, 1879-05-29

whItct. Tho hitter arc accustomed not merely
to ndtntt this distruat Of the ncrrocs for elrir
intuntsore, but TO nstat upon it rs one OF tl'ts
manifestations Of tl.c ncgro's fEnora',so anl
FOLLY; but so general feeling would a!so indl"
cato somo good reason for fta cxtalence.
TIin EDUCATIONAL AsrEcr.
Education, using tho term IN Its broadcast.
sense, Is ti,c trtte remedy for tho troubits to-
scribcd Under the last capiior'. TINS also a.
piles ns we'll to Tic whites ns The blarks. Tho
Louisiana Stale ccnsus OF 1875 fcvcalud the fact
That, outside tic EIty Ut New 0rlcapa. nearly
onc.lalf tho white ndulfa col1l 1Iot read Or
write; think that tho figures 1lYc.1 nhe were
III, 900 such ncre1us who could. und ZOO
who could not, raatl a,itt write, and The female
adults wcrc IN t1lr majority an,0ng the former.
I7ls would Indicate that tle rural whites In
tie South ra.' stnll.f moro scftolng thnn they
hnyc been IN the iubEt Of getting.
''Uon't use tlut word fncf, rdnssa. Dat word
made mo u 1lcap o. tr0ltblo one Yrar,h r:ki un
old "nigeer" called Bob. leaving OH tho final r
IN tile word year. It gccms tint Tie planter
thirty other Africans had contracted tu furnish
them with mules, pIoss, implements, anh tne.
The Gnrkfcs got everything reEnlarDy and satts-
factorily With THO s,gu exception. rs they sup
pused, Of fuel Bob whs employed constantly
iug wood at the dIfurdnt louscs 80 that
the others ttcd not 10 tuke1i from tlicfr
work In order to cut Alld haul 1t. Bob, bu-
ing favored alu influential nun among Them,
was depntetl .hy tllu oilers to wnft upon
tic planter 10 ascertain frut, hin when lie was
yD,E to furnish t!nt fuel Wlat WIS III DO con-
trnct.n Bot got altet, " "ctlsain" ~ unly plan
tatlon darklcs and steamboat rouatabolts ever
got, M,.l ,nnst have felt the Justice of Il wien
lie learned hut fuel consisted uf tho wood
which l,u wAs constantly oI1Rugel IN deli"rrIng
The darktca thought It meant rattons or whisky
Of some surt.
told to Illustrate the ,4ltora1cc OF tho negroes
The glory Id we'll IOltett lit truth. PERHAPS, for
the old plantation ucGrurs arH certainly ilcnsely
ignorant, all mostly too Oil to 1cart But TIC
Of ,iegrors. The yunnE men aru learning rap
idly to real attl write. and hays NJ ambition tc
learn which the whitea might well initiate. |
told tlat, IN l.otitshuh, where tie State MP
proprlatioh for schonls ~ exhausted Tor GER
taln district, the whites gcucralsy nlnw their
schools to Uc closed. while tho negroes club to.
Gcti.er n,nl raise sufficient funds to keep the
black schools open. The negroes have received
little announcement from their former 1Oastcrs
to educate tllesnsetvca. Te landowners asa COLI
stantly growing because they laro tu tav taxes
to support the snlrgcr'' schools and tilosL of
them lavc no fatli III the negro's eapactty 10
lrarn. These Southern people seem utterly to
teuors the Obvious fact tlmt, II tho negroes rs d
class wnro sufficiently well educated to protect
themselves against tho manifold swlrtlIcs that
nso now practteed upon tllenl, to exercise the
right Of voting iutelfgcntly. to resist tl1n per-
pc!ous Influences OF soue Of their nolltcMl lead'
ly to develop, MI ambition Tor lio'slcstcaas md
farms of their nwn, In such case shc negro
would lceono more ATTACHED to the lAnd ttIn1i
le IS now, and tcre would bo less ulsaitSetl9li
nnlong race Of aborGrs who hare undoubtedly
redeemed tue Southern country IN material
way.
