The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-10-17
The PrObZeun


OF peace and prosperity in the South is one not
easy of solution. Why? To begin at the be-
ginning the condition Of society is an almost in.
surmountabls barrier to prevent domestic peace.
And we claim that the colOred people are natural
ly disposed to be peaceable and are more inclined
to work and maintain themselves and their FAM
lilies than the mass of native whites. 1t is GER
tain they did most all the werk prior TO the war;
The white planters with number of slaves could
afford (?) to have their sons grow up with the
idea that toll was degrading, that manual labor
was disgraceful. They grew to manhood (2) i'm
bued with the notion that to be genteel one must
be am dler. The war found mos, of them array.
ed in gray uniforms. The demoralizing inAu-
ences that this brought is beyond all calculation.
The war closed and found class OF people who
had fixed upon them the sad demoralizations of
slavery and war-one being sufficient burden to
dshearten the stoutest courage--both impose a
lamentable condition upon community Slave
~ had taught them it was degrading to work
The war had rendered them wreckless in their re-
gard for law, order and human rights. This
class of people found themselves suddenly COR
fronted with the necessity for a support-and
their slaves were free to work for themselves.-
They realized the fact that they were beth in the
same stuation-except in many instances they
had land. They then used their ingenuity and
position to get the colored maas work for as lit
tie as possible. Their programme was virtual
al ID a. g..
this The result has been that the superior race
has devoted its talents and energies to lounging
in bar-rooms, fox hunting, tournaments, fashion
able idleness, being genteel in shabby way,
running ku-klux kIans-dong nothing them
selves to build up the community and spending
their puny energies in wreaking vengeance upon
the negro whose muscle was doing principally all
mat was done to recuperats and restore the in-
dustrieS of the South to a healthy condition.
These people have acquired habits and ideas by
inheritance and by education that are absolutely
detriment tai to themselves and the community in
which they live. And what is still more deplor-
able is their memorable determination to forget
nothing, to learn nothing from The logic OF events
communities. In the mids of obstacles like these
the freed slave was obliged to begin "te paddle
his own canoe" There are dlers and loungers
among them we admit But in the light OF all
the surroundings he has done nobly. He is the
chief laborer of the South to-day, and her cotton
crop last year was larger than it was in 1861 i'm
mediately preceding the war. The other class
of workers are those who have gone there since
the war. Against this class and the colored peo-
pie the native whites as class have woged a
cesseless war of political prosecutions and social
ostracisms that rise 10 infamous barbarilies in
most instances. The class that claims to have
the brains and social standing does nothing to
build up her wasted resources. The classes that
are putting the wealth of muscle and energy and
enterprise to work to make the country bloom
and produce are forever embarrassed by the
vengeful prosecutions of the other. These clash
ings bring disorder, violence and Instruction
To bring harmony and order and peace out of
this chaotic condition has been the honest and
untring endeavor Of the Republican party. And
its success has been marvellous under the crcum-
stances. The pen of the future Gibbon or Ban
croft will indite eloquent eulogies TO the achieve
ments of the Republican party in dealing with
this difficult problem.
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