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obvious that By whatever means construction
had bean e1ectsd, had tho tesntn boon tho saruc,
tue like discousent would have prevailed.

THE rrb1to-scnnol QUESTION.
This Is especially niaHifeht in LIN tetnror Of
tte Cotton States Oh The pnblsc-tchool question:
rrors.stoss, wnn thor n.o tho plr&sa which ia
common in al tAeec Statea "that tho intelligence
and wealth ebonld ralc," mean that !hcir
e!sa; wlte!. eomprlses tho wealthy.
An they did tesore the war, The poor whito
trash do not hsnre to education, and are
scarcely iess .lliterao than tho old field bands.
G1cs!ior wlether they rank higher in tho scale
publtc schools, rho viii mako nl1nost any And
ovory sacrifice that his ehildsen may learn to
toaa VINO, # such thing n rosaible: ovarests-
mates tho Advantages Of education. At the 10.
about 25 years Of age. nen,eJ o,, hia stool iu =
correr. waiting to A,inuer be![.ca., an.} coming
most indnhtriou1ty Webator's spelling hook.
At Atlanta ono hot afternoon, as wa' s.ttng
In my room with tho doo,a aud windows open,
writing bust3, the coiored chamternaid a
woman Of apparently IS years Of ngo. came 10
the door, and s,midly astcd wouldn't l be 40
kind aa to wits tltt's letter for her, "Cor-
tainlr." wh1 EnY response and rho dictated II to
her father " ont on DO ole place."
Whom h.d finished. ! sstt; "You onght to
"oh, ycr." was hci retponse ',and ins gwtns
- 10 sr o prae isaas osus s0sa sn I'm I'm
geinc to."-shin last viii, empltasis :.
noticed IN old field hasd aho was asked by
merchant to elgn q receipt. Very ehamc.faccd
did ie look when he Hammered out that ho only
negro school In Montgomery, asw black
young man studying ihtently aAonG. children
from 10 to 10 years OF REo. Nowhere can
1t escape observation this intenao desire Of tho
negroes OF the Cotton States to learn to :ead and
write. Wien, they hare progressed 70 tar. they
naturally desire to lea1n Eorr And thanks to
the Frcedinans Duscau u-asainat oil tue abuses 0f
which tt must be credited, and \ great credit
hf hlu tai l.ntta
for them, anG tho nngrocs have pEofited by
these, but NOW that The support Of tho tchoold
falls upou tie people OF the Hate. this planter
class erssnb'a At being Jared for tho education
Administration Is headed by Garland. the abcst
and broadost-inud"d BY all odds Of tue Cotton
State Governors. the echools we're closed last
winter, and wll remain closed shis winter OF
tha COLLECTION Of taxea IN ArkauaA. Ia
practically enapended. In 6 igoryta, With q
population Of over million, tho white mans
Legislature has thrice voted down bill TO sim.
for tho maintenance 0! tho public ncho-1ls. Laat
winter 10 fourteen counties. not school uas
opcued. and tho total State School Fund only
aufticed to support schools in tho other counties
for Oh aycrage OF threo months: This aversge
uas mado up by Including in The estimate tho
schools In the. cities Of Savannah. atlanta:
| hIacon and A7gusta. As u matter Of
fact, the average term in the planting
districts could not hsve exceeded eight weeks
Tor the year. In Alabama. retrenchment By
cutting down tho school appropriation is dis
cussed and Constitutional! amendment to.Gncct
that ia proposed. 10 is it throughout these
States. Anywhere cae in tho United States
"tho wcatI, and Intelligence" wonfd feel
alarmed at The denee ienorance Of 70 largo a
/ body Of yotera ~ the ueSroee. Bat tha eottou-
Iorlt connt GU kicking tto negro out of politics.
| and keeping him in h.s rosit'on a. the HARDEST
worked aud poorest-paid laborer IN America:
| md ky a1,af6 hA hH afflfratA1 their
| pensai They propose to do tbs governing for
a!l. and that Sambo Hlsll do tho work for all.
