Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-09-04

How do the Southern people treat him, what
do they moan to do with him ? For answer TO
these questions Mr. Warner says, first OF all
of we're TO say what my impression is, II
would be about this the South Ia quite ~
much perplexed by the negro problem az the
North Is, and is very much disposed TO await
Developments, and TO let time solve il. One
thing, however, must be admitted in all this
discussion. The Southerners will not permit
such Legislatures az those assembled once in
Louisiana and South Carolina 10 rule them
again. will you dsfranchise the blacks by
management or by force ? Well, what would
you do in Ohio or Connecticut Would you
be ruled by lot Of ignorant field hands allied
with gang Of plunderersY"
In looking at this question from Northern
point Of view Mr. Warner reminds his readers
that two things have got to be kept in view
first that the government gave the negroes suf-
fTrsgo without any educational qualification,
and second that il has handed their control over
to the several states absolutely and beyond
Federal interference except through constitu.
tional methods Where fear of legislative
domination has gone the feeling between the
two races is that of amity and mutual help.
The loyalty Of the slaves to their masters
during the war is remembered with gratitude,
and the feeling toward the negroes generally
is one of goodwill of desire that they should
develop into true manhood and womanhood.
Indifference and neglect undeniably exist 10
greater or less extent, according TO locality,
and this is especially true with respect to the
education of the negro but as regards this
neglect it must be remembered that the
whole matter OF education is new one in the
South, a problem TO be studied and solved,
and the general development Of the subject
is quite az advanced as could be expected.
1.-The thoughtful and the leaders Of opinion
are fully awake to the fact that the mass Of
the people must be educated, and that the
only settlement of the negro problem is in
the education of the negro, intellectually and
morally. They go further than this They
say that for the South to hold its own since
the negro is there and will stay there, and is
the majority Of the laboring olass-it is nee
essary that the great agricultural mass of
unsklled labor should be transformed, to a
great extent into class of skilled labor,
skilled on the farm, in shops, in factories,
and that the South must have highly diver
siied industry. To this end they want in
dustrial as well Rs ordinary schools for the
cOlored people. 1t is believed that, with this
education and with diversified industry, the
social question will settle itself, as it does the
-7r'f H+er. society Dfaaot Poo uaae a- .y.
mat. Oy Legislation in NeW Orleans .ho
street cars are free tJ all rolnrH st thc Ez-
position white and colored people mingled
freely, talking and looking ~ whnt Efa Of
common interest
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exclude h-bfnHa lAu moi say much about tho
excl H.. . neEruaH from southern hotels
fho-0 HEd urH'rItres remaining NNt.. $500
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