, 1881-03-13
ENCOURAGE AN EXon,,, !.

mr. George ". Williams, p,.n
President to Help. the colorea .pt "a. @.
pie. Pee.
New YoKK, March 9...-George IL 7,,
| iams, who is member of the 0hio i: Ivy Hih
ture. and engaged in the practice ~ is isaEa'
Cincinnati, spoke in the Rev. n, ra'' .aH u
Church, In Brooklyn, Sunday eyenI,s sa!!aa's
the meeting Tribune reporter 49, a,!sF .s
Williams what was his opinion sa =. =. ~.
prospect Of the colored race under c. - ~
fields Administration ~1' oae
The colored people," he replied III:
the greatest confidence that presida,+ asFs y
field will do all that he can. under tho ~ ras
stltutlon, to encourage them.n .oe
But the question is, what ran i.
legally. more than any other Pfesidantt aa
done?'' s"' MI
"1n my belief, and so expressed m, il. =
ion to Gen. Garfield, when I saw h,m n94. =.
Mentor in September, the best way IN ~ s.ts4 y
the question is by IN exodus. Efcnn,a.s ,.s's
the negroes to migrate to other Stats. ~
then educate those who remain ~Tmssa aa
upon them the Importance Of pstahi;sss;ssA
schools, and help them to study Drptessiasa!z
'Colorett people unquestionably feei fi::ess ss;s.
much encouraged blythe bold, courapsssss!! M ~!
way in which he, has spoked coTr9ss conce1n;ss
spoken SO frankly when occupying An aa1tss s1ss
position, and there can be but one resn,t ,telH y
can inspire the co1ored people with ho1,ss H. ~
courage them to seek education. to inrs,,tf,,ss f,s
the soil, and to respect themselves n : 'N''@
What Is the condition Of the race nm >,
have given some attention to the iah.,
statistics, which, with the census, nmr. v.
that the race is not dying out, but il in a'o ha.
'tTo what is this due?r ..
II think it Is due to the fact thst thu nj
orel people have been forced into puiists<
and have turned their attention to cui6Sa:'
ing the soil. Before they moyedt to tta risss
took Il part in the general political e-ritaf'
nlents, and died off. 1n 1877, the Southemarr,
said, 1--WE must carry the elections peaceahis
it we can, forciblv it we must" and tha11
did. We cannot get the States back asa;n All,
and the only way to get the negro into DOiI.
the great mistakes Of reconstruction that i
began at the wrong end At the close Of Ina
War the aristocracy had the wealth, and con.
trO1ed the press and wires. The ignoran.
blacks and the carpet-baggers were In charra
of. politics, hence the breakup. 1t was fonn.
nate in that it made the colored people tufn
their attention to education. Give them
o3lHtlA Uuo1l1ESS EAuC<&ttClI, l3lp uQEW our 1f
the iniquitons, outrageous plantation c,edjt
system. and they will earn and hold the n.
spect Of the white people. That the race i,
advancing there can be no question I
firmly believe that within twelve yean
the colored man will hold a Cabinet
position. Still, rs much encouraged asI
know my race feels. do not believe theSoutk
ern question solved That it is paramount
problem there Is no doubt II Gen. Garfield
solves it successfully, he will be his Own sue.
cessor. Jefferson Davis said recently that ha
never saw 4 reconstructed woman.. Thaln-
counts for thefact that Is everywhere noticed
in the South, that the young Snuthernels a.s
more disloyat than their fathers were. Dis.
loyalty persades their grannlars aud hls1sl-
les. It is sulky and inert now. but in q feH
years, perhaps Il quarter Of Il century. it will
becoule active and aggressive, and have to b
crushed again. Every man that delivers n
address on Decoration Day speaks in tha
strain that Col. Breckenridge adopted lss
May, when he, placing his hand over hisheaH,
thundered out that every man who slept In
Confederate grave had died for constitutional
liberty. After Eile war the country was To-
eral to the Southerners, aud gave them for
eign missions; they have lately had Cali
net Minister, and yet they are not satisded
What VIC want is 4 free ballot, an untranl-
meletl yote> protection for human life d.
Tense for their c0untry's defenders, and pE1r
lection for its protectors" =: