New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-15
from Our Special Correspondent.

from Our Special Cor'espondtnt-
| NgyvBEBS, Feb. ], 1906.
\ When I came South several weeks ago, you
asked me to write TO ycu If anything new or par
tcular noteworthy In accordance with this request
transmit 10 you some observations which ore partially
novel and at east are important os to bear Tepet
ton even ii old Tho business which took ne into the
Sonth was OF both legal and mercantile nature 20
hunt up tho estate Of q WHO died in North Caro-
Ina during The war and at the same time 10 report 70
some mercantile friends upon the business prospects o
The South; in connection with ills was personal de-
sire 70 eamine or myself into the political situation Of
the atey rcteil!ous States.
The result of rny business mission may be os value 90
Others as c statement such as that which shall attempt
TO give If had reached my eve prior TO my departure
woald have saved ne uuch trouble desired IL North
Carolina to take possession Of some real estate falling
10 Northern lolr by the death Of an iniosae and also
10 call the administrator to account for the personal
property. The real estate could only DO gained By an
action Of o'.cioeut rendered impossible at present by
the absence of courts. When they will he Tesabishca
no one can tel The prcIcn; Legislature may establish
those of local nature which would do well enough for
Nh acon Ike this which would be but a matter Of fcrIn
but upon tho accounting Of the adunisraor world
arise questions which only be submitted with safely
to Judge Of tho United States Courts. Tic nice ques
ton which arises IT, How far debts due an mcstatc
paid TO on administrator in Confederate money. have
been discharged Confederate money. unlike cur
greenhrcts was never made legal tender, and upon
Is depreciation the Cou.ts held that in liquidation az
debts contracted rior 10 the war. m ano1. should
be paid sufficient TO equal the gold value of the
liability. The same holds rood Of doots cor,,cccd
daring tho currency depreciation, 10 lie paid ror in
/ ereonhacks Each shall bo reduced 10 gold yal1e
,is rue although requiring numcrous calcnlaticus OF
the yhue e. sininC currency. 10 the only equitable
one possible North Carolina ike the other Southern
Saty, cnactcG stay law for creditors bat tic Courts
pgo4ogle! u"cc:, .onel oygile. l.S was snbSe-
Qnc, IL q CfcCttlo came Object, ly nhClisbNG
one telE OF tic Supreme Court and recurring several
months To- intervene bctwecn tbe various steps OF an
aeon ils never came lndcr lHSic.t cos",s.nSe, Du'
50 thaf nncu he rc tahistmert Of hc Courts creditor
need not ear delay Tcn sayGwa But, uusnilsiacory
are e." present cfioriantct Tor cohtelpE olu us
n cd Cc1' n Noi Carolina s.ll more lOl less u tie
chance 0f rcccf' - payment fc- NH-cDt adSahce6 oi
foods toSouth,ru merchants upon ce1it Iho Soutcrn
ceTcl.to COMMUNITY attea ptiig s0IecoNcT IRON iae
effects O 10 Wa7, IL sad mistake sand upon the
verge OF new bankruptcy Cpcn The possession q the
country by troops such cotton tobacco ana taFpeh'
ue as had been cnncea.cG iy thels oNLeih Wt!e iHt
anon tic ,rTLt ihc greet demand for these articles
and t.cr iriated prices gave qnitr 'un NJ ready
monog 10 anac. .ns,omcG 10 anything NC economy
Deceived by ;hc ul ptsranoe cf wealth in the countfy
Uhich Was 'HGr pr1cCCG. ,ac mefcuani6 p.fciaftd
luce soclg OF paaIr which now lie upon Their ands
whose Otc, axe .GJl;ag 10. their gCca5 Gui dishctr
them and :'0sc rcTIc casa VIII li.Gly 10 Oci,tT OIL
since the current eVpcnsos o' brrine" nrsi p7ocTse
emrar1a Whes ho.linc can be sold j. ElcA.
