Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-04-20


word of Acknowledgement and en-
cOuragement which he deserves. Or
the other hand, the insults which h,
habitually receives from certain class
es in the SOuth-the manner in whieI
he IS looked down upon and scorneC
and travestIed-are, | venture to say
more CALLING to him and more really
the cause of his dissatisfaction, thar
any want Of suffrage and office. NJ
brave man in the South will thus in.
suit the negro, no rejecting and good
white citizen will thus wound him,
and lntiame with such wontOnnes:
the resentments of race. On the con.
traFy there are many in the ranks O.
their masters who are observing hi.
efforts at ascent and Improvement
with thoughtful interest and will
kindly sympathy; who are bidding
him God speedD in the emaneipa
tiOn of his intellect, the great work
that remains for himself; and whC
are wondering gsOlicitOusly and tender
| ly, how he will work out the problem
| that God has placed in his hands.
1t would be useless to DENY that
! there is some prejudice in the South
against the black man, and that it is
| frequently manifested in the Courts
Of Justice, which show an extreme
rigor towards the race, especially in
cases Of capital punishment. But il
| is prejudice which is fast dying out,
! especially under the more attentive
! and kindly regard with the negro by
his improvement is drawing upon
himself from the more intelligent
and respectable citizens of the South /;
and the prejudice against him must
soon come to reside where it is now
most overwhelmingly, among the
lower classes of whites. On the whole
the temper of the entire country is
fortunate fol- the negro, and eOntin-
ues favorable condition for working
out the experiment of his develop
ment. There is a removal of old
passions and prejudiees which open
to him free and unincumbered Ca
reer, and one too. attended with ap-
plause and sympathy. Happily, there
is but little disposition now in the
North to reeriminate about slavery,
while in the South there is steadily
growing a deeper and more humble
interest in the negro, and disposition
to give him fair play. In the name
of many of the white countrymen of
the South, L ask the negro to be al
lowed to take an interest in these Gu
riOus problems of his progress. In
working out this problem he is asked
to join and participate in it with Just
and enlightened men of the South
rather than stTangers-tO make his
old masters partners in his interests
and hopes; and it is in such a policy
that he will find his best advantages
and his best reward.
In the crisis that has come upon
him the negro himself has RESPONSE
bilities and duties to perform, as well
as those who surround him. The
race do not need n Moses or a prophet.
The negroes in the South want, most
of all, champions among the Just and
thoughtful white people of the South
making common cause with them /;
and if they are wise they will seize
every opportunity to vote into office
every native white man of the South
willing to cOncede their rights and
demand fair play for them, and have
ing real and wise affection for their
race. In moral effect every such
champion will be worth hundreds of
" carpet - bagn respectable native
white men of the South generously
disposed toward him, which will be
worth, as his champion in the Legis-
lature of the States or elsewhere, more
than all the loud mOuthed ignorance
he can send there. To constitute an
exclusive black mans party to force
the negro into prominence in the polit-
ical administration of the country
and this is what is meant in the South
by negro rule in its bad sense-is to
iniure both races. Such violent and
radical policies have already had their
day in the South, and they are disap-
pearing under the better enlightment
of the negro mind.
The white man of the South who
would insult the negro, to whom he
is still a higger'-whO would have
black and white justice in the courts,
and who would make a cOwardly re-
Election upon the black man for what
he has lost in the warts dirty enc
my. But on the suppOsition that !
there are decent and honorable white |
men in the South sufficient to put I
down this disgrace in their midst |
willing to give the negro his proper /
rights, and treating with proper re- |
spect all his real endeayOrs for inn 4
who recognize in1
him a real cause of chivairy and mod /
srn chapter of rOmance-who appre-
,iate that the black man may yet
bring back the reign of q truer chival-
y in the South an opportunity for all
inc and courageous spirits-men fit I
n every disposition to be his cham
'iOns,-I say in this suppositiOn the
legro is asked to give up his causes of
against the native whites
# the South, and so abandon as well
lis false friendships with the North, 4.
nd his hopes there in the selfish and
Letting policy of an alien party. No /
merely political party can save or
erve the negro. It must be done
through the justice of humanity of
he South itself; and the black man
7ill be foolish if in vanity or self-suffi- {
ency he drives these good angels
rom his side.
Unfortunately, there have been up
this time many white persons in
ne South who have thought il mean
, address the negro with any sOlici-
Ide, or to cultivate him in his own
Dndition. / do not so think. IT,
linK it an effort high enough for any
lan's ambition, and fine enough for =
ny temper. The world is giving the !
egro n great notice; it is will dispos-
J toward every effort he puts forth
make true progress, and to take off {
le reproach of his race. Let this ]
rye and beneficial regard encourage n
inn to continue for time in pupilage b
, work steadily on, showing a solid t
of merit for any increase Of I
lat regard ; and not to ruin his future, C
I'd destroy the whole experiment of &
5 race in this country. by an eager Il
lildish desire to appropriate sudden il
a civilization and influence bevOnd
5 time and present capacity. There
e Just and respectable white men u
iough i'm the South. who will keep !, u
ual pace in their Acknowledgements y.
.th his achievements, and who win I y
constantly interested and sympa- W
etic observers of his progress. For te
e negro represents a great mission
the South, and one whose inspira- ~ ~
ms are going out and stirring u
Oughtful and ambitious men to es-
use his cause. The opportunity is to m
lid up a true school of ehivalry in la
e South founded on the black map X
me of ingenious and brave spirit: sc
! to indicate in the cause of the w
hts and progress of the eolOred peO- di
of the South an honorable and ro- el,
mite championship, raised far above as
strife of mere political parties, and ia
lited to q great and knightly cause Co
! contest in the affairs of this c0un- qu