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|;y Entire In A# ** *»f *» -U irnnt ■i»rp.4y»jj .if HUH* M ii) avail U' « --f *-v^r\ -■ r.» '*?;'• V If* fil’JW 5*'H il filial?* ft?* th V b-i » ' ‘ ,r’ •,»r rvi '•-• — «o:V*f ? W.' have a**m*nrr« tbntrm-* w .'] b-pni in o^raHon hnf.-.r !-*:*. nlt;H hi :v aw an time. thlt;* mrUibti r*y- of ow rr(* pt* \ Uv*»U'uk ^itb «? m Harms* nw«w-i .lt; ii i • - *ijs jvriin*- Hiisrgos- 1* ■ 1 Vrt^ifihf *Vr \som*1-hi* . X %-\ r i *V|y The Local Agent* *#f the “.Vw* *.tit'-hi-hmi 1 tbr* ?t.Do art' rlt;qult;*Rt^! lt;o noivl »r?y I'uniD03 ban ! by ?bil» 'r thr 11 »:V*aim*rctal or iho ‘*A'l?»tn* Kij^or^ ’ When these Express** are not with-n th r ftwh, they «tli confer a favor by tending by any safe means that may oflVr. Drafts in our favor on mon;haul* i a H«*t;s«ton or liatveston »tU be taken an«J coi:eetelt;],r-'T i’t, * N w ?, H'O.aton.**f'H; hot It. iM ton !af.- In .adopt |f mh in fijii, h it too lato to'a 1 mi it s.in • ibniiiufoim fhn? ronq»fo ♦*o htcii fb i *iri it so lt;’vid*-nfly nntit t'i.si* oitfo-r o 11 i ovrn ad van I ;*go ov that o! s*-»• i* tv at iat^-o ’ It omo stn li pDii roll’d ho . i ■ i \ i j f * * d, ui' doubt not it won! \ mlt; •* with the*‘:nu'ilfird »irrnvai of ad th*' Union m*n at• * A.Vht Houlh. So iar as we have t;\ k*d with thatclass of no n, while wo have found hem firmly fix* d in unquaii'vd devotion to the Govern merit, they Imve been as firmly convinced that Hie removal of all restraint upon the negro as a laborer is r iuous. If ’hep* roultl he a medium between siavt ry and lt;omplete freedom, it would be as no.oh, certainly, as the ne^ro niiuls, or ms ho could usefully employ. We}»ei\hi '(Ahimtotoir:l«dh*ve there is such a medium ; though, unfitlt;dimtitdoillde. the oirr iimsiaitres, we should not advise/v^The Ag» id of the ‘Commercial Ex pres*. j it, rxropt that we think the embarking ot tief . * ,1 / n I ■ 1 I . 4 (x t , m *x1 r. •lt;;omp at Hemp-t^nd. kin Uy vnl'into-mt to lt;le ; j Vof •• The Nows * to our subscribers at that jdacn until t h tnaT.s ire et ibhslv’d||gr Mr. :;Tf»KT Scviiora is our auttoo*ize*1 A^-nt ut oC-'tsw a.*|y We call attention to the huge assort.-meet of boots and shoes just received by Mr. O. A. Forsgard. whlt; has reumed business a* the old stand, Van Alsty ue’s Building, corner of Main and Congress streets. Give him a call.country in the Coolie trade, or any otlmr plan .«»!* getting along without the negro, m ght | product* wors • evi s than any wliieh could follow from such .special I* gislation as would control the labor of the negro without affecting the fuiidamen al tact of his -freedom frontownership.This is no party quesdon. I is onerelt; ‘If fkV!vi\Umrewhich all have an interest. Let the South once come to the conclusion tha* she will never a train depend on tlm negro, and accompanythat decision with combined effort to introduce other laborers, and the evils to which the Ex I psv-s alludes may begin to become manifest. \ in the very same i.sMjr which contains the plan Clear]v, our agrtcuUural labor system is j ;d)ovo a hided n»f as well as in several othersin j pirnI JmHI,cooi.iks ai®UJHO*sfp rfl0w th/chicf concern ; an-1. while it must lifWuilv, tho. Express has plainly ,h-clar.‘.l that • u ; It was the chief mission ot the negro hereaftertme th t time will have to contribute much tothe settlement of the questions arising out otj to be exterminated ! That is, perhaps, what it means b* saying in reply to the Union man’semancipation, «t i« also true that attention suggestions—it is too late!* i L.m .U rv »*A AfltOV*.! Hi O icannot be too earnestly directed towards every scheme which seems to promise the deliver-cnee of our planters out of a state of dependence, and the rescue of our lands from the encroaching jungle.The Picayune informs us that an enterprising firm in New Orleans, having abundant means and foreign connections, besides being familiar with the whole business of Coolie im-portion, recently addressed Mr, Seward on the subject. Their communication was referred to the Bureau of Immigration, which repliedOur readers arc aware that the platform of the Kadic ds is to force the black man upon the South on conditions which the Northern States would not tolerate for themselves. The attempt to do this is unfair. and it cannot succeed without trouble. We do not wish to face the ex to initiation of the negro on the one hand, nor his equality on the other. The safety and prosperity of the country seems to us to be