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rrT" -i : y 1 y ' . "' " """ "N1111'1""!" I. npum , tumii ii niii jiiiiuiMiiMiiii i i " . ' '- :- -- -r . ' ifToBBMl OF FUEjiDOIl: ... -r - "3? 322 p ft mm- Bismonthi. ' 4 00 Oaeuonth '"T""" ':" 2 60 " :r-tt AXIVlR.XljS1:KQt OnesquAra,onelB,.rM(. ; EDWARD P DnOOICO, EDITOR. x Devoted to the interests of the FREEDMEN OF THE SOUTH and the establishment and maintenaoco of EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL MEN, l egardlees of class r color. -. THE FItEEDMEI8 Egvia,! Bights Before , the ' Law for all Men-Social Conditions will Regulate Themselves. VOL. I; RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, OCT. 21, 1865. NO. 4. ADDRESS OF GEN. HOWARD. Speeches by-Gen. Dockery and Judge Read. , THE FREED 31 EX S BUREAU, NOT A PERMA A1STC 7. Oa Thursday evening Gen. Howard addrcsscl the . . f t , . T ' j t . . delegates to us otai-e vjoveniiuaf aau a 4rgo-u am ber of ourcitiE'Jns, including many ladies, on the sub ject cf the Frtedmeo and the Bureau over which he presidef. He wad intrnduced to the audience Vy the Governor, and ccrameuccd by assuring his hearers that he entertained the kindest intentions towards the State, and was merely an agent in the'hamla of the President for the executioa cf h?3 policy in rcB- pect to theFredmen aul tbeir chaigd relations with. their lata owners H '"stated tht hs was m rome for South G.iro-in.t : but thiukin that Oue esd to tb3 country might reuit fro.a latere ursj with, the ' members of the State cnveut ion, ue jaaA halted iu Raleigh, and exrrestel hin8lf as greatly pleased at the opportunity ff -rdad hiin of addressiug them. The rep rt of the'eomnitiee t i whicfi tha address of the Ffeodmeu's couveuti'n' hd been referred was handed to him, aud he read it. H . endorsed it as near ly coinciding witri his vbwsaud approved Vrn policy recommeiidt'd in the report. He spoke of the action o the convention- as important and expressed hia coi.fi deuce in the horesty and wisdom of its members, aDd their legislation iu the matter. Hi thought that effective laws could not be pas3d at present becaus linie is uectsaary to perfect snch important matters. Ha referred to the course of Alabama and Mississippi, where arrangements bad t-esn made by wiiich Borne cf the jut-tices iu each county were authorized to set tle difforencss between whites and blacks, and en force law and order, and earnestly advocated the 'adoption cf a similar method in North Otrolina . Hf 'referred to the result of the woik accomplished by his Bureau, and said that o- 'oue,, white or black , is s: staintd in vagrancy or id!eua O :u of the Rreat otj ets had bee i to brck up v.r.iucy and it bd tfflii t.PirU' a.To. mp'i-h -J - I i h is present position he o'i,'i t .t alvj -at Eqna R hts and did n in-t-i,i r.) do , but i:j hiaiiiress he hoped to advance' a few rrii'ticil sggestions unl aii1 in the siurioa cf tlie i ffl u d s wiiioh riow ftiiveiope the labors of the ciiVuii The Bar 'iu was intended to last for a year, ft'.d i-v o ly a i agj'icy arrange 1 t break- the shock o' the transiti-u wb'ch is now g ing on in tbf- social roudition cf th S uth. The cbangq of the system of i ibor, aud iu s c.ai mtt'MS is grt at,' and the Utsreau was iutendd t assist iu the change. It has uo pecuniary resources, and consequently army ofSctrs are detailed as its agents, when it was originally Intended that intelligent citians should be employed. As soon as the States are able to take care of their own poor, the Bureau will cease to act, and the Freed of en .will be turned over to their care. .He recommend schools for all cla3ies, and particularly for the Freeumen. For the rest of the reportwe are indebted to the Standard of yesterday: . After a short pause the audience called on. Genera D -ikery.- The call was repealed, whfen the, delegate from Richmond are and addressed them. GEN. DOCKERT's SPEECH. He said that he was loth to address the assembly, when so many mr jtble'thao himself were present, tut as General Hovard had called for facts and infor mation, lie wculd give him such as he had. Ha came iWm the South Carolina line from a county rta the Pedee. He always had a kind feeling for th negroes They had nursed him. and Uad Liirsed his children.. This kind attachment stil fxi.stcd. Ha was disposed, therefore, to do the negro justice. II believed that theState of North Carolina had been atolitionizi by the war, and that tho poo pie would do them justice. But the regro did not rightfully comprehend his situation. He had many crude ideas of liberty. He thought liberty consisted in the privilege of roaming wherever he wished and cessation from labor. Vagran cy was