, 1880-05-19
~. Usual Southern view as to the
49, Happy Condition ,of, the Hthi'
opian ils & R!hondage. B
Asort Of Armed Neutrality Now
Between t.blacks and
Whites.
p,,si,tten that ths Negroes viii Finally "lst
Rom, 0ne Of Superior Intellect Look Ailar
i. Them 10 u Cerialn Extent"
.,.,,, co,r,,ponutntt oy The Chicago Tribune.

.rara all OH 'Glil DGlleT oh HtUIt Lho TN
,hnn they are now, nn' Rt,css they arc gill
n,ns Ia find 1t out so too. This idco that
nior,r chi, be auytllirg nsore'n nlgRcr Is
ms OF tho things TINT tho North'll iinl ont
thc fol|y OF sooner or |ater. They nro not
,lo,l,cd rs well nor fed rs well ns they wero
whcu some ono else locked after 'eni. THEY
don't know how to tend 10 their own a1fuirs,
su' never will, III lnyop!nlol'.' --.,,-
The remarks wcre n'ate BY at ex-Secesslo11-
,st whom / engaged to drive me uernss tlle
couutry from Mexico, Mo-, to Mll't some
t,reutv miles tu the northwest. Thgy were
called out by meeting n rugged uarky WHO
,ras vending ills way ulong astrfdo MI al'ti-
ono,ed nutc. A[y friend had falnilfur1y nd
,irassr, tho cotoresl mali rs utlc}e.''-wl,fcli,
~ ,ho wny. is d common mode of addressing
tGe ex.slavcs, and ts u relic Of the slaSe-
regime. ... ... ,.,,. ,.,n ,,,at ,.o.
and knnw him before tho War. lie was tho
coochtuu,, ofonu Of tia best families who re-
ida iii this Whole rcgi0n. lie was well
dressed, lived In good shupe, mud had COLI
stlcrable liberty. Why, 1t stands to reason
that the larkies
wuJ, NOT NE 80 WE'LL TAKEN CARE OF
n they used 10 be. In thu first place, 1t
slor,!l bu knowl, That thu cols,red people ara
very lnucl. subject to disease, Alld 10 the very
worst OF dEsuasca at that They, almost to
an individual, have no Idea OF anything tsko
yitue: aud those diseases which nrc tic ont
come Of Il violation Ut tho laws Of virtue Ilu
henltI come upon tllctn with peculiar force,
and take terribly deep hold Upon their sys-
TEN, Il was ane Ut the cares Of tho muster
10 constantly look nftcr tho health Ut his
ol,roo Tia ,1nttd srck tlo lpSt medical
talent and c1,gago It by tic year for tha cure
of his slaves. lie Dressed them comfortably
ond mi thcm hea,tlfully. botL summer
.'a a.'a ,rn ,s.t,,.ar An his Tia ,u,stnr ,,;,l
not because hc WIS parttelllarly io''d ot
his slaves, but bect''so 1t WIS
aa,Ips of hardship inflicted ,,,n,l, tho slaves
r.e'n ~".o mvt,s sn fnr NJ m,voxneriencn xoes. or
course there were bad niGgers' rlcloas hag-
Kers,-nlggcrs WHO would steal and run
sway. aninot listen to goutl advice; and s,cll
~ ,I,'a coul1n,t nyncct In kcrn sh1t Of uitifn,
athreslling now nnd tl'en. But there was
vhIp slaye. Every scur oil niggcr's bacl1
took oif inst $50 from lis value. I'VE always
looked az a niccsr's back to know whether
iooAsu as y ''es. ..a',>, .,,'a,. ~ ',,a
ne was GOOD anu VaidaDse' US Wucn ms We
look ut q horses teeth to tell how old he H..
Tho peopla Of the North didn't give us credit
, for even rood business sense. Ylley talked
and nevlactIn' ~ 's,i,, wl,si, thore WIS toti,ii;
faTthsfe tia,, tbis frn,,n tiie trmtll. I,
Wnn % snnt I'm 1ncan t., nv NV thnt cynry ,naster
cared for lis lis siaycs % In te t way W yoa sDeak Of
IM9ts aM sI Ser ay snsaa neeM solno WHO ee'ce'eo
"Thoss' wurs tilo sxcentio,,s. and I don't
anYsYou SD there ms w ~ :' '''"