Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-08-02

laws which invest them with power When the
laws set stigma on capacity and experissno' ~
negro who derives all his Importance from the
same laws will not hold these qualncatlons, IL
honor when tie laws which make nm elsiDie
to all offices, declare everybody lneIgi oie
ever held AZ office they educate the negro NV
contempt for mental qualifications, ana teach nm
that a community is more likely TO prosper ny Us
tracisiDg its most capable men than ny ,r,J he
hem 10 office. Even ii the negroes sn sue M
d- posed to vote for qualified c&nulaaIcs 1ns ~
not bs permitted al such men beng deSr"oeo III
to political outcaets $3.50 -. ,,,r,>,,
sense and inverts the order OF nature by ofoalil
ing that the tail OF society when contains no
brains shall be its head, and the neau ra,,na
the brains shall draggle IN the dlrt' snch prepos
ferrous Legislation leads to no good. me s
will be Justified i'll electing themselves 20 once,
when they can find nobody more capable "ioni
the law permits them to choose but govern
mcnt thus composed Of, and controlied py, tnt
most ignorant cl4ssCs, VIII excite the contempt
and dersion of the intelligent part OF he coHnu-
nitv II can never be se!fsustainlng, Tor the rea
son II at the whites who will scorn ana u7flte :
are majority OF the inhal ltants though they may
be q minority OF the voters. The reconstruction
scheme OF Congress, therefore, entails upon the
taxpayers OF the whole country the perpetual o1L
den OF maintaining great armies III the oooSlltit
| States to keep down the majority, ana prevent
bloody conf ct of The two races thus placed III uh
natural relations.
The New York Herald Of the same date,
'HN~
/ iect which we publish elsewhere II full,
saws :'They have only to demand share
Of the honors and offices to get them
Hence, we may confidently expect, and
during the present session of Congress,
dat sprinkling Of members OF African de-
scent III both houses suggested by Senator
| SUMNER" Let the negro advance and adj
yOc;ttc his claims to preferment among his
race Let him demand share Of the hon
ors and Offices, and let him get them. And
let us see what effect his election and sub
sequent admission to Congress will have
upon the theory-loving and boosted philan-
| thropic North. Let their theory be put
! into practice, and let tho dear negro as
srllle station Of equality among their own
REPRESENTATIVES in the houses Of Congress,
who have said that he was, and created
him, politically, their equal, and in some
instances treated him socially as such.
, Then i'll their Summer caucuses can they
seat themselves side 10y side with the dusky
sons of Africa, and bring into frequent re-
QUESTION handkerchiefs whose perfume is
powerless to relieve them from any sense
OF oppression they may physically expert
ence
Notwithstanding party ends may be
gained by this course, the effect which the
event will have upon the minds Of the
Northern people who are strong IN their
p1eiudices against, and antipathy for, the
negro, will be great, and is foreshawdowed
By the Herald in the expression OF the fol
lowing apprehension eve apprehend
that the result will be a general reaction
agtinst the Republican party in the North
err States for re Ano1o there as q stronger
,cuM Of tohie preGjudice against The negro IN
tie North Mlt21 crisis iaUl9 SOuth." From the
conclusion Of this article, to which we have
so frequently alluded, we extract the fol
lowing
We may expect, then, when the blacks assume
the political balance Of power OF ten reconstruct
ed Southern states, and send up their black re-
, srrsentativcs to Congress- that there will be re-
vulutionaly reaction against them among the
white. Of the North which viii upset the republi-
can party.
This will, in all probability, be the solution o
the experiment Oh Tie political organization OF the
OF the whites against the blacks and the rcpubli
can party in the North. Meantime. however, WI
suspect that the spontaneous and powerful pOpu
lar movements North and South IN behalf OF Gen
eraI Grant for the succession will carry everything
before them but with the settlement Of this cues
ton there will Internationally come decisive
Northern revolution this other and munea
tous issue Of negro political and social equality.
Gen. Miles Report of Destitution III NORTH
Carolina.
The Assistant Commissioner of the Freed
= mems Bureau for this State, Brevet Maj
General Miles, in a report detailing tn
= operations Of the Bureau during the pas
month, which has been forwarded to Wash
D ington, makes the following statement il
regard to the destitution existing in Mort
Carolina
= There is . class Of persons in this state who ar
the Innocent sufferers by the late war: and who's
: condition is depIorable, and who are the object
Of great pity. These are the poor white wOme
and children left widows and orphans, their ia
., theirs, husbands, and brothers having been kille
or crippled during the rebellion. They are count
cd by thousands, aud are now living charity
and the future presents no brighter prospects fO
tEenl-thev must live in idleness and want tor tn
remainder Of tier lives. until capital and er
terprs9 are brought to this State. Here there i
40 employment FIR them. Hundreds have gon
into tue fields and endoavored to earn enough t
sustain life, but tlGlr feeble constitutions 500
break down nuder tie burning # this elias
Of people were i'll any of our manufacturing town
il New I'll gland, they could be enabled to fill
sphere Of usefulness, and enjoy all the comfort
OF life and at the same time give to their chill
J. drtn the advantages OF education which de
MED in their pre- sent position. If employmcr
e could be guaranteed them in any part of the cou1
- try, this bureau would furnish them with trans
- p0rtation and they would gladly leave these scene
T. Of want and sorrow.
g Observation-Disclosures an array Of gloom
: and melancholy facts, but nevertheless
true, although somewhat colored. Cor
is siderable restitution prevails, but is nc
e. confined entirely to the class enumerate
by Gen Miles. Many there are who fe'
i tie pangs and suferings of want and po7
g. erty who have been despoiled Of the
y means by the hand of the ruthless so,dit
/ ry aud heartless marauders who recent
a swept over our land, spreading destru'
II ton and devastation around. Alan
t. of this class are now deprived, nc
81 op!u Of Inyurioc which thew fOrnarlv pos