The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-26
rup ooI,oREn MAN IN THE SOUTH.

ID and happy, Increasing in populat'oh' 'uy
ng land, educating their children ana
otherwise becoming useful citizens. lie says;
'A!low mo 10 say that no one would more
bitterly resent than the negro himself an
attempt TO deprive the southern states oil
representation, under tho pretense that no Is
deprived of the right OF suffrage. He APP
precia.es ali Of tho privileges which the
ballot conisrs, and he would fail to recoE-
nize any benefit to him from the logic re-
Gently offered on the floor of the house OF
representatives, where it was graveiy proposed
because he was alleged to have been Tempo
rariy deprived of the ballot, that 1t was
TO eliminate him from repre- |
altogether. most hopeful sign
of the times is that the people and tho press
of my state now insist that good reason
shall DO given them for every proposition OF
party leaders. They no longer accept
doctrine simply because ii is said to be sound
from party standpoint. They no longer
reward men because thoy arc good party
men, nor do they punish thOm for diverg'
ence from lines Of strict party
subscrviency. The election OF Senator
Brown, who had voted for Grant for pTe'i-
dent is an instance of this feeling"
Now what is truo of Georgia Is alike true
of nearly II indeed not all the other south
ern states. la Texas tho colored people Gs
= class arc doing admirably and making fine
progress In every respect. Here whoro lRnd
Is so ch ap and of the most fertile sort, where
the clmqte is so adapted TO their organi@a-
ization, where the population is so eomopol'
tim. there Is and can DO no reason why they
should not thrive and prosper rs well and be
as happy MS the whites. Political pnV'leses
arc accorded 10 them, commercial avenues
arc omen to them just AS freely
rs to any ono else, and they
arc in no wso interiored with. Only the
other day u colored lawyer came 10 Dallas
fro n Tennessee and has opened law office
and will commence at once tho practice OF
the law. He brings with him, too, tho highest
Testimonials from bench and bar OF his
former home, showing that in that state too,
both the courts and tho professions
are as FREQ to those of his color
as they are to any applicant. So that
in all tho departments of life, 'Lo colored
man is unrestrained and Wntrsmmellcd.
lie is on the high road 10 respectable aud
responsible Am rican citizenship. And Ills
il what il should be- this ia what the con-
stitutonal amendment mo@at and Intended
Tho south accepted that amendment IN good
faith. Considering tho radical change ihat ii
effected considering that by IL suddenly and
without duo preparation, nearlya million OF
people, and nearly all Of them without ANY
education AT all, were turned loose to woe
aud to hold office and were TRANSFORMED
as though by the quick magic of Alad'n's
wand into new conditions, 1t is surprising
what pro res, has been effected. 1t must
never DO forgotten tht when no was freed
tho colorod man WAS in wors' condition Ia
act iatelligent'y rs apoltical factor in oul
governmental policy than tho sreenes
foreigner that touches our shores. For no
only was he ignorant of tho laws, but he WA
ignorant in every other respect lilo wa
lacking in Independence aad was fl
subj vet 70 DO used as tool, thin
, of prejudice and An instrument OF fraud
He had not tho courage of conviction, 10
' he had no convictions. In the seduct,v
pursuit of political power, he was urged o
by political jsyhawkers, WIN used hi
= merely as ladder to secure their own wi
famous ascendency. They used their cap
talzed iugouuities to prey upon his prlc
> dices his feelings and his suspicious Inc
v assure him that tho south would most II
y suredly remand him TO slavery ms soon
70 they secured tho power sufficient to dot
+ him from u ting with his old and best friend
and they promised him "Eorly acres AZ
- n mule" If he would cooperate with thom
secure such coveted possessions. Ga Il
o other hand it must b. remembered that
" was not easy TO DO forgotten that our form
L. slaves wero struck from US AZ blow
a property, wero taken from our folds, We
10 armed with deadly weapons to shoot, cut al
il slay the companions OF their previous liv,
is |. was not easy 70 b. forgotten that some
n. our best citizens were DISTINGUISHED N
III some we're promised the galows and ex
"a, while that same element were hois,ed into pr
o, tec,ed power and there ctained too oft
tho insoloscc Of ups.srt boobyism ia dlyest'
blue. That as u consequence property, Y
TO- acquisition of years of toll, was Ireqhy
cona,cs,ed through sales unIor the snl
!" hammer, for onerous taxes which oV,
'ss poverty could not pay These wcrl u.s.
M things which made so-called rely Wy
TX thing but reformation, but truly
Il ton, and which went to producoI .s'. ', ~
ew between tho races, instead of ~ ,.e, " y.
ne sentiment and concert of sc'iy ma 900
se naturally enough took int, ho
nd for all parties to f1ccn,,om,l w
ys propcr grooves and to bocT I'm, linn,
ns reversed and strange coi ho,o nh.n""S
10 aud education and exp u, Nv T., III, - =,
e'r tho views of tho colo "n.h,,s . "a , "'.
Die aad true interests andy "a wos, an ,ho