The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-01
Tor the FA@4vz -. "a zoaAx.C.
Some Results OF the War 20 the
S3uta, and tne PRESENT
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BY g. W B.. or FAYErrs, fLLE.
Continuaiioa)
Nors The reaie, pegh2 should
ue inf med tina, C,i Bo-d. 81 : yr,i-
c.e wlr sIittcnin Harcu last, ~ months
AGo hence so4e OF is figures On the
crops etc., are lightly erroneous, as
&c uo,- know.
Let Il now fom startlnE point Il
,,ated :pmewhere Just after the war, tie
exact tln". it is IS Gilh-ult 70 name,
IS il i. 20 chronicle some Of ,hc leading
features of the career OF he South
Her ter prostratiun had Invited and
-catte}eI throughout her bo5ders a race
IF human vultures. Hho care 10 prey
upon he little left her; 70 fiji If posi-
Die their hungry bellies with the otfal
east out Of this house Of de.olation
They fatteucd for season and fled
The brief rule of the carpet baggcr
gave 10 the credulous elsewhere thc
opport unity Of investing snmc OF Jhei.
spare capital In millions Of Southern
bonds. The interest on which vas foI
a few years wrung cut 81 the South
And then the whole principal and inter
est rcpudiate6 OF If miidcr terms for
the - nc essence are preferred com
promised or readjusted, and with them
the anti war debt also We shall
not stop to try to justify the act. a.
some Senator's have recently done IL
speeches more full OF words than WIS
dom, bat will pass on to consider
TEE NE&R1.
No one, not native and to the
manor born, - ever rightly understood
the peculiar institution Of the South
/ 1t is bootless now to enquire where the
responsibility lies fer i;s intreduction;
y for il. continuance the South Offer nc
! apology; for lis abolition the North
must acswer. That property In slaves
/ guaranteed by the constitution could
4 lawfully be destroyed without the coz
sent Of the owner, can only ind defense
IN such courts Of low mora!- or con
science where the maxim might make
right .juotliies.
La the grave of slavcrr were bu-
ried 81 900, 900, 900 Of Sou ,crn ,fopar-
" which waits for no rasurT.,ction The
slaves we're translated, So to speak, with
Gus the pains Of physical death, not into
paradise, but into freedom, and became
he wards of the best government the
world ever saw. Schools colleges ana
churches were erected fer their benefit
by the philanthropic Of the North, a.
they SO love to be called. Missionaries Of
both sexes were sent out to show then
.h ,f
! higher civilization. And the gushing
every where were called upon to weel
anew over their past wrongs, and {
howl still louder at, and hate still deep
er, their drivers dealers in human
flesh and SO on as their late masters
and only real friends. were called.
All these things might have turned
the heads OF the negroes, bat fortunate
ly for all concerned they had no head.
to turn They took freedom and thi.
shower Of blessings, as they did the rair
from heaven, to be enjoyed while it last
ed aud whenever it ceased to be waited
for again.
The philanthropic heart grew sick
Remttances to the Missionaries slack
ened and failed they went home am
the negro betook himself to sleep OF
work as euher jumped with his inclina-
ton.
Education was to lift up the newly
made man and brother bodily, by the
neck and heels, and place him Oh hi
feet. side by side with the white man
In the race henceforward after the eooC
and fat things of the world lie who hao
never learned to crawl, was to walk
right off, or run, if need be, and leave
far behind him his Southern compete
tor, the Spoilt child of fortune, despis-
ing labor and enervated By climate.
But. ',he best laid schemes O mice an
men gang aft agley. When the OF
portuDity was first offered tie colored
race, oil and young OF both sexes took
to books ike ducks to water. The
elders, however, S,on tired al wading
IN those st cams which flow from the
Pieuan 81 ring, ami gave up the who!e
business to those who were not 100 old
to learn The pickaninniaS stuck to i
maniully for awblIe Their progress
was wonderful. putting to the blush Ihe
4 pale faces Of the same arc III many OF
the cities and towns OF the South
They eXce'ed n penlpanship, drawing,
and music, AID luade very credltabic
/ advancement IN arithuetic, geography.
/ and grammar. The incentives to study
we're greater 10 them than those ever
held out to any people Their i'm
provemeEt was hailed wi,h nyIdc by
their whole race. They were eneoIr-
aged by the better class of whites
among whom they lived. Thy Were
/ taught hat education was to elevate
,h1m s0ciaily, morally, and Il ever
way. They went TO school eagerly, at
tended punctually, studied well, ad
vanced ~, of all expectation to a Ger
tain 10 ut, beyond ich the desire or
ability to 20 seemed waiting, anl then
Turned aside to other pursuits. Ci
course We speak OF tie great n najority.
4 few are to be found, a ho with com
men3Gb.e perseverance, stuck 10 their
books.
/ The higher they 90. the slower their
progress, and the fewer their nImb bcr.
With very rare exceptions, they Will
never make scholars Il is now the
exception and not the rule IN many
Southern towns to find a colorei youth
who cannot read ard write. Though
of late years it Is always easy to pick up
on the streets an idle boy who i reaGy
to run an errand for dime or hold a
horse for six pence. ! few years since
they were all at school. In the country