, 1875-06-05

lc.s legrec), thu plhsitors sro honestly AZ mat
ter Of Intelligent AeIf-intcrcat, encouraging tlio
negroes, by ivory t'nsssblo means, to
itAhlr5 or THRIFT AND r0hEHAaHEJ,HEa9.
Tho burden Of carrying tho tIegroes sohaon
aflor season Hattonhly ctipplcs tho credit Of The
planter, Al wolf ~ raducaa lin nnst1nga Of the
iegroes; ant1, Oh loarn DvctyEtlero tho credit
hyRteIn III nlowiy but certainly pasA[nE away.
Ro.,d crop tis aonson will do much toward ter
!ninRsint; IT.. Further. tllnso can scarce be
doubt Int Tint tho planters, a. clasn. aro ncr,t-
Inlouhly honest III thoir fca!tnKH With tho negro.
Tl4are aro exceptions, nus thoy uro comparative
II rare, art, ata ti!taiuislling. 10 say Of man
hero that ho would c'1aat negro, IL ore Of tho
mott upprnbYipns o1itiosH TINT conld ho applied.
and. when used. means tight, Int wilat has
n,ntc to do with it Is intelligent nppsec'ntion Of
tho fact that IL IL necessary III nrdar In get YoDl
haBda, 10 Hccuso their coniitloncs; and that tho
planter wllu cheata h,H ha,da nno SEASON, lilo
next only gets tlse "nEht nnor. and Ia llablo to
oxper,encu III hundred wnSa 'the sr1ith Of tho
homely atage, that
,toSr*rY IS THE nxss Policy.
Tho planters are bcgIMnlng 10 1eeoEnizs, too.
that there init laf~tsnr population enough In
tho atatc by )la1f. anil that white labor viii mot
c,ldesyoling to induce H. anl capital ns well. to
DO employed In other ctanncls,-Atnek 1arms.
1umhosng. tho Iron and coal mines (which
abound III tue northern parta Of tim State}, fae-
toIfe1, etc. Meanwhile, they are iiscurSinE the
reclamation Of TIN abandoned plantations which
hro wholly vatuc1ceH fur cotton Or cort. by turn
ing them into pastures aud en,bark.ug II, gtock-
raising. Tho value and uhts OF Fertilizers are
dHcusnea 10 witae o.tcnt. anil many arc already
being tried. From, psoeent indications. tntnIli-
gent Hef-lntoroas and newy.hwakehed enter-
priso Will, within tile next decade. haso tedoen,-
cd much Of tho abandoned iand, WHICH !. now
estimated 40 hiyl. ~ one-half tic etire cleared
acreage of tic State.
Moro hopeful Ia 1t thai the schoo1master ia
ous 1asong Tia negroes. That boys aud gsriH
growing up hore, despite the III reBnts tLA. must
follow such breedng "a will be theirs At tho
hands Of tue ignorant iteld-hAnd ciazA. will be \
decided improvement In MUD and morals upon
tlio pseaost RGneFAtl0n. ctnnot be d0nbtea l
visited ono Of THAR schools hefe. II III tho best
in the .atc, It In true hut 1t is also the Lest III
showing thu capacitlos OF tho ucErIes
UNDER FAVORABLE CONDITIONS.
1t WAS established by The FfeetlmsnA Euseau
aud tho American 3tiHaion Society jointly, and
lAs bcon ho well conducted that in the LAST report
Of the Superintendent Of Edncatiou 1t !scitsd AZ n
beat Hchool in tho best school-bni!diag, and tho
most euccossIul in tho Stato. A. prrEant 1t is
| conducted by tho local athor.teg (wtth SONS
aid. believe, from, tho MByion 6ocleiy), and by
s s Il ,ssy S5a9a s o2s,r oysr 70 ths sssg. & e
fifth Illinois during the War. anl ia
nov Secretary Of the North and South
Alabama !ttn, . lEAi,roaa. !a ,, On his invitation
tendance Of between $40 anil 400 pupils. Tho
order, lecoEln1, gooi manuera, and application
to study. we1e ss good as can be found in the
beat ot our Chicago schools and tho toacors.
