The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14
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sneir eiiad, their orphans, their insane an
tuVH Smicfedl and 10 Immediately inva.
'aem VITA a II the rights and responsibilitie
81 American citizenship. and that TOO. in gre
states ana districts in which they constitute
overwhelming majorities and made and ~
Lille Jaws and constitutions at pleasure, WI
original and daring measures These Quail
ties OF these acts have not been. and neve
can De, disputed. And while they NAV mo
! constitute presidents TO be followed in merah
IA tehg'en, or IN government they vii
| eiHats oe remembered for their reckless nov
city II nothing mere
Many travellers in mGnv countries % sav
/ Aartes Dickens, have seen N NJ monstr,u,
| Iaols; hut no human eyes have ever seen NOR
| 1afthS' gross and shocking images Of III,
I Irvine nature, than We creatures OF The aus
| si0ns -
But what has been done for this race bv TIA,
general government, or otherwise since thei,
ehifSnchlsement? 1t may be considered some
NAat against the peace aud dignity OF In,
N'ale, aud Of the United States. 20 ssl
| sueh question; bur sir IL is y question
.tat wiH b. asked, and must be answered
u net now-before the solemn tribunals 0
history and OF God, and we Of the South, a.
! we'll as others, are deeply concerned in Ia,
answer that shall BE- made
rive years experience on the bench in 4
court OF general civil aud criminal iurisIic.
ttea' mas enabled ms TO perceive clearly, the
progress made by these people under the mos
adverse circumstances, and 1 have rejoiced Ia
see u bat 70 has also deeply impressed upon
me their great and crying want OF mental aud
moral Gu .tUre. even IN the A. b. Cs of letters
@nd morals. What then, repeat IL, has been
done for tals race ia Mississippi by the GEN
.ral Government or otherwise, since their en-
reimbursement
Have they received the generous aid which
has been bestowed upon foreign objects Of
charity aud beney oience Has the gospel Of
peace and love been fully preached. aud have
me doors OF the church and the school house
oeeu opened generally and practically among
them How then, shall they call ON him in
whom they have not believed. aud how shall
2hey 'lleYe IN him of whom they have not
beard And how shall they hear without A
preacher And how shall they preach unless
they be sent - Have they in the sixteen years
81 heir freedom, been instructed, even in the
- ementary principles Of morality and re-
hgiou2 Have they been led and directed in
The paths of truth, honesty, sobriety, industry
aud economy; or have they been left to their
own blind guides, or taught only, by political
Jagglers, in the gospel of hate and all unchari-
tebleness, and led to believe that they could
1--we and advance on abstract liberty alone.
and that free ballot, fun vote and fair
count are all that are necessary for happiness
IN this life or the life to come
BENEVOLENT HOMEWORK, PERMANENT
May He who gave Jezebel to the dogs Tor
Na5oth's vineyard, the inheri-
anee Of his fathers, forgive AMI help Us to
atone for the wrongs and injuries which we
nave inflicted upon the ludianl but where is
he wisdom, Justice or consistency OF the gov
,rnment aud bene Violence pouring out their
treasures like water To improve the condition
II he Indian, who Is not a citizen, and deny
ug a id TO the colored race, in many respects
luite as necessItous and more deserving, and
lpon whom the duties aud Obligations of cit
Zeuship have been, wisely or otherwisely,
imposed And can II be realized that the eyes
4 philanthrophy are to be always open aud
ooking our through telescopes aud magnify
ng glasses to fiud ignorance aud misery TO
elieve, away off on "Greenlaud's icy noun
aims or Indias coral strand but closed, or
ooking through glass darkly, on ignorance /
nd misery at home or that millions Of dol 4
ars are to be expended annually, to enlighten 4
nj ameliorate the condition Of the heather |
broad, while hundreds Of thousands of better !
eople and of our owl citizens are cropping in /
arkness and the shadows of death in our
lidst, or that teaching and serving in foreign 1
MISSIONS, shall be esteemed the post of honor /
nd danger, but that the same work done at
ONE shall be considered dishonorable or de- 4
radiDg?
Mrs. Je'iyby, as portrayed by Charles Dick
ms, was great phllanthr1pist. Her shining /
eneyolence was not limited by State lines, or |
'AuUch lines bat it went broad,-abrOGd, in /
he land. She neglected her own person, her |
wa husband her own children, her own /
on seho}d her own country; and gave her /
ime her talents, her means, her life, to what /
he uuetiously termed The Brotherhood of /
humanity To write five hundred letters a
ay on the subject of Foreign Missions, or to |
inter- ain whole colony of foreign Missiona-
les, to her joyful recreation.
