The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-06-21
Coed Counsel.

during tho coming canvass will go
far towards abatiBg the exodus
fever, il directed by wise eounsels.
The policy adopted in 1875 il the
proper one coalition aud u mix
ed ticket, with a fair election, will
satisfy the negroes aud relieve the
Northern mind from the influence
Of humanitarian sentimentalisms.
If we do right, observing the gol-
den rule, keep our tcmpers. and
show ourselves disposed to pro-
tcct ana aid our tenants, feel sure
We have nothing to apprchcnd OF
q serious character. The excite
mcnt through which we have pas
sed will accomplish good all
around. There Is NO reason for
depriving any one Of political
rights or civil rights there is no
wisdom In treating the negro as q
beast Of burden, and by sharp
practices" consuming all he can
possibly make. II is fact that he
can succeed better In our beautiful
farming country than anywhere
else, and he will sooner or later
find Il out. lie knows It now,
aud l do not believe rcally wants
to leave US. II, therefore, by fair,
humane aud honest conduct, VIC
disabuse the Northern mind Of the
errors into which Il has fallen,
there will be nothing 10 cngcndcr
or fomcnt discord. The history
OF Wilberforcc's life admonishes
us of the extent to which sympa-
thy for the former slave will carry
the minds Of humane, Christian
people. II develops y moral pow
er which is simply Irresistible.
This sympathy, genuinely enter
tanned by host Of people. must
not be aggravated by MS. On the
contrary, let US show tho World
that there is no reason for isscx'
| istcuce. | know the stalwart pol
itician has aggravated the diilicul
ty, but politics alone could mo-
dcport a whole population wc'llct
toEthc soil and climate which the!
abandon. Il is the religious scnti
ment added 10 the political, whic'
has rpsnittH in the '4s~iha. epsea'
t!scuntrnt alnvng the colorcd rco
plcs
Lam IL favor OF dnlny right an
leaving HE result TO lime AMI cS
.priuncc. II we doa great wron
we must bc prpagrAl to take ll'
consequences. The minds of on
people must be brought to tn
point of equal aud exact justice I
all men-civil and political. | Il
not believe the negro will rcfus
to meet our approaches more thu
!. half way. honestly cnicrtai
the opinion that lIo is tho yer
: best laborcr we could have.
D should dcplorc the influx OF u
4 Chinese. On the contrary, "
: should In every way act 50 as
G mike tho negroes contcntcd; gi'
them u fair common school educ
Q tion, encourage them TO becon
| owners of homesteads, and hol
!. them to all contracts for labor
y land reut us we would the viii
q men of the State. II they are co
v tented they will remain with us,
my opinion, and be a source Of !
creasimg wealth to our scctlo
Instead of discouraging we shon
encourage them to migrate ratio
ally-not like gangs Of sheep al
= find out By actual experiment I
~ prospects elsewhere. They "
- return better satisfied in the en-
!" The human mind does not r.
y quietly under the deprivation OF
" known right, and the result is I
y same whether the deprivation
y real or imaginary. The ecntin,l
'c broodlng over Imaginary irou'
y il. | believe, q more fruitful soul
'is Of trouble than the suffering OF
" actual trouble Of the same cll
actcr.
% The public mind has been dir
NJ ted very generally to the sour
- Of our poverty, and measures
" relief will be adopted by the u
= Legislature. A wise economy y
20 direct tho pursuits Of agricult'
IN in the future; and If, added
''s that, there be no further app
* hensiou of the loss Of any civil
'd' political rights, may we not III
on for a better state Of thlngss
Dr. the great Democratic party ST.
ess by its platform. its history and
so instincts, forgetting all about
ICY distinction Of color, and we
'k- bound to have rcposo. But for
pie absurd reconstruction measure
Of Congress, and the advent Of
IN. carpet. baggcr, this would J
-, aincc have been done. Wo sho
~" =. treat the negroes as the victim
u misplaced confidence, and not !