The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-23
COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, January %. 1868
A Suggested Practical Solution of
the Negro Question.

many heart-rending descriptions Of
the destitution of the freedmen Of
the South. The thoughts of all true
philnnthropists ought now to be di-
rected to the discovery of some mode
OF ameliorating the condition Of
these unfortunate people. They are
the wards of the nation, and the
guardian is bound to look to the
welfare of the wards. The National
Inteligencer correctly states the cause
of the difficulty-the concentration
of the black population in one part
of the country; and the true remedy,
it suggests to the radicals, will be
found III diiiGG'uSing them more equally
over the whole country. We all have
heard that when the Pilgrim fathers
and the authorities of Great Britain
brought the negro to America, they
did so, not, of course, from consi-
derations of private greed, but for
Che benevolent purpose of civilizing
and Christianizing him, and thus fit
ting him for the highest enjoyments
of this life, and happy state in the
world to come. In other words, the
slave trade and the institution of
slavery were but parts of great mis-
sionary system, for the temporal and
eternal redemption of the benighted
sons of Africa. The thoughtful and
considerate Pilgrim fathers, and hu-
mane predecessors of the apostles Of
Exeter Hall, knew that il would avail
little to send missionaries to Africa,
where they could not effect much
towards the fulfllment of their be-
nevolent designs, land might, per-
maps, be roasted and eaten by the
unregenerated,) and, therefore, they
reversed the ordinary process, and
instead of sending the missionary to
the heather, they brought the hea-
then to the missionary. The enid
die passage" was good system OF
purgatorial probation, and prepared
tho minds of the neophytes for the
ready adoption of the doctrines of
christianity. The benefits of this
wise forecast on the part of the
Pilgrim fathers and their co-labor.
ers in the cause of humanity
as now made manifest by the great
fact, that we Ibis day behold 4,OOO,-
600 of coloreu brethren said to I've
redeemed from barbarism, and pre-
pared for the refinements of civilized
life and for the duties of sovereignty
as citizens.
The time has, of course, more than
come when it is necessary to take an.
other forward step in this march of
humanity and progress. The ne
groes must be brought into contact
with the higher civilization and more
advanced ideas of the North. Follow
ing the precedent adopted in the out
set of this great movement, the ne
gro must now be transferred from
hls present position in tho South.
and brought into intimate communi
cation and association with the be.
nlgn Influences of the social system
OF the radicals of the North. The
grain fields, the workshops, the CON-
mercial marts, the printing houses,
the common schools, the churches,
and the family mansions of the
North, must, as o matter of course
be opened to him. Labor in all the
departments of human industry is
needed, and thousands of our black
brethren are ready to respond to the
demand.
Let Congress, then, acting in the
radical direction, invite them to mi.
CRATE to the fertile fields of the West
and to the busy haunts of commerce
and manufactures in the North. Tn
with radical theory, let
donations Of homesteads be made to
blacks, as well rs whites, who pro-
pose to till the soil; and let liberal
appropriations be made from the
national treasury to pay the expenses