The enterprise. (Thomasville, Ga.) 186?-1865, July 12, 1865, Image 2

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&{j? Mjjtts (jhitctprisc. : Tiiomasv'.lie, Gfa. t nxrNoiT. jrwLY 19,1863. WO-1 t2i q lire StjrO Labor? ;•-. ’ . teems to be -the all absorbing tion among.many of the Southern Le now that the institution of slave fan end,-and it.’b .one • that may ingage the attention, not only of ’ ■ gli of the South, but of the eh'” tire - latieml * Half the settled territory of sited States* bqw- swarms with an nt land barbarous population ju^t l from the bonds of slavery, and v/'” only idea of freedom seems tobeb . j liberty to forsake their old ‘ masters * Ci about the or congre jout the cities and. towns to frolic. do thought for the.future .nor ealize the responsibilities ’iis ’ u them bv their freedom. — • . •/ .. .* . *■■ they will sleep to n.ightj or get ionow gives.them not the least : Fhlure welfare and happiness foi ‘ selves and their posterity has li • no impression Upon their minds. — Logs were hitherto looked.after . : ’ / masters, but-now that the guar p. and ‘provision of old master ” ov.ed, Ciiffcc seenis to be in a hcl'p . and j itiable condition. lie is withs : • .aids, without money; without pro. is/and we may say without employ 0, and, what is still worse’, he is V ut the education and address to'ob them. ‘.The only-capital he can-use’ s .labor, and now that lie is //re the * • ;i’o believes, himself completely einan '( ‘ aft d'from labor-, ’ and henceforth he fs to obtain his living in. some easier way*. ey have.been advised, uh’d for the ‘re at. aider of the present year many of hem have been induced “to make com pacts-with their, fonm.r masters tQ gath er the growing ©robs. - while thousands ive already ©eased bo* labor’ and are iow loafing about the country, ov ‘draw- 1 .rations from the -Government at the .• • . . -p us pailifar.y gpsts. All'of them with '. ut exception seem to regard the cn(! of the •tit fear as the period fixed for the , ai.tei miuatiot# of I heir labors, and I hey h kfe anf'undefhied tha;t in some way a c-Govonmdni -will ‘provide for them without the return of their labor.’ They ■ai.d the -Sodlherners as their oppress re, and believing that tliev were hc-ld . in slavery contrary to some inherent or i right, they expect the So.uth to be | fed for the - wrong, and repara> tion’made tO them by having all the prop: the South confiscated and distrib ute and among them. They cannot see-\vlfy this'should not be done, and to convince tltem that it will not be done; and at the . ime time, show them that to liv-c they must continue to labor, ‘will be to ’ Dc c the negro-that Jic u not free.-. But soouet* or bter Cuffee.will awake to the solemn fa< -that labor, inexorable htbor , is still his stern necessity. -What . then, will he labor ? Yes, he'will some” | where cultivate a; little’ patch, -enough pferhaps, Io buy bis’ whisk(y and tobacco) or it may be’that lie will hire himself to j i white man io labor in the farm, but ullec's contracts like his knowledge of he law, is very uncertain, and now that ho has no fear of the lash and cares not ■ the future, he will labor to suit him* //’instcr<l of the whiteman, and his ;cb actei is too well known to predict ; his services would long be retained by he thrifty whiteman. Forfeiting hi ( A vin this way, by his indolence and lom he is turned off for the remains of the year to live by day labor oi e without it. j his feature in the character of the * race as fully illustrated throughout outh where they have been made ■{free, is a sure establishment of the soL : it fact that the great cotton and snga r crops of the South arc at an end, at least for many years to come, bet those dis*> pute it rvho will. But the Abolitionists of the North may make up their minds t o pay a still higher price for cotton and sugar, and find that there is no longer any market in . the South. The North West.will find here no market for her bacon and flour, because the South learn* ed to raise them during the war—and Tennessee and Kentucky will find no iuarket for. their horses and mules . be N cause die negroes arc. free ‘who plowed them. And New • England will find a poor market for her manufactories be> cause there will be.no cctten and sugar to buy them. • The South will have plenty ‘ to ’ -eat with little labor, and they have learned to wear cloth of their.own manufacture without shame. * While this can be done . the white nian will not make cotton .for commercial purposes, and .since the ne groes are free-the surplus will he small 2D 1 # indeed. Let the-North read the com* mercial history's of Hayti &nd Jamaica and ponder thenr well. GEY. W4SUBIRS. We had room only last week to air nounce the’arrival of. Gen. Washburn at this post, thinking that we would speak • • * . more fully ©f him when we better un. derstood his views and feelings. lie spoke or.talked as some say, to thc.peO pie-of Tli.omasville- on Wednesday last, but as that was our .publication day, and it had not been-announced that lie would speak’on that day, wc were .busy and did. not hear him. The General left on Fri day for his Head Quarters at Doctor’ town) but left behind his promise,. We un - derstand, tQ return -this. week, that the people’may