The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-18
negro or even white man in the mysteri.
Gus economy OF the universe more than IN
Indian? Who can answer this question ?


asked General Davis, as I have asked
many others, what education had done OF
was likely to do for the Southern negro.
he thoughtit had done very little thus far,
and this Is the general tenor Of the answers
/ have received. l discount all these an.
swers on the score Of old time prejudices,
and yet there remains weight OF evidence
in them that cannot be ignored. l console
myself with the reflection that twenty
years OF experiment is mere fly speck OF
time in the history OF nation and not
even that much in the history OF a race.
The DRIFT Of testimony, however, is that
the negro does not appear to hunger and
thirst after education as he was reported to
have done when the thing was novelty
just after the war. The evidence also Is
that he takes a-eertain amount Of educa.
tion-just as a small sponge absorbs rapid.
ly to the extent OF its capacity-but beyond
very rudimentary education he shows only
here and there a capacity to progress. In
many cases he beats the white boy at the
outset-acquires his a, b, c's and b abs
rapidly-gets to reading, writing and cipher.
ing, and then the sponge ceases to absorb,
and ambition plays out as it were.
stats % onIv avsrsoss @ @ 70 S' ,,svs ,@o @ VI mon,hs @
and haIf-and 81 corrSa ya;,har wh;,aa -,
hlacts .niov aood oJvantaoaS orS toSa
,hjs fact ;n,o soco,nt ,asan S"o. ~ ,So
navro's l;mited nrooresa w. bova vat n
GOO 4 ganarat;on nj sva,, r,r,;a,i,, adrcotoJ
negro naronts standing beh;nd fhoir chill.
dren a1d co nnsrat;ng wi,h ,t,e schno,S In
the matter nj a,dinv and aSettino tbe Of.
forts of ,eachers All teachsrs Enow what
a nowerfri cnr;l,;arv thiS 10 II 10 whoiiv
want;no down here % far 90 tbs hiacLs a,e
concerned 50 ''' 80 '''N N'''N''' ~
so.'es,
eoNnilloS AND fHhAFAhsf oF THE HEoho'
The negro Is working out his late, what
ever It Is to be, under great disadvantages.
We are told in Holv Writ that "the de-.
a..,.a.:s. 80 - ~. ,a'. - - 80, u
..i stiuc''oh VI tie pour 10 .'ie'r po'eFty'
This applies peculiarly to the present sltu'
alton OF the negro. He is a mighty weak
hrotber nm b;s own unoss;s,ed book and
- - -, -.
ue'aeneu as ne 10 iioli 'i'e iofiief supPoi'
oil the whites, such as 1t was in slavery,
he must per force 90 It largely alone in the
s,,rc,,e JJa 10 verv iyrorort and vary
% uee'.' Wy nIo' n'N ''nI @
improvement, anu generally very unreliaoie,
anu WINE ne incuts no hoslallly from me
whltes' VINO are passive rs regaros nun, nis
career Is INVESTED We WIN no sentiment IN
tneir eyes; Ihey treat MN luIi as wen as
ne Leats himself ne CHOOSES 10 90 nis
Work ~ q certain way anu 70 GatIy hithseii i
geheraiiy ~ = a; certain way, anu Iney cnoose
70 uesi WIN MN .t On ag ahae general pane ~
y oniy lust 10 potn SUES 70 say lilat tnele
Is as little friction as one could expect I 10
lneir business anu social ieiations. me
negto @ IS pe.ween .ne upper anu netneI
miIs.ones m o. ms own peculiar ia:,i nature and
me surroundings OF Wnlle ciyllihatlon ana
is pelag ground accoruingly, out inlo wnat
s9re o. uInma.e proulct llne alone can tell.
he may oe eAI.ngulsnea a., N !ne proeess OF