agreat misfortune. The negroes wandered off to the cities searching for a crowd. Some came back with marvellous tales, and rendered whsle neighoor lioods dissatisfied. Besides, the' men did not seem disposed to support their families. They would nor woik, and the women and children could not support themselves. In cor junction with mean, demoralized white men. they had committed many depredations on stock and property, stealing cotton, killing hogs and sheep. In sepport of what he said, the General cited many instaDces of his own personal kutjwledge. He said that now the prevailing question in. the country was what to do with the neg. In old times it required all ' the energy of the master to make a living on the woruout lsmda of his country, and now that the negroes would not work, no living at a'l could be made'. Were they to te driven away like the red men, or should they bft allowei to die in our yards from starvation r tie ata not neiieve mat our people would allow them to starve, bnt they would 1 not work, and what was to be done ? In bis county . i- :: . . 1 , u fDext spricg, and he feared that these freed men I who had now become consumers and non-producers f wonld fdffer. , . n i He said that in comiog through Wilmington he bad Waited on Gen. Crook, aod asked for the organization of a local police in bis couoty. Shce that time he I bad learned that a de achme&t of negro troops had been sent there. He deplored this. He thought he negroes would look upon them is protectors, aod would soon commit some act to test whether thev would be ophdd in depredations Off be whites. He had much rather preferred a home nrgiijiziuon or a wl ite gmrd. ' . I After some other reranks by Mr. Djckery, I GEN ERA Ii HOWARD . . Ar.se. and said thai what Geo. Dockpry had said krengthened tim in the belief of the necessity of jocal courts, such as he bad referred to. That he bad also received a new idea. If upon the old wornout lar.r"a ri F dan Ti fcerv's'- county the negro cou'd Wely make a living - when a slave, aod- none now 'that i.e was left tc'ttms-df. what w jU d be his fate H It ft to hin:s-lf in a new c -uutry ? . . . - vv 2 i a l . m -rar iirii. h miiii.iiihi I . ne w. u a HbK geniierut-n it w l" - . . r.. j,-v .... pv..tf who!-? w -rktnz population from :a c untv ? If Ubur e-O'iM hi r-'gulatd, would it ut betur that it juuld rr kept at h m r a- reie r $ td to some of the French Inlands of tha West Iodies Us an example where tree negro labor was properly gu!ated. . - ; : ' ' ' . ' ' IK BEPLT. Gen. Dockery wished to know if negro childrea could ta anprenticcd, and to what ext ot. -J . ;ti ;.. aid that they coold, to 'the same' extent 'that White " THI8 ANSWER, t Said Cren . Dockery , relieves us of a world of trouble. THE HOST. E. G. BEADS Was next called upon. Ha asked leavij to assure General Howard that hi3 kindly feelings were pnp erly understood and appreciated. That he was from the northern border of the State; hh friend General Dockery from the southern.-.' He fcew that his friend would bear him cut in the assertion that under the old system, a cruel and a hard master was a rare thing in North Carolina. Tfaattrjere was art attachment between master and sve in North Carolina under tne old system, which the war nor the ordinanca passed by this Convention could dissolve. He believed. therefore, that in no district in North Carolina could a freedman be imposed upon. His former master would not allow it when appealed to, but wou'd protect him. Such was bis opinion. He did not think himself 'a better master than others of his neighbors. He had owned but few slaves, some thirty or forty. Yet there were members of his family to whomln the whole course cf his Ufa, he hud ne'ver spokea an unkind word. Therefore, he thought that wero this matter left to the people of ne etate it wonid be ja3tly and properly regulated. The intelligent people, and he begged leav e to assure tha General th3t onr people were intelligent, would do it better than the Freedman's Bureau, because they knew what was bc-st. There were some difficulties wiih the negroes some misunderstanding but the people couid regulate these things better than the agents of the Bureau. ' " " GENERAL HOWARD Wished to know if he thought ihat the agents had caused any of these diffiru It iee. JUDGE READS ' Thought that they had. Toeir instructions to tb ngroea had been given, h doubted not, in good fa'ub. B it their Instructions were to tha negroes to go t work, aud if their employees dii not pay them, thev would see that it W;s done. Tnis fostered tha. belief mat p.gents of the Bureau were better friends than their former masters, and made the negroes distrust