become better ■ acquainted with him. .Gen,. Washburn will not be'respb'nsiblo for the policy pursued in .this. District whatever that policy may be, for it will bo remembered that lie is only a Briga* ‘dter General commanding, under Major General Thomas, who lately superceded’ Gen. Gilmore in the Department ■'of South Carolina and. Southern Georgia. From tvhat w# - have, heard pf General Washburn’s views expressed among the people, wc believe it will bo his aim to cultivate a good understanding with the •people of his District, arid, to the best. of ‘his ability, promote peace, hanii.ony and the welfare generally, of- the Whole country. -Let. the..people also devote their eneigi'es ‘to this end., .and a harmoi nious co-operation will soon present the most gratifying, results. The restoration of peace and ‘good order will • soc.n re* establish a system of labor, and’ all the world knows that persevering -labor .will ***** * • produce corresponding prosperity. , : Editorial Itcius. • ‘ Atlanta papers announce that the Wos > tern an.d Atlantic Hail road has been completed to that-city from Chattanooga* It was finished on.the 4th of July. Th e people of Georgia have in this, abundant cause for rejoicing. By the reconstruction, .ofthisroad, which was dune entirely atthe expense of the United States Govern rnenfe, the. South is again placed in free communication with the great North West. Tlie weather has been extremely warm in this section during the past week and so dry as to greatly injure the crops in some localities. On the 9th insfc. the Thurmometer ranged at 98 decrees — the greatest heat wc have had this sea. son, and, we think, greater heat than we have had before in several years. ]\ater Melons. —Water melons seem to be plentiful, but marry one in our sanctum. Why don’t some old friend send us a load in payment of his sub scription ? We prefer the Pearson but wouldn’t be very particular. he pressure of job work prevented us from .making some alterations and ini* provements in the paper we intended for this week, They will be executed as sooo as circumstances will permit. The peach crop in this section, so fa_ as we have been able to learn is a fail* uro. There are some peaches in the •country, but the trees have mostly cast their trait prematurely. Communication , with Albany . —We are creditably informed that a hack wiH • hereafter run semi-weekly between Thomasville and Albany, commencing this week. This will be a great accom modation to the traveling public who have’ lately'found so much difficulty in making the trip. The Chattanooga. Gazette says in com. menting upon the passage of the elective franchise bill by the Tennessee Legisla c ture, that — It only awaits the signature of Gov’ evnor Brownlow to become a law. All persons who have been willing agents oi the rebellion are excluded from voting; those in the army below the rank ot Captain, for five years, and all others, including civil, diplomatic, naval and military, oliicers, oi- who left their seats* in the United States Congress or in the Statu Legislature, or who have been en* gaged in ill treatment of prisoners of war or who left theiighome- and fled beyond the lines of the Federal army, for the purpose of aiding the rebellion, are to be excluded for fifteen years. . ■* *- • - . • •• Mails, ’ • We learn that Mr. Kelly, special mall agent; leaves Nashville in a day or two • tor the purpose of looking after .the: in terests •of the mails on- all ‘the roads south of that city. f Heretofore military mail- agents have been.employed on tin. se roads, but recently a large number of them have been mustered .out of service and gone'home, leaving the mails to be run as best they could.- lie’ will at once ■ remedy the evil by appointing civil agents over fh# roads, so that mail faei li ties wilt be regularly established a earn. Wo are glad to find tire foregoing in’ the .Louisville .Journal, and- hope Mr. Kelly will extend.his c;lre to the mails.’ .on the railroad lines in Georgia. REDUCTIO NIN RAT LtfOAD Fa Uft ‘ — ‘The superintendants of the Sojithw a tern, MAcon and- Western. and; Central Railroad .Companies,’ give notice that from a-nd after.the 2oth instq the fates’ 01-fare over their respective roads .will, be five cents per mile in specie .or na tional currency, and- double those rates if paid in bills, of Central and Georgia Railroad Ranks, Rank of Savannah, ■ Marine'Rank- and the Batik of Mi dill e Georgia. The rates’ of freight - will be the sam.e a's those existing J£rne 15th, 1860, payable.as above. V • ’ It is amusing to-see the squirming of the radical republican press, .since Mr. Johnson -disappointed them on (lie uni-.’ versal suffrage question. .lie cyt him* self loose froiii them, and they.no long er have power to control the policy. <_f the administration. Their hobby is left, but unfortunately for them the old dem ocratic people’ and*presses,, with a gayy formidable wing of conservative repub licans and journals, refuse to ride. It is apparent there will be two parties ‘form’ ed throughout the North at’ once, the difference between the two beina: on the question., of suffrage. The lb evident has taken what will be the popular side, oven in the North ; and should the ques tion ever become a national one, it needs no prophet to foresee the re sult. In such a contest radicalism will be crushed beyond the power of redemp tion. ‘ Macon Tclegmjih. ——4 O O ■¥■ • New York, July 1. — The Post's special says it is considered probable that the President will appoint R. F. Perry Provisional Governor of South Carolina. The proclamation will appear to-morrow or the next day. Florida will then be the only re el State to be or ganized. As yet no delegation has ap peared from the State. Maj. Eckbert, successor to 31 r. Dana as Assistant Secretary ot’ war, began his duties this morning. 1 • , Biiruinyiond.ilio Citp Ihlalio Territory, Loss over a millions Dollars. Eroru..the Idaho Statesman, May 20.) Idaho City was completely destroyed night before lust by one of the most des tructive fires that ever has visited the mining regions of the western slope.— The whole town was consumes from Rear run to Commercial street, which is nearly to the foot of Main, and from the / Bluff to Moored creek, leaving-nothing standing but a few shanties skirting the town. . . ■■ •—♦ ♦ ►- 7 Gen. Forrest to !iis Troops. Head Q’rs., Forrest’t Cay Cops. Gainesville, Ala., May f 18m>. Soldiers : - * .Ry an agreement made between Lieut. Gen. Taylir, commanding the Depart ment of Alabama, Mississippi and Last. Louisiana, and Maj. Gen. Canby, ‘Com manding United States fofoes, the troops of this Department have been surren dered. .1 do not think it proper or necessary ‘ at this time, to refer to the causes which have reduced us to this extemity ; nor is it now r a matter of material consequence to us* how . such results were brought about. That we are beaten, is a self evi dent fact, and any further resistance’ ou our part would be justly regarded as the : •very height of folly and rashness. ■ The armies .of Gen. Lee and John-* . ston having surrendered, you are the last of all the troops of the Confederate • States Army, east of the Mississippi: riv er to lay down your arms. . The cause for which you have so ldng .and so manfully struggled, and for which you have braved dangers, - endured privat .; tions and sufferings, and made so mane. sacrifices, is to-day hopeless-. The-Gey.,- • ernmen! which we sought tb’ < ibnsh a-nd perpetuate is at an end. Reason dictates and humanity demands that no ■-more ‘blood be shed. Fully realizing arid feeling that such is the case, it is’ your duty and- mine today down our arms —Submit.*to the •‘powers that be”; —*, • au-d .to aid in’ restoring-p aoe an 1 .estab fishing h- w and order throughout tho . ij. * . End'. * . • ’ . The terms upon which you were -stir* . rondered are favorable, and should be satisfactory and acceptable to alio Thev manifest a spirit ‘of magnanimity and liberality, on the part of the Federal authorith’ vwhieh’sh mid be met, on;Oup . part, by a faithful oaaipfijince with alt • • ..the stipulations and, “conditions therein . expressed!. As your commander j sjn*. dcreiy hope that every officer and- soldier pf my command will cheerfully wl.x.-v tin* orders given, an-d carry out in good faith . nil* the teims of the earlcJ • Those; who neglect the term -and ra in, a* to be parolled, .may . assuredi'y . <;m p.oc-L’ when arrested, •to be. sent North and imprisoned. Let those who.are* absent from -’theip commands., from -whatever .cause, report • at 0116 c to this place, or to daemon. M or, if too ‘remote from ,either, to the nearest United post or* garrison,’ for parole. ’ ’.. Civil war, such as you have just pass ed through, naturally engenders feelings of animosity, hatred and revenge. It is our duty to divest ourselves of all such .’ feelings; and, as far as in our power .to do so, to cultivate friendlv feelings tow-- a-rcls those with whom we have so ion .#.* . o ■ contended, arid heretofore so widely dif-* fbred. Neighborhood feuds, personal animosities, and private differences,’. should be blotted out; and, when you ‘. .return home, a ma-* ly, straightforward course of conduct will secure the respect . even of your enemies. Whatever your responsibilities may be to the. Govern ment, to society, to meet them like men. ‘ The attempt made to establish a sepa rate and independent Confederation lias failed ;• but the consciousness of having done your duty faithfully, and to the end, will, in some measure, repay i'or the ‘ hardships you have undergone; ‘ In bidding you farewell, rest assured that you carry with you my best wishes for your future welfare and happiness. Without, in any way, referring to the merits of the cause in which we have been engaged, your courage and deter mination, as exhibited on many hard fought fields, has- elicited the respect and admiration of friend and foe. And I now, cheerfully and greatefully acknowledge my indebtness to the officers and men of my command, whose zeal, fidelity and unflinclfing bravery have ! been the great source of my success ‘in arms. I have never, on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go my self ; nor would I now advise you to a course which-1 felt unwilling to pursue. You have been goc#l soldiers ; you cap be good citizens. Obey the laws, pre* serve your lienor, and the Government to vjiicli you have surrendered can afford, to be, and will b.:, magnanimous. N. R. FORREST, Lieut. General,