The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-11-27
Eg.E.ssG-E EssS EG!EEsb.
Southern Negroes Recovering
From Their Recent Alarm.
Oily the Denselv Ignorant De
ceived by he Republican
Falsehoods.
Special to the New York Herald.

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AT a meeting of a colore(
wolnan's society there was weep
ing and prayer over the prospec
OF returning 10 slavery. This mis-
; apprehei sion was largely the re
suit of the teaching Of republican
politicians. In order TO keep the
negroes solid they have told then
for years that the democrats
would put them back into sla-
very if theysever gotssinto power
1t was aggravated by Il few fools
who c!Fered.to buy and sell ne
groes. The white people moved
quickly TO allay sihis apprehen-
sion. The Constitution published
an editorial which was read tC
the negroes in every town and
city of Georgia by request. Com,
mittees passed resolutions ad
dressed to the negroes. Sensible
men everywhere talked to theii
servants kindly and definitely
There is Ii.tie Of apprehension
left. Mr.. Pledger. the colored
Collector of the Port, is out in an
interview in which he says hall
the neg!oes will be democrats
when Cleveland's administration
has passed % prove its fairness.
4 large meeting Of negroes last
night passed resolutions asking
Senators Brown and Colquit and
| Governor Mcdaniel to meet them
and talk TO them on the situation
| The Senators and Governor will
do this, and it will have a fine
effect.
IN TERROR OF THE CHAIN GANG.
One bugbear of the negroes is
the chain gang. They have been
told that they will be put ss.into
the penitentiary by Wholesale
Tie truth is the grade Of felonies
has been constantly lifted for the
past ten years. and the severity
of punishment diminished. This
tendency will prevail in the fu-
lure. Another fear is that the
negro claildrens.w be forceds to
quit the public schools. On the
contrary, the appropriation for
public sciloolss.is issincreased annu
ally, and the proportion for the
colored people increases with it.
1t is amazing, with !. their fears
eliminated, how little the mass
Of the negroes care about the re-
suit of the national election. The
few colored Office holders and
the few negro politicians who
bang about the cities are dis.
turbed, but tie great majority OF
the negroes are perfectly salts
fed when they are assured that
thoy will be left in their freedom,
with their schools their franchise
and their rights under the law
More words will not complete
this assurance. The southern
people will have 10 prove their
sincerity by their works 10 re
move the fears which still linger
in the colored breast. They ap-
preciate the grave responsibility
Of their situation, and will meet
it fairly. AS | write the leading
Episcopal church ofthis city (the
fashionable St. Phillip's) is
crowded with a white congrega-
lion of ladies and men for the fu
neral of Pin:kney, a colored
man. who was a communicant III
The church. The sermon is being
preached by DR.. Armstrong, the
rector. The coffin rests on the
altar, and the family of the dea !
man O cupies thes front pews.-
This incident is mentioned only
because It's significant just now.
There will be TO trouble here
with either whites Or blacks If
they are let alone.
FALsEHooDs FLYING ABOUT.
The absurd stories of incen
diarism and rioting in Georgia
sent out are false, and gratuit-
ously so. Several fires have oc-
cnrred under circumstance that
suggest incendiarism, but not one
that Indicates cOlOred incen6i- |
aries. The word 'colored' slipped |
into dispatch just now gives il
ficticious importance. There has
not been a single collision be-
tween whites and blacks in -Geor-
sia because Of politics since the
election, and none for any other
cause. TO sum up, if The negro
can only be assured Of his rights
under Cleveland, Of which he is
still somewhat doubtful, he is
about who is elected, as
he is about most things that do
not tonch his daily life. Within
four years half of the negro votes
viii be democrats.
NORTH CAROLINA.
raleigh, Nov, 22, lSS4-There
is no doubt of the fact that con
siderable excitement exists
among the colored people with
regard to Cleveiand's election
There is equally little doubt that