ful. Bsi Jes, white men had bean brought from his county on the declaration of f read men," whether sworn 6r not he did not know, aud put in jail here to no tried. This also created bad feeling. In conclusion the Judge again reiterated hid assur tree to Gau. -Howard that the Convention fu1l ippreciated his good purposes. . IN COKCLUSION, General Howard- mido a few remarks, "repeating sac mctly v hat he had saij, and impressing upon th birds oi the memoers ol the C mveutim the ncct-s-bily fur some action 'on the t-ubjt. N'.te. Tais r- port wis made up without notes, eniireiy jroui memory.' If any. of tne distinguisho'i gentleruHn hive iK'en misrepresdnted, ortneirmean ing nut "fully explaine d,' it will be a pleasure to j ut sh their speeches entire, or correct the error. Report on Freedmen's Address. Submitted to the Convention by Mr. Pool, Chairman of the Committee, on the 11th instant : The Committee, to which was referred the Address ef the Freedmen's Conven tion, asks leave to submit the following report : The subject matter of the Address and petition could be more appropriately act ed on by the Legislature, than by this Convention. But the importance of the subject, and the necessity for careful and considerate action are so great that it may be proper for the Convention to fake some initiatory steps towards its adjust ment. .The former relations of master .and slave having ceased in North Carolina, new and mutual rights and . duties have superveifed, which require corresponding legislation. . A large class of the popula tion, ignorant and poor, has been re leased from the' stringent restraints of its late social and political position, and from its dependence upon the individual obligations of another class for its sup port, government and protection. And it now becomes the duty of the State to assume control of this change of rela tions, and to enact such laws as right and justice may require, and as may bo most conducive to the general wellare. The abolition of slavery has been adopt ed in good faith, and with the full de termination that itehall not . again, exist in the State) either in form or substance. But the consequences of its former exis tence will inevitably effect the state of society for years to come. In conse quence of his late condition as a slave, the freedmen is ignorant of the opera tions of civil government, improvident of the future, careless of the restraints of public opinion, and without any real ap preciation of the duties and obligations imposed by the change in his relations to society. It is the interest of the white race, if he is to reside among us, to im prove and elevate him by the enactment of such laws, .conceived in a spirit of fairness and xiberality, as will encourage him to seek his true welfare in honest industry, and the faijthful discharge of the duties of life) "His intellectual and social condition must depend upon his in dustry and virtue. Prejudices of a social character will probably exist forever; They are not confined to this State, nor to those States or 'countries where the institution of African slavery' has been recognized ; but haVe pervaded every society w. here the two races have been brought in contact. However nnjust such prejudices may be deemed in theory, wisdom and prudence reanire that they should be bo far recog- Inized and respected by legislators, as to avoid rash attempts at measures pnai might serve only to inflame and strength en them. Although we cannot hope lor the entire correction of many of the evils under which we now labor, yet time will materially modify them and much may be safely trusted to its silent : but effect TTfiRtv and inconsiderate action should'be avoided ; and above alW Thinirs.v should the .aencawr queswuuo evolved from the new relations ax&orig us be kept from the arena of party poli tics. There are, at present, in North Carolina, some real bonds of attachment between the two races. Families . have been brought up and nurtured together uftder 6ur . former domestic relations, faithful servants have gained the esteem and confidence of their former masters, and possess and reciprocate tender feel ings of affection from those whose infancy they have watched; "and in the pleasures and sports of whose childhood they ha ve participated Their services and sym pathy in afflictions are remembered, and the dearest memories of the dead are asso ciated an ft shared, with them. From such ties, and from the common feelings of interest, justice and humanity, 'more is to be hoped, for the improvement and welfare of the colored racer than from the agitation of impracticable claims for so cial and political rights, or from the aid