The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-08

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cussIon sprang up. and 1 was glad ii
old because it gave me an opportunity
to hear some of the best speeches ]
ever heard from colored men. And
twelve years ago they We're all slaves.
After a days wrangling over the dis
turbing resolution it was adopted IN a
modified fo;m. 1t seems to me the
| coiored men in North Carolina are aS
secure in their freedom of every kind
| as they are in Massachusetts. There
can be. IL seems to me. no antagonlSm
of races if outsiders do not come in to
work on the ignorance of the blacks.
All during the State fair last week.
whites and blacks went and anne to-
| gether, jostled each other in the
crowds, and Were all good natured and
as happy as the occasion would render
any people. On the cars 10 and from
the fair, first coming whether white or
black. were first served with seats. On
the grand stand there was a division
of color, but officers stood on the di-
viding line, and kept white people
from going into the seats allotted for
the colored people, just as they direct
ed the blacks to go into their seats.
There appeared to be no compulsion in
the matter. the two colors separating
of choice. Here was the only place
where l have seen any division of col
or. On the railroads if colored people
pay first-class fare they have tirst-class
seats. If white people pay second
class fare they go into a second-class
apartment. The color line Is not
drawn in this State. SO far as | can see.
In a way that can deprive the blacks
of any amusement Or possession for
which they pay equally with the
whites. The schools are separate. but
equal provision IS made by law for
them. II course. Is III the North. The
colored people have separate churches.
In short, the only difference | see be-
tween the commlngling of whites and
blacks in Raleigh and in Utica is that
in the former the blacks are vastly
more numermOuS. While the whit,
people laugh at the idiOsyncrasies OF
their cOlored fellow citizens, l fail l.
discover a disposition on the part OF
the former to Cypress the latter or to
deprive them OF any political privilege
secured to them by the constitution OF
the United States. Governor Vanc>
has opposed the Liberian movement.
and it was by his advice the late con
ventiOn was called. He has advised
the cOlOred people to stay where they
are and to improve their condition b.
industry and saving. SO | don't sc
why the Hayes policy of brlnAIn.
reconciliation by allowingthe southcrl
States to govern themselves, is lot SAT
SO far as the negro is concerned, n,
the safety of the negro seems to
be what the anti-Hayes politicians are
SO much troubled about. The strongest
proof of the wisdom of that policy pre-
sented acre is the new life infused into
all business operations. The State Is
looking with renewed confidence for
a northern and European immigration.
The business men here speak of the
Presidents policy toward the South as
the beginning of better times for North
Carolina at least l heard at the State
Fair one day last week one unmistaka-
BILE indication as to how President
Hayes stands with the average citizen
in Raleigh. The foreman of a Raleigh
fire company, a good speaker, in wei
coming a visiting company from Pei
t2sGh,g~ H., -fyurlSn-ir~aaS e~J4aIenc
If national reconciliation and the re-
lewal of Interstate friendships. and
by nominating for the national
ticket in 1890. without party distinc-
ion or political manipulation. Hayes
md Hampton. The sentiment was
lpplauded by both fire companies and
~ the ~JTIOuIulllS cTOWu. 11tle II
confidence in the Presidents
determination to give the South a rest
rom the political s%quabbles that have
long afflicted it.
| have spoken first of the politico-
aspect in this State because, as
have said, politics and southern pol
cy are uppermost in New York. The
has, | am convinced, little to
10 with the North Carolina immigra-
ion question. Here | hear of little
nut lands, agriculture, business en-
erpriSe. the future Of the State,
etc., with entertaining remin-
SCIENCES of the war as a change.
am led to believe that a northern
nan can be politically anything he
las a mind to be. ever a rascal, in this
State, and enjoy just as great a free
as he does in any State. If he
an get a nomination from the major
ty he can be elected. and more than
hat he "a not expect up yonder. OF
features of the State. of its in
possibilities and climatic pro-
liabilities, | hope to have something
to say. GUSTUS SECOND.