The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-10-22

l'NNlNiN tue RHlN bilt. ia the lAthuNll-
can party. before or during the war,
who clearly foresaw the troubles that
must must arise from negro free
dom IN IL, unlimited sense While he
was preparing for emancipation. his
mind was busy also in deyising means
that should make this emancipation a
blessing 10 both whites and blacks In
his quiet home IA Illinois h. had been "A
student ~ history and had learned there
from the danger OF suddenly loOsing the
bonds 81 srfdOm or slavery without
simultaneously providing new field II
eNertion OF action for the turbulent
spirits who rule aud direct the masses
of the more quiet. or even indulent.
freedmen Ia their own ruin. involving
ia that ruin the destruction II multi
tufdes Of innocent lives and millions Of
property. il left without incentive IN the
old one. lie fore>aw there could be no
such adequate incentive here. where
equality, however much Wanted in
the halls ~ Congress, could have no
practical existence when brought 10 IN
exact test Deducting from his conclu-
>ion> the new necessities for safety and
prosperity. he looked 20 the wide and
certain principle upon which an OPP
pressed race had always depended. and
from which they had only i'm few in
stances ever failed 10 draw their perma-
nent establishment and lasting happi-
ness-cOlonization. President Lincoln
did not contemplate the forcing II col
onization upon the negro, but he had
determined 10 open that resource To
sh..tt. al -. Az. al.
large delegation of colorcd people in
1862 this was alearly set forth.
Had President Lincoln's theories been
put in practice the country might have
escaped the expense and trouble ofsend-
me United States troops 10 Mississippi
in accordance with the urgent request
of Adelbert Ames. That State. alas. l.
in a most pitiable condition owing 10 his
misrule Instead of his working in the
cause II peace, every bad feeling Of
both races has been brought in plav bv
his acknowledgement His hatred Of the
law-abiding and hard working people
of Mississippi j. we'll known. Here |
shall rehear>e a small part Of the his
tory Of this State
Mississippi went Ia war with n great
power, and wa> conquered. A military
government WAS established about the
lst 81 July, loo5, with Judge Sharkey
A. military Governor. An election was
held about the ZUth of August. 1860.
This Convention declared the negroc,
free. and reorganized the State Govern
ment. and adapted 10 % Che ncw state II
affairs On the I'd day OF March. 1857,
less than twenty months after the free
dom Of the negro. the reconstruction
act was passed. oycrthrowing the State
Government - recently organized and
placing Il under the SWAY III the nited
states. with the emphatic declaration 10
should so remain until a new govern
ment j. established hy All the people.
without regard a. race. color. or pre-
yiouS condition. The negroes being IT'D
the decided majority. aud large NUM-
her 81 white voters being di-franchi-ed,
made Just such government a. the car
pet-bagrers desired Ihev expected 70
mouopOize al the offices. They said
to the negroes. :. You know nothing
about these matters. We freed You. and
we are here 10 helpyou. taking special
pains 10 the same time 10 remind the
negroes that their ignorance and bar
barism must he attributed entirely 10
the Institution II slavery that instead
~ attaining through this institution the
little civilization they had. the polish
and high state Il culture with which
their ancestors started had been entirely
lost.
As matter Of course such induce
ments have controlled the negroes
Many If the whites feel keenlv. no
doubt. the loss IF their capital by the
freeing Of the negroes. | heard an old
planter say a. one 81 his former slaves
passed him, "When / see MY twelve
hundred dollars walking around that
way, not even deigning to notice me.
when my family are wanting food and
clothes, | feel a II | can never grow re-
conciled 10 the present state OF affairs"
The negroes are not satisfied with their
freedom DE Government freed u.
but never guy " any ting, j. a COM
mon expression Of those who are too
lazy 10 work. The negroes want prop
crty The carpet-bagger- are in the
same country and on the same mission.
and hence, having the same interest at
stake. they have a common sympathy,
and the white people owning the lands
are the class marked out for both: ven
gcance for the past and robbery for the
future.
This in a few words has been the
working If the State Government 81
anc such has heen the effect 4
that when we come 10 estimate the losses \
under peace and the destruction Of prop /
crty under the ravages Of war, the state \
Of Mississippi j. found to be at least one .
hundred millions If dollars poorer than .
she was on the day Of the surrender. .
Property has no ralUe. The land owners 4
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