The New York herald., 1874-10-11

Industrious habits win still work, though with less
result BY ffty per cent than formerly Tne rising
generation nave no such habits, and are not likely
ever to become productive members OF society.
1t Is even more dif1cult to obtain and retain
faithful negro servant here than an Irish servans
at the North. They come and 60 at Will, stay long
enough to earn few dollars to spend, then leave
and find another place when their lunds are ez-
hausted Unfortunately, desirable as is an educa-
tion, their Improvements IN books ts temporarily
having the enect OF teaching the poor creatures 70
aim above the level which somebody must always
occupy In the social scale. Should these influences
continue the blacks will gradually work
themselves out OF employment and their
places will be supplied by industrious ana Wiling
stood from the foregoing remarks that the people
OF the South are averse to the education OF the
colored race. ., On 1n sne contrary they are using
negro, and desire his advancement. He was fre-
quenty taught to read and write before the war,
In order that his usefulness might be augme nted,
and to-day Georgia Is annually expendng $685., 900
as . school fund, the benefit OF which Is equally
colored people are also establishing lodges OF the
Order Of Good Tcmplars for the promotion OF tenn.
and private among them
fifteen lodges In this State In sue
cessu operation nndea ana ns ons N direction
now numbers between 500 and 400 members. All
these things show how the people OF Georgia are
fare, aud how they view any present demoraliza-
tlon as one OF the natural and possibly 10 be ex-
ana experience viii eventually cause the scales to
drop from his eyes and enable him to see clearer
taan now G now ne may become nssia member OF
nan the Commissioners OF Public Schools have
made provision Tor l400 colored pupils ana re-
Gently secured premises IN which 800 more may %
educated Eleven teachers are coored and three
are white. In Macon the colored public school y
In In Atlanta they nave coIored col.
lege which annually receives from the
the same donation tnas y gwen cno 20 ne wnse
capaci0us for the accommodation OF all who seok
admission. The whites OF Georgia do not, there
tore. as many suppose at the North, mate tho
method of moving their antipasny.
COTTON PRODUCTION.
It ls not an argument against the ideneSs OF the
negro that the production or cotton has been 50
w main 81 the M 70
the crop. Secondly, py the use Of fertilizers one
acre has been made to perform the work or threo
acres, and the crop in northern sections has heen
thus hastened to ruirion in time to anticipate tho
early frost which before the war was almost annu,
es Georgia south Carolina Tennessee North
Carolina and Virginia, through this means
and i utilized and hence the deficiency Of other To-
calltes has been supplied As an Illustration OF
the great changes that have taken place within
few years. the opening OF the Air Line Railroad
has led to an increase OF cotton in the neghbor-
hood through which 1t passes Q thOusandiOld,
staple-the decline amounts to forty or fifty per
cent In the one place white labor is doing the
viii viii d. demons mo trate whether, with wit saca @ small
minority OF labor the whites even with all their
agricultural ADVANTAGES ana all the pront likely 70
accrue therefrom, can without accesHons MAIN
tain the crop at the present standard and estab-
llsn basis Of calculation on which the capitalist
and manufacturer may safely count his gains.
THE IDOL AS CHRISTIAN.
1t is an unfortunate fact that IN religious mat.
Sers sae .h snse ato eyer vs
ETY. OF excesses both IN worship and belief some
Of their congregations are little better than SO
many pandemonla where You may witness the
widest spasms the most approved forms OF Chris
tiaIized cataepsy, and sometimes death ITSELF
they exhaust themselves in an ideal form OF sdora-
tion until at last taish has degenerated into SUPER
stition, wherein spook has more power than Q
are rife, and bit OF ground glass semed up IN
cotton bag ofscattered upon door Sill s regardo0
as charm thar will lrghten away every Ill
Witchcrait, sorcery and c0njuring are growing
consequences OF the general Generalization. They
are worse now than before the war; for the blacks
have not the restraining influences OF better asso
cixtlOn and example.
MICRO SUFFRAGE
Where the ballots OF the negro are thrown with
out Intelligence and under the influence OF false
and wicked representations, and where the race
affairs, is is impossible Tor q good government TO
exist A bad man from the North may come here,
proclaim himself q radical, and In three months 80
far WIN the confidence OF these ignorant people a.
that they will follow his advice blindly to the
pistol point. The love for the old master Is for
gotten, ali the benefits or past or present Ire are
ignored, and i0r OLher reason than tnat this
man is believed BY them to represent what they
cali liberty, and, Dad as he may be- they Will obey
mis- voice as II he were an autOcrat, and DO his
bidding like slaves. 1t Is for this reason that the
people OF the south never have been able to mako
political headway with the negroes. and even
as republicans have been thrown aside for the
carpet t-Dagger and thief 1t Is only little while
ago that the race made deposits q their savings
in the Freedman's Bank. To-day 1t ls SAID to %
. hopeessly insolvent institution and yet the
poor dupe taxes no lesson, and even kisses tho
hand that gave the cruel blow. 1t ls "a curious
race. year or two ago one OF their number,
Northern negro, named Avah Peoria Bradley,
went among them and collected their poll taxes,
amounting to several hundred dollars, and de-
camped. he Is now back again seeking Tor Of1co
or another swindle, and 1t will not be astonishing
II, for no other reason than that he u Boston
radical, he succeeds In securing under some
plunderlng pretext q considerable share OF
their years. nard earnings. y Is thh
class of people TO- whom the !. white: M
lair TO say, however, that even II there were nc
radical party in the state nation the negro, a.
voter, would probably still be political evil, for
he would naturally affliate with that class Of
whites who approach him nearest In character
and condition. and who are base enough to cheas
him out or his ballot for no other object than to
put the worst elements Of society forward In tho
administration OF the governments. Ii the c0l0red
man were less afflicted with political prejudice
there would be less danger OF political corruption,
for the whites have the strongest inducements to
secure to him all OF his rights as citizen, ana to
promote mutual harmony and prosperity. This
they have sought In vain to do ever since the
close OF the war, nor will they succeed in the
iuture until the chief disorganiZng element OF the
country iS removed by moral force-l mean the
carpet-bagger.
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