The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-04-27

industry aud politics. aud Mr. Arthur inform
ing them " that education would 20 far TO make
1 " them mentally and morally the equal OF the
whites g. aud Tary inviting them - TO work
shoulder 10 shoulder with the whites for the
regeneration of,hc South. aud to trust to their
old friend. thGt white nciehbcrs, rather
than 10 Norihrruor.. those who refused TO believe
that the franchise could 10 the negro any good
may vel Fuh ii,ir cye. This meeting took
lacc 10 'hc gMri cry OF thc state in which most
o; the extreme SUuih,ru theories Of politics and
religion Nciy halchca and preached in which
.hc rceta.' h.af 'hg largest proportion to the
Naiic population. aul "a which, therefore, their
admission % POLITICAL ,qlality may he expected
~ 'by c.i Sogihriu ihcu;, Of their character
aui csrac.iy 10 work ,hc greatest mischief and
though ,as' Go, .,sst. tie Hh.ic speakers were
'som tar Glaze winch la, always becn foremost
ga SO hostility nui ui, 20 ncgso emancipation,
.u' io re, soDety ~ 20 an, FORM ~ society in
which 'i., Al0g,s b. not a'rni When Wade
Hampton coia,, cut aui avow' hIs submission
% 'he ncW order % lhinss and b.. hoicfulucss
atca, %. ,hc weaker brethren % ai. political
ghlgcL May well 'ahc courage aud be OF good
cheer
W. have always feared that y the work OF ed
aca'n- 'hc Seu,h':n negroes were allowed 10
lag when ihe ,r,ach.sc Mas bestowed oa them,
!. 'hey we've not AZ :ss, rs possible brought into
-oa'ac; u.'h Nrr;.,fa opinion ty the diffusion
.s4oa-., ;lcn d. 'a, a-'. 81 reading and writing,
'.,. u.-.tsv -, t.t.s Political power IS 10 DO
.,u..s tu 81 to'. 'c 'H,.asc,ycs aud the coun-
.. Aaa pas, ''a;,! ;hA, Il he provision
u ia,tu. osi-Iua; oi..t..or were lei, optional
ai'A ,tt States zee s. ie, iuish; re So opposed
% B: erl 'hc ncg..,. 81. iat.tT rent about H. that
schools aigtttc.ts ,-rliisi,i IN efficient
aau;,ss 'e coF. N..a be iei aal Is Hos, hea-
'rtu i-uo-a:ee %t.A which 90, South is over
.haiowvd ", 'r,fca too that ifihc provision
q: security ~; 81, asA property a' the South,
"cie .ct' as great g.Aa! good people year
ago wanted IS CO. 90 .gii 20 90 the law u political
'' ,youen. rc';hctuf philanthropy would once
'he ;sovl. wefc wiz drawn. he allowed bu, scant
opportunities 'cf rs wora And We confess We
aar. re-. -ot ov,r these f,ass II Is true there is
'nt-i'-.f.! a;rar ,si %, negroes very remark
a. al- S. ...,sc. go increasing iairst for
snow!od-e snl 'lAt 90 tcsi class OF whites do
Sc, De-.iy :.c,N',a 'o which Southern pros
fe..'. a..' .ei.ri PIE intelligence OF 10 IN
.,li,..- o. g.. sa..s 3-: o.. the other hand.
~c have no. .e-D 'a, uia.a. working o. the atw
state o. ;e.a-. The whites are busily engaged
+ a; present 70 getting ~ o. 'ie Yaakees. They
..av, 's., oae a.,- nal Failed ,hcy are now
trying tuo'a,f ...t haN ihoy Nil. b"haye when
'.e Yankee ~, goa, IS, b'.irye nobody knows
" 50 i-,reio.r that tAeFe Is 10 certainty as TO
/ the course >os.AeraeIs will take in the matter Of
/ eigrAton ONE the lta4 OF the North has been
taken CO them AMI %, da;a we have ior tue for
nation O.: ,gdgment Is 90 She extent 10 which
ine negro, "..l ue at.p OF ready 10 provide il
'o' them elves Are .i.. too Sigh, to warrant any
boil, 10 si,asiag eop'il,atiy about Il,
Bat one .hisg j. eas that the ba.lo, all. pro-
vide ,or the reg-o 'he hrs; essential Of civiliza-
'ion---sec.f.ft ';or. violence This comes before
ed4clt.oa aal before everything else Wi;hou,
% civilization d not possible and the Federal
Government could not have et.cctuaily provided
u hu; "i.A IT, tal.o, every negro has the
means o: furnishing am officer Of the Govern.
ment Tor inaueuuon 10 ans claim tor lawful r.
dscs' Every politician SHOWS tina; 20 succeed
a, the south be must address colotcd people in
rivi. aud fspecr'si manner an the hab, once
formed amongst politicians, Il will rapidly diff |
fuse itse.; among All o,heT glasses Whenever
We have TO cooperate with meu in ans field we
must b. polite 70 ihem-musi AZ least, pretend |
20 respect them and exaggerated as the assertion
may seen there Is nothing which raises a dcgra-
lei .ace more rapidly than rtspsc,i1l treatment
a the hands o. those whom they have been nc.
cgstoniei 20 ook ~ 20. No man or woman %
ordinary mould can .ong fcsfcc, themselves II |
10 boiy else secas 10 r-siec, HEN. aud although
seii-respoc uo, Tie hrsi ~ the virtues. IL lies
AZ H. roo; Of hetriy al the Others In reform-
ins ieopl. Hho have from any cause fallen very
low, hal the work 8 done when We have given
them proper sens 81 their own dignity and
value. This. TOO sc 0.lly bccvc 'hc suffrage
will give freedmen. and from this We confidently
expeci al oih.r things 20 flow
Moreover there 8. one other force at work
which Is likely 10 ,siis; largely in rcconeing
the two raced 10 each other and tia, is-co,ion
The predictions o. the sages who saw IN cmanri-
patton 'hc ruin NJ Southern industry have been
ssnally hlsii,d Even the most sanguinc Ieo-
pic did not expect the crop OF lsCi To he over
! 800 90 bale. OF ahoui half the crop OF ,oler.
ably good years before the war. aud this low IS
innate was cerialnl, justified by al the apparent,
facts II was the first crop after the close Of tie
war. and It Nas picked IA a country devastated
by fuur years % hurili'ies and 10 which the
whole social system had been iisorganized by
emancipation And yet II H,n up: To ?, 200, 900
bales ihni b. 10 very nearly the same figure "a
some Of the best crops ~ the slavery period
There have IN ike manner, been very dismal
iorcbodinesas 20 the year 'so owing 10 the nav
ages OF the worm nnl nc ursrtiled political aud
social condition Of tie country but Il Il now
proved tina, the crop will reach at least !, $50 O0O
baes, and the prices have been dropping under
this prospect for the las, three months In all
business circles there Is widespread conviction
that neat year al unusually large crop may be
expecic'l-iha, a very large quantity ~ land Is
being pui In cultivation this spring-ani that
there will bc an abundance u steady labor 10
work the crop ami pick H. 80 that M matter
what theories ~ may hold about negrn eapacitv
aud white disposition, the fact reinnins that the
South j. Gradual, recovering itself, and that
this recovery ls ia great part dut 10 the steady
industry 81 men, working voluntarily for mod
crate wages, 10 whom whole schOsls Of phil0s-
ophers and phfsluloVsis oniy four years ago,
denied any higher place In creation that VI beasts
Of burden.
E0- The President has accepted an Invitation |
10 visit Raleigh North Carolina, on the occasion