The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-22
e0nLhslde view OF Norlherl farlners.


sonthside View OF Northern Farmers.
The Richmond Eaquirers in com
menting upon the elections IN Ohio,
Indiana, and Pennsylvania, expresses
the following not very catering
opinions Of the sturdy farmers and
laberlng men Of these States;e 1aHsH
One eireumstanee il eignihchnt; The
great gains of the Conservatives ARE III the
| large philadelphia and Cincinnati
for eKafnpenwlliis the rural districts
! have given their foflhsf, or greater, MAJ
J Jofities for the aadieais. There Is an sK.
/ PLANTATION fon this. With ali their lboasts
of learning and intelligence, there Is not
fnors ignorant peopielo be found ia Christ.
end9ni, on subjects outside Of their daily
avoeations, than the multitude Of ten aud
twenty ana nifty acre farmers that cover
the face Of the earth IN the Northern
! States. The extreme destitution Of gener-
al Information Of this class, beeams well
understood by our citizens ia their inter.
course With the Federal soldiers 10 the late
war Their conception Of intelligence is,
| the ability 10 read aud write spelling is
at VIII. Ia point of general knowledge
and iibefanty Of idsas there Is no eompari-
son between the sonth6rn people and the
classes at tle North 10 which we refer.
Their farms are too small % yield them
profits TO travel OF. they see nothing and
heilf nothing aud know nothing outside
OF their own hnTow horizon, except what
their single weekly newspaper Tells them.
The above il decidedly refreshing,
when we recall the condition and
education Of the great mass Of the
Southern people, especially that class
known as 'tlie poor white 'trash.
Contrasting the educational adyan-
tagee Of the two sections, the Laqui-
re,1s comments on the elections, aud
the inferehceA drawn from them, show
the reckless spiritand blindness Of the
Journals Of the South Throughout
the entire North public edpeation is
established, and the people know how
TO read to argue, to reflect aud to
judge. The aeeusation Of Ignorance
againsf orr sturdy yeomanry COMES
with bad grtoe from a section where
public, education IL discouraged, and
whore the poor whites neither able to
read Dor write, have been kept down
by the planting aristocracy, who were
enabled to rale oydf them by the SUI
perior education which they enjoyed,
and which was paid for by the unre-
Quilted labor Of slaves. 1t Is conoes.
sion by the Enquirer which must have
its value, that Northern farmers Gun
read aud write, aud enjoy their week
lynewspapers. HENRY A.. WISE once
boasted that in his district there was
not q single newspaper published, and
the reason was, because very few Of
his constituents were able TO reado
The woes Of The South are owing TO
the fact Of the Ignorance Of its white
population, which rendered thousands
the dupes of the secessiono l garchs,
and until education IL dihused among
them rs generally as it IS AT the North,
until every district has its school, the
Southern people will be kept down by
the educated aristocracy, or which the
Eqqaifer . N appropriate organ. di 'ii
ifthN iif'
TnEnE was 4 time lwhqp I" Posey
County" wasa by,woFd abroad, but
thanks to the loyalty ofeitspeople it
i'm longer 30. No county which
gives a1 ahti-Deihocratic vote can
long Dc noted abroad forits igpprance
and yerdanoy. It's people by the re-.
suit Of the last election, have done
more TO remove the false impression
about The character Of is Inhabitants
than anything else theyoduld do. We
find the following in the Greyyiile,
EQll.,) ifdaepcaae5lE ~ N
PosiY County, IgpfANA.--This county,
has nobly done It's duty. IN the late cleo
ton For the first time. 10 has elected the
whole Republican ticket, ipsirins loyal
Representatives rs al 80 the Joint Repro
.sentative from posey ana vAnderburgh, rs
we'll ~ loyal state Senator. HThomas 9,
JaqueSs IL senator. Geo. lWolhfn, Repre-
sentative, and j s. Hopkins, joint Repro
sentative A lot of old rats who have
lived OH of old Posey for. loi these many
years, will now have TO stand back aud let
Bob" see the show awhile.
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TIE last phase Of My Policy " is