Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-09-10
THE SOUTHERN STATES wu1cu
ARE IN WHITE HANDo

y. tiratz Brown. in a speech A Snr;n,6.,d
Illinois, contrasted the happy condition Of the
southern States whose governments are in The
hand. OF their own people, with the misery
which has been entailed by negro domination
nPon the States further South, and which are
controlled bv the negroes He said
As iacls are what are wanted rather than
stories Il wdl be best to Ne, forth in contrsst
the condition Of those States which vers .hle
10 throw on the administration interference
ana c"nhde their affairs to their own people.
lake as Illustrations Virginia, Tennessee and
Missouri. They had been more devastated by
war, and more charged with hatreds and ran.
c"rs bred OF slavery and rebellion than sny
communities at the South. Every neiehbor-
h""', every connection, nearly every 6reside
han been 4 discord. Al the outset the same
regiment was applied under federal auspices
70 each a. with results precisely similar to
those exhibited recently at the south. For
tunately for them they were the frst to turn
TO liberal policies TO- relief. Perfect amnesty
To all the white population engaged in the
war. and full recognition Of all the civil rights
confirmed to the colored population By the
war, were the two great principles on which
their new departure was based. And 40 soon
applied the effect was magical. Civil order
WAS at once restored everywhere. The peace
OF ne'ghborhoods became permanent, memo
ries OF former hostility were forgotten, all
lurking animosity Of race disappeared, and
the whole people turned with one accord to
repair by industry what had been lost in con.
flict. How fast this Is being accomplished ID
sufficiently shown by the reporw Of the States
Tor the years 1868 and 1872 respectively. Wiz.
ginia paid off 81 6lO, ,320 Of her debt, curtailed
the expense Of conducting her State govern
ment S3l 1000, and reduced the rate Of taxa
ton from fifty cents to ten cents within YEA,
after the change. Tennessee sought Il ono
10 realize upon the assets remaining unpil
laged, and thereby diminished her liabilitie
by .S73,34O Since then large additi0na
reductions have been effected in the State debt
Her property values, which in 1870 amounte,
to S254, ,G.3.S92, have been enhanced to owe
three hundred millions Of dollars, and it i
estimated .ha. the burden Of taxation, especial
ly for local purposes, has been decreased full
,, one-third: Missouri. prosperous in her 6nancs
since 1868, has received sdd,t,onal impulse !
, production and development, while Georgi
. has signalized her deliverance BY impeachin
the Governor, reducing the expense Of a
. ministration, and stoppihg the payment
s6,OOO,0OO Of fraudulently issued bonds.
! no one Of these States is auy complaint no
heard of official dishonesty Or arbitrary 20,
. esnment; for eqnal laws protect al, and ju
! tice is msled out without fear or favor.
> > all them likewise the condition Of the colors
: race is unexceptionably favorable. The fres<
? men are secure in their peraons enjoy the
/? franchise without hindrance, and ere treat,
: with kind consideration often denied the
: elsewhere. Perhaps Missouri. which has h,
d largest experience Of liberal policies, m'
II best be taken to instance the effect up0n th
l. class Of our population. By the sction Of b
u people in lS70the equal rights and frsnchia
= of all, without respect 10 color or previo
y y disability, were quadrupled on the conssit
: tion by an overwhelming vote Of ll7,5l8
v IL, 466. Aud the statute lsws, sincs enscts
carry ont fully the intent Of the constitute
SO that the freedmen sit on juries, have ACC
y. to all professions. enjoy schools In evs
- yicinage, possess an admirable normal cole
q Supported by an annual appropriation, fr,
- the State, andin all ways enter freely and
1t telligently into political and indsatrial lie
r. independent citizens. 81