The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-15
VIRGINIA.
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The Recent Negro Ene,rle at wilioazhby's
foini-The Pr-vioa. One ON the Peainsuia--
sentiments ef the African SQuatters-Condi-
ton Of the P~aiassla-Futiie Enort To Dis
lodge tho sable lnnovators-Resissa
Determined Upos-War Co the kntfr-Incsn-
shs Bureau Oaiciais-Ths Africans vicss-
rieus.
RnHxosn, Va, ocs II, 1851.
Another negro smsats occurred In the vicinity or
ahs Peninsula Of Virginia, where In ihs spring Of the
present year. sim lar difouisy was the occasion Of
vs BY your correspondent On that the spirit
81 negro supremacy Of the lands Of the
whi,ss-aad the oOnasca.loa doctrines nov % wide
sprssd under the teachings Of the incsndiary orr
tors and psrambnians angels Of the radical party,
we're Just beginning to develop thsmselvsa The
agents OF the Bureau TO deliver Of lands
occupied by negro squaitors their rightfu owners
we're ind gDantv told " 20 about their business the
lands now BELONGED 10 hsm and they intended re-
an possession Of them, II need be. by force Taken
aoack BY such determined refusal The oiceF retired
and. with view Of enforcing his demands, made ~
play tho day following OF corporas guard or United
States soldiers but with still less than hereto
FORE Tor he found the sable soyersgns drawn up 10 line
OF battle armed eapa-pie resolved resis, to the ut
most extremity In such state Of affairs artillery had
70 DO brought from Fonr Monroe before the belge
rent propensiios o. the set ers could be queed
This was but the beginning OF troubles and difficulties
chat arc brewing
The telegraph announced lew days since the COM
sncncement OF serious no between tho officers
OF tho Freedmans Bureau aad The negro occupants Of
the farm on wilouga5.s Po,ns, AIR Taylor's,
about ton miles nom Norfolk. Ihs whole section Is
7nonopo zod rs the The owners, at the
Oatioa OF Norfolk, Hb the % rsalng rebel forces
very 100 Sb a US eny tier palIimvnal
aud ancestral RESIDENCES completely at the mercy
GtIt y N n n thaRw
under Ito projecting irADenss General Is +. Butler,
VITO long held undivided IL this unfortunate sec
zion Hampton. the Peninsula became an African
village OF great size and excessive celebrity. There the
Descendants Of he an~tccrais OF Danomey and the
eoougines OF the Guinea ast, rovecd In the unram-
mcisd license and barbara manners and customs Of
tner A rican iorsathets. rue Peninsula, the gar
den OF Virginia wa abardoncd by IT'S native white
popuat on, and the Afrcsna squated ipon the
Gates Of the "rt faml es odlpg shigh carnivaln in
shs homes once gracei b, The beauty Intellect and high
soned chvany OF the cavalier NirgiDans, refuse to
ovacnate their acquired possessions and listen no
argument having Tor us basis their unia fu ownership
or the rights oil any other party but them to the property
The difficulty Is case IN point and one which
fully illustrates the consequences In the South will
% Of the negro supremacy aad the ultra radical doc
ertnes incucaed by inceadiry orators Of the party
whose aim it has Decn PRIOR to the ohio and Pernsy-
wanna eociions 10 secure negro balance OF power and
10 Arscanze the SOUTH The facts follows:-
shortly after the retreat Of the rebel army In 1884,
81 negroes numbering Il ~ estimaied, nine hun
1red or a thousand. Adjoining farms squatted
IN idlencss doing little or nothing exc ont subsis
Ance except hShing, ana v chiefly upon the unbound
% charity Of the bureau" or the government rations
then 20 literally dispensed 10 the intelligent
oands' So nuinerousy arriving fleeing from bondage.
Al the termination Of hosiiiues when peace had been
declared the national authority asserted and whom the
most rebeous OF The SoutneIners had laid down their
arms In submission TO the authority Of the Union, Mr.
