The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22
july -
The Census Croo.

Additional figures place the nonnl.
Raleigh at e,27l and IA, 040 in the tow =
1t is proper TO explain that a circle
lagos have sprung up Just outside
corporate limits though in reality a
the town, viz. "Oberlin," East Raiai
New Found, Fair Grounds" and
Rent besides the suburban. n.Ae
We think, too, that the census lists mn-.
far from complete. The writer IA,
been taken by any enumerator an3 -
same Is true or our printers unless ther -
been summed with their familie. y
place the actual population of Ralrisl
something over 1900.
Reports from the State generanv
large gains over 1870, and strange
the increase is greater proportionateiy
the country than In the towns a fact ii:
speaks we'll for the colored people t.
1870, under the influence of Radical Lea,r
Bureau agencies, aud general mi>ruls :
negroes deserted the farms to flock into i
town, and spend time loa6ng On tn
ners, yelling at political meetings. and -.
radlng with secret societies. But the 81
er of free r~atlons, and carpetbag 'ulugA.-
has ceased Yankee bayonets no I'M.
sustain insolence and brutality Of drunk
mobs the law officers no longer turn I-..
the ravlsher and murder who votes vii
the Party; and In short, the darkev h..
been reduced from his high estate t. H.
level of the white race like whom. le nm.
hereafter either work or starve.
Hence, the shiftless mobs around e,s-,
court house have almost entirely me,.s
away the industrious finding homes wi,i
their old masters; the lazy and insolrp,
drifting off to parts unknown, texcent 81
thousand or SO in the Penitentiaryl, or fvinr
OF want and whiskey so that North Caro-.
ma to-day contains fewer idle and viciou,
negroes than at any time since the war
Much of this favorable condition is due b.
Democratic good government, with its AZ.
tendant relaxation of political excitement AMI
bitterness. The Freedman now feels thai
while he was fooled for ten years by ScalaNa.
promises OF '~FOrty-acres and a mule. \.
needs only a little exertlon under the exs-
ting order OF things to acqulre double Ii
number of acres, and enough mules to till Or
ordinary graveyard with one kick at aSur-
day school picnic. Thousands have alre23.
paid for Their own farms. And here v.
throw out the suggestion to the State Den
ocratic committee, that no better campai-.
document for Northern distribution coa.
be printed, than a careful compilation Of ths
growth of the Negro in wealth, in saho3
advantages, IN newspapers &c. &c. SIN
the Southerners secured possession Of the.
W country. Here in Raleigh. f.
example, are two newspapers rra.
ted by colored men two military coma
MES; two Colored Universities, (St. Aug,
tine College and Shaw Uni,ersityL CIR
ded school public schools and a doza.
churches together with a score OF chaTit1-
BILE and uniformed Societies. Ia the suburb.
are numbers of comfortable homes owoe.
by negroes. We passed yesterday a cot
tage, and 100 or more acres OF land, with.
sight of the town, that could not be oou-A.
for $4,000; and the owner ssaid to hav
money in bank.
Facts like these seem too absurd to Me-
ton to our people, but at the North tlf
would work wonders in opening eye, ta.
have learned to view the South as a tou. "
derness, wherein the poor amiable trcel1a.
is being forced to skulk in the swamp 3.
day, AID run the risk Of having his thF..
slashed from ear to ear by the blood. =
klux at night