The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-08-16
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A significant item looking towards
| a prospective closer union OF North
| and south in amicable bonds of friend
ship and mutual intercourse, Is the
| fact that Hon. Stewart L. Woodford,
one of the ablest, most intelligent and
purest minded Republican leaders Of
New York, recently went into the
State OF Mississippi. while the murder
of the Chisholm family In kenper
county was still fresh In the public
mind, and delivered an address to the
students of the University Of Missile
sissippi, by invitation, which was re-
ceived with hearty and genuine APP
plause. He afterwards travelled quite
extensively through the State with
Senator Lamar, and was everywhere
very Hospitality and kindly received.
The following is the substance of his
report of what he saw and heard.
Among his audience III the time he
spoke were the Trustees aad Faculty
OF the university; General Feather
stone, the old commander of the Mis-
sissippi Brigade in Lees army; ex-
Governor and General Humphreys;
the present Governor Stone; Senator
Lamar: Jacob Thompson, and many
Others of equal note and influence.
With regard 10 the general state OF
feeling in Mississippi, Mr.. Wood says:
The fact j. that We OF the North
don't possess monopoly Of the law
abiding spirit or purpose OF this peo-
pie. The educated aud thoughtful
classes In the South. - well ~ IN the
North. thoroughly understand that
obedience 70 iaw and protection Of lite
and property ars essential conditions.
without " hieh q free state cannot ex-
i~t. Tear that in the estimate of AZ
fairs al the south, as well ~ in their
estimate of affairs at the North. We
both forget that the great forces at
work In our society and politics are AFT
ter ali the same in both sections. Men
keeping oh prsjudiees alive may be
rs~olateIy set toward the past without
ever looking toward the future, or
working for the new and better union
that Is coming between our sections.
The necessities OF slavery compelled
practical Intolerance ofallopinion hos
tile 10 ID. This intolerance will con-
tinae az tAs South just so long a> the
traditions, memories and Influences
Of slavery survive. As these die, il
will die. The educated and progress
i've classes know that slavery is dead,
that secession Is dead. They cordially
wish thorough and more perfect un-
ion with Us, aud they not only desire.
bat | am sure will labor TO secure, such
practical liberation Of opposing ideas
a. will make such union possible. /
have come home satisfied that every
hand that is reached out honestly and
heartily from the North will be met
ny - honest and true a hand from the
South
The three things which gave Mr..
" ooagori most encouragement he de-
ciares to be:
First, everybody, white and black,
seemed 10 be AT work. Second, there
were a. many acres of corn under cul-
uyation H. there were of cotton. Third,
the planters. the leading business men
and leas.ing lawyers were evidently
SINGER in their desire To give the Tn
ion their hearty and effective support.
With regard to any speedy change
In party organizations, Mr.. Woodferd
thinks we canuot reasonably look for
is. He says:
There is evidently wide and deep
distrust of what they call the return
of negro rule in Mississippi. They ar
que that the blacks are in numerical
majority in their State: that these
blacks are for the most part ignorant
and unfit TO govern the State; and
that If they should vote solidly for any
party, their ignorance would make
them the dupes of bad leaders They
say that this fact will compel the
whites to act Together with such parts
of the black vote a. they can detach
and keep With them, ~ long as there
j. any danger OF combined political !
acrion by rha blacks.
Sill he thinks political diversion
will surely come in the future, and /
that there will We. be strong Union
National party at the South, with such |
men IS Hill. Gordon and Lamar for
leaders. Concerning the present con-
dition of the blacks, he reports:
They were working contentedly, and |
uniformity told me, for took pains |
To question all whom | could reach, |
that the white farmers used them very
honestly and fairly in the matter Of |
wages and in the settlement Of the
contracts 10 work Land on shares. Pass
ing the one question Of party politics,
found very general aecord between
the whites and blacks. They were
living together very cpnt@ntesiIy Just
a. contentedIy az people live any
where where they are all al work.
More than this, he -ays:
From the hest information that I
could get judge that the right ~ the
black to sit upon iuries i. generally
recognized and respected through the
state. At Granada the Grand Jury
had Ig-r been III -s---Ion when ! reach
e4 there. / found that Of the Grand
Jury Of .ixseen, nine were black and
seven white. They were accepted
and .erse.I just AZ they were drawn
ny the sheriff On July sth. tray-
ssest about seventy mile. In q fir-t-cia--
passenger ear occupied By both blacks
and whites Each cla.. seem 10 take
the presence Of the other a. matter
Of course. During all my journey in
Mississippi the only ears in which !
did not s@-e eoiored occupants were
tie Pullman palace cars.
Ifthi- view NJ things has not been
made slightly ..ot.tG ae rose by the
gratifying reception Mr.. Woodfood re-
ceiyed at Southern hands. the pregre-.
toward a political millennium has in
deed been very rapid in that section
OF country during the las. few months.
At all events. the picture Mr.. Wood
ford draws II the general state Of
things at the South j. pleasing one
to contemplate. and j. richly worth
rea.iing for the bright vita il opens,
If not for the actual fact. v hich il EN-
bodice. Mr. Wooisori'- eminent
ability ami position are . guarantee
that his views are al Least Intelligent
ly formed.
what Iowa Farmer Might De.
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