@ o sa s o4dss 1os al D' aa.a
WIN came hore from Sew Eng giant1 to tsxch, aud
with Through training aud qualifications, have
conscloutiouay h0po,l themselves to their work
lii one Of the rooms. listened to examinations
iu English gratutnar and 1T algebra. Most Of
tho pupils six yoaEs ago c3ad not road tho
most proficient Of them uaro no. tt yeass OF age.
The examinations were much after tho vigorous
| cant-lIon method
:insT rnr1sa TO THE PUPILS.
| wbo were required to demonstrate tAs examples
Aul cite tho rules Of sylltax with formal exact-
nees. 4 btack grl, with no ttaco Of white blood
10 lor veins, went 10 llia blackboard aosl tharo.
on "worked out quite d''lcult Problems IN tho
equation Of she irst degrse,- elimination by
HIbstitutiou,-with u manifest clear con,pra-
leus.on Of her subject, aud with roAdueus that
| would layo puzzled must men ave yearB after
leaving college. aud tlat wolIi haye done credit
| to most Of tbs girls attending our schools. Tho
boys DID as we'll; aud. in grammatical analysis.
| both girls and boys exhibited thorough under
standing Of the suhtcct, that would lavo quito
! puzzled many professional writer for tho
press. 4 younger clasa. ia mental arithmo,ic,
elisn.nation Of unimportAnt adiNncts, and In
| aelzipK upon tbs glst Of proposition, aud OF
| mathematical reasoning, that
70 ME wAH SURPRISING.
| tho best Of the public schoul4 Of Chicago. and
| there witnessed = Himllar examination unl eau
dor coinpols mo to say that tie h1atk pupils ut
Montgomery paasod their examination no lesa
ctealaby than did the Chicago boys aud e,ris OH
that occasion aud tleso blacks wore OF about
| tho Same ago an Weta thoae Chicago sch0ol-cl,-
dren. Ths cuurse At this school, praporIy mated,
il about such ~ that preparatory for tho high
ecloos In most Of the Northern citics aud not
a lew negro Chi!lran Wore tlero hero WHO, after
| another six nsonths' study, coua pass exsmlna-
tion for tho average Northern lsh school,. lut
what nuXured more WAS lla manifest irrepre6si-
ble eaKeFnesa OF those Children 10 learn :; IL
WaR proclaimed iu ali thugs, and could not c.
cape notices. 4 couple OF Iours' Htay thsro sa.is-
mo. not only that thor can loa,n, but that. gIveu
haif chaucs,
THEY WILL LEARN.
And. Of all I saw that IL to std III working out
the reconstruction u this great Southern prob
lem tsshsy, ''nught Impressed the. as moro
quietly aud hurrty doing rightly a full share Of
tho work t.,an the .'nicger schools" Every
man hero tells that tho great tronblo with lie
negroes will DO with tho nsxt generation. AK.
whats tbs tuatser7" aud thu auswer Will be,
"oh! tho young 'uns growing up won't work,
aud arc good for nothing"
"Do they 20 to achooI7" asked Of feveral
gentlemen who NO expressed sLeIlrsives.
"Oh, yea they are ready saoug4 to go to
given ~ though that mado tho pTospact,
II anything. the worse ~ regarded tho
coming noaro. Aud I Auspoct Il does.
The boys who 20 to tho ''nsgor schools" will
| hardly he content With tielu.Hork IL it Ia now
MANAGED: md tho girls will not work IN tho cot
| tou-aeils and I've in the "nlgger quarters" II
thov can possibly avoid it.; and 1t III oovoutIy to
be wiaAed that, Gro they quit actooI, thsy tuny
! hare learned enough to know how 70 make their
lot better tllan that Of tho present regro popu-
la.ion and that tho negro, ~ an etoneat OF
| ignorance and corruption {aA ho unquesionably
| hiss boen aud is). will then hayo boon forever
| eliminated from Southern po|ilcs. ~
1t may seem iuoougtuous, lu view Of what
hayo already written cuncornlug tho political Bt-
| uation hsro, 10 state that tho political outcome
| for tho negro
! II rKoMIniNa.
] I hayc ATTEMPTED to faithfully rcaect tue sau-
tinacnt Of the whitos toward tho uelgo No yotor.
Summed ur, It 10 the prejudice Of tile wealth aud
| education aGainst tho ignorance and poverty as
| Tho ruling c!ass Besidos, thcro arc prejuttcea
ct tho snte-War days; but these ato l,aaslnl,