Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-07
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90 489D1iAN
Vol. 'XXXIy.A .A-1ao
The system of DisrribUtinR Isa-
,1ions--Hts Effects Upon the Negro
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The sS~s,a,s,@c<, n.s,-,t>,,.su,,.su,
~ lN' II - AAssiiihects Pon Inc gro
population.
Il The Saa Islanjs az tba so,tb ,,,hau,.o ~
-. - -'-1'' VI ,io Sou'"' "i.ei1 s"o
oesG COTTON ever proouced was raised pc
fore the war, is now portioned out among
the negroes. and ,thev fail to earn. a. living
thereon Tha rao,o,, ;, oho,,,,, g., ,lo to1
,t :. " - ne i0aeoi as".l- 10 enow W III stie lot
iowlng, which we clip from the South Car
olina correspondence of the Ne,o York
Times. AS long as the negroes of tbe
co,,,t, ,,, o., -,.,z.z.,S' 9
- = ~. -s ''iS- sHPs y. oi9i WV
ernment' SO long VIII they be lazy and
improvident: f-s -ss.,0 II, +4sr .oifrr
az Al. Ns1v y,r, r;,,,os ara ..,--t
- .-~.-S,s,a q I,"r
n 1} " ~ ~ itoii',ay' t 'uly ., iooI.
Il wonder if the Government has any. idea
or the people at the North begin to COM
prehend, the damage done to the moor at
| the South-especially the negro raee~and
| the amount Of money wasted by the yicions
system ofrationino the needy One would
naturally. suppose there must be A limit 70
the matter, and that four years of free
Ifdom to have the full results of labor wonld
make auvs speople fir to live selfsnstaininG
But, inevitable as the return of the sea-
sons, goes up that terrible cry, of sstarya-
ton and suffering tor want of the iecps-
saries OF life, and lust as regularly tre
Gavernment,i is humhn coed and the ,,aoo
pie who furnish money for food and clothes
.defrauded, and ten beggars are made where
one really needy and destitute person is
benefited by tue helping.;sls. D. = q alii Ia.
/ liam speaking. of the Sea .IsIands with
the condition OF which i am familiar. This
is theysjxth season. that the negro race here
have been practiealIy- free and the ~siytb
season that rations have heen delivered to
the t.poor freedman. !, who has failed 70
make cron enonph. nv his tree labor to,snno
port himself the year round Of, course.
/ when a man, is thus fed he will NOT wnrls
his crop win come short AGAIN. He vii
expect TO be fed again. He will have the
same pIea to enter 10 obtain rations He
will be heard, and so your man who can i +
he will, get an honest living becomes q
beggar .rlhe year 1865 was a great wear
for refugees, the miserable bel Ss. who. Set
free by Sherman,s ii yiicible army, follow
ed him in his march to the sea and all5re
member the famous sorder iof Sherman
which located them on the Sea ISLANDS
That same vear ratioiis were reduced IN the
minimum 1by, the able agent then in charue.
whose experience reached back fromssthe
verylbeginning, and whou knew every ne
gro on these islands and his true wants
| But then was the trial made. which
should be remembered as a most
powerful argument against assist
| ing the negro or any body else excepting
those fit to 90 to the poor-house The ne
groes were rationed bv the thousand, to
return the cost of food in cotton, to be
made By the Strength of that food, and BY
7 the thousand they failed to pay, or even to
make a provision crop. Men who did make
good crops, and did pay their debts, and
not realize the value of the crops raised,
failed to use them sparingly, and were as
Ehopelessly in need the next spring as ever,
and as piteous beggars. i had full per-
sonal experience in this matter, and know
the. exact truth of every statement i am
making. To strengthen the argument
there is the reverse side of this pic-
ture to be shown. There were plantations,
where figidly refused to ration or recon-
mend for rations. They got what they
worked for and nothing more. If they
worked on shares, all the same. If they
were refugees just in, all the same; they
must cake care of their own crops, and
then work out for food. They did it. They
were credited to very small extent. They
worked faithfully, did well, and grew in
every respect. .fhey were not demoralizeG
-oy the aceursed system OF rationing. Such
"a state OF facts will thoroughly convince
any honest mlnd that the persons needing
reaiiy 10 oe nelpeo SouUh, a1ter the hrst
cnaiice 70 o. make a crop, are 1eW and far be-
eWeen. iney WIN average scarcely one TO
a a .Iaa; wnen kiHarea are compelied
~ .oiue; uuSy W tneir llnlneuiate lamlly
.ei@Sione. . :,
NOW &c 90 Beaufort on ration day and
hniis Az aoppn., dns ssiSet' the
Blocked to jam by mixed crowd-per-
SiStent. impOrtunate, clamOrOuS, Such tales