they did not How
ever they took It, had to take It. the federal ocer
firm In his determination that there was justice for
Of these thinge now-black al par white at discount
Whether this impression Is wcu based or not have had
yet distinct personal opportunity OF dctermining Dut
It exists and have good authority for saying whsome
reason.
Let the sequel Of Mr. Dckerson's affair give insight
TO the reason Out his inclination Mr. D. allowed
certain house his property to be occupied BY some
OF his black laborers mutual accommodation. Hav-
ing had occasion 10 work these men on another farm
IN the interim, let tho house 70 white man. But,
when the particular negroes returned they claimed this
house their own and warned the white man 70 quit
was then rented 70 another white man. The negroes
fancyng they had 1t all their own way warned him too
taken OF this by Mr. D. or his tenaut The infaluated
people, who opposed both, then dubbed together and
wantonly destroyed al their former master possessed
In sheds, stables barns and outhouses all except the
house over bis head. Not plough, rpece Of harness
even escaped their rage rapacI This case Of des
the who had TO endure all this was compeIIed 10
forego his claim for punishment Compensation being out
% tue - @ Su - ror % %
he perscvercd what justice should decree BY the re-
mova Of the cuprts TO remote section OF the State he
them As OF him 30 OF others.
Il is thas while this district was no distant
demeaner Of it, negro population, Is now among the
worst afflicted on the score Of negro depravty Hardly
?, va nq.S m .
way the unfortunate negro found other means,
once he deserted his home and honest opportunity than
plumber and plage accordingly became the order OF
the disorder Of the day Many Of them made enough.
by fair division Of produce between them and their
employers masters TO subsst through year; these
declined 70 engage another year. having enough that
far ahead AZ with all Of us suficient for the day d
the ss 2 wh snsa ns s 70, the
Of winter could those who had boarded little from
idng and they did idle and see, idllng, 70 tho
any lack Of honest to live they and punder
they have for months ben doing, until nj last there n
passing winter hss caught many Of them sorcIy and in
Its severity may b instrumental In bringing most Of
them back TO sense OF duty That hoped rather than
Nothing seems 70 be moro eagerly cesred here than
return 70 industry the part OF all who have perma
70 do their part-so they say and believe them Bus
tho black population have no idea OF Industry IN the
nrs .oS sr Saos to hsnd pro Ths % whites aps
10 accept the issue which has brought freedom
TO the slave but the blacks want more than nominal
real freedom-they want equality and idlcness.
This the particular which appears 70 brood
generally all the section OF country In which now
The stunning blow which In an instant reft the
owner OF his property in the black great but IL
less In It's effects than the blow which also
and at the same moment lcft him without commandabe
labor let him thus at juncturc the most critical 0f
all this, however, more at length anon
nIRrEfouRrns VIRGINIA uScuLrIsArEp.
The labor question: II stands, wiIl am crcdi-
bly, informed leave fourhs OF tho cutvabc per-
ton OF Virginia uncared for during the coming
towns as In this county seems 70 the case and wnh
aont supcnbundnnce OF unsou<ht and unncces
sary blacks In the cities u Is not AZ all doul TO foresee
the consequences. Not onefourth of the usual guam
uty Of ground hero will be put agricultural order.
The old useless blacks remain cncumbnccs their
former masters and these with the chance aid offered
here and there under this that sdvantage utterly
insufficient do than meet the labor required for
this onc-fourth Moreover implements Of husbsndry,
and even seed except supplied by association In
Baltimore, wanting Capital, II not credit, 10 gone,
and destitusion has rcn Of is cwn-not absolute o.
any sort OF merely human aninosity n, indeed, any
such exists In the breast Of the most rnbid radical
IossEs
Ont Of population OF Ave thousand Fredericksburg
gave thousand Two hundred soldiers the Confeds
rate Ten per cent of thess fell In that cause.
and another ton per cent rendered Of little mate
rial 20 the interests OF their native city. About
hundred and sixty citizens Of this place altogether
loat their lives during the war Six OF these In
offensive people, who fell during the bombarimcnt This
takes goody number from The wealth producing popu-
lation Enlarge the proportion through tho adjacent
counties and the figures ars still moro distressing
MAvurArrUHRs.