THE SECTIONAL ASPECT
There Is altogether too strong md too general
an impression throughout the extrema South
that ttte Northern pc0pte spend the greater part
Of tl,cir time In tieVisiig ways nntl mems for IN
i,IrInr tbs South, The prgro, Us tllc accredited
protcGo Of the North. comes under this sNe.
pIcon. i thihk large majority OF the native
| boutherncrs bel!cyc tilat uiu negro emigration,
| WINS suCgc5ted mud stimulated by Northern pol.
ltGsaas. lI's mistaken h'ch eolnss, st sass 9e's
neu, run v nlenfa w.. eS1."' s',:t1, AZ. ~,
| Ing thnE Pre'a!ls ~ w ootth' n.lo,
passlnG v1eKso1se' Eon's NO, no!' "o u s,,'n. m,"M.
SemetTsFS - S Gan pa neo ,nrs ao, ~ ' s,rfo1 tnrs
some tt,uo ohon so'uieln Alo 04'.eu tMasc, INT.
mug ocen thGra N le ann us Wy mG..
W, roinarkeu 10 soutneIa Gommen1a,, , stl'n
ncaF Me tllat H. Maa sery us'u..ua !. .,s i.hest
on, yes "aa ine fep's lc1'a ,r,s on'y ,or. oMe
oolecti6onnn 10 % y. ~ LOU s'uas!' WISH a'e1e
wero ioo,uu ohrleu t,lere" 49, ,,
desire to Ivy, thlhH 1a1a man. thouEn ol
gooA Pos1lloh nna e9asaetes, Is WI e;1tecptonI u
tns utter Aiiu .tpH's!fu SAt.oa!1tY u n.s S1eto"
! allsn'. Nevcr!he!ese, where tiefe ars seen =
foW such ptopse' nlc to1etnt'oil, T. hot ;! G'eour
| ngemcht: when the1r views reeolVe lnoEutn
dcefco oi at'!nsositY ol WHEEL Nor,nssn @ peop.. wv
hfc Aapp!y kno NV. ap WI Iealu ousGta' 9 -.
sons saY tIey oclleVn tefe VII oo a!lot!er WIT
n1ld low have prco1cted u.al renewal u tns
,"iss nt, miI nv ,n mn"ro.s TX nnt IN ~
, W.. pn,atJan. ~ ,ha ex;stnnc" ~ s,,ch
oseuuu ohsau' avn, - '' M str.,,,1s ~ tiat
sSHs'''1u. sI.s u' ,., ,.ns,o"t ~ i,.luT:, .i,s,
WIZ ary .ax Fhap,S",n liza N"r1l,
%nusut ti,'.., .i,s,,,'S In, ifi.o t,ott
au .Is fs,5,. 4o"s"' hnse tv ,yn,,,, hr ~.
aMas sonI ..a,an NJ ,rt IN e,s.,,v
r t. hn atra,."r nervestv ~ ar tlc aysraGt
s!,ra ~ .a sn,s ,latsrnrt tn r1,rrsi
"u ui.,a ~ ~ ,nIr;n,o oh t,,i,
anu sue a e.oms ~, s,,..,. si dri
t!enss aases aan au ~ ~ tu
ailo Lit osco".e"t u l'o n's'o sa1o's'''
THE MATERIAL ASPECT
! Of tic question Inns been trcated very fully II
| this correspondence, as well as the LETTER!
| written you from, Mississippi. 1t is not ncccs
sary to 10 over agaIn tho various ways In whel
the negro, victim to tls IGNORANCE ailtl I'M
| providence, has bucn swMllc1. II is true thu
i large part Ut tlle frauds praetced upon hin
| hare bccu through thu ngency Of mp1, from til,
North but tho ,usttye Soutllernera have nat hcet
lille ill this MattBr. With different lccttilE. tn
substantial auu responsible inru vi tho SDutl
could do much to drfcut these frauds, to tcacl
the ucgro to prntect himself, to rrcourAiEu hi,
| iii hYbts q! thrift, to help HIN in aeau!rinI
| and licup!ng eo,.,o 1IndGd ~ we'll aB pGrsona
proucrty, anil titus to mako ot hin, butter III.
nloro useful citizen. TIE Relations between III.
| nutiyo whites md blacks tlnyu untl0ubIedll