The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-12-16
numbers of converts, not the depth or saline

qualities of our piety.
The present race, just emancpated from
| slavery, possess degree of physical develop
ment demonstratlve upon scientific principle
most indisputable, of the excellent care, dis
cipllne, preservation of health, abundan
food, suitable clothing, and general protec
| ton you have bestowed on it, which defe
| all criticism, diSarms all uncharitableness
| and lays the African under the most endur
ing obligations of gratitude to his benefac
/ tors.
| T. proud barb of the Arab Sheik has no
| advanced in good qualities one jot or little il
many centuries. But when the merest scrubs
| have been in two centuries so improved thai
an American Republican is ready to deny the
| existing difference between the two, it is 6
satire upon common sense to ignore the su
perior discipline and high nor al manage
nent which have produced such almost mi
| raculOus results.
The same is true of the intellectual and
moral powers and receptiyity of the African
From the Rio Grande to the waters of the
Su3quehannah, the African speaks the Emo
llsh tongue with greater accuracy, ease and
Persplcuity than does any entire peasant
class their Vernacular language in any one
OF the Caucasian nations bevOnd the seas
ana yet men, American citizens, who know
that England IS not on the American cOnti-
nent, and have learned that it is offensive to
dod TO bear false witness against our neigh
Dor, ana even men protesting godliness.
are found who are sufficiently unrefectinp
ana blinded by prejudice to publish to
the world, in full view of all the compensa-
tive indemnity thus bestowed upon the race.
that we robbed the African of his wages. op-
pressed him in his labor, and so wronged him.
as to Justify the world i'll taking up arms TO
secure his emancipation
but the past is lrrevocable. African slave
ry can never exist again on this continent
a M In Il IL
nave been violently wrenched from the bar
rel by bayOnets. When it's history is written
In the year A. d. 1890, the wisdom and the
beneVOIence OF the unhOOping can be better
judged of than at present. We now must
consider what is due to ourselves in the al
tered condition of our domestic affairs. And
viewing their past and their future, what is
due to the cOlored people among us
In regard to ourselves we must accent. as
at the hands of Providence, the new condi-
tlon OF things with calmness and resolute
purpose to re-create and re-organize labor,
industry and prosperity. Foreign labor we
must have. The negro is still the natural
tlller of the soil; so we must take him as the
war left him, and as we find him. He is now
the architect of his own fortune. For his
labor he will be paid fixed wages He will
come IN contact with the worst class of white
men, who will take every advantage of his
ignorance, credulOusness and prejudice to
defraud and mslead him Nothing but cul-
tivatiOn in the line of things where his
greatest necessities will meet these opposing
elements, can in any good degree insure his
enjoyment of the fruits of his labor. All
good persons, all brave and magnanimous
men will from habit, former long standing
and friendly relations, and because it is pro-
per, just, and right in itself, endeavor to pro-
mote the enlightenment, improve the charac-
ter, and cultivate the friendship of the col
Ored man, and will contribute all the aid
aud influence in his power to protect him,
alike against the rapacity of the Southern
cormorant and the ferOcity of the Northern
wolf, The weighty words of Wade Hamp-
ton have just met my eye, and they are so
much to the point, ask your attention to
them. Of the cOlored people he says:
:" As a slave, he was faithful to us; as a
freeman, let treat him as friend Deal
with him frankly, justly, kindly, and my
word for it he will reciprOcate your kindness,
clinging to his old home, his own country,
and his former masters. If you wish to see
him cOntented industrious, useful, aid him
in his effort to elevate himself in the scale of
and thus fit him not only to en-
JOY the blessings of freedom but to appre-
ciate it's duties"
Your long standing custom of providing
pastors and christian instruction
for them, will prompt you still to look well
and diligently after their religious interests.
To this you are bound by indissoluble bonds. |
Those too old for attendance upon schools, |
will receive at the church whatever of good |
you have to bestOw, and as you would not |
lose the glorious reward of your past toll, |
and that of your gOdly ancestors. you will |
never alter your former kind department to- |
wards them in connection with their reli- |
oiolfs obligations But the young may be |
placed in schools and educated. And 1t Is |
alike sound policy and christian duty to |
assist them in obtaining such education as |
they are capable of receiving and employing |
i'm the sphere of life assigned them by the |
Divine all governing Power.
1t is an undenable truth that the best |
slaves were the educated The most useful |
were the we'll informed. A servant who |
could read, write and cypher, with good man
ners and morals, was at high premium |
above the man of mere bones, ana theWs' anu /
hrawn The same facts still hold good.
Now. / am aware that there are some fas-
tidious people among us who look with aver
sion upon African schools and their teachers,
bacause of the relation they stand III TO the /
Il ost Cause as well as on account OF tne |
fact that the poor white man is taxed Wlth-
)ut representation to pay, IN part lor ohoee
'aIao1s. while the same poor white mans lit |
la ones have neither school, nor teacher, nor |
nureau to take care of them. The aversion
= natural The wrong is patent ana cries 10
Heaven And because COO relShs anu VIZ
,ioht all our just grievances or compensate
,s for their meek and patient endurance we
,ngbt TO waive these passionate sentiments
nd address ourselves to the wise dlscnarSe
# obvious duties, leaving the eyentuaIitleS
# the performance to the Great Ruler OF tn9
rorId One thing is certain, the blacks VIII
40 mt to school. School houses VIII De
,r,iIt and teachers will be sent to instruct
~ 1riI[, TO- sluemoTo eqL .sHdnd psI9q4eS oq4
EnSlish education at least, will be onoreu
% them IN
Tho North swarms with those who VIII
,Iadly accept the position of teachers among I'M w
hem. and they viii bring with them, II EN- EN-
,Ioved with some worthy EXCEPTIONS tne
nost rmbittered feelings of hate ana aver aver
lon ION for every thing of their own cGlO[; tJ
,iU sod 70 ayenge themselves upon the haru
hn Tree of heaven, which did not make 1 .neth
l1ooI lGoo viii incite in the heart OF the treeu-
jas ola child, if possible, the profouhoese
l,a na+b;no for YOU Such conduct has nltneaso aaS
81 local breeches between the TWO IIoeS, ~
i," ,,S U;Il widen them every week, ana every
,aar to the bitter end =,
Onr own Commonwealth abonnds lnnt. M,eT tbev
~, Ou, ia women who need employmenti Ihey
i,eI i.'darstand the colored mans nature ana Cd
o;tieS thew can render both races lasting
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