of those whose interference is likely to be regarded witt jealousy and met with re sentment. We deplore the premature introduction of any schemes that may disturb the operation of these kindly feel ings, -'or inflame the inherent social prejudice that exists against the colored race. The necessary legislation should be conceived in a spirit of fairness and justice, and in full and unreserved con formity , to existing relations. But ' it should be suited to the actual condition of the parties and be aimed rather to their material and moral welfare, and to the general peace and rosperity of the State, than. to any theoretical schemes of social and pelitical equality. Those of our laws that are inapplicable to the changed relation of master and slave, and those that are in contravention to it, should be repealed ; and many new laws are now indispensably necessary to meet the present condition of things. These laws should be drawn with great care, and with the most mature conside ration. The committee, therefore, recommends that the Provisional Governor of the State be requested to appoint and constitute a commission of three gentlemen, eminent for legal ability, to prepare and submit to the consideration of the Legislature, at its next session, a system of laws upon the subject of freedmen, and to designate such laws or parts of laws, now in force, as should tbe repealed in order to conform the statutes of the State to the ordinance of 'this Convention abolishing the insti tution of slavery. John 'Pool, Chairman for the Committee. We are Going Home. We have; seen nothing more clearly indicating the pleasure with which some of the Southern people return, to the Union than the short address of Mr. Reade, President of the North Carolina Convention, delivered on taking his seat to preside over that body. In the course ol his remarks he uses the following -language : . "Fellow-citizens, we are going home. Let painful reflection upon our late sepa ration, and f pleasant memories f our early union; quicken " our footsteps to ward the old mansion, that we may grasp hard again the hand ot Friendship which stands at the, door ; and, sheltered by the old homestead,' which was built upon a rock and has weathered the storm, enjoy together the long, bright future which awaits, us." ' This is uttered in the true spirit of brotherhood. It shows that the influence of early education has hot been utterly destroyed by rebellion, but that there are those whose memories go back to ear lier days, and who rejoice in the prospect of again claiming their rights of citizen ship beneath the folds of the banner for which their fathers fought. " We are going homey says Mr. Reade. To an American citizen such an express ion is full- of. meaning. It conveys an idea of all that is most cherished of rest, of peace, of happiness. The 'word ' ' home1 symbolizes all these. It is the place we retire to when the struggles of the day are over, to find sympathy .and" love. .That any one should use such an expression in regard to a re-establishment of political relations, shows how much bitterness and sorrow was entailed by separation, and how powerful are the emotions with which those who were un willingly forced out of . the Union are agitated at the prospect of claiming their old position in their own old country. It is, indeed, like an exile returning to the country of his birth and his affec tions. Those who were forced ty cir cumstances to submit to the domination of the rebellion were indeed in worse than a foreign country, for they had not the privilege of being strangers. They were compelled in many cases to become citizens of a foreign Power and to take up arms for it. To such men it will in deed be a pleasure . to Unite with ; Mr. Bead e. in cherishing ' 'pleasant memories of our early union, so as to J ''quicken their footsteps toward to the old "man my and poisoned its peace. " The family quarreled over this institution, and have now made up tneir minds to dispense with it. Let us hope that, the bone of contention being removed, the Union of the future will be more Tiarmonious than the Union of the past, so that all entitled to the protection of its laws may find it to be a-home indeed. . . . In coming hme the South is a great gainer, the gains in character and in-! nuehce, in" political power, and in all that contribute towards national great ness'. Our resources are added to her own.' The citizens of - the South, who would have hampered themselves by, po litical doginas; which would have de stroyed their political importance, and "made theni tributary to some powerful ally, are being restored to their old status as cisizens of the United States of America, whose. power.has been - demon strated in crushing theTebellion, and as such citizens the -world will "accord to them, as to us, Ihe position to which the manifestations of this power has elevated our Government. They will share with us in the additional lustse , which has been shed upon - our arms. The . very bravery their misguided leaders display ed in the contest enures, as does that of our military chieftains, to the advantage of the. whole country, as regards its mili tary reputation. The world, which has gazed in wodder at the mighty armies and unparalleled energy of the conflict, which hs seen hundreds of thousands of men marshalled in battle, an'd contend days and weeks together with doubtful advantage on either side and courage and endurance on both, cannot fail to respect a power which combines them both. When the day comes that calls our South ern friends to arms ' under, the Old Flag, side by side with our own - brave Wearers of the blue, we are assured. that .ill those who feel like Mr. Reede that they are coming "home" will help -to add new lustre to the arraa of their and our country. Baltimore American. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. 7 The Earnest use of Life. Let us think how little we use life thoroghly. how xivtxo we i rcany live our me, how seldom sion. ; It was a great and glorious, mansion when they were in it,: - but -it had a do mestic institution which marred its econo- Gen. Swain's Order. Gen: Swain, of the Freedman's Bureau in Alabama, has given orders that all contracts with the freedmen for labc r must be reduced to writing, and approved by- the agent of the bureau tor plantation la boj. .Lmploy ers must stipulate to provide sufilcient food, quarters and medical attendance for the laborers, and such further compensar tion as may lie agreed upon. "Such con tracts will be a lien upon the crops raised upon plantations, of which not more than one-half shall be removed until full pay ment to the laborers is made, and the contract' cancelled by the agent of the Bureau for plantation labor. Absentees from labor,- -without goad cause, will be proceeded against as vagrants, and may be set to work on the public roads, or to do other labor, or turned over to the Freedman's Bureau. Gov. Parsons and Gen. Wood have approved of the order, and directed its enforcement. ' . . A curious case of miscegenation has "re cently occurred in South Carolina. Capt. E. d. Scran tpn, 128th colored troops, sta tioned at Beaufort has been tried, convic ted and sentenced by court martial to be dismissed the service, for cohabiting with in camp, and afterward marrying,-a color ed woman of bad reputation. The sen tence has been' approved by Gen. Gilmore, commanding the Department, in a general order. . That is queer; what is the fellow punished for what he did before marriage, or the marriage itself lNewburyport Her ald. Gen; Geant on'Negko Scffeage. Gen. Grant, both from his position as head of the army and from the prestige he has won, is likely to become as important' to our Government, for the remainder of his life as the Duk e of Wellington in the latter part of his public career. His views, therefore, will always be of interest. In this connection -we give the following from the Chicago Tribune : " General Grant, in conversation with his friends, says that it is too soon to declare that the loyal , blacks in the South shall not be allowed to .vote. Aside from the abstract right and the legal problem of what au- thoritv can confer or - withhold the fran-1 chise whether it be Congress or the State the question may assume the shape of a political necessity. The Government and the people may choose between keep ing a' "Standing array of 100,000 men at an expense of $160,000,000 a year to the tax payers, to support the white minority in tne ooutn against tne wnne reoei majority, or of enfranchisipg the blacks, and thereby epabling them to support the white loyal ists. Gen. Grant foresees that the suffrage question may take this form." .... The gross receipts towards the erection of the Lincoln Monument are $53,000. A design for the monumet has been sub mitted ,to the Association by J. Larkins Mead, the well known Vermont sculptor, bnt no acction has been taken upon it. The question of freeing 'the slaves in Cuba is creating considerable discussion, not only among the people of- the Island1, but in Spain also. we are in the humor to carrv ont lif- great and solemn purposes, how we let its opportunities fly by us', like thistle down on the wind. Why are we not al ways denying ourselves, taking up the cross and following Clfrist ? Why are we not always on the watch for