The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-15
Beecher Tabs About the Greatness
of the south.

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'ln Texas | told the people that their state
was big enough for three, and they held up
their hands in horror aud said: No, only
one state.' | said: Gentlemen, there are at
least six citizens who will want to be senator's
OF the United States, and they will be more
powerful than your desire to keep the state
in its present form In Texas as in every
one OF the southern states where | lectured |
was received with more than hospitality
with cordially, and the managers of the lee
ture tour had no reason TO complain. do
not desire 70 90 among u people more friendly.
l spoke in every one of the southern states
through which | passed, and l had moi the
most remote conception that l should be so
well received. There are a great many fool
lsh people in the south. There are some in the
north, but | was surprised and delighted to
see how all the people had survived the sec
tional feeling. The war and all It's issues are
substantially forgotten, aud they are busy in
building up again what had been wasted and
destroyed, aud there is now more material
wealth in the south than there ever was. |
appealed 10 audience after audience, IL they
could, would they bring back slavery. and
there was not a single instance where they
did not SAY That they were delivered from "A
great curse and that they would not bring
II back again. | had no trouble in speaking
there, aud when | told them that 1 hoped
Gen. Butler would be the Democratic nomi.
nee for president they receivedA with good
mature, a. you do. More stfan that Young
men in the south who used to have their liy-
ing as pleasurr-seekers are now workers.
Manufacturing is springing up 50 generally
that the attention of political economists has
been directed to it and they are going to show
that untaNed industry in this land can take
care OF itself. | also found in the south great
interest in schools. They don't fare as well in
this respect AS we do in the north, but the
wish Of the people is for schools and they are
pushing them out IN every direction. The
prospects of the south are admirable in that
direction, and | can say the same as regards
religion. New Orleans is retaining its old
~ascendancy as II commercial centre.
"As regards the negro, l received testi-
mony most welcome. The colored people are
increasing. The mixture has declined
through the south: the white folks are white
and the black folks are black. We are not
going to have as much mixture as we used to.
Education is going on and the southern peo-
pie of good sense and feeling are DESTROYS of
having the black people educated. When the
colored people own land they prosper. The
white people object to selling it to them. and
for the same reason that people in New York
and Brooklyn do not like to sell land to be
occupied by au Objectionable class. was
asked as 10 my views about social equality. l
replied that the theory of religion was that
all men were equal, but hat practice indi-
Gated that social equality should begin at
home, that mon should grow into relation
ships that are necessary. The road OF the
coiored people up TO equality is by intelli-
gence, virtue AMI religion, and they are
travelling on that road. l believe that they
have achieved liberty, responsibility and as
much social equality us is good for them