National Republican., 1884-10-11
NV rtnlIrArinSs.

'nIets wfhaai amaA a.. Nv Yort
fHris u1Hari a fiaiher
What " uuirat s1uaht a. accomplish
IN his History of Civilization" Mr.
Tourroc hss ssaysd In = lesser scope and
manner 10 BIZ ftvisw of southern civil.
riti1a lu Its rcIai.aa o. national lilo and
prorfcss tn other aorda The appeal 10
Crsar or. tio Amer.oan People," D. more
= philosophical d.ssertatioa upon existing
evils ff1m m efhneIofi ~ standpoint aud
their tondcarief thar q sImqis narration
OF Historical facts hIH trrafmeut of The
matter a. fair sod tauil1 Amer tficfr
sketrkinf che history nf certain madcl of
thought ia The Inuci ~;afeI from ian
% the close uf thc var h0 rrgcesis 20 The
discussion af ths lue.tlan 40 issue In
which h. has evidruiir endcaycred ~
award proper 1iutIV Vet tu raeh uuo 20 the tee
sections Considered Abandoning f1f tho
moment a mere humauifauan yire OF the
race problem. hc takes it up in its relation
ta tho nation a. larss. ~ 6killiul mar
shalina of crnsll frufGs and statist ~ be-
elicits some stariliaF hcts and canriu.
sion. A. = result Of che war. and The
consequent rccouairuotiau legislation,
100000 slaves we're not only ireed. bot
invested with citiranship ard sufragr.
What followed u matter of hiaury. The
eolored man, united b. q long cham II
circumstances. % uss the haiiot iHtcili-
gently, wss nevertheless sndfruly made
entitled 20 H. Although IN many in
stances deprived Of 10. free exercise he is
now sSsurcdly demanding aii his legal
rights. Meanwhile the souta believes
him Of An inferior race, while she north
has merely superficial view u the situa-
al a ~. 4 4 - "a
simplifed by the fact that raos
freed from bondage invariably strives
for dominAnoy AZ some period 90
other. That struggle. distasteful a.
IL may be, promises 70 BE- tvsntfni
According 10 the tenth census there
woro In tho south. IN issn, l2.t60,2in
whites. and G.0Ja.Gj5 blacks. with . vary.
ing ratio In different states.
The same census shows that white i'm.
migration is coming into the border
states and leaving tho old slave states
Tho relative increase OF the colorcd race
Is also so much greater than that OF the
whites that by the year 1900 each state
from Maryland TO Texas will have a
colored majority. and we shall possess
eight minor republics of that race. Ac-
cording to Prof Gilliam's calculation, tho
southern white population in 1855 will
approximate 06,00O,00 while the colored
population in 1880 will equal or fall
little short of l02,000,O00. That immi-
grafton will prove corrective of this
preponderance, the author thinks un-
| likely from tho fact that the south desires
foreign capital rather than outside
labor. No other element can cope
with the colored man In agricultural
or mechanical arts. Not one-tenth Of tho
foreign population Of the country resides
in the south, while the northern immi.
grafton from 1870 to 1880 increased but
five-tenths of 1 per cent. Tho southern
white emigratos to some extent. but mis-
colored brother remains. II these facts
are true, Mr.. Tourgee argues that
no time is to be lost in applying
"a corrective to tho prospective
evil Of rapidly increasing mass
of ignorance. That remedy. he thinks,
is education supplied by governmental
aid in conjunction with the several states.
Here follow some interesting statistics,
the most striking of which are that out
Of 100000 voters in eight southern
states, 900 cannot read their ballots.
No remedy for oil this lies in removing
the lately acquired suffrage privilege or
colonization Of the African. A broad and
liberal system of education is an impera-
tive necessity, and in this tho entire ma
|
give a correct idea Of Mr.. Tourgees new
work; it should be read to be appre-
ciated.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ANovel By HAIR
RIETT TESNAwELL BELT. J. B. Lippincott
4 Co., Philadelphia. w. Ii. Morrison, Wash
ington:
The style of the writer is in tho main
good, and some of the descriptive pas
sages are presented in an entertaining
manner. The plot Is neither better nor
worse than is to be found in the general
run of modern novels Tho effect of
the narrative passages is marred. in a
few instances, by using such phrases as
fixed" in describing financial standing.
The sentiment Of the novel Is not Of the
highest type, and the principal characters
are not such as to arouse much ell
thusiasm. The heroine passes through
variety of love experiences, commencing
with boyhood acquaintance, who is
dropped summarily and unceremoniously,
and we are subsequently introduced
to two new lovers, Gilbert Wood
ford and Roger Houghton. The former
Of these would be fine specimen of man
hood had not tho writer blurred his
character by tho most ridiculous marriage
proposal which she makes him utter Tho
latter is singularly unattractive
character, now pictured as having a
mouthful of fmolasses candy and at another
time declaring his love for our heroine,
although engaged at the time. She also,
although similarly encumbered, falls in
love with him ana confesses her tender
passion. Between these two lovers she is
tossed back and forth as in q gamo OF
shuttlecock, now receiving the kisses of
the one and then of tho other. They call
each other by familiar titles, and finally
the insanity and convenient death OF
Edith paves the way, as might be ex-
pected, to marriage between Marjorie
and Roger. Perhaps the authoress has
been reading ELECTIVE Afiinities." One
fault of the writer consists in the startling
suddenness with which her death scenes
are enacted. Possibly this idea is sug.
gested by the thought that the sooner an
unpleasant thing is over the better.
THE RED WALL-FLOWER. By the author
, of "Wide. Wide World" Robert Carter (
, Bro, New York. Ballantyne & Son, Wash
ingtOn.
A religious novel ofrather more sustained
interest than most ofsuch,works. The tim,
is about that of the war of 1912, the scene
shifting from America to England ant
back again. Our hero, q young man o
many accom- mplishments, undertakes Il
teach the little girl with whom he after
ward falls in love. Flowers pass, ant
although oil others are lost, 'the red wall
flower" is preserved and reproduced in tn,
denouement, when the hero after som,
adventures in Europe, again meets hi
D lady love. Some few grammatical fault
, here and there show either haste in writ
4 ing or carelessness in correcting proof.
q THE INNER SISTERHO0D. A social stud
in high colors. BY DOUGLASS SHERLEy,wh
wrote 1.-THE Valley of Unrest; A Book With
out Woman" John L. Morton Il Co