.aOud nanv u C cessGiics O. lie can lie Idft hl ,cG
at lower prices iilu N New ofs because oil the gllt
og the msr-ei Gun nothing 10 snYe the uo-can |
tile community in the Souh from smosi total Tuin; nn
abundant crU tAig yea snt &c H. D-i an tGS ui-"i
gau2ed stoic o. ioh0, crop ia impossble nc m-d
sent 10 thc ~oGs to doomed proplo seems ~ no
means 10 have Tu it, course. After four years 81 hard
shipa scc y % iAe North never conceived OIL thry
are the same iupIo"GCli lnbadeo Wa5t.ui peor. ~
To coming from ihr bafy towns and fertile eids
of the North. w0sc prosperity seems hardly 70 have
been checked lhe strain Of rifaulc war. IL seems
incredible that four short years thoUld haze in
royerished nav almost annhiiAied, the wealth Of the
south. Turning from the mercantile coinnllnt ~ noih
irF seems e.t 20 tho ae.iculiuTlst hui hs iud and
this lie knovG rot how to rse. He will not treat The
negro 30 as to gain hi abOr the white viii not work
himself the result is always sad though sometimes u
dicrots Wiiha was taking with tTo youDS mon IL |
Southern town, both neinhers o' learned profession,
reduced from ycth 10 poverty; ther iatber entered
the Office and said: Boys have brought YOU in some
things iroin the plantation; ~ Tic yard II Ioad o.
WOod you can throw it the fence and plo u up
An expression Of intense disgust came o5er the lace oi
the elder wLO had just told me how he Lated tue
become gentlemen, while We have become niggers
Having sawed ry own wood in college for exercise,
failed TO perceive how this slight work shoud make
msn SO dIsgustcd with his lot.
| While in Wilmington | noticed hundreds Of negroes
idlng about tho streets, and Oi course every one was
complaining of their ndocnce and pvophcsyng star |
for their consistency, saw still larger number OF idle
whites OF whose Incidence nothing was said. The ne-
gro initiative creature; how can they expect hin
60 follow their teaching rahertha Their oranpef 1ho
negTOs idea Of freedom has always Teen exemption
from toll ;or such he whites have shown him. 1t woud
bs surprising indeed, were he To change hs idohs so
readily 10 work M voluntarily when free. Great
complaints are made iD North Carolina Of the unwilling
ness Of the negro 70 form or keepa contract 10 labor
II certainly great eyil TO the country, though by no
mean. universal But the complaints upon this sub bect
appear to me the most unreasonable in tie world. and
show how little appreciation the people have Of th war
and lie results and the alacy ot believing in their Hc
quiesccnco in emancipation They seem 10 expect that
after fiIulng against whole race FOR generations. and
wag,ng n caugelcss war until exhaustion, they at
lay down their and rosumo under right con
dtions. all the prosperity before possessed founded on
an unjust system Of labor. They expect TO travel N
sorlo other than that "harl way" which Is the lot Of
the transgressor" This has enforced the old read
ing o. Gencss In the sweat Of thy face shalt thou
bread" which the Sortherner always translated, In
the sweat Of anotheTs face shalt thon live In ideness
And yet the South fights very pctnacously agast the
TO them new reading 1t IL often urged by formerly
great party that Government should not depart from
its Ouly legitimate functionf-that Of administering
Justice and permitting Natures great laws 10 have their
course. The greatest law of Mature Is that rendered
into boIney English by the West but sanctioned by the
OF Palncrston. root hog or die As understand
H. Congress only wishes TO allow this law 70 operate
upon white aud black alike in the South. And II IS only
by the slow pressure OF this nw that the labor system
oi tho SOu is TO become reconstructed. The inhabt
Of North Carolina, as IN TACT those Of Oil the South
ern States, camor for yagrant law me that OF the
nitting an apprenticeship Of unemployed persons not
being gentlemen, for one year. 1t Is the od ialaey OF
presnming temporary expedicnt that refuge oil
weak minds." to a radical though slower cure. So
their fathers argued shout Slavery. acknowl ledg
ing its harmfunes9 yet keeping 1t lof lear or the
immediate temporary embarrassmonts attending its
eradication. But one OF two things must be done,
either such laws must be permitted. or the freedmens
Bureau mast be reaucd % protect the negro until nat
.ers adjust thcmeee under the allow operation OF Ratu
raj laws; until -sty and the other stinulants which
influence white nen compel the negro to sabtual labor
That the SOulLerne- bates the negro be iuantly de-
Iua cot M taot