The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-01-29
Suggested Practical Solution Of the Negro
From the acknowledgement

From the National lnteitlgencer.l .
The presses Of the day contai1 ma.' ~.
descriptions of the restitution OF the ireecn, =, :"
South We have overwhelming reasons 10 oeie :
that these accounts are by means exaggerated I'M
thoughts of all phianhropists ought now to OF
directed to the discovery Of some mode OF anchor
ating the condition of these unfortunate people, they
are the nation and the guardian is bound 10 look tc
the welfare of the wards.
The true cause of the difficulty is the concentration
of the black population IN part of the country
and the true remedy it is suggested to Radicals, VIII
be found in dfuSng them equally over the whole
country.
We all have heard that when the Pilgrim Fathers
a. the authorities of Great Britain brought the negro
to America they did So not of course, from consider
atoms of private greed but for the beneroten purpose
of eipilixnq and CAristianising him, and hHs fitting
him for the highest enjopnents Of this lite and happy
state IN The arorid to
In other words the slave trade and the institution of
slavery but parts Of great missionary system,
for The temporal and eternal redemption Of the be-
niqhted Sous of africa The thoughtful and consider
ate Pilgrim fathers and humane predecessors of the
apostles of Exeter Hail. knew that it would avail little
to send missionaries to Africa, where til could not
effect much towards the fuihlnent OF their henehcent
designs land might, perhaps be roasted and eaten by
the unregeneraed aud, therefore, they reversed the
ordinary process and instead of sending the missionary
to the heather, they brought the heather to the mis-
sonary. The middle passage was good system
of purgatorial probation, and prepared the minds OF
the neophyes for the ready adoption of the doctrines
Of Christianity.
The benefits of this wise forecast on the part of the
Pilgrim fathers and their colaboFers in the cause OF
humanity is now made manifest by the great fact that
we this day behold four millions Of coored brethren
said to be redeemed from barbarisn aud prepared Tor
the reinements of civsed life and for the duties OF
sovereignty as citizens.
The time has, of course more than come when it
,,o,E ri m
of hanty and progress The negroes must be brought
into contact with the higher civilization and more ad-
vanced ideas OF the North. Following the precedent
adopted in the outset of this great movement, the
negro must now be transferred from his present
position in the South and brought into intimate COM
muncaion and association with the benign Influences
of the social system Of the Radicals of the North.
The grain fields, the workshops, the commercial
marts, the printing houses the common Schools the
churches and the family mansions of the North, must
as matter of course be opened to HIM. Labor IN all
the departments of human industry is needed, and
thousands of black brethren ready to respond
to the demand.
Let Congress, then acting in the Radical direction,
invite them to migrate to the fertile fields OF the
West and TO the busy haunts of commerce and manu-
features i'll the North. In conscience with Radical
theory let donations Of homesrads be made TO blacks
as we'll as whites who propose till the soil and let
liberal appropriations be made from the national
treasury pay the expenses of their removal TO the
new theatre Of their patriotic labors. Let Senator
Sprague and other humane and puhlic-spised manu-
avturers introduce hundreds of bright coored youths
into their factories. Let Mr. Greeley and other phan
tlropc publishers of newspapers adopt into their |
establishments scores Of negro boys, to be educated
up to the highest standard of morals AID literature, as
exhibited in the columns Of the Tribune. Let Pitts
burg invite thousands of duSky Vulcans to aid in elm
mating from the bowels of the earth that great agent
of civisation-iron Let Yale, and Harvard, and
!1urt oitTl nptpr utn - q
shall bear off the palm Of the highest beTality in dis
cnrding obsolete prejudccs, and contributing to the
elevation and refinement and cultivation Of the much
wronged children Of Ham, Old prejudices must be !
eradcaed, and feelings of active benevolence aud
the principles OF fraternity and equality substi-
utcd in their stead.
Should the policy above indicated be adopted
era sill dawn cur happy county We shall be
independent of men whom the Radicals CHAR
,cterse Irish and Dutch, and other foreigners, who
we have the high authority of Mr.. Wade tor saying,
IRE inferior in virtue and intelligence the blacks
How grand the efrct check will be given to white
white labor will be cleapened the
capitalist, strikes among white arfcers will be stopped
industry in all its branches will be stimulated and our
whole country will blossom like the rose.
Considerations of national rather sectional econ
omy also recommend the adoption Of this policy of
distribution and diffusion. Now have to keep up
he Freedmen's Bureau and standing armies at euor-
nous cost in the unreconstruced States protect the
blacks in their rights. Let remove the negro us
he Radicals seem to desire, to the North and West;
hen every Northern and Western community will be
voluntary and self-sustanng freedmen's bureau and
standing army, eager and anxious to sustain and
cherish the black race without money and without
)ricc.