New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-31
COI.nRrD MECHANICS.

them very well. They are industrious
and Of sufficient skill for the greater part
Of brick or frame work for plasterln9 or
painting Besides, they can, perhaps
work somewhat cheaper than Others be-
cause their wants are more simple. ana
each member of the colored family gen
erallv earns his OF her support by some
sort Of service. Il may be added that the
constitution Of the co.ored nan enables
him to work during tue summer season.
We have been informed that there are few
or no white bricklayers who remain. III the
CITY after NAY OF June, mos: o. these
vorkmen coming to New Orleans tor work
during that season when builiin; is chiefly
SUSPENDED in o more northern climate.
The very great advantages then pos
sessed by tha co.ored ine chan:cs rendeE
them valuable t. u' and to themselves.
sIany, perhaps most of them. have been
TAUGHT their trades as slaves. and l: Is
fortunate that they were qualified tor
usefulness: but are tn ese mechanical num-
bers increasing: Is this mechanical! skill
improved? We would infer not. We
draw this inference from the fact tina: no
one in New ORLEANS seems ii.tereste! ID
providing for white or black other en-
ployment than spade and barrow. OF a
city cart. q position as rostot1ice run
ner. Or a cierkshiD i'll some bureau. These
are decisive prizes in that lottery IL which
men draw lots for living. Let our COZ
ored and white mechanics consult 70 es-
tablist trade school, to teach the best
machinery, tools, or process for ulaattac-
turing Such hand skill! as formerly
made a mechanic is now insu.-
ficient.. The worker IL iron should
understand the powers and uses OF
steam machinery in executing all the
work which was once done at the anvil
or bench. Tie worker il wood SHOULD
know that houses are now built in the
shops The bricklayers that whole struc.
lures are now erected from iron. Progress
in the arts is Indispensable to profitable
employment, and education is the only
means by which this progress may be
comprehendad and accompanied. Now,
without intending to shut of the colored
competition for political Office by advising
them to more profitable pursuits, we have
a word for our white friends of the negro
phobia persuasion. YOU wish labor for
planting and mental purposes. Our in
ducements do not seem to draw the Euro
pean clement. The Pagans Of India are
unfit for employment for their physical
weakness and for political association from
the ineradicable vices Of their social and
political system. You have tie mos! DO
Gle and efficient field labor and the most
Trustworthy Menials in the world. You
need manufactu and mechanics. Why
should you not acquire the entire
conf Icnce Of these laborers: If driven
away could you replace then. Try it. 1t
is easy to terrify and Cypress a people
who have nothing to detain them in your
country. But if they can not please you,
is it likely that free German OF Welsh.
man will? Is i! likely that men who emf.
CRATE from Europe to get rid Of day labor
for another vii. fall into the same condi-
ton here: These immigrants come to
America to be tree AID to become land
holder, Themselves. Hence. 0: nearly
four hundred thousand who come not
four thousand ente- our port. Three hun
drel and Ninety thousand go at once
upo,. prairie :ssvn: Of tLei: own i'll the
Northwest. Better. then. protect. con-
ciliatc and employ the coiored people.
You lad betteg educate then. up to
their political ard industrial mission.
You must have seen that the vote OF the
colorod man is vested right. You must
have seen that oilers are Interested in its
exercise. This interest may be in part
ph.artlrop:c. in part political. Very
we'll. 1t is all the same to you. This
right to vote vii: be maiuta;aed if every
co!oged voter shall have to he escorted TO-.
the polls by file Of soldiers.
Then educate these people. qualify
then. to choose between tie good and the
bad candidates. enable them to appreciate
the institutions under which they live.
Educate then. as mechanic. manufactur-
ers. artists. They make fairies which
may be exchanged against the products of
yoUv plantations. I,e !aiges. planter il
Mississippi i. We learn. a colored man
named Montgomery. II lie manages a
cotton farm. why may no. another coiored
man equally intelligent manage cotton
mill. o. Al iron foundry. OF machine
shop: Why may 10. skilled colored me-
chanics coadlc: ! re tie construction and
repai: o: s'ean.shi.s. or bu.,d engines:
&, a.. j. aU.lt.5 .le:. t-y them.
/. vaul,. .a.e :een fought absurd to
!.av. predicted cf ..e fist b.:ta! Africans,
d.n1-c' TO :l4a Lol. a. sl.:2.. AID
c,4..a:.,=: ( Christian. mot.e., tn.
troa. 80. .ou:ce should spring t!.c
ma; :Ate.iis nj m! rious black people.
now such orderly AID respectable nlen-
be.s Q: society. Would j; be more aston.
ishinS tat ties. people should be quail
fed by education and instruction to build
a sill. or Gas: a cannon or convert thou.
sands Of pounds of cotton into millions
OF yards of cloth.
Both peoples, then. are intecesteiip ed.
ucation in traia schools in industrial
progress. Why should they no. unite il