Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-28

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Whilst the war continued there was work
for all. One and half millions Of stout
men Withdrawn from the avocations OF peace
to be supplied with provisions and war mr-
nitions left the remainder abundant employ
mcnt. The creation Of the financial sinews
Of such a contest made money abundant
For every scldier that went to his grave
many thousands Of dollars went into the
pockets OF the contractors, and the carnival
OF blood and the carnival Of speculation
went forward hand in hand. Death and
fashion celebrated their triumphs simnlta-
neously.
But there comes and end. That end
brings universal freedom - provided ITS
promises are fulfilled. The labor system OF
the South is changed totally, and the return
ing armies Of the Onion throws million Of
men into the laboring ranks OF the North.
The Union is triumphant, and whilst the
statesman who sits bv the helm turns his at
tention to the restoration Of peace and order
and the just and vigorous action Of the con-
st;tution, to the payment Of the public debt,
and to harvest Of the good fruits Of vic
torious contest, the small politicians Of the
country are laboring ia the interests of dis
cord and for the pcrpctuation Of strife.
Behold the Congress of the United States.
Witness It's acts, and Lament IL folly.
There it sits enagaged in one soul-absorb-
ing object-the championship of the negro.
Day by day its majority conjures list Of
intolerable ills, to the remedy of which it
must needs postpone every other considera-
ton. Il will not admit those members into
their seats who could give them true infoF.
nation in respect to the true condition and
wants of the negro-fhose who could tell
them that the negro Is q comfortable, and
enjoys this day as much substantial happi-
ness as any other class at the South, or at
least, as much as he is capable of enjoying.
In the meantime poverty and want are
approaching the doors of their own people.
From the capital of one Of the most opu-
lent of the Western States east Of the Mis-
sissippi comes the following deeply signif-
cant utterance: Il state upon good ~.
shorty, that laboring men express them
SELVES willing TO work for their board.
Manufacturing establishments are dis
Charging their hands. Men with wives
@and from five TO ten children are turned
@loose on the world Applications for char
'ity, notwithstanding public benevolences,
1are numerous daily, by soldiers, widows and
''by soldiers themselves. In fact there is
"more pauperism here than ever before"
That there may be no doubt Of its anthem
ITCHY we state that it comes from Indianap-
oils TO the Louisville Journal.
What picture does this present for the
philanthropist rebuke to the negro
philist Every stout Industrious negro in
the South this day Is realizing from ten to
twenty dollars per month fsT bis labor,
besides his board and lodging. II he does
not it is his own fault. This stipend Is freely
accorded to him by his late masters. His
new found friends make speeches TO him
about his right, equality before the law,
education, &c, but he has discovered that
this does not furnaA his table with bread
nor his back with cl5fhes.s If be enters the
sewice of one OF his deliverers, he soon finds
him the hardest task-master and the closest
paymaster he has encountered. Such is the
case NIL over the South. All who choose can
get steady and remunerative employment.
But how is il with our selfFighteous neigh
bors Let the indianapolis paupsVs, "men
with wives and from five to ten children
turned loose upon the world" without bread
and without employment, answer. How
long will the wall of the orphan and the
cries of the distressed be UNDECIDED by these
selfseekers who go up and down champion
ing the negro who neither Graves their as
sistance nor wants their Interference
This voice from Indiana Is hut the boslp.
ming. The late war has revolutionized the
habits of the people In the South selfre-
lance takes the place of "pampered aris-
tocracy," and the millions of Northern Ia
borers who were sustained by Southern ex-
travagance must turn to other resources,
This fact may be developed slowly, bnt 1t
will be realized surely. The new era Of
American history win furnish for the record,
change in the North as well as in the South.
Those who are set up or set themselvesupto
guide the politics Of the country, would do
well to consider these facts before they steer
into the whirlpool Of ruin, says