New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-24
John PAUL IN GEORGIA.
HOW pF LOOKS UPON HIS CoLokED
BROTHER.
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A-'H wv ..... IN ~ nNiIEss RACE.

,o,o can tell but Saturday through the o'"'" .
rciversal negro holiday On that day "a''"o "'i'
AZ M ,vorl, neither he nor his WIG ho' "''
1ron nor the strange Sambo when may "o "
his gates The temptation oil NV" hoi'a@ wa
ms NE % no resisted Into the town from all the
i' "o. nd will the colored come tomorrow.
~ charcoal wagon driven through the street
III .a,,so No remark He will bc chiefly III MS
A.. clothes but she will be as line "a red
Va ,,o,Ioyv stutfs can make her gown OF the
-, L. IN dear Oscar Wilde will drape her
horc,,, ncrsnn q ribbon or sash OF the h"e "uich
,ha autumn sumaoh wears Will be at her W"is''
marvellous stones of emerald or oil ruby '"uo'V
without priccl will be pendant from her ears. he'
al, hc Matted and twisted into fanoitui httie
- and minarcts M though she were ooIiiured
80 MAY the scornful lady" and anna her cioSo
chris many aud large. will shine pms OF brass
Heads will he thrown far back. capaci"ns throa'S
viii he opened and from depths that Sce'h'hsi'
,vopld defy plummet peals OF the rotuhues' i"us.
fer will come rolling up IL VIII DO 9""' '""
q c,sr 70 Goodness. sab" and Lor Dress ye honey
of drunkenness there will be i''uo' VI "s"'"'s'
none. ,,; sror;,,
..i.-.rs of yesterday their JOY Of to-day and to-
o,, IL Is always the Fourth of July Win
.h.,, and il SATURDAY could and would but run into
. sabbath which had no end, and Monday would
meyer come | question if many would WISH 10 ieaVe
chs world for a better. IL only the merchant
wouldn't take a mortgage on the mule wheh nc sei'
them goods on credit. they'd he SATISFIED with
things as they are. But Of settling day they take
M heed till il comes for the mule they never
mourn till il is gone. aud even then they do not
uourn for long OF the future they take rs ittte
thoucht as butterflies. or grassh'pPers NOT ior
Them 70 lay up for morrow which may not come;
4 tl,Ora tn lac "A
fe,r lest they NAV suddenly die and leave some
thing In expenditure they are sailors. IN planning
for the future they are New-York aldermen The
o,bsr dav negro lust paid off from long work on
the railroad. with twenty dollars. came INT" a
s+ore and after buying n silk handkerchief for
doIlar. turncd round and bought n thirtecn-and-a-
half dollar trunk to put ii in. have 1t on the wOd
Of Mr. Thomas C.. Mitchell that he SAW negro
after luyinc high silk hat. too small Tor hiin' IN
vest the balance of his funds III eleven pairs Oh
white kid gloves-the entire stock on hand--whlch
caught his eye aud happened to please his fancy
Myself after Christmas tine, saw mt the station
group who. their holiday ended. were going 10
Distribute themselves for work along the line OF
railroad Many one without shoes wore SILK nat,
and the greater part Of them dressed in dilapdatcd
shirts and trousers carried what else they had OF
clothes in braud-new russell leather nickie-Pated
travelling bags. Who will teach them economy
Not tic merchant for it is his interest to sell
then goods irrespective of the utitles-tis the
negro trade in great measure that Keeps the
stofcsn thriving. And having bought piece OF
land which lie wants. the negro is instantly ready
and willing to mortgage ii to buy something when
he docs not want.
If extravag;nt in things which cost. would you
axpect the negro to be economical in names. which
may be had for nothlngS Scarcely the daughter oI
II.lrt hauo Lawn
string of names than the youngest born of your
vasherwoman And Harricts blush rose of
girl is known to Parthenia Adr1anna Inc
youne lady who comes for tho clothes tells US
her name il Rochere u can spell it in 10 other
way. and sho cannot spell il ut all. So far as my
observation goes they are a happy laughter-lovhg
people possessed of rs little malice as of thought
and how carelessl The sense of responsibility Is
sense in which the present negro is wanting. 10
have good servant to-day IS no guarantee that you
will have one Tomorrow Angelina AgrpPina
was eopd while she lasted, but one morning she
came not, and the breakfast got on as best II conld
Corntlia Fulvia CHINA. who next came, was III Dig
niied yet pleasant demeanor and had a lovely
hang but she too disappeared between two srns-
without a word of warning. Now we have Par
thenia Adrianna but am fully persuaded that the
morning will come when the place that now knows
her as a passer Of things will know her no more
forever Aud the same with the carpenter. the
br,cklayer. and even the grave-maker. But that
there's harm i'm the negro have yet To iii And
tins is the very general testimony OF the whites
with whom have talked it over tKiah Williams
says so Indeed, very many Of the latter have
frankly stated to Inc their conviction that had the
situation been reversed at the end of the war. lceS
peacefnl result would have been reached.
But where is the blame of thriftlcssness and IRE
sponsibility--if blame there be-tO lie Genera
tioDs of slavery have not fitted tho negro 30 take
care of himself or to furnish himself virtues and
traits which shall! make him pattern to the
whites Docile and initiative. he bids fair to be
inst what the whites choose TO make him. And to
take advantage of his tbrifteSsneSs to encourage his
extravaganza. IS not TO lsan wisely. lisa sowing
of fares and the harvest must Of needs bo ragged
one.
How il q the problem to be solved Glad indeed
nm that the solution of it does not rest primarily
with me. for ia that case were mainly puzzled.
Already the negro outnumbers the whites here
away. and the census shows an increase 1t Ii
Thought by some that there will be gradual alb
sorption of the black bood-and one FloridiaH farm
ar whom ! could mention has certainly put forth
vigorous effort in this dircctiOnbut that end seems
very distant 1t may be the other way. And In |
any event. think what "A witchs cauldron II !
would make of it-what a bubbling and seethlng: |
.Mngle uingle, mingle ye that miuge may
Black blood and white, blue blood amt gray"
Not this generation will see a satisfactory sOlu- |
ton Of this same problem Ignorance and SuperSti
ton were almost at the gates Of adjustment. Few
of the olden tune negroes at all educated. OF |
the ignorance of the multitudo-of those who under
the old regime were field bands, for imsanco-I bad
no idea They could not read. and they were not
allowed to learn. But might not one have supposed
81. nth al nf black
know by traditioni Not so. John Walker who
took me out fishing on Lake ammonia, amazed
when told him Of Africa. lie had never heard of
TLat his rare were not originally of this country