every oc casion in which a. word may be saw, or a deed Bone, or a thought thou ht, that shall be a protest for Christ, in this vain and sinful world ? V Why is God's love but a rare wintry gleam v' and "never a steady summer in our jsoul? Think, for instance,. of such a thing as prayert what a wonderful and beautiful thing it is I To kneel, an atom in creation, at the throne of the Almighty ; to be able to bare our hearts to him, and to feel sure tlat the least throb, as well as the great spasm, is perfectly appreciated, 'felt, un stood, sympathized "w.ith, by that awful, yet loving Being.! ; And yet how wintry our hearts are in our prayers i now seldom they burst into- cheerful praises I how constantly the sky above us seems pale and- heavy; and cold and impenetrable, and our hearts beneath ; i ; : . : i r - auiuiug iu iiicu winipr Bleep i ur II a 8nowdcop here and there wanders out, and now and then a pinched primrose, there are not flowers enough to fashion into even the poorest garland. The world is too much with as, la.e and soon : Getting and spending, we lay waste oar powers. Error, Faith and Experience. It cannot be necessary for us in the present daj to stand and say that a man is not saved by the form of what he believes. It is more important fot us to assert that neither is a man saved by what he dis believes. ; When yo have unmade the intellectual foundation of a hundred creeds, you have made no church for yourself. When your newer or nicer logic has overturned the fallacies of no matter what councils or cannon, you have i i ' l n i' ..i yet, not., given man a guiae ior iaitn.or an example tor ufe It you try to do this, youwill find that the ground of religious experience lies, beyond theshort-comings of other men and your own. No fault of yours need deprive you of , the comfort of recognizing an. eternal standard of perfection which is always present for your study and endeavor ; and no fact ot theirs absolves you from the necessity of measuring your own thoughts and ef forts by that standard. He who is reli gious believes in the efficiency of faith. He knows error to be as inevitable to himself as to .others. But he knows that the results of faith ach sabseqnent vne-foiirth colamB: One-half One 44 1 CO 60 MM.M.m.w..M r 1& OO one months.. ........ Xvt 00 ;44'C6 MUM.M..M.Va . Wt for ui,icu, yearly and All bnninaaa . .. phooks & CRANE. (Isaiah 41-15.1 Th made of iron: a - are so much greater than the hindrances of error, that he seeks, in the culture of the one. the true and only remedy against the incursions of the other. Christian , Examiner for July. ' The North British Review says : "The pressing heed of our faith is not simply faithful evangelist! "to proclaim its doc trin'es, but legions of men consecrating their worldly vocations, witnessing to that truth on which much skepticism pre vails, that Christianity, so received as to become an integral part of a man, is om nipotent to keep him from the evil, not by taking him out of the world, but b making him victorious over it. He is a most worthy disciple of Christ who, like Palissy, or Buxton, or Bugett, or Per thes, exhibits religion as Hhe rignt use of a man's whole self 'as the one thing which gives dignity and nobility to what is in itself sordid and earth v as the mainspring of earnest and successful strivinffs at'ten lofter ends and nurer life as the power, outside of and within man, whicn, lifting up conduct in the t . 1 1 ? A 1 '" . I...' inaiviauais, raise t-ne community auu not as a state of mind mystical) and in active life unattainable, high up among things intangible, separately irom con tact with, work-a-day life, appropriate to isaboatn uays ana special nours, iu icm iire. old atre and death beds. Everyman Txrhn ia r1il"orAnf. in Thnsiness. serving the Lord is a sermon brimful of the ener- ."oa ftf Ufa anrl truth. A witness to the comprehensiveness and adaptability ot Christ's religion, a preacher ot righteous ness in scenes where none can preach so effectively or so well," Threshing Machine. "At Beirut," says one who has traveled in Syria and Palestine, "I sought out a mechanic s shop, in order to see a threshing instru ment, described to me as used generally in that part of Syria, and as similar to that of the ancient inhabitants, me frame was composed of thick pieces ot plank, turned up in front like oor stone sledge, and perforated with holes nnder neath .for holding the teeui. T-' t def of Rharn basaltic rock, about 1 nuis as chaff." 1 were sometimes appears from Amos 1-3 T S?N T0A RBACHER.-Never shall I forget the remark of a le arne.l le "D , r 1HV,ew: Sai,! he tome: salvatinn T 1 T?! t0 M1 of salvat .on. I would labor day and night I would speak with all the enere'rana and Untn t my fellow-men to turn unto I am I'? 