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