Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-22
Republican Texts.

Republican Texts
In recent debate In Congress the
following statement WAS INSIDE
The total a-ncGn1 rassed by taxation for
schoa p-rs1ases n TIE soole noua1ry;. g as
the slars-hol5inE states So sX,E-a The amount
he Nerrae1n STATS was sspa Had ths Sou-a-
e II States raised as large an EEnounf Per capita
il would have raised SsAlGaZ-- 81 or mare THAN
f9nr times Whist they actually did raise
As this is one of those texts which
Republican papers are fond of preach
ing upon. it is worth brief examination
Assam NJ the correctness of the figures
ard they profess 10 hare been drawn
from the o1fic al returns of the last CEN
sns-what Is there surprising about
them? The wonder is. not thai the
Southern States failed to raise SSS- s ~
e92 Tor educational purposes but fhas
they were able 10 raise So 276. I26- ASIDE
from he fact 1haI the South Is far less
wealthy than the North and alwaxs has
been. the 6nan@ial resources Of the
former were drained to exhaustion by
four ye ars' disastrous wzr The expen-
diTuTes of the North In this wAr were
scarcely ielt by The people OF that seq
ton owing TO the immense impetus
given TO I'll kinds Of business and the
rapid advance OF values, while the b 1si-
ness OF the South was practically de-
sTroEed BY invading armies and rigid
blockade and property OF all kinds de-
EreclaIea In proportion Worse than
the wa- was the Republican recons1rpc-
hon which followed 1T lasting In one
shape or another for ten Years What
the sword spared the earpet-bag and
negro Governments STOLE or wasted. and
then sadGled the Stafes with debts
which the moST strenuous efforts can
nof pay 5or some time TO come Less
than SIX years have ella sed since the
Southern people escaped from the Re-
publican yoke and began TO Uild liter
ally IRON the ground mp" They hare
worked hard and The success achieved
has teen surprising but ali they have
done Is but a drop In the bucket COM
pared with what remains 10 do
Aside from the political and industrial
embaTrassnenfs produced bT large
colored reputation contdnualiy stirred
UP bv RepuhlcaE agita1oz.s- this class of
the conmunlTF eal1ot- as a r-le, be
reached By taxation, for the simpe rea-
son thai the vast majority OF them have
nothing TO lax Consequently the
burden falls most exclusively upon the
whites who moi only have TO re tore
their shaft erred fortunes but must pay
for keeping the Governmental machine
IN motion Instead. therefore. OF re-
preaching the South 1or devt ting so
lit e money TO the maintenance of
schools it would tie more appropriate
and lnsf to praise her ior giving SO
much The $4,000, 600 costs heT more
seRf-saErifiee than 500. Loo. 900 would
~l s. Il =
jury 10 find fault with those who are do
NJ the est IN the fsce o. tremendous
obstacles In every Southern Stale the
caase o popu ar ednra4ion is receiving
the attention its supreme importance
deserves. and the fact that m ore rub sc
schools have been established since the
Republicans were driven from power
there than ever before ought 10 close
RspBblil an mouth on the sub ecf- If
the money sio3en and wasted during The
re 7oBs1yu t1en period had been saved.
these schoo woaId be Ten LINES more
numerous Than they are
In the same debate from which the
aboTe extract is taken We find nu
more significant and suggestive para-
graph:
The census reveals the fact that in Sru4a
Carolina the increase in lhe Gnlored paErula1aon
there n the hast decade was fnrrv-1hree Ter
x:sEI~ while TIA increase OF the white JJoIguia-
ton Was only 4higTF-hTe per cent Al 1hRf
IsIs OF 5nGrssse within twenty-five wears the
Write race Ii tse substantially exr rTsrAd or
com 5le1ely overs haapwed ulntsri, ally There
are now 1wo TO De of the black rare in Sog1h
CHrolIus- Ia the State OF MISS SIS pm they in
creased forTr-six per cent In The last decade.
while The fncresse If the WIRES much less
The coored population OF Mississippi 81 the
ears tie double whH1 II was N 1ssa-
So far. then, IS the future prosperity
Of South Caro- ina and Mississ ppi is con-
cerned, Al exodus of the colored popu-
la15on On = large scale would be a great
blessing The increase however.
proves thai the main argument of the
denarogues who favored W holesale emf
grafton had no foundation whatever,
because such increase shows-accordin
TO a wel-known principle OF political
eeanomF-that the colored peop'e must
be. On The whole. well-1re4fed and in
reasonably comfortable condition. If
were otherwise they would dim inish In
numbers But the question naturally
arises. If the BIZ cks in South Carolinz and
Mississippi are increasing far more rap
idly than the whites What is 10 become
OF these States In the nof very remote
hereafter There are two blacks TO one
white In South Carolina now. and Mis-
road II Is NOT 10 be expected that the
majority viii always consent TO be con-
trolled By 1be minority. and We know
from bitter exl er5ence the inc liable
consequences of negro domination
The race thus far has shown itself utter
~ unit Tor government 10 say moth
ing OF The government Of the whites;
vel rule which means ruin must soon-
or or later be set up unless the major
itF is wiling TO sntmIt 10 the guidance
Of the minority or some outlet Is found
for the surplus black population. The
pro lem as il stands is di cult one 10
solve. and It's ulfima-e solution is in
VOWED IN serions doubt and may be ae-
coEnpanied by grave nange s. Fana1ics
and fools may regard the prospect Of
Atr3caoized states with cornplaeencr.
but every honest and sensible ratrios
uns1 see IN it nothing short OF CREST
public calamity which the Nat on should
pray 10 be spared ST Lozls Eepa1b-
L2csaz.