'al vatiori his an Js. 1 am astonished-at the manner in which ,the majority of your ministers tel Tyour vouffi fhy; you do not act I. you believed your own words. Yen have h!arnest.ne88.1D Preaching that we -.vci8 iiave m pleading. ,If w.wero ?n& -. A decade of years has passed away since that remark was made. I bless trod it was addressed to me. It puta fire in my bones which I hope will burn as long as I live. God, preached a stirring sermonto me that day by tlie mouth of that infidel la wyer,-i?ez;. P. Stryhr,of New Brunswick . ' J ' Charitable Judgment. The following words from a sermon of Laurin deserves to be 6ommif.fpr1 tn mam i A. " v "4Xyijr ug JJUIUO 10 a just and charitable judgment of the character of ' others : . In order to judge properly of a crime and a criminal, we must examine tho power of the temptations to which he was exposed ; tho opportunities : given him lo avoid it ; the Ibrce of his natural constitution ; the motives which animat- ' ed him ; the resistance he made ; the vir tues he practiced ; the talents God -gave him ; the education he had , what knowl edge he had acquired ; what remorse he felt. It must be examined whether he were seduced by ignorance ; whether ho were allured by example ; whether ho . yielded through weakness ; whether dis sipation or obstinacy, malice or contempt of God of His law, confirmed him in sin. The Lord Jesus the "Hub." The fol lowing, in homely, words, presents a true and happy metaphor: , A negro preacher while holding forth to the colored soldiem then ntntionptl at Port Hudson, said : "De whole ob God's relation to us am like de wheel. De Lord Jesus Christ am de hub, de Chris- tiatig am de hpokes, and de tire am do grace ob God a hinden me- all together ; and de nearer we get to de hub, do nearer we get to each other. . "Are you. still in the land of the liv ing," enquired a man of an aged friend. "No, but I am goiug there." This world ig the shadow heavtn is tho reality. Peesidexi- Johnsox and the Dkmc- , racy. Adistiuuinhed gentleman incyn- , versation with the President, a few days ago, remarked to him : "I perceive, Mr. Johnson, that' Hie Copperhead Democra-. cy are making grt?at efforts to capture our President to withdraw' him troin the party which nominated and elected him, and to put him into the keeping of tho party which slandered and villihed him before election, and which plotted his as- sassination afterward,, and I should likd to know their chances ot success ine. PrPBKlpnt reolied : "I think I know them too well to be in danger ot capture by them, and 1 supposed they know me well enough not to mlike the attempt. Bos tm Journal. A negro woman, who was baptized a few Sundays ago, at Huntsville, Alii, came forth-from the water shouting ; " Freed from slavery, freed from -Bin, bless God and Gen. Grant ?" - A Kentucky newspaper actually admits that the negro troops are " P . gentlemanly, and bear-tho mark of trao, lentucky breeding," This is doubly suggestive ; first, as an opinion about the ueg?o character, and, second, as a com pliment to their ancestry. a nA ne?rrn man who attends to Judge xu"rrz:: 0pntaiiv found "hit nr van b uiw j J . . t 1 1 falD A a xr a o cm InnflT-lOSC Droiuer " "t?-- O , , . TT- were They .a ;n Virrrinia when about ten three inches long and namiy -than iron itself. This machine is drawn over the grain by horses or oxenna serves, together with the tramping ' otthe r r v, ommaU. tn beat, out the Ker- nela and cut up jj tfr Vt winnowme. it u to an i"."-"-.- ; I . . - . (I I I lill cfl a this description tnat tne ProE?c" -:;Vh ' when he says : .'Behold, l-. (that is, the Jewish nation,) as a new, iharp threshing instrument, haviDS,teetn, years ofd, and separated - They are now upwards of sixty years.of age; and made Sf discovery tha't they were . brothers 2hil nTonversation about the changes . w , . j i Th last seen of the oTdTastrey" wVre going down Cherry stree, arm in arm, full of glory.-fe- viUe Dispatch. t t . It has been ascertained by trie i reeo . ""nrpan that parties from that city have recen ij been engaged in Enticing freldmen from Washington on board a W bound to the newly dUcovered oislandsoff theKrian coast where y were placed in clcje conhnemen an clrriedoff against their wdL The affair undergoing an investigation. The planters, on the tern shore ot Marvuld are sending to the Freedmen & Kuat Washingtonforfree negro kbo?- era. ' - " ' " auren were. . .ii!,ws
Journal of Freedom (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 21, 1865, edition 1
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