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and multiply, and bear healthy children, In situations
Where the white rzce deterio1ate and grow stckly.

with Northern habits of labor, that the negro Is me,
til 10 be conceded that tho influence Of climate a,
constitution, and tho past. benumbing tnfuenc
Of slavery, do make the habits Of sout
Northern men, accustomed, by the be- ahortn. aao4
Of summer and the length Of winter to set The utno
Yslue On their working time. .~....,... :
round there really Il no need Of that intense drytr
energy and vigilance in the of time that are uecdf
in thn short summers Of tie North an eoual anon
can DO done with leaa labor.
bqt the Northern m man, when he first arrives befo,
hs has proved a+ tho sa:e looks with patie,
ahally sty1e IN which both b1ack md viii viii
der tropical sun "a he can In the mountains of Ne
Hampshire. After 3 shake or two of this Hud =
eomss to be thankful Il he hlre Guido or Pompe
to plow and hoe In his. zelda through the balm
hours, even though they do not blow and ho
WITH al tho alacrity Of Northern farmers =,
lac unframed M plantation-haud. and their childre
Ara and Viii be, just what education may mako theuo
inc education which comes to them from the stats
trom peing treenen and voters, able to make con
Like other men, great deal and 1t Is Operating con
stanuy and efcacio1s]y. =. =. e'A''.N1e e'1l
TONED to hire sbozers IT HortS snd ha son
a. result Of Eve ye.rs' experiment on this sub.
}eet, be says that the. negro lsborer, eareful,
,eoksd otter, IL as good any that be hired at s
In sone respects they arc better As class, they
aso more obediens better naturcd, more Joyous and
The question ~ to whether, On the whole; the nc
groes are valuable members Of society," and increasing
tho rcturns Of tho Frcednen's Savings and Trust Com
panyan institution under the patronage Of the Gov
The report Of The ustttntion for the year 1879 IL be-
fore u.s. and from this It appears that negro hbo5crs
In The different Southern States have deposited viii
The report aso shovs ha; year by year tho amount
deposited has increased THUS In 1867, 1t was only
ia 1872 s. 600 oo 1esa
1871, SIS, ,ooo, ,oao and odd. '' -
These results are conclusive to tho fact that, a.
advancing set; and. such they are proved By tho
large evidence Of these dgure. such no have observed
them en-. IN 1 our more limited experience ? =
tmperfect training, ignorance, and the negligent
halta induced by slavery have stu been, a. Whole.
their work, and e.ve their earnings, We could potn
70 noto than one black family abon Us steadily grow
Ing e. up . to eompetenee :; by industry and saving:
tho most desirable skilled laborera Is simply education
The negro children are bright; they can be taught
suns and fierce extremes neglect to educate docfie
raca who both and viii bear 1t them tlev throw
sxsy TIER best chance Of success. in most foolish
the negro children now growing up need complain Of
barring an tdls, thri1tless poIuiatton about them
Common schools ought to prevent that The teaching
in common schools ought largely Industrial md
90 what 1t can to prepare the children to get living
BY dotng something we'll Practical sewing, cutting,
rsnlsura for boys, might be taught with advantage
IhS negroes are largely accused Of being thevish
4 prtori VIC ahould expect they would be 80. We
should imagine that to labor without wages for sener
attons in state Of Childish dependence would 10
confuse every idea Of right and wrong that the negro
would be hopeless thief. o>~
Our own experience however, Is due In Justice to
On tho 11st plantation, bAye said there wero
about thirty families from all the different Southern
States. It might be supposed that they vera fair
Now ss to facts. t the habit Of the family to
TO bod nights, and leve the house doors unlocked
hung up IN re4y naee ana
ret no robbery vas ever committed. We used to set
he bseafs.. table over night and leave it with al the
In our Own apartment we put our rings and /
'i1s on a. our toiet-cushiona, al had been our
thor attractive articles lying nbout and Tic gir that
I'D the chamber-work was usually followed BY tribe
Il LITTLE curious, observing cgroes md 1T we
Eaa thia because they did not want them for the git
i strip Of calico ribbon would throw them into
healn nothing is moro common, when we visit at
he NORTH than to have the complaint made that fruit
eSt1 aSa t out of 9Hr Rafdens We Ind people
feat, that 1t took awzy al the pleasure Of gardea.
Now, no fruit is moro beautiful more tempting thun
he orange. "e Avein IN orange grove, surrounded
his 1 1t w sTss Ssre efys ea
sgs of fine oranges ylag all night rndcr the trees
ertain1y it is due to the negroes that wo have known
eay that thoY arc above the average Of many the
'y;ar claskea at tie North for honesty
We have spoten nor for The a:crage negro; wbs.
c have said is BY 1nescs tito lest that czn With
ruth be said Of tho finer specimens amoag them.
We know some whose dignity Of character. de1icccy
ood priaciple, and generosity, arc adu,tr4.e, and
lore to be admired because thcae 1ne traits have |
,me up undcr The most adyezpo circumstances
In leaving this subject wo hare Only to repeat our
nyict1on that the prosperity Of tho more Southern
7tcs must depend, in largo dcgrec on tho right |
eat1nent md education OF the negro population.