The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-12-14

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vcmbcr. These are his words
"The negro is undoubtedly better
fitted, from his long training, hi
physical contigurations md his
adaptability to all the diversities o
our climate, to make u moro etficien
laborcr than any other. q Especial,
is this truo when the labor is to b.
performed in the moro malarial por
| tions of our count,y. Our object
then, should be to develop, to th'
utmost, his capacity as a laborer Te
do this, time is requisite, and W.
shall have to exercise great forbear
ance, constant prudence and steady
kindness. We must make him foe
that his interests are indissolubly
bound up with ours that high
prices for our products insure high
wages for him that we have nc
animosity toward him but, on the
contrary, that we cherish the kind
feeling engendered by early associa>
tions and old memories. Lot us
be scrupulously just in our dealings
with him let us assist him in his
aspirations for knowledge and aid
him in it's acquisition. Try to ole
vate him in the scale of true man.
hood, of civilization and Christianity
SO that he may be better fitted for the
grave duties and high responsibili-
ties forced upon him by his new po.
sition. In a word, convince him
that we are his best if not his only
friends, and when he shall have done
this, we shall not only have placed
our labor ON sound footing, but
we shall have gained in the laborer O
strong and jealous ally. On this
subject, / speak not from theory, but
experience-an experience which has
taught me that the. kindest relations
can oxist between the planter and
his former slaves, resulting in mutu
al advantage to both parties My
old slaves are cultivating the land
on which they have lived for years,
and there has been q constant and
marked improvement in their indus
try in each year, since their emanci-
patton, though they have not yet
attained the same efficiency rs labor
ers they formerly possessed. I have
promised to put up for them q
school ol-house and church, and to pay
portion of the salaries of their
teachers. Such q system, if gener-
ally adopted, weu,d tend greatly
to fix the laborels to tho soil, md
would, by adding to thoir content
and enjoyment, result in vast ulti-
mate benchtito tho landlord That
kind treatment, just dealing and sin
cere efforts to improve their cond-
ton, ere not without effect upon
them, is proved by the fact, crafty
ing to myself, that 1 am on my way
to Mississippi, by the request of hun
dreds of negroes, besides my own
laborcrs, to advise them what course
to pursue in tho approaching elec-
ton there. / am not one of those
who believe TINT the mere posses
sion of the rudi,nents of education
makes people stronger, better or
happier "a little learning is a dan
gerous thing" and unless moral
education gooH hand in hand with
intellectual, the seeds of knowledge
will be sown on q barren soil, or
will produce but thorns and thistles;
but I do believe that in proportion
as you make all labor, other than
compulsory, Intelligent, you render
it profitable. If this be true, we
should educate the mind, the heart
and the soul of tho negro, looking at
the question only in it's material
aspect and leaving out Of considera-
ton altogether those higher and
nobler motives which should prompt
us to do SO. A longer experience of
his newly acquired freedom, and his
acquisition of higher Intelligence
will teach him, not only his depend
ence on the whites of the South, but
the great truth which no laws can
change, a.,ra,r 49,. ..fr .r...,.r
--''in every soil, g,..,
That those who think must govern those
who toll. .'u"h %ntH2 @H' b. !et
The old slaves of whom he speaks
occupy his plantations upon the
Mississippi Several hundred in
number-six or eight hundred, we
have heard they have never falter--
ed in their fidelity to him. Whom
the war was over and they, were
first made fully aware of their
changed cordition-fi.eedom from
slavery--freedom to go wherever
they pleased---they, all, without an
individual exception, determined to
remain with him, They called upon
him asking his leave to remain and
work for him as they had always
doneaiIs not that triumph y HIS
q slave-owner ever, lin the history of
the world, received such q tribute of
loyalty and devotion? Aud why?
Because; he has been Just and kind
and true to them. d !, II. ,.,,., / 4
We have now seen General Hamp-
ton as a,boyinoted for daring anil
generosity--as ,alegislator,t true to
his convictions Of right and shunlani-
ty, although in q 1ninority---as a
private, ready y--as q Colonel, earliest
i she field ---as a iei General, Il (Biiga
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