Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-01-21
Garfield's Southern Policy.

miAlS'loIlou VIII pursue ION dIU Inc SOutu-
ern States-whether Mr.. Hayes's policy of
restraining Federal Interference with the
internal affairs of these States to some de-
gree within constitutional limits is to be
continued, or the unwarranted usurpa-
tons of Grants administrations is to be
revived. 1t is known that the stalwart
wing Of the party, headed by Conkling
and Logan, contend for revival of Grant
ism in the Federal relations to these
States, and that the third term idea was
resorted to as means of accomplishing
this purpose. On the other hand, it is
well understood that there is = very large
influence within the Republican party.
known as the conservative wing, who At
tribute the overthrow of their party in
1874, to the usurpations of Grant, and
who, from mixed motives of party e1pe-
diency and conscientious scruples, oppose
= revival Of Grantism. This is the influence
which has controlled the present admins.
tration, and this is the element that brought
about the nomination of Mr.. Garfield. 1t
has been said, however, that, in order to
secure the stalwart wing of his party, Mr.
Garfield had entered into a compact with
them, sometimes styled the "treaty OF
Mentor" by which he had agreed to hand
over the control of his administration in
a great measure to the stalwart wing.
Mr.. Garfield has preserved an entire re-
ticence as to his contemplated policy, and,
in the absence of any authoritative init
nations, extensive speculatisns have been
INDUCED in, and the slightest develop
ments have been carefully noted. His ad-
dress delivered few days ago to the del
sgation of colored men, who visited him at
Mentor, which, while it contained no def
mite announcement as to bis policy seems to
convey an intimation that he does not &C.
cept the stalwart views upon the negro
question. The delegation referred to,
which was headed by r. B. Elliott, the
colored exCongressman from South Car
olina, made long statement to Mr.. Gar
field, recitlng the manner in which they
alleged the colored citizens of the South
were prevented from standing up to the
Republican cause. They alleged that
these colored citizens were but citizens in
name, and not in fact. In response, Hr.
Garfield said that while that was not the
time nor place to indicate what he should
do or say officially in the future, he never
theless had noted the remarks of Mr.. Ell
liot a. to the oppression of msjoritiss BY
minorities in some localities of the South.
and went on to speak upon the subject as
follows:
'If this be so, why it is SOL Because
trained man is two or three men in one in
comparison with an unframed man, and
outside of politics and outside of partie.
that suggestion is ful-brim full Of sig
niflcance; that the way to make the ma
Jorlty always powerful over The minority
is to make its members as trained and in
telligent a. the minority itself. That
brings the equality of citizenship, and no
law can confer and maintain in the long
~ sD g.s 81 cuii at, and intel sene..
ought 10 do all it can. Ihave
made these suggestions simply to indicate
that the education of your race in nv
judgement, lies at the base Of the iaal So
luton of your great question, and that
State or National Government The Gov
eminent ought to do all it properly can,
but the native hungering and thirsting
for knowledge, that the Creator planted
in every child, must be cultivated by the
parents of these children to the last pos
sible degree Of its ability. 30 that the hands
of the people shall reach out and grasp
in the darkness the hands Of the Govern
ment extended to help, and by that union
of effort he Two will bring " that mere leg
islation alone cannot Immediately bring.
l rejoice that you have expressed so
strongly and earnestly your views in re-
gard to the necessity Of your education.
l have felt for years it was the final solu-
tion."
The expression that q GRAINED man is
two or three in one" has led to some crit
icism as to the kind of training alluded
to, this is, however, clearly enough de-
fined in what il afterwards said. I'm
doubtedly Mr.. Garfield meant to enunci-
ate the manifestly just and uniformly e1-
perienced principle that a man Of intelli-
gence and information upon political
questions does, and Of right ought to, con-
troll two or three ignorant voters. He
meant to intimate The monstrosity OF the
idea that an entirely ignorant freedman
should, without knowing why, be forced
up to the ballot box to antagonize the in
terest and neutralize the vote Of an intel
ligent white man. Mr.. Gar6e'd's re-
marks tacitly concede that the only true
solution Of the negro question was to have
first educated the freedman up to
an understanding Of the rights and dates
Of voter, and then have enfranchised
them, as contended for by President John
son. He tacitly endorses what has bsen
said by Judge Tourgse, that the enfran.
chisement of the negro under the circun-
stances was a monster born of party he
cessity and political incincerity," and he
intimate. that any further holding Of
them up by Federal bayonets to the nefa-
rious work for which they were organ
lied would be equally monstrous. Ger.
tainly no statesman would arrive at any
other conclusion, and it is earnestly to be
hoped that he will pursue the policy he
appears to intimate. The great majority
of fair minded men will concur in Mr..
Garfeld's suggestion that the education
of the black race lies at the base Of the Fl
nal solution of the political prob en- they
present. Though there are doubtless
rusou IN the Sonth vho reoa,d the eleva