TEuc there are ..-...
MEN or MORE COMPREHENSIVE v1EwH
men like Ex-Governor Jos Brown, OF Georgia,
who perceive that tha money expended In ed.
! uca,ing tho negroes could not bn better invested
by tho Whites But men Of that stamp ara raEo
ID tbs Cotton StAtes. and are far in advance OF
public sontimeut which, however. they hro
| slowly and xnrclr, believe, bringing to their
yew Of the question. But that also will lo .
work Of tirne. Conld tho preHent Constitutions
bs abrognted, and tho question rrescntcd apast
from other considerations, question whether in
somo Of these statcH tho FREQ echool +ynter With
its full benefits extended to tho blacks would be
maintained.
Upon shls question depends quite % rnneh AZ
upon any pulitica! meabuIe. Tie ncE.o voters,
- class, are deutely gnorant-nofe ignorans
than any other voters III tho Uuited States, uu.
less It be the poor white. trash: They have ~
yet received but a faint glimmesing OF tho ligh.
OF HH0HlHuGG4 ~ kuE%I lHuQEaHCC 10 khltuAtEu
tho gross corruption OF the carpot-baE asluasnie-
trationy. They weto plant a. clay tn tue hhndt
OF unscrupalous demagogues arc Us plinnt TO-
tlay IN tho hands OF any denlagogue who IL He
sbas ia 10 .hss. s day. ss ts ' ',Y I'll osef' s IT, t.
camps to Mk how to vote. They mus
alvauce or rocede. 1t is impossible for then
to remain IN their present condition. and
The whi.e-line sentiment, maintain auy rolitica
Btatus. II left uucducAtsd, without tho lehdor
ship Of tho carpet-bagger1, whose days III thea
States nre nunbcrsd, thoy will sink back int'
their former condition pracscatly.-thhs OF
A sEnyILE RACE.
II educated fand OF their capacity no carefn
observer eau entertain doubt alter inspectio
OF tho negro schoolsl. viii not tue contest be
tween the Nhite cAsto and the blacks pFosctibe
e % ths fas hssht t. of tSs ambition Of he sror.s
10 0'>' .c1es and = mnls. Les ttl
tight OF knowledge in upon bis darkone intellect
: and his aspirations must bseomo higher. Con
more dlscontanted will he become with tue psae
! aaAigueu him by The white caste. ~ flcld.hand
aud the more will he resent that easta, Whsci
, forces his wife and daughters whom sssvelsn
, him aud them from tse hotels and :'!acea G
: amt1.oment, despito ths Gvil-lllghts act.
, Further, it IL only education that can lmpror
, the ....
| AUAAk5 VF Kuk <NLu0 SGViANs
! which are In truth ftiGntfuliy low. populstto
I numbering millions, among whom scarce my r.
gard iB paid to fonAle ohastitS. and with WHOM
tho fact that uan has served term IN q
!, Tenltentiary subjects him to 10 perceptible dil
! grace, cannot 10 tho nature Of things, long hol
thnr place in American civilization. Ihcr r.
!, lgon does not percepsibly improve thclr moral
though they arc noarly al relsHtous,-tass u ~
ch1,scA-membeta or attendants upon churche
!: | Their preachers aFe among tho worst mon {
their race in many, perhaps nioat, insthnce
!, Tho whole Ia natural result OF nlavsr.
! wherein no wom.n's person vas her own. asl
H,en robbed Of all naturally cams to segat
petty thefts a. only recovering part OF NH
was righttulty their own. Slavery h o1sinct, b1
J tho results OF generations af eervitude remait
. aud their eradication is one OF the most serlou
,, problems presented by tho Hftusslou.
: RstuYning to tho North where freedom Ia fres
! xt,ere schools abound whore the law commant
= !, respect; where thrift aud industrial cnterpFlt
4.e:omnipEeseut who're the watchwoTd Of OF
: ! civilization Ia !" forward" almost innumsrab
T | such
rNoHLnMS
-nrnb1HuaA which nnlF tho r1nG