dependent on adopting as quickly as possible some medium policy founded upon the right of the grates to dictate their own citizenship and regulate their own industrial system. We speak from observation and experience, but withcut prejudice. Especially, arewe free from prejudice against the negro ; buttherHedoNiIhut the Coolie trade was prohibited by an act i if we were not, it is plain that, so long as h1 * _ _ _ _ ^ ik.. ...... i .1.x lidil/t n l Mil .rrvarm*thmihak;inHeW!laofhaof Congress of 1863, which makes it a severe penal off nee for our registered ships to engage in the deportation of Chinese to any foreign port, with a view of holding them to servitude, or as laborers for a term of years. But the same act provides that no obstacle shall be offered to the voluntary immigration of the Chinese, and as a proof of the' voluntary character of the deportation, it requires a j certificate of the United States Consuls inChina.It is universally known that the introduction of Goolies alone saved some of the West India islands from destruction as a result of tinauiqmtbm; but It !s also known that theirintroduction among the blacks is attendedwith tioublesome and dangerous quarrels and fights. Their value as laborers, intrinsicaBy, is admitted; still, like the Picayune, we feel the need of more detailed information from the countries where they have been used, as well as of a discussion concerning the changes in our law^ which their introduction would re. squire, and the probable effects upon our social •welfareIt does strike us, however, that there is some thing more violent in the institution of the Coolie system among us than there would be in the adoption of two other remedies ; first, the encouragement of white immigration to a limited extent at least; and, secondly, in forcing the negroes to work. It is thought that the increase of white labor would have a good industrial effect upon the freedmen ; and there is certainly a large force of sound nenii-merit in favor of letting the negro know that frwdom and idleness are not syn mymous terms. S me trouble would already be required to untcach certain lessons which the freedremains among us, the system which is be t domof)f Tthfor him is best fi r the whites and for the inter ests of the country. That is an advantage which always belongs to the weaker class of the community. It is a means ot defence conferred by Providence, and cannot be safely despi ed or ignored. The negro must he treat ed well, or the whites must suffer. But this treatment must be dictated by the laws of nature, and not by the caprices of philanthropists or humani arians ot whatever school, especially such as are not on the ground, and such as ste dily refuse to submit themselves to the practical working of their own theories The plan which the true friends of the negro and of the coun ry should seek, must make it to he interest and homr of the South not to endeavor to throw the negro off. If he is not valuable as a laborer, he is not valuable at all.If that value be destroyed, and if the Southonce devote herself fully to th- effort to supply its place, a new system of things will have commenced, the result of which no one canforesee.We, therefore, from our point of view', in the midst of forebodings and uncer aintie-, blt;*g that this subject may be dispa si mately con sidered by those in authority, before it is really “too late.” If the South has been extreme hi , her devotion to slavery as tie* proper and use- lt;• ful relation between the white and hlaek races iri this country, undoubtedly the other extreme represented by the Radicals is also a mi take.If their policy is adopted, or—which is the same thing in effect -it it be so long threaten- v ed as to make the negro wholly useless and J ddestroy all dependence upon him, so inducing i a a struggle between him and other laborers, we cannot see how the South can be held responsible for the consequences. A convention *»f the wisest men from all civilized nations, if met to settle this question, would certainly decide that the n-gro, as having been made the ward of government by emancipation,-orehhiwUlwfillUO''{olIIIbtlt;:n1fuT!iAe:asratmen have learned from their having been fed (should come next und' r “tutors and gove -her*' and there at the expense of toe Govern- nors,” and not either be left wholly to liimsen« • it « . s/i % t • . i . l t C Airvt • «t hta ri o n d £?inent. That one thing, small as it^has been in with the barren gift of freedom in his hands proportion to the number of the negroes, has or be placed on an equality with th* white spread a teudency to idleness tbtough the race. If tViat be not true there is no political whole black population. Wherever they have philosophy, nor any need for government, ex-jbeen thus maintained they have utterly refused cept in the baldest and most formal sense of to work. It has been the case here; Missouri, the term. ________________ _________________1I.Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia, Carolina, Tennessee and Geo gia papers before us say it is the case there; and a Washington writer as-• * % iVST The letter ol Mr. UeUoruuva, tnougn *11^ v.c-»v lulll t WMVI « uot'intended for publication, will interest thesorts ihat there is very good reason for the plantms of Texas who are vitally ^ foterested prevailing report that the negro feed dig asso- m the labor question. Mn De Umuova, as aprevaumg report ciation, or Bureau, at tin* Capitol is unable tow - --— -w ~ - ■native, and for several years a resident, of da-7 * . i itsupply the demands upon it for labor—the maica, possesses information on the subject o reasons being that its proteges uttedy refuse Coolie labor that few, if any the people ot to be hired. Ladies here have gone to the Texas can give and intorination that is no vGovernment negro quarters to hire, and have been most imimdentiv dismissed with—“Igive.of the utmost importance. The planters of the South are not thus forced to look for laborthanks you ina?am; I doesn’t choose to work ; from abroad simply because our negroes are I cits ’uuff to live on widout it!” There is made free, but because they are led to be-_ _ . a. . I I * i l 1 LI _ ^ 4 n Ik j . X MB vVk 4 I. j-\ /■ lt;1 .•* #■ • 1 « *abundant reason for the plain intimation of \ lieve that they are to be free from the necessityGeneral Fullerton tba the negroes are suppos-1 of labor. Could ouu Nortliem rulers, whoing their Bureau to have been instituted “tonurse and pamper” them, “to clothe and feed them ” and to give them “privileges that% ♦’ithave made them free, impress upon them the absolute necessity of labor as it is felt by all other people, the people cf the South wouldother persons do not enjoy.*’ It isimpos ible have very little cause to complain ot emanci-to make the administration of the Bureau uni- patiou. But with the facts fofioie them, withform, as that will differ according to the senfci meats of she ocal agents. *A Southern Union man, uncoraprising through a!! !. v/..., *... Eue New York Express, giving a plan for such an organization of Southern labor as will conduce to thetlifir country swlitenly deprived ot four millions of laborers whom they have no power to control, they are compelled to look to other countries.for laborers, or allow their country to experience all the disasters that have followed emancipation in other eoun'ries. UndUU Ul uuuturiu iawi ww ui w mi*.' i .iirostv'rifv alike of North and South. T» de.r these circumstancs. we know ot no man Express savs his piau comes too late, hut re-! who has it m his power to five us more valu• ’omnit-nus such parts of it as may yet he j aide in’ormation than Mr. iJe t.ordova, and mCOnTIi'UUCS SUVJi */«*! «.0 ■—-j j'-'* - ( , . . , . jadopnd. ! our opinion lie km the vt-ry man who should be jThe writer has been a large slave owner and I ^euml as an agent to aid us in_ procuring tin*cotton planter*. That such a man should advise a going back as far as possible to some ndu'U system of emancipation, letting freedom be understood as a fixed fact, but freeing the negro gradually from the limited control of h*8 former master, as the only possiblelabor our country so much needs. We hope soon to hear from him.Z*u\ in his opt“ on, of aving the'Sonth, -tiling a few grapes Had two full grown « ’ A'Mnn\~ murroea in the South been put m iftil for suchshows, we think, that there are serious difficnlties* in the present situation* He thinks his plan is the only one which will recover the 3outb from bankruptcy, enable her to payin jail in that city, one seven and a half years old and the other nine. Their offence wasnegroes in the Bouth been put in jail for such a petty offence, the Boston Abolitionists would have deeply sympathized with the poor negroes, and raised a howl at such cruelty.
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Galveston Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Mon, Oct 30, 1865
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