The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-08-31
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Thursday Morning, August 81, 1866.
WHAT M1ss1ss1pp1 DOES NOT WANT.

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WHAT MIssIssTPPI DOES NoTwANT
The above is the heading of an editorial il
the Vicksburg Herald, and it is copied into tn
Journal. The editor of the Herald says;
mississippi needs no more of those selfap
pointed emlssalies who come down here t,
teach the negroes their rights, and inflame thei
minds against their former masters. an(
against the race who are to employ them. ant
benefit them, If they are to be learned the use
ful arts at all" 5l,uafs vi 4qHD =
He acknowledges his State is very poor
and very helpless in her present condition, but
she Graves leave to protest against the influx
of new political adventurers. He thinks she
has politicians enough already, 81 native TO the
heath, who may prove the death of her again
True enough, these politicians, snative to the
heath" have been the death of the State, anG
we should think the Mississippians would like
to have some Others supply their places lest
they die a second death which, of course, will
bemore terrible than the first. @ Public opin-
ion must undergo change in that State as
well as in several others before they can eonsis-
tently become members of the Union. And
we know Of no better way to bring about that
change than for Northerners to settle among
them, teach the negroes and ~poor whites' to
read and write and disseminate healthy 10y
al feeling through their communities.
But thatis just what these southern poll
ticians don't want, and just what Northern
copperheads don't want. The ecase is perfect
ly clear. The democrats of the North are par
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ticularly anxious that Congress should again
be filed with the Southern element, and then
they would have some hope that a coalition
between them and their southern brethren
would give them the ascendency in the nation
al councils. and the loaves and fishes of Office.
But our impression is that there is power
Someachere to put stop to such proceedings,
and we think that power will be exercised SO
that these states shall not die a second death
through such instrumentalities + But let us
hear the comments of the Vicksburg Journal
on this subject apd in answer TO- the Herald.
It says: Frf~34N, fs9g
"Who the "emissaries" are who have come
down here to teach the negroes, we are at a
loss to imagine. We are equally at loss in
regard to the 'unscrupulous agitators" referred
VIZ o1AACSo bA4CJ W blC DOyS III Ulu6. WHO ccf-
tainly have somewhat "agitated" matters a
few young ladies from the North have opened
schools here, and at other cities South during
the past year for the education OF reftfeee5
and negroes. WeEhaYe seen these schools
both white and colored, well kept, well attend
ed and prosperous. s. d 81, 81 s asiasas ei a1is
Is this an offence, moral or political? Do
not these teachers deserve Something other
than reproach for their selfsacrifcing efforts |?
tHhnir 1,,+t oP.
cuniary profit in them. Or is it deemed wiser
to keep the blacks IN. abject ignorance during
the generations to come as they have been in
the past? 1t not, will any of the daughters
OF Mississippi relieve these "emissariesn of
theirirksonle task 1t is almost idle to spend
words upon the subject. II our State will
soonest become permanently prosperous, vice
suppressed virtue quickened and manly enter
prise developed by keeping our people or any
portion of them in ignorance, then these wick
ed "emissariesS ought to be banished and
warned MOTTO return again. hllANAha
The aboveis sound common-sense doctrine,
and places the matter in a true light. They
need teachers patient, laborious teachers,
who are willing to labor and swat for their re-
ward" The JonrndI well says:
"We have seen nov"a4 itators' so outrage
ously eunserupulous" as Some of the politicians
"to the manor born" who are now wrangling
over the ruin they have wrought" the only
result OF which will be to enbarrass our State
and delay her restoration to her national
rights and privileges" li7.s sea - g. q
A correspondent Of the Journal also hits
the nail on the head. He says Mississippi
needs free speech quite as much as anything
else, and Press that is above catering to the
ancient prejudices of the Southern people It
also needs large immigrations ofmen and cap
itali her present depopulated and fnpover-
ished condition. This writer very justly con-
cludes that immigration win pass by them un-
less these extreme Southern men are thorough
ly cured of their former aDsidbLe proelivities Of
denouncing as agitators, and threatening with
violence all earnest men whose political opin-
ions do not agree with theirs.
The day has forever gone by, we trust, when
Soltherners can place paddock on Northern
lips, or imprison free -colored people who may
visit them or reside among them. Free speech
and free press and free labor must now pre-
vail all over the South; and just as soon as the
people settle down under such regulations and
adapt themselves to these new conditions, the
Southern States win begin to flourish and
prosper. As prejudices wear away their eyes
viii begin toopen and see their true condition.
This work must be done, however bitter the
operation may be at first. As they progress
and get new light, the labor and struggle viii
become more easy. This great change must
be wrought before they can take seats in Con-
gress and participate in the legislation of the
country, and the sooner they set about it the
better it viii be for them. .ss dsia s .ee e