Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-05-01

'SS IL ~ AOOON Il NAZ
task; but trusting to the righteousness of
our cause, let US enter upon the conflict
and do our duty, no matter what obstacles
we may be called upon to encounter.
REPUBLIcANIsM IN THE SOUTH.
The time has come when the Republi-
cans of the South must move forward
/ and enter upon the discussion of the
questions that now present themselves
| for solution, or disband their organiza-
ton and abandon the field to those who
will do so. For one, am determined to
do my duty in this important conflict, and
| God helping me, expect to give the bal
ance of my life to the advocacy of the
great principles upon which the Republi-
can party rests.
The Republican party in the South is
entering upon new era. The old ques-
| tions have been so far settled that we
should discuss new ones and press them
upon the attention of the people until
victory shall crown our efforts. The
questions of slavery, of the preservation
of the Union, and the citizenship of the
negro have been settled, for the present
at least; but the protection of the life
and rights of the citizens and of the ball
lot, universal education, encouragement
to labor, and the elevation of the masses,
are matters of vital Importance to the
south. These questions now demand our
attention.
PROTECTION.
That the colored citizens and their po-
litical friends in the Southern States
the ReDublicans--do not enjoy the rights
to which they are entitled as American
citizens cannot be truthfully denied. The
colored people are, for the most part, Re-
publfcans; but it is well known that, as a
class, they are not permitted freely to
cast Republican ballots. Many have been
scourged, robbed and even murdered;
but in very few instances have the guilty
4 parties been punished. 1t is, therefore, a
matter of the first Importance to decide
how the Southern Republicans can be
protected; for government that does not
protect its citizens is worthless. Ibelieve
that this can only be done by creating a
public sentiment among the white people
: of the South in favor of the proper care
of the life and rights of the citizen.
FREE SCHOOLS.
It is to be regretted that so little has
been done to educate the masses in the
Southern States. In the former Free
States, as shown by the census of 1870,
+ but seven per cent. of the entire popula-
tion above ten years of age were unable
to read and write, and these were mostly
|
q States, forty-two per cent. above ten years
: of age, were unable to read and write
q about twenty per cent. of these were
! whites. In the State of Georgia, fifty-siz
per cent. of the entire population above
{, ten years of age, were unable to read anG
: write twenty-five per cent. of the white!
of that age were illiterate. Massachusetts
q with population about the same as tina
4 of Georgia, raises for free schools, annu
= ally, sc, 400. 600; Georgia raises abou
$3.50, 900. Georgia, whose natural re
n sources are far greater than those of Mas
. sachusetts, was worth in 1870, as show
by the census, $268, $50, ,543. Massachu
% setts was worth 50, 1872, Jas, ,741. In tn
= former State, fifty-six in every hundret
= of the inhabitants, above ten years O
\ age, were una 10 read and write; il
IA the latter. but eight Maine, who's
: wealth ins1s70. was As, 1851. raise
for free schools, 81 ,313, BOB; Georgia 70
- the same purpose, but $46s, ,593.
!. Maine, Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesc
p ia are among the poorest of the Northerl
es and Western States-the former fre
N States. Georgiais one of the wealthies
II of the former slave States. The numbe
: of illiterate persons in Georgia in I87
N was more than six times as great as in a
= those States. 1t is true that but few co
n ored persons live in those States, and tn;
NO nearly half of the population of Georgi
"a is colored; but in Georgia the white pol
ulation, 10 years of age and upwards, W;
tv 462, ,718, and of these 124, ,939 were UNI
q. BILE TO read or write. More than ont
Of fourth of the white population of tn
es State of Georgia, and nearly twice {
al many in the States of Maine, Kansas
ca Nebraska and Minnesota, were unable t
n read and write, although the white pol
~ ulation of those States was three times
nc great as that of Georgia. The total wealt
~ of Maine, Kansas, Nebraska and MINI
sofa was $685., ,234, ,758-about three tim
n as great as that of Georgia. Although tt
of illfteracy in Georgia was six times
10 great as in all of these States, and the
od wealth but three times greater, they raist
for free schools nineteen times as muC
.es money as Georgia. Iowa, like Georgia
n an Agricultural State, and depends mai
a. ly upon her agricultural products for h
10 wealth. The population of Iowa is abo
,+s the same as that of Georgia, but the ms
m ural advantages of the latter are great
bo than those of the former. The illitera
= in Georgia is more than ten times as gre
m, as in Iowa. The wealth of the latter
,+a nearly three times as great as that of t
State of Georgia; but Iowa raises abo
1d eighteen times as much for free schot
M as Georgia. The population of Ne
ia, York, the empire State of the North,
M about four times that of Georgia, the E
q, pire State of the South. The wealth
, the former is about twenty-four tin
that of Georgia. The latter State l
+bo twice as many illiterate persons as N
80 York; but that State raises forty-thl
- times more for free schools than Georg
GER THE ARIsTocRAcY-TH ENEMIES OF
,tIv SOUTHERN PEOPLE.
re- Nature has done as much for the So
able as for the North, and her people are eq
uel- in natural objects; but the Statesmen
ton the North have established free scho
the and have raised by taxation mo-
enough to educate the masses; the I
CO. who have ruled the South have done ne
is to er. arraign the aristocratic leaders
EAST, the South before the bar of public opir