The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-24

Col Darlington s essay was good
one, and we'll timed. [ agree with
him that we must educate or we will
perish. Prejudice must give way.
The four millions of human beings to
whom we have so recently given free
dom must be educated. To do this /
it is not expedient TO force promiscu-
Gus association of races in our schools;
yet it IS expedient that all the inhab- |
itaats of the land should enjoy tie |
privileges Of our free school system. |
Wherever there Is 4 sufficient num-
Der Of colored children to form a
school, 1t should be at once organ
lied; and where there is not, the
people residing in the school district
should be appealed to and their SUI
irages obtained for permission for the
coloTed children to attend their
school This mode of procedure
would, in my opinion, gradually do
away with the unfortunate prejudice
which ignorant persons entertain
against the race. Once get the pep
pie to understand that it is better to
pay for the education of the colOred
child than it is for the vicious
ignorance of the coloTed man or
woman, and schools for the enlighteD-
ment, supported by the State, will
spring up wherever needed. 1t is
very common 10 hear long trades
about the vice and crime of the color
! ed population Of the several States,
but it is not so common to hear the
causes of that depravIty candIdly and
| fairly stated. The cause Is ignorance.
| The unnatural condition of slavery,
and even where slavery did not exist,
the unnatural condition of social pro-
scription have tended. to debase and
/ degrade the c0lored man We have
given MIN freedom; make that free
/ dom valuable to him and available
| for the purpose of social elevation,
and with the assistance to be derived
! from education, the next generation
will find the cOlored population a
serviceable and more moral element
10 the social aggregate.
The revival which | noticed before
| is still continuing with surprising
| results. IL seems as though the peo-
| pie were awaking to a consciousness
OF the startling fact that, containing
within our national limits the ele.
ments of our own destruction, and
those elements being subservient to
the Vaccinations OF the devil, our
country can be prosperous, great, and
happy only in proportion as the
claims of christianity are recognized
aud obeyed 1t is sad to think that
out Of 100000 inhabitants not
100000 can be claimed as members
| Of Christian Churches. 1t is encour
aging. however, to hear from all
quarters that earnest Christians are
laboring zealously. strenuously, and
successfully to enlarge the bounda-
ries of religious influence and power.
Last week [ visited the Indianapo-
lis rolling mill, aud was astonished at
its magnitude and success. 1t Is stu
ated a short distance south of the
centre Of tbs city. The machinery is
powerful and complete. 1t turns out
leo tons of railroad iron every twenty
four hours, and gives employment to
over $50 men. The mines of coal and
iron at Brazil, in Clay County, are
tributary to it, and supply it with all
the material it needs. Another roll
ing mill is nearly ready to commence
operation in the southwest part of the
city, and will give employment to as
macy men as the other. There will
| be no lack OF raw material to work
on, for when the railroad now
| being constructed between this
place and ViDcennes is finished,
iron and coal can be- procured
In suDerabundance This class of
manufacturing establishments pay
well, and by furnishing work to
such numbers, are OF vast advantage
to a growing city. Why cannot
Evansville have It's rolling mill F?
What is to hinder its creation ? 1t a
rolling mill viii pay here. it will
surely. be a profitable Investment
with you. 1t is a great pity that your
| Straight Line Road was not built
| when attempted, as you might have
controlled all its advantages, whereas
now you must be content to snare
them with this city and Vineennes.
| The mineral resources alone along the
line Of The rdilr0dd track are fabulous.
In the way of amusements | may
notice numerous festivals given by
/ different denominations churches, at
one of which, given by the German
| Mcthodists, to aid in the erection of
| thor new church, was some monster
cakes sent from their brethren in Ev
ansville; pIcnics, too, under the
| auspices of the National Guards, aud
likewise under the management of the
school organizations, have furnished
much enjoyment to our liberal eiti-
zens. The city schools, the Baptist
| Female Institute and the Northwest
ern University, after having their an
nual examinations and commence
ment exercises, have gone into vaca
ton. Also the pupils in the Deaf
and Dumb and the Blind Asylum
have gone to their homes, to spend in
the society Of their friends and rela-
tives the long Summer holidays.
MACK.