New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-09-18
Glou. T.. ". CarGl0zO.

Hon. +. ". CarGl0zO.
The Republican nominee for the office OF
Superintendent of Education was born in
Charleston, South Carolina, on the 10th day
of December, 1888. His mother had been a
.!avc. but. prior to the birth of any of her
children, she had obtained her freedom.
This of course made all her children free
BON. Hi father, who is represented as
heinz one Of the most aristocratic gentlemen
Of that intensely aristocratic State, although
he was never legally married, took great
pride in bringing up and educating his colOred
children and used his wealth freely for this
purpose: At an enormous expense the sub
ieci Of this sketch attended private school
N Charleston, taught by advanced students
IN the Charlie ton College. At the age of
seventeen wears, however, (his father having
lied in $500 and the burden of RESPONSE
bilitv falling upon the shoulders Of his mother,
youn" Cardozo was made an apprentice to
the business OF making ricc-threshing ma
chine In this business he continued about
two wears, when his mother, now without a
protector, finding the laws of the State to
"rOw more and more oppressive to free per-
son Of color, concluded 10 remove and settle
in the State of Ohio. The son, about whom
we are writing, however, went to the State
Of New York, and being ambition, to obtain
thorough education, entered the Newburg
Collegiate Institute, where he acquired an
academic and normal course OF instruction,
but could not prosecute his studies to full
graduation on account of the outbreak of the
rebellion and the consequent closing up of
communication with the South He then
turned his attention to teaching, and con-
tinued in this vocation from 1861 to 1866,
when he was employed as an agent for the
American Ereedmen'S Union Commission.
Of which the late Chief Justice Chase was the
distinguished President In this capacity he
was assigned TO duty in central New York,
and canvassed with the late Rev. Sam' J
Nav, Of Syracuse. Several schools in this
State and in North Carolina were established
and maintained by his energy in raising the
means to support them.
In 1868, a. the urgent request of the en-
ecutive committee of the commission, he was
sent to North Carolina as a pioneer in the
cause of the education of the children of his
race, and TO establish a Normal School in the
Eighteenth Congressional District, aud to
use his influence in procuring State aid in Or
ganizmg a system of Common Schools. His
success in this enterprise was all that the
most sanguine deyotee could have expected.
lie remained there until the schools were
firmly fixed upon n substantial basis. In the
meantime, however, he had married, and his
wife was very anxious for him to move to the
city Of Nicksburg, in this State, where her
relatives resided. And observing that Mis-
sissippi presented a wide and only partially
cultivated field for the exercise of his yoca-
lion, he came to Nicksburg in 1870, and at
once proceeded to business. lie did not ap-
ply fer any office, although it is well known
that all the Offices in the State were in that
year filed by appointment of the Governor,
but he went 10 work and organized large
school in the city, which soon took rank
among the first in the State. In 1871, at the
earnest solicitation of the members Of the
Republican party, he became candidate for
and was elected to the office of circuit clerk
Of Warren county. For the manner in which
he has discharged the intricate duties of that
very responsible office, he has elected the
highest outspoken compliments not only from
the members of the bar, many of whom were
opposed to him politically, but also from the
Judge Of the district. Many lawyers have
gone so far as to say that the Office is to-day
IN better condition than il has been for
twenty years. Ii may not be uninteresting
10 CUR readers TO know that Mr.. Cardozo has
brother who has been Secretary of State,
and Is now the State Treasurer of South Car
DINA.
Thus il will be seen, from the foregoing
brief outline Of his life, that Mr.. Cardozo is
no novice in the department over which he
viii soon be called to preside. All his early
training, and his subsequent experience with
the public school systems in other States,
and his methodical habits, not only as a
teacher, but as an organizer on large scale,
emlnently fiji him for the position TO which
he has been nominated. Since, therefore, he
will bring TO the office qualifications so thor
ough, in theory, as well as in practice, we
confidently look forward 10, and predict for
I'm, most successful career. In his inter
course with his fellow-men he is a modest
reserved and dignified gentleman, and as such
We commend him 10 the people Of the State
o' Mississippi Mississippi Pilot.
bar asher Wilson Of the Freedman say.
ING Bank, Washington city, was IN our city
iastweek. ON Tuesday evening he lectureeC
n Bethel Church. His account of the or
gah!zatIon Of the Bank, and of the Washing
ION Branch especially, was most instructive
>peakIng OF this latter, he made the signifi.
'aht statement, that the people who frs,
came TO his rescue in Washington CITY were
lie "commodores, after them come, second
y, q poOdly number of white people and
.nFi and lastly came that class of our people
'He who are popularity supposed to represent
10 trii the intelligent and the refined
'''il4c W lHc DIHh ihst
surely the good Cashier ought to be Thankful
Nat they do not in any sense represent the
PEOPLE. else his Bank would have me
al untimcly end. As it was, however, tn,
PEOPLE came "to the help Of the Lord ,
aud the Bank lives, a marvel to the world
The attendance was respectable in size
among others present we noticed Revs. w
A. Thomas of Atlanta Ga.--Col
Glthe Marietta Station, Ohio, our Bushes
Manager, and the Cashier Of the Philadel
phia branch, VIM. Whipper, Esq. Altogethe
1 was most profitable, and it is our hop
hat the deposits made at the Branch will b
doubled.
y. Il. We understand that il is Mr.. vii
s'A's purpose 10 return and give further ligh
IPoh the all-important subject. Chrisnd
Eteo,dsr
Nurture your mind with great thoughts
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