, 1881-01-12
GOOD ADVICE.

delegation OF NOtthtrn Cu1orcjl ~.
,Cnll Oh fsrca1 den Fleet Gnritcld-',
Ael!H Fhoft to Educate Tlie,nxc,..
una Children, tn Order to Necnm'
1scttor Citlxn1in.
Special Dtpateh to 7ht Chicago Tribune.
CLEVELAND. O., Jar. 1l.-Gcn. Gar0eu /
who remained in tho city after tic la,,nns
Inst night, went to the residence of Willis
Edwards. OIL Prospect street, this aftcrI,uaa
where )'e was met In tho evening hr
dclegat!on Of colorcd nlcn from Aja!am,
consisting Of tie lion. &. W. I}rax.tclI .
Tallctsega; Il. W. Washington, Of Alunteam
cry; IL. z. Bryan, Of Wctumpka; j. +
Thompson. OF Atllcns; nnu l., ,
Al. Watkins, Of Courtlnnu. Go,
roster, who had just arryH
from Columbus, was present. Mr.. Braxdes
hrst addressed Gen. GARFIELD, saying tllst d
visit was not III the interest Of any catul}datl
for position, but simply 10 my tlleir rpypeerI
lilo spoke of the great 1ack of e,t,catI,
among the colurcd people Of tie South
Ge''. Garfield responded with short spceti
about education, considering 1t tho forptuos
d'lty or American people, whether wbIb,
or black, 10 gct themselves Into IN
line OF just ns much Intelligence nj
Just as m,sc1l ability for anything aI|
everything that needs to be tlonc N
privato Or public lifo rs they .caa
Therein, Of coursc, is tho tnJ
hope and salvation Ut our whole sys,pm
Mr., Watkins then addressed tic Geucru
congratnlating him md tho 11cpubljc,s
party upon the November Victory, a,ul thes
reforrcd at length, to tho condition OF usl
colored people III tho Soutl,, nskIne TINT II,
c9ii'!n1 Ati,,iinIstratlnn i, wll! ni.t them I'll
e!Maa e!IestF q tflr rrfihI Ghlrsn o hfr Waiki
GESrLEstEN: aln Obliged to you for youII
congratulations Mntl eOlrtesies, md wifi MI
Iettssn YOU nor myself. fur W. nre liz In
ilnnse Of Ee'ltle,I,al. who hns some lpopi,
Ei;s''sm y s,,s ham x.,, ttlat We must n,nesate
curtlinlay cancnr with yo,. IN all your cff0rtt
to enligiltell, nlMl elcyalc, and stronghold
your l'eople. Tint. IL. tho tris groui!.i i
l,l,Itl: pi,t,gfSss for Everybody everywhere. Ioni
Wer 1esls s,, wllG % sto9i W you In tlse days Of "
meet, on tho part OF their antagonists, iii /
tunnt: "iOll lluyg throw, iliu,tl IN n rrrat
l,lnss Of Ignorant voters wholly
Wlth ulu Wants OF tho pcoplo ilid ,lls
Ihn1echa ,Iome ~ oa recat Affairs; ,5rou An yo a's
compelling that ciass 10 6u or :su cu.lals h h
voting, Now, there Is soIns forcu In tias Il
aiIere ,rit .ts,+ T. not one of you tint viii not al
i',nt it,it tas .n,s, There ,r f. sous foFcu ii
Am Il Ill., q Ill.,, i@feo ii It. IT Il 's1'
with tint slti.a.ion. It's III yol,r i,nti.is 10
laKe INIT Arts'llhent away absolutely. No.
tnko III q" ",ssc, osa5 ,ion TO-, ~ = tlay but 70
tl'at BY tho Intelligence Of youf IL
children in thlG to ctIttle, Tint rvproacb Viii
not bc lHft aMl that argument cu,tt,ot bs
mnae. When TINT Tiny comes 10 nut sea
nny !,,:; argument TINT NM. human l'elne ran
lnw. Now, therefore,, doing nh We ca,l at oir
end Of tho line. ,yu, s1ioltl do ali you chi, a.
your end of tho llnc to take away ths
iins' II alinsIns inpss!o td t''at tro,,;s c;nft"nts
lnte condition have given 10 thls eo,ntiy'
ya,nt y,;t,t to do tIlnt l aln sure tllcyy
%1i s1or y es ss9y d. glad to to tor%sl Do; VIII iai
actEon, shnlt bo most gatl to do. Dut 10
liol iet al,yboHy gct up, the. race Feeling
ai''ong you to the extent Of sAylng, :" We ans
have separate privileges iii,d separate ris!.tsS
AZ M l satl uii another occslsEta,, don't
.et n'lybndyA yAl}slsu sou becl,su yt,l tlre bllrk,
lsltt dMlit iet anybody ltr let yourselves gtt
70 feeling TINT anybody slo!ls' pratse YOU lie.
cAuso you aro b'nrk. mil certainly .lon't bear
sVrollgs bccause yOll nre bIacli. These are the
points, you know, that bring us iii to tho
,,qunllty and liberty Of tic law. GeitlcIlen,
NIL glA!l IL have met sou.
Con. Garfield atNl ti0y. Foster ttlen shock
lands Will! tho Visitors md tllUy took their
departure shortly afterwards. :
!cneo of Mr.. Edwards til hOiior Of Gen. t;ar.
lestl and Gov. Foster. Among tho E1lesis
yero tho lion. II. b. Payne, j. Ii. Wu,te,
Alnaaa Stone, D. T.. Eells, s. r. Eyerett
lMlnes Mason, John Told, a!lll U1hors.