St. Landry democrat., 1885-06-13

anu u!luCulb 10 SOlV0 SATISFACTORILY IOE
according to the Rev. DR.. R. H. Allen,
''Thngs is workin 2" The following
extract is from the 'New York Weekly
Sun" of the 9th of May:
STARTLING FIGURES" - "RAPID PRO- |
GREss OF THE BLACKS TOWARD NU-
MERICAL SUPREMACY IN THIS CoUN-
TRY"
CINCINNATI, May 25, 1885.
In the Presbyterian General Assembly |
this morning, the Rev. DR.. r. FL. Allen,
Secretary of the Freedmen's Aid Socie-
ty, said:
"Twenty years ago, at the close of the
war, there were in the Southern States
3,947, 900 colored people, and now there
are more than 100000. Then there
were in Mississippi 100000; now, $780,
900. Then there were in South Caro-
lima 100000; now, more than 100000.
Five hundred colored babies are born
colOred population of the United States
doubles every twenty years: the white
population only once In thirty five
years. Eight years will not have pass
ed before the negroes will be in a
numerical majority in some of the
Southern States. At the present rate
Of increase, in 1885 there will be 96,000,-
900 white people in the United States
and 192,O00000 colOred people. The day
ia not far distant when it will be a
physical impOssibility to continue the
present practical Acknowledgement OF
the cOloTed man of the Southern States.
In South Carolina he has bought and
paid for 27G, 900 acres of land which he
cultivates. In the South he pays taxes
Old $91 100000 of property. He is edit
ing, printing and publishing 100 news
papers, and yet, of the 100000 colored
neoDle of this country, more than 6.000,-
900 cannot read nor write" The good
pious souls of The Freedmen's Aid
Society, seem still to philanthrOpically
banker after the welfare of "Our color
ed brothern and as propagation OF his
kind, figure him ahead OF the white
man just rs per cent"
How the Rev. Secretary of the
Freedmen's Aid Society arrives
at the relative results of in
crease of population between the. two
races, white and black, he does not
state, failing to give information, in
this important particular, as to how
"Things is workin." Surprising the
present total population, whites and
blacks of the United States. to be co.
OOO, 900 of which 100000 are white
and 100000 black, allowing each the
ratio of increase accorded by the Rev
DR.. Allen and figures give the following
result in 1885:
Now 1885 white pop u.s.. 100000
In 1920, SIS years doubled
it would be-. 106, OOU,OO0
1865, IS years doubled
it would be-. .2i2, 100000
ratio Of increase would be 4O4 100000 4o4 900 600
Now 1885 black pop. is..-. 100000
In 1905, 20 years doubled
it would be. .----...--- l4,OOO,OOO
IS 1925, 20 years doubled
it would be..-.-..---.-. 2S,OO0,OO0
q 1915, 90 years doubled
it would be....-..--..- Sc 900 900
!" 1865, 20 years doubled
it would be-.-..------- 112 100000
1885, 20 years doubled
| it would be.-.-.-.--. 224,OOO,OOO 224,0OO,OOO
Showing at the end of one hundred
years the whites in majority 180,000,000,
allowing the basis for increase of the
Rev. Secretary to be correct. The writ
| or will not attempt to fathom the Rev.
gentleman's 500 day negro baby theo-
| nv, as it is undoubtedly based on the
idea of the eol0red brother of Milwau-
kee '.Things is workin." '.Mein got vot
a country, mein got vOt a peoples" is
said to have been the remark of an hon
est german after his landing at New
York and iourneying as far west as St.
Louis, when the United States had a
i population of only 100000. What
| will the emigrant say Of the country in
1885 with its population then of 1884, 00,-
900 or fully one half the present popula-
i ton of the whole world ? The Rev.
i DR.. r. II. Allen, Secretary of the Freed
i mems Aid Society, certainly gives fig
ures that lead to remarkable results
and most conclusively show that
"things is workin."
tFor him we preach, for him we pray,
OF him we talk both night and day,
But will net let him have his say,
That cussed cuss from Africa"
i If the Rev. DIR. Aliens figures in rela-
Elatinn to the taxes paid, the number of
acres nf land owned, and the newspa-
pels edited by our cOlOred brethren, are
as far from the truth as his figures re-
garling increase OF population, though
I'things is wOrkin," the white popula-
ton may with safety continue to sleep
sound for some time to come.
HoPE SMITH.