The Greenville times., 1876-09-23

DAc11 91o4 A. Artau21r fo<oE1-
We ase enabled BY the courtesy
of Colonel Ssead, Of this city, "a
publisA u following interesting
letter o. The segro in Georgia and
his trsatnest By The whites. The
writer, Colonel Simmons. il . gen
tlsuan q the highest character.
Dsne State Senator, and for years
past Prssideat Of the Senate Of the
State of Georyia:
CoLoxuL 7. l. 6xRAD.
Dsar Sir: Yoar letssref IL l7th
Inst, - besa received You ask
- to give ron "some facts show
ing What Georgia has done and il
doing for Tie segro In the matter
Of edaestion. in securing their po-
litieal rights ssd fairness in the
eesrta &C." To grstify ron will
sndsavor 70 give you brief ansvers
= year questions, not that
Ibelisve II vjll do any good II il
wsrs known to the people Of the
Nee:h. Nothing thaf . Southern
nan en- say aboat the negro viii.
II ny spisios, Be believed as shs
North.
Al ths Close ofthe war, he white
people ofthe 6outh wers The poor
ct people, for . civiliscd people,
On ths face of The earth. The ne
groes. ofeosrae. had literally moth
Ing. For several years after their
ffssdon . large majority Of them
wers Ike children jsss from school.
They thought nothing Of to-mor. |
row. To attend political meet
Ing ~ jsia il the procession that |
marched through the streets was
their greatest delight. All sorts of
runors were circulated among |
then By designing men, and were |
implicitly believed By : large nun-
Der Of them. That they would:gct
s'ferty acre. aad . mule" vas
1snly believed b. thsn for several
ysara At oas time I vas as my
hsa thirty miles distant non Ma
con. n "nsws" cams to them
thatths Queen had sent over : ship
load ofgold for them. and al Who
were II Maeoa By certain day
vesA 81 . espfsl Of gold. The
ue1t morning there was not . ne.
gro - ~ plsee-all bad gone,
leaving ~ crop in which they
wsss Interested to take care Of L.
eslf. I mention these facts to show
- nov inprovidest they were
and Aow easily deluded. For tho
- nv years thsy hare learned
'sbetser seass," = they express II.
Thsy ars now II . much more pros
pesess eosditios, not - easily led
assssy. Thsy issestisste more
than they ever did, learning 10 hare
con1dence IN themselves and in
their former owners. They work
eAeertully ard well. They begi.
70 accumulate property, which
makes them conservative in their
views The Comptroller Generals
report for the year 1875 shows
that tAsy owned Sss.s5a acres OIL
lad valued at $iass, SOC; hat they |
owned town and city property |
valued at u, ,N0, ,a0e; money and | 1
solent debts. $i0a,1sa, and other
property agyregating $5,sss, ,sss.
This property has been aceumula-
ted within the last hve years.
By the oct ofFebruary "a, 1873, I
Of the Legislature Of Georria. the I
nsgvo 10 fslly protected il his labor 1
That oct gives him ! ellen on the I
property Of his employer superior
to al other liens, and provides /
: summary way Of enforcing his
llea. All be has to do Is to 20 be- .
lore . magistrate and make oath
% the amount and the fact Of his
lien, and execution issues at once. 1
The lien for labor is superior to d
he homestead lien Of the wife and 4
'Aildrsa Of the employer. In the Il
natter Of education the report Of p
'he State School Commissioner for 9
ast year shows that the number Of .
children u the public school. lat :
'sar was 1l9,T9e. or these q. .7so &
sere whites ard lS.s7s were color. 4
q. The cost pr mouth per papil u
raso1.D. Y
Oar Constitution provides hat q
neA male eitiaen snail psy annual '
] q - . poll tax, ard this ,ax ;
'nan - TO sustain the public o
ehsols. lAls75 the negroes g .
armed ooo0 polls, and ought 10 b
lave paid into the School Fund =
hat many dollars. But about t~o- Il
airds Of them failed to nav. a. q
hough the money was to edncste ol
lar own children. OF conr.e. b
y balance ofthe School rapd not d,
'.ised b the poll-tax must BE- r.is- N
q NON tosaiioa On property. =
= adddition y he amount spnrs. t
'riaied By the State for ,rh,ie 9,
eAoolA : great many counties hav. !.
oeal laws for their public sehoola. =
- are allowed to levy IN add,. !, +
loeal eax to earTy them On. On Il
sf thess laws this county (Bibb, +
- fos the Last Nv yeor, lev,.5 =
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