But it striking siugularrty of Mrs. !
eilyby, that she could see no hing nearer tina N /
Erica, and that she could find nothing worthy 4
her long-sighted or shorted benevOlence, eX-
ept educating the natives of BoriOhools Chan, !
n the left bank Of the Niger Perhaps il is /
OF desirable that such expansive philanthrO-
y aud christian charity as that OF Mrs Jelly
V should always he confined to the pages Of
Bleak House;' but ii is to be very much hoped
lat they may never again so dominate over
tactical, national and domestic duties and
Now, do not say, or intimate, that nothing
ga been done in these respects, for the color
/ race in Mississippi since their enfranchise-
lent by their eighbOrs athome, or their friends
4 other States. No, sir--the eight hundred i
nd thirty thousand, seven hundred and four
$3.50 704) dollars expended by Mississippi last
ear for educational purposes, and the large
nnual expen lItures made by her for the same
urpOses for ten years last past, in which the
olored youth Of the State have enjoyed equal
rivileges and advantages with the whites
uy 4loo University for colored youth support
n part by the American Missionary Asso-
ation, Holly Springs ormal School, supported
Y the State and Shaw u University for colOred
outh, supported exclusively by Northern Be-
evolent Societies, would frown down such AS
.rtion or intimatIon; but do ask 1Cl1t has been
one bY the General Go0erhaelst for tkis race ia
since their eafranckissmeatg and I
0 afr that Notwithstanding what has been
one for them here and elsewhere the harvest
still great, and the laborers are few and
lat have no knowledge of such another field
,r bone VIOLENT and patriotic work and enter
rise. God speed, and all honor to the man or
oman, teacher preacher, church, society
r association. Northern or Southern who ha We
shall pat their hands 70 this great work
HE PEABODY FUND AND TRIBUTE TO THE
GREAT PHLANrHRoPI5T.
II is fortunate sir that all philanthroplsts 4
re not Jellybys, and that all patriots are not
locu'st-d with the deadly virus Of sectional
,m.
Mississippi and every part Of the South has
iii tue warm currents OF Northern sympathy
nd beneyolence, in this connection. tn nix
is no exaggeration to say that the Peabody
ducatiopal Fund for he South, as IL was Civ
a and has been al ministered, has contributed
lueh to soften and rebuke the unreasOning
sperities of our day-that 1t has rescued the
n terests Of Southern Education from almost
otal eclipse, and that Il has been the lnstru-
lent of charging and establishing the free
chool system in all of the Southern States.
he income from this nQhis charity, has been
administered by its distinguished trustees to
remote and establish education throughout
he South, on the wise basis Of helping those
tho help themselves.
From 1868 To lS7S inclusive, Mississippi re-
eived from this fund ffty-nine thousand, one
undred ana seventy -elgnt fSO5-if dollars,
nd the SOufneru States received in the ag-
regafe, one million, sixty-one thousand and 4
even hundred 81 ,06l, T00l dollars-rReport Of
he Commissioner Of Education, l87S,-xxxvI
During that time some OF the States nota-
ly Tennessee. with population but little
.rger than that Of Mississippi, received from
be fund more than three t.mes as much as
Iississipp, fer the reason, presume, that she
as more active and Jealous in the cause Of
lucation and on that account was adjudged
ore deserving. If we desire more generous
ii from This source, We can obtain it. as 7
Understand it, only by making larger exer-
0ns IN our own behalf.
Mr. President; The author Of this magnifi-
snt bounty Massachusetts man-bOrn in
overly and obscurity, and educated in her
ublic schools was the most onspicuons phi
nthropist Of ancient modern times, and
lille his charities embraced nations his
ost signal display Of beneyolence was man
ested / n behalf of the South. In the light Of
Ich name, there is no foundation for the
Election of DcTocqueville- that 'the first
ing which strikes a traveller in the
nited States, is the rarity OF lofty ambition
be observed in the universally ambitious
ir % society; and that hardly any Americans
,pear to enter tain hopes Of great magnitude,
to pursue very lofty aim II Democracy il
meriea z 297-l
America MAY we'll he rr,ttd of her NRaabfno