The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-05
September Magazines.


- iucllghtlul sketches ana llIuHUatohS loT I1di
l. pers, opens the September number with
n well considered article on negro schools il
d the states named Porte is no believer in nc
gro dctcrioration but in the border states u
least, considers his case altogether hopeful;
IS Since his emancipation the negro has beef
r a surprising success He has passed from TIT
slavery of centuries to free citizenship with
n out "a crime and indeed we may say withou
Y serious error 1t is true that he amabl,
;. shared with his delivcrcrs in passing hallu
cinations of red brceches, rolling drums ant
i freedmen bureaus; it is true that in polite,
!, he shows himself equally gullblc and incom
petent with the masses of his white brethren
and endures being victimizcd by politicians
with the mcekncss of q ce.born Democrat
yet in all these sudden and tremendous
changes he has exhibited a capacity for self
sustenance which has gratifed AS it has sur,
priscd his most sanguine wcll-wishcrs
While his educated white brother is still
muddling in politics, or vainly dreaming OF
some legislative protection against the want
that COmCth like an armed man." the negro
has quietly shouldcrcd his hoe, and resumed
the practice Of all those little arts which he
had acquired in his passage through the val.
! ley of humiliation. Though Freedom found
him naked and pGnnlcss she also found him
untrammclcd by traditions of luxury and
| pride. Though ignorant and unlettcred, he
was still essential to domestic civilization in
the South and on ms race the white man
had been accustomed to lean from the cradle
to the grave. The pulling baby must have a
nurse, and who can be found to undertake il
like Dinah? The land must he titled, and
who can hold pillow like Big Barney? Ana
when dance is proposed, what French OF
TpI Ia. ptir
life and mettlc IN the heels" like the rhythm.
ic lit of Mace Cocman's fiddle? Or, in case
of Il wedding, who can make cake equal to |
aunt Sarah'S, or who serve at a state dinner |
with more zeal (and less discretion than
Mlly and Peterson? And then some time or |
another there Is q grave 10 be dug But |
why follow the subject farther? The world
down here would nave to stop turning on its
axis without the negro. The possession of all
these simple and hitherto dcspised occupa
tons has assured him living, with some
ready money 10 spare and has left him nas.
ter OF the situation The old ship is sinking.
and Latin Greek, bellesleires, philosophy,
ana craftsmanship are going down with it
The freedman alone knows how TO swim.
The relations still existing between the cy L
slave and his late lord aside from politics. +,
are in the general most friendly Il exhibits ;
he black man devoid of rancOr. treasurinC
up kindness, and oblIviOus of injuries. IL
suggests, too, that, after all, the oppression 7
Sas not so srievous and unmitigatcd as some r
he evil fg. brcr sorro,te, nnJ ,M mi' "Hich
nembcrcd is highly e.editable 10 Both mr.. a
res IL
Inc revival Of the discussion Of cremation Il
nj other modes Of dIsposing az the dead Il
ives JULIUS Henry Brown the opportunity tC
, furnish a comprehensive and eLtlgD,lr,pr fr
amer q, the r,o.bod, od,,,,oI b,, ,.,.,...'.
ors a,cior. or,1 IL 'y ra,r va
',.l',"' ''',, '..'.'"' ''"''P"5F % Inc f.
''enl .h"J"II'y' cremation was pmcticcd h.
III partially 10y the ancient Greeks and Ro. ~,
lans, and abhurrcd by Tie lew. and o~;o, r,
Il, In modern times ,r,o ,r,,,,,,,...,.,
"''''1 "'''' WIZ N'A'AAueuaAS, 3,
erhaps more than any other religionists. u
allow the grounds devoted 10 rlrir Gr,d -,
flor o. c,,,o,or,. i.r.t. !"
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" IN ''' W VIC @''"!" can ever De 'houEht ,
I. Npl a stone Is removed from il under w.
" circumstance. and po trun Nos1o,, :; y.
~ eio,o,,,r,. r,r;,,,.o,,,l -. 80 w
'''"'" % 'cc me advantage
men We 20 clearly perceive Of turning old .r
ave.yards into building sites and USING the !
lst of our Corcf,,hcrs as a l,eis Go ,rle, 90
=, sr,o,,,o,i.., E'oN'"'
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IcsIaps no people have more cXllaord.na. Nv
funeral ceremonies ami ARRANGEMENTS tbor ne
p p,rsccs or Fire Wors,,,norr -, no
3n'PP''S' 'u' hl""eF'
class or jews, o. Persia and the East az
hey are, indeed, about the only pcoplc who VIC
il strictly snc,l,inc ,o brrv ,i,oir dnod IA
~. tIc
ne ui'GlpIcs oI AoIoas'tF' ahu primarily 'h'
a, where they are called Parsccs, fir IN IL, a
uhtry in which they origina. Cd, rLrv 80 ar
gnize one omuipott2, .nd invisible t;oi Itr,
ImuHd, and regard the sun as his eve. Con, at
qucntly they reverence il and fra ne onn Ln
ems Of the Supreme Deity The sacr"J tri ~ ~"
men Ioroaster, ~ they claim tronrh, ier
I'm heaven is kept perpct,ally burninn ~ co
nsecrarcd places, and fed win tbn rnsa -, or
IOl and rbntc.., -,;,... IN - "'' i"icsl u