, 1877-07-09
NEGRO CIVILIZATION.
No Perceptible Advancement in
Five Years.
fndolence Encouraged by White E1.
ampie...Ilow the Negro Llres.

- ~''Ho''NN ~ -N%~He @eo~' VIA sdo10
mode then, havo had an opportunity Of form
Ing an opinion a. to whether be has modo any
rrn, nrtvrcst In rtv,lyaf.on tnrt,o hnlf ,oon,1s
Tha s,,,eio,s !. 49, t.aa.s,,,s - ht.. 'n1.s !.
ans ... up!n'on |" W. .a1o'@oss 70 nlm. WIN
strong DESIRE to discover evidences that hs Il
making 1ome substautiai adrances tn In.eil{-
gcncs, independence, and physica1 comfort, I
am forr.i1 Ia ,,v tb,t nv. ~ ta.,. .h,.
~ ,".esu =, ., ~ saA% aasu not oeen Ao's
70 flnd tsiem. 1liero are, Of eourae, ex-
ccpttonal cases here and thcrt-a few perhaps
Ia every large town-of xolored men who
have accumulated nro,r,+v and who live ,r.1i
ths,s .n,,d,e-,aso I'LL, ~ aa,"t, Nv 49,. a. "...
~ enel n''ao'ee,aaa -. ~hto ne'en1'ofe, oa' inc
great mass OF thc oiack people appear TO be Mt
stand-su1l. Indeed, II Is not casY to resist tho
conclusion that tte negroes on tho larre cottt,n
nIantatton. hare artn,,tv rrtrpr,dc'i 4nx,,,1
.-asss.m TIni, .,,sa,,.:.. s r. ."aau ,t,.
Tor 'thcn IN tho old elare times. very much
lilapidated by ngc mud want of repair. OF II q
new one Inns been erected, # il usually Of tho
old pattern and materials, ,t'. only little less
roomy md "eatacf't'g'lt than is prototypes.
glazed window In plantation cabin
might lc sought In vain from ylr-
cipla tn Texas Tho most comIortabio dwell.
tnEs for field hauds arc found oh tue large
sugar estates IN Louisiana They Usually stand
In two long rows upo1 a shA1ed street. arr
neatly whtcwashe,l, Or painted, and Tie clcapi[.
rc.s IF Interiors and surroundings Is Insured By
ordinary negro cabin. such a. one secs all over
the Southern, States, Is small hut OF pIpe logs
OF rough boards, rooted with shingles suit out
with ri AZ. II contains only one room, viii, q
mud chiu,ncy; door ia frunt, md another itl
Tie rcar, md one OF Two bq,laso holes foF Win.
dows, closet! vt night aud Ii coll weather with
try. Tic htycls Of the Irish pcasantry are lux
ufiors co1tlpared WITH Il.
And vol 10 such hut the negro llres wear
after ycar 10 entire coutcntn,ent, without auY
mora decent and comfortable babltaiion. II
kcrns nut thD sun AMI min. md that ia cnnnph.
Ii be has hundred dollars In h.s pocaet he WiIl
6pcud il for useless fincry Or luxurics to cal be-
isrr he viii think OF t1ayipu plaas for bis win
DOW, or building III c1lrn room for = kitrhen.
fffs rIothca arc tbs cast-ou Rarneu,a Of hia er,-
p]oycr, or his white ncIuhIore. patched sIu
tsarued un.il thcro rc.pains svarccly i reminder
when, a. I slave, bo received two suits Of leans
Or kcrs.Y wear, Ills wifcts costume il a
cotton handkerchief tied about tllo head,
anil \ calico gown, aud Ills eht(Irrp arc
black acc1ctlons Ut rags and dirt. Ills food Is
from bin employer, supplemented occasionally
with POTATOES OF cabbayts from hts own pa.cii.
and . chicken, sometimes honestly raised, but
oftcner stolen. The field hand Ii, from ncces-
stir, vcry toor, tor Es wages Or hs sllare Of thc
crop IL seldom moro than enough for him to live
uton in tic nIalncst fashion: Lut if he hatl a,,y
ambition to mount q round or two aIuyc liz
loot OF tho ladder Of civilization he tuuld easily
70 tmpyove T hs eSa 90 30 + SA Would 1ook ks
home for human beings It.slsad Of a stall for
animals. Although lie does not appcar 10 have
10 many phy1Lcal comforts is in the
aa5s Of ta.l saTs6s ss oana = m9d would @ '4' c 1
to return to tho old condition. lie prizes his
frrulotn aboyo everything, aud enioys to the
full tho numcrous holidays he takes to 60 to
town. The Idle hours spent ounetsg In Thu shHla
ttonal performances at lls little log church In
tho woods, wl,cro no white man iutcsfrres, and
In general thu sense Of Ills being hsn own mus
ter. He Is tho most contonte4 creature tn tho
good. No matter how many Of the Ten Com
ulandments he may break, There IL ono injupc-
ton Of Scripture which he obeys to the letter.
lio takes no thought Of the MORROW. Living In
herring" to subsist up,l, ho d tue most caiecas
ansl happy lauotct III tho whos world.
Thu bcst aud the worst VI the colorcd popula-
tfon lock 10 lilo cities aud towns,-the uiorc In.
tu,,itles Of improving tliclr eendttcn than pian-
tatlon life ador,ia, md tho itilo yagabonds, who
want to bs where thero is moro fun and Ia orc to
etcaI tllau in thu country. Every Southern town
-sotne comfortable little cottages With gardcns,
belonging to tbs former class, and Others
wreteEed hovels whcre tho latter class huddie
together like ewtnr, Tho industrious negro Of
tho town ts u,echan!c, cnchn,au, porter,
dray.t}river, u,Ukct-eaf,,r,Cr. Or n,sn
Of all wurk. lIo Is vcll4lssaed on Sun
dnYs, IL a pillar OF his church, sekls
hts Children To school, hns d ilttte
money Ibid by, anI is ia al WAYS good cltlrn,,,
respected bf tho whites as well a. by lii own
people. Tbs iila negro il The r4'st of The p!aSc.
tie ts thtcviah, tllasuIuto, IND gvnernly worth.
less, anil lives BY prcylng uIs,n lilo community.
q month and ratiops. wl.ch Is paid on sons ol
the sugar plsntatlpu1,-tns lowest Il q uIonth
without rsttot,s, II whiell the negroes work uI,
sosnv OF the pourest sols Of Georgia. How they
fuE. even theIr cunloycr. cannot cxplaln, TIA
4 Noteworthy fact that tbe complaints about tho
steaiinr III cattIo and Digs by tbn blacks aro
loutlesI iu locaiItles wi,eru tho rate OF wagca 10
Iowest. The negro must ltyu, aJnl when