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Editorial
January 19, 1866
The Texas Republican
Marshall, Harrison County, Texas
What is this article about?
Editorial criticizes the American Freedman and Union Commission's appeal for church donations to prevent 30,000 freed slaves from perishing in Louisiana, blaming abolitionists for their plight and mocking the philanthropy as villainous begging rather than direct aid.
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The Negro Missionaries
We have received a circular from the American Freedman And Union Commission requesting us to publish it but we imagine that we may as well give its purport as to weary our readers with a long story.
The substance of it then is that the agents of the Freedmen's Bureau declare that thirty thousand will perish this winter in Louisiana and that at least six thousand dollars are needed to provide them with food and clothes.
The churches are appealed to to come forward and raise this sum of money.
As these negroes were all right before the Abolitionists interfered with them, we do not see what excuse they can give for this wholesale slaughter of these innocent people. Philanthropists after having gotten them into trouble it is their duty to take care of them. and their effort to do this is the only feature of the case which saves it from downright villainy of the first water.
Robbing negroes of clothes and turning them out to die on the highways is not a way of showing our philanthropy for them and desire to care for them. We know how to find them victuals and clothes by a ten times shorter cut than going around the country begging from church to church
We have received a circular from the American Freedman And Union Commission requesting us to publish it but we imagine that we may as well give its purport as to weary our readers with a long story.
The substance of it then is that the agents of the Freedmen's Bureau declare that thirty thousand will perish this winter in Louisiana and that at least six thousand dollars are needed to provide them with food and clothes.
The churches are appealed to to come forward and raise this sum of money.
As these negroes were all right before the Abolitionists interfered with them, we do not see what excuse they can give for this wholesale slaughter of these innocent people. Philanthropists after having gotten them into trouble it is their duty to take care of them. and their effort to do this is the only feature of the case which saves it from downright villainy of the first water.
Robbing negroes of clothes and turning them out to die on the highways is not a way of showing our philanthropy for them and desire to care for them. We know how to find them victuals and clothes by a ten times shorter cut than going around the country begging from church to church
What sub-type of article is it?
Slavery Abolition
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Freedmens Bureau
Abolitionists
Negro Welfare
Philanthropy Criticism
Post Emancipation Aid
Louisiana Famine
What entities or persons were involved?
American Freedman And Union Commission
Freedmen's Bureau
Abolitionists
Churches
Negroes
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Abolitionists' Handling Of Freed Slaves' Welfare
Stance / Tone
Sarcastic Criticism Of Philanthropy
Key Figures
American Freedman And Union Commission
Freedmen's Bureau
Abolitionists
Churches
Negroes
Key Arguments
Agents Of Freedmen's Bureau Claim 30,000 Freed Slaves Will Perish In Louisiana Without Aid
Appeal To Churches To Raise $6,000 For Food And Clothes
Negroes Were Fine Before Abolitionists Interfered
Abolitionists Caused Their Trouble And Must Now Care For Them
Efforts To Aid Prevent Total Villainy
Begging Churches Is Inefficient; Better Ways Exist To Provide Victuals And Clothes