The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-03-27
beeeher Talks About the Greatness
OF the south.


I'm Texas told the people that their state
was big enough for three, and they held up
their hands in horror and said: No, only
one state said Gentlemen, there are at
beast six citizens who win want to be senators
Of the United States, and they will be more
powerful than your desire to keep the state
in it's 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 lec-
tsre tour had no reason to complain. d.,
not desire to go among people morefriendly
| spoke in every one Of the southern states
through which passel, and | had not ths
most remote conception that | should he W
we'll received. There are great mary food
ish people i'll the south. There are some in tho
north, but l was surprised and delighted to
ree how all the people had survived the SIC
tfonal feeling The war and all its issues are
substantially forgotten, and they are busy ID
building up again what had been wasted and
destroyed, and there is now more material
wealth in the south than there ever was |
appealed to audience after audience if they
could, wonfi the bring back slavery and
there was not single instance where thpy
did not say that they were delivered from a
great curse and TINT they would not bring
II back again. had no trouble in speaking
there, aud when | told them that ! hopsd
Gen. Butler wOIh be- the Democratic nUni
nee FOR president they received it with good
nature, as you do More than that young
men in the south who used to have their hv
ing as pleasure-Seekers now workeys
Manufacturing Is springing up 50 generally
that the attention of political economists haS
been directed to it and they are going to show
that untaxel industry in this land can taxa
care of itself. also found in the south great
interest in schools They don't fare Us well in
this respect as we do in the north but tho
wish Of the peopl. is for schools and they am
pushing them out i'll every direction Thu
pr t, of the south are admirable in tina:
dii III, and can say the same rs regards
religion. New Orleans il retaining It's old
ascrndancy rs IA commercial centre.
AS regards the negro, | received tesla
mony most welcome. The colonel people ara
increasing. The mixture has declined
through the south: the white folks are WHITE
and the black folks are black We are not
going Ia have as much mixture as we used -
Education is going on aud the southern r.o-
pie OF good sense and feeling are DESTROYS OF
having the black people educated. When th.s
colored people own land they prosper The
white people object 10 selling it TO them and
for Ire same reason that Itople in Now York
and brooklyn do not like 10 sell land to bs
occaped 10y an objectionable class. WA
asked as 10 my views about social equality
replied that the theory OF religion was that
all men were equal, but tirit practice ind
Gated that social equality should begin at
home, that men should grow into relation
ships that are necessary The road Of thu
~p,ored people mp {" equality is by intelh
gcnc,. virtue AMI Religion. and thew arr
travelling Gu that road. | believe that they
have achieved liberty responsibility and ~
much social equality as j. good for them