Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-06-22
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60 draw the attention OF your many
" va" 20 subject which in my opin-
!eaue's III Of their most earnest con-
lou % ,;,n II is part OF the lite of
.m lint it is not felt and thought OF by
a.. a. There is no subject which deserves
az, nor. profound consideration than the
Inject concerning the white and color
eJ races in the United States. l feel
that the colored people are misrepre-
sented; and their Misrepresentation
have not risen from what they have
done, but from the fact (and it is an I'M
deniaOle tacO that the colored people
were misled at the time Of the emanci-
patton. We read in the Bible of a
blind man who, when his eyes were
partially opened, saw men only as trees;
but Jesus, in His goodness, completed
the cure, so that he saw clearly. W hen
we were emancipated cur eyes were
partially opened, so that we saw our
worst enemies only as our best trends
Soon after the emancipation white teach
ers came among us, who ate with us
slept with us, and, like the Good oSihar-
itan of old, appeared willing to admin
lister TO our necessities in every partlcu-
lar. Those who came among us as
teachers were Yankees, poor, but wen
educated. They came because they
were paid large salaries to come; ana
those who sent them individuals ana
societies of various kinds felt that IT
would repay them 10 have all OF the col
ored people turned into asses, on which
they could ride into Office. These teach
ers sought 10 secure the children as
their most hopeful subjects. While
these children of different ages were
attending these schools of stratagem,
they were taught to love their Northern
friends who had done SO much for them
as a poor, trodden-dOWM race, and, at
the same time almost making the chill
dren believe that their forms were sub
iect to a change equal 10 that OF tad
pole, and had they not reached them as
soon as they did, all Of them would
have been changed to monkeys. They
would sometimes appoint prayer meet
ings for the pupils to pray for Their
Northern friends; and the daily qUes-
tons were equivalent to this: Simon,
son of Jonas, lowest thou Inc more than
these? Like carpenters, these Northern
teachers drove their nails of Northern
love through the hearts Of their pupils
and cliuched them on the opposite side.
So you see the North has been kept be
fore the school children for Is years as
well As the letter and the 6IocE-J0ard;
and the yonng men aud women Of the
colorcd race today, are they who start
ed 10 school Is years ago at ., 8, and
years old. Nov, is it strange that
the colorrd people differ from those
with whom they live, all over the South,
whcn they have been taught from emit
hood 10 differ? Or is it strange that so
many colorcd people yet look upon
these crafty Yankees as their best
fieuds? No, it is not strange, but it is
a pity tor them that they were taught
10 differ from those with whom they
are 10 live aad die, in the very things
which are essential to the prosperity OF
both We sometimes speak of the prog
rcss Of Romauisrn in Protestant coun-
tries, but this crafty IankeeiSm has
done more TO destroy the peace OF the
country than all other iSms combined.
When these pretended friends OF ours
t,l, themselves able to effect their PLAYS
North, they bid farewell to ersry fear,
and left their beloved ones wipi"g their
weeping eyes. The above is felt by in
d,riinais aud by churches. Now, 1t
will take MS - more years (nnless the
experience of the past assists to con-
vince the coorcd people as they should
be-. that their best friends are they with
whom obey were raised. My reason tor
savin" that We AZ 3 race are mlSrepre-
scented, is this: a great many OF my
race, like myself, are already convinced
that their o"jy and best friends are they
with whom they were raised. The rca
son East and West Virginia are less et-
tected 10y the error committed i'll the
beginning than many other States, is
this: When these crafty fellows came
among Us, they got hold Of the best
material we had in our shops. | thank
God that it is my privilege, while WIS
dom eulorces the duty, to cali the atten-
sion OF my race 10 the errors OF the
past, so that we may more wisely I'M
prove the present and the future.
IAAIES IT CAREY