The New York herald., 1867-07-18
7 H { S o U T H (.
NORTH CAROLINA.

4 Diswusted southerner an the situation-
Tho Negroes Becomicg UumRnaReabie-
what They Expect and Oesire-soathern
Planters Preparing TO EmiErate.
70 THE EDITOR OF THE RERALD.
CAxDEs COUNTY, N. c., July 9, 1857
v.nvus M rAoer On the continent 90 well calculated
60 corsot error in political matters yours owing TO s
sbtty and wide circulation drop you few lines from
this prosperous section Of eosnty to give some In
formation - 70 the progress Of Affairs hsss
From the influence Of radicalsm and mitf.v rule ws
rspidly retrogradins financially and morally. The
people becoming LEES inclined every day to try 20
tnseevs their financial condition. ~ al uncertainty
fAs hope Of to-day II bghtsd By orders Of military
despes To- morrow will cite . few instances First
che people SURRENDERED with General Lee In good earn
est aaa with honest Intentions OF going back into the
Union and Of giving faithful allegiance to the govern
msnt but they have not been allowed 10 return They
organised State govern ments all to no effect except 70
tax the people and run the Stns deeper into debt We
sss about 70 provide for the negro by renting him our
lands and furnishing him With provisions farming I'm
paemsnts horses, &c, % that he might by industry
soon b able to conduct business for him.
SELF Two years. experience has taught as
I thas hs Y Incompetent to take care Of him.
cell, and unwilling to bo directed BY others
Vems exosptonsl General Sckles has OF late 90 I'm.
erseand issued order informing the negroes that
such an order encourages them than before
g they next expect to be fed from the public CRIB and
tne nex year no will rent lease them foot Of
fe0d or furnish them teams The result will be they
will not hire themselves to work for the whites but de-
pend on getting their subsistence from the hites alter
sne latter have worked hard to get It They are be-
coming less disposed to work every day, they
are anticipating that tho government will do
getting 70 think OF nothing but politics, very bad
element TO get uppsrmost In the minds OF tho ignorant
ana vicious The whites disposed treat them
wolI and look after and try and make good citizens
~ possible out OF them, but the ary try and force
tnem c9e OF then proper sphere, and by such means
make them . bad element In society," They have got
connsCaon the brain, and II they get they will
next want exterminanou Ir the government give
them the lands they must give them the stock and
farming implements. The whites must then work and
conduct for them, or they he whtes) must be fed by
government, or they will starve.
The government will find that II will
cost moro TO and for the than 1t took
TO FREQ him, and the northern capital and labor must
pay this cost the South will be in the condition
of Hayt, an expense TO those who conquered It and
destroyed Its property Five years viii witness quite
change here farm on which ten THOUSAND dollars
was cleared 10 1859 by the sale Of produce will now
barely raise support and there many neeroes a
work (pretended) on II then. This u under my
Observation Last year. with the extreme bad CROP 1t
paid about one thousand dollars; predict that next
year will fall far short or supporting the tenants
There fsw, bat few, exceptions 10 this
Eastern North Carolina and Virginia.
have devoted the last three months to travelling In
my private conveyance from farm to farm through this
section, and nnd Il generally as have stated All Of
will soon see this seoiou depopulated a. rapidly a.
ireland The government Is driving them off, and soon
iit will nnd its mis,aie, but only when 100 late. II
radcaiism rules, rt IN years win find this section OF
interest the we'll beng OF the government must labor
TO correct these erievous errors.