Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-27

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- a 1toed0ens Rsfaeeeo, etc. ~ o.
41tu0 = this 0eaks, end asetgeed % dsey 10
Gkoenp ef Warren and Franklin counties.
Vk04A. hipeooortion 70 IL sztsut aad pop.
ulaeiea, Was formerly one ofthe most veal
~ essnolos n ~ oenes-lls whiss popu-
laiaDa S4ula = iat61lgsncs end ssaosment |
= aay Of which have ever bed observe
In. The slsss pspalasion Ms proportion
aely uese nuaeroas, believe then 10 any
49, ssunty. The people he'd bsss almost
.uDaoineusly IL hvoe Of secession. The
Ooo.ey h4d sstAse bed rspusaeten q me
oeaAe Bureau Headquarters when ! vas
osat there, q regards the deposition Of the
poopoo. ed thsif trsatosut ef The blacks.
1heeo bed besn many reports 10 the North
esn nswspapsrs sf gross outsagss upee sos
blacka .+,a
Ftanklin county u much Ike Warren,
having many characteristics Of the latter in
. leo degree. went 10 my district With
NJ mind uniavorably preposeesssd towards
~ people. Iremainsd there nearly three
months. whso I Vas ordered to this place.
In that interval, think met, personally.
q least three -fourths Of the planters and
ether citizens Of Warren, and large. though
jees numbsr, in franklin. The proportion
Of ths freed people who sought my office in
4 Warfuntou, and whom sought and talked
% On the plantations, could hardly have
bssn lees. Ny Office was rarely free from
the presence Of some Of both classes. fIsv.
Ing ny own horses, I travelled about my
district great deal, TO investigate the sit
uasion Of Affairs, assist in making just set
Elements. and try TO inform the minds Of
the negroes ~ 70 their rights and RESPONSE
bilitiss, talked 70 them in body on eacl,
plant s{ion visited, and listened to what
they had TO ray. accepted only such his
enthusiastically tendered-as were need
fol when travelling. The people, almost
Invariably, are kind and generous to the ne
gross TO degree that the North will, fear
s. slow TO credit. They do not yet ask to
b. placed upon the footing OF employers,
and 70 do only what is just TO the freedmen
- laborsrs. They are forbearing and in
dwlgsnt to their inexperience and ignor
aoGD.
By the regulation Of the Bureau, the
for labor from the 9Th Of April last, and
oue-fourth Of the man articleA Of the crop
Vas ixed upon BY Colonel whitley as
their just share in that district, where no
contract or definite understanding existed
q 70 payment. The laborers also had, Of
course, their rations, houses, fuel, &C.
Most bad also Il think nineteen in twenty
their own private patches" Of corn, pro
ducing ten TO thirty bushels potatoes,
melons, peas, &c. and usually chickens
and hogs, from one 10 four or five in many
instances. l very soon learned to tell, un
erringly, which were the negroes hogs up
on . plantation. Tho proportion Of the
crop spoken OF was given to those who did
the labor. They were held liable to support
their own irmilies, rcimburs!ng the planter
from their own shares Of the crop, il sufR
Gent. OF course there were numbers OF
nearly every plantation-far more than tn
usual proportion, 40 many Of the men ha'
lstt-who were wholly charge upon tn
plantsr-the cd, the young the sicE an
helpless, who had no one whose labor va
justly chargeable for their support. Med
lcal attendance could seldom be had cxcep
ct the planters expense.
They orc sadly impoverished; yet in tn
largo majority Of cases. they voluntaril
give TO the laborers more than the Burea
required, while recognizing and mectin
the heavy claims upon their humanity i
behalf Of the sick and helpless. Very fe,
cases Of hardship came to my knowledg
from helpless persons having been drive
Cd before went there, or during INV stay
and 10 most Of those there seemed pallis
ting circumstances, in the misconduct {
the blacks or the restitution Of the whites
and 70 many cases Of unselfish kindncs
and real selfsacrificing generosity came
my notice that confess these late bite
robels make me think better Of human M
ture than did before; and do not kno'
but my respect and regard for them MAX
me rather too favorable witness. The
certainly feel no bitterness, or mantle.
none, toward the black race for the chang
that has; without their instrumentalit,
been wrought IN their condition, and f
which they justly consider them to be in n
way responsible.
Now, Is to the negroes. They are ignt
.l~r~~AnI 1.a1r hat I h.
supposed. Tspcak Of the plantation hand
- class. Had they moro of intelligence
and moral cultivation, I should say the
were vicious in the extreme. But they ar
20 lacking in that which is the basis Q
moral accountability thai It may not be jus
20 term them so. They are so far r, move
from their savage ancestry one, two or thre
generations back, ~ the influence OF syi
tenn directed chiefly to their rapid increas
and the moro rapid use Of their mere mu
cular capacities, - its prime results woul
naturally bring about, being thcmselvt
strongly initiative, and brought in sligt
contact with civilization. l think the
possess the characteristics Of tropical races
that they ars incident, sensual false, AMI
when aroused, cruel. They are excitabl,
imaginable, and, by nature, brave. In . fe
yeans they will be the fittest material for
religious fanatic the world possesses an
anelher Mahomst may, perhaps, arise, VII
val endsavos, at least, to marshall and lea
then to conquest. But this is all spccul
ton. sat down to try and give you fact
vail remark, however, that il Brigha
Young wants more converts, hero is
Geld with this people, to whom polygamy
native. wish no wonld lead them beyou
IL Caribbean sea.
They have expected that the GovernmeI
would give them land here, taking Il ava
lfoa shs rebel ownsra The olRcers Of Il
Dursan have labored diligently to disabu'
their minds Of this error, but with lit
Success. All have told them in speeche
plainly, what their position 10, and Of I
they have said, when the speaker had a
iGhsd-3s0srai Howard ~ we'll - others
"Dat no Yank; dat some reb dey dress'
- = blue olethes and brought IN here
V - = Those who are convinced th
tAey will not have land of their own; insi
hey must have Il q tenants, to be furnis
- I'M team and Al n~rs~enrv ami; s,~n