The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-21
Csa0lct 81 Intelligence and lenoraacc

CsaGllct 81 intelligence and ignorance.
No form Of government, except a
lcsretism. can long endure aud rros
per under The operations of ancduca,c,l
universal suffrage, III tho virtue anil
intelligence Of tho people arr tho only
we'll grounded hopes far the pcrpc.nits
Of = system Of government based
solely upon their political action aud
responsible 10 thcm for the
manner il performs it, .sust.
The political revolutions tina,
have occurred In Tennessee and North
Carolina are bu. tho triumph * eau'
Gated intelligence over brutal ignor-
ancs. An unfashomALlo wrong ID pcrre.
tratea spon race In that systom u
legislation tl'at attempts 10 confcr ~.
DIAL privileges, and snjoin political rights
and dulieA upon those who had M
previous education or training for their
enjoyment Or intelligent exercise. |,
does not promote tho happiness ~
vol being u = people 10 forco them in.
10 positions. BY Inv. that they arc In.
competans to assume from habits d
shoughs, previous culture. experience
snd cduea tion.
And tho time has come when W.
Gan NY 10 leading representative news
papers like the lntsr-O Ocean. thu. the
attcmptt % make political safilL out Of col
lisicna that may occasionally occnr II
the south, between tho intelligent vot-
Or, and tho brutal uncdncatcd ono,
will not work. And yet tho negro u
! citizen. h no worse than any Other
similarily unfit, because illiterase ans
slebauehaLlo, In ) word tho trncu
lent dsmagoguery u parsisan leader
IN congress aud out has sunk 10 lev,
Il with ils followers, ~ did tho old
democratic organization. and the cum
sequence has been tho formation white
mans party, respectable and thought
fal, inspired BY no anrcasoaing preju
jadioss, but pasriotically seeking N,
common good, modest, earnest, and !,
tho right. That whiso men of thi'
party have committed cxccssea, IN
warranted and inexcusable In ever,
ssnse b only evidence that tho actor
like those against whom thoy pi,,et
themselves wsro UNFIT 10 DO called Am
srican citizens. Tho people sce III
absur,lity aud folly ofrsmovin & nat~ra
obstacles 70 citias nship and civil pows'
By Law. and an occasional collision 10
tween southern whites and blacks vii
not fire the American heart. Iii
noticeable In those claahings In Nortl
Carolina and elsewhere that thsy hay'
occurred that respectable whito rcpubli
cans, and democrats are on The sam,
side Ia shs conflict, and their triumph
y tho victory Of intelligence over ignor
ancs. What brutal savagcry il cap
able Of doing No know In Tho history D
Ban Domingo, but blood Il Thicker
than water and the Intsr.Ocsan Ant
like representative papsss IN tho Norll
may ~ vol know In tho commence
mcnt that IL ! war d races; ! strif'
between intelligence and ignorance 1
iaaugurated, the white element Of III,
north viii defend and uphold Whit
citizenship Of The South against VA
u determination Any rartythat desire
70 control lhe political affairs " oilhsl
tho North Or the South should onl,
hope 20 Do - through just laws wisel,
administered, instead Of BY catering /.
shs prsjudices and ignorance u . race
snd upholding > systsm u laws who's,
msrit II The fsoility with which the,
transfer private fortunes into the pub
10 treasury 70 DO squan dcrcd or stole'
By iis guardians.