Taylor, pardoued by the naonal Executive and himself
Thoroughly RECONSTRUCTED returned in anticpanon OF
resumtng the pursuits o. peace II the homo Of his
iatherA He was doomed hoeeser to disappopt-
QnnlV ls.Ak hlH pfa a .fa
10 al authority, discosu euanced all claims to Their
new possess MS ana, II an doupi OF their intention
70 abide BY what they asserted might DO entertained,
thoroughly organized themselves With view TO mauful
resistance In defence OF their homes and fresides.
Their conduct Is reported generally good they
organized aud laws, raes ana regulations FOR the pun
ishment Of delinquent thieves had been fra~ied among
them ana rigidiy enforced Depreaating 'cufes from
0eghboring colonies who found pryiug into the
merits OF potato patches, corncrbs chicken houses
were severely dealt with under tina dispensaton,
and some OF the criminals underwent whipping such
degree that their very became despaired Or
This would not seem to indicate that tic emapcpaied
recently expressed hmself-.'a litis ~hppin now anc
den does nigga heap o. good" They seem TO
:shr.y nine" Mat conlinoed ia this Say until
recently when ATTY consisting OF Bureau officials
dna sn,S N s
compromise In some way ~iih TIE bellieerent author
iieA and II possible 70 scurc thor peaceful assent to
posed 70 be fully equal 10 the exgences Of the caseto
offer 10 each negro family house and employ ment
them an indefinite period 70 pay for them. Such tho
substance OF the proposition ads 70 the assembled
and INN edaiey held meeting, organized and elected
Q negro named Butler PRESIDENT and another. named
q sss war
and the invading Bureao officials were swsd into due
respect BY tho presence Of over one hundred
ably what must inevitably DO effected, the sur
rendes Of the land. was made By = Cap.
pIssipce Who proceeded briefly 70 explain to
them they were without the shadow Of authority, or
any warrant Of law 10 occupying the farm Of Mr. Taylor
nenL aud they were empowered TO see that he was
placed possession Of Il; he the only person who
them legal right 70 remain on it:-rhe government
willing to deal justly with them, and desired them
where provided for He observed sign he proceed.
cd Of rsssxing their determination, and he then be-
eecched them to actsnby and they were OF opinion
there idea OF taking advantage OF tnem to
point committee Of i've Tor the pufp ~ OF examining
the place and locality proposed be placed At their dis
porai Henry A-wises farmh and II The change was
not sui able they could then determine what was best
for their interest After this peaceable and
improvised meeting took the stand and delivered
. radical harangue. He said people werc continually
President johnson had paruoned Mr. Taylor and
stored his property But he uhe spsaker, or his sable
and apprecaiive audience did not ~ whether tho
son Of Congress did bot recognzs the psrdoRs OF
the President and this properly was nov theirs. and
they were determined 10 no despite all remonsrancs
and In defiance OF all opposition.
This followed by back orator OF the incendiary
stamp, true chip OF the Hum cult block, who said:
The 1ndisns-ths aboriginal owncrs-wors driven on
these land and Possession taken by tho whites. Now
we the blacks, viii take It by force from the whites.
They have right 70 u. We fought for II and arc
going to keep it We have suffered enough; let the
white suffer now. The days whom the white
man could say, 'Jome here, John, and black my
boots passed. The times have changed, and now,
the limo VIA oons when can say 70 The White man
sComs mere, John and black bots, aud he will
hsva IN sllrtfnA frouu NJ NIL
and continued. He would be satisfied until the
white Is forced to the black man, the black
was formerly compelled 10 the white. The whites
must be driven away II they want to stay they must
be scrvanta II that pos tion does satisy them
they 20 somewhere else. We do not intend TO 1T
either Secesh or Yankee drive on this land IL Is
ourz. aud must defend IT, We fought for H. and IL
need DO We will night 10 defend II.
II the Grafton OF Mark Antony the dead body OF
Caesar stirred tho Romans. speaker had
OF stirring up an excitement among his hearers that
did full justice 70 his powers ~ an orator. loud