Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-04-03
Edaoation In Mississippi.

A oolored man from Mississippi ad-
dressed large Philadelphia audience
on Tuesday night on the condition OF
che negroes Of that State. He was an
man, born and raised
Amongst the people Of that State, by
Inference fully qualified to discuss the
problems Of education for the colored
people, liberty and prosperity intelli-
gently, but ON account of the danger
his life would be In whom he returned
% Mississippi his name was not given
In the papers that made q report OF his
address NOR particular place where he
delivered his lecture.
What In known already by the gen.
oral reader about Mississippi is evil
dence OF the truth OF what the lecturer
says. He admits that only q limited
portion Of the people Of his StAte-the
BLACKS and poor whites forming the
larger portion-havs just idea Of the
true principles OF free government
Education was the only true remedy
for this state Of things, and education
throughout the Gulf States IL not In 9
very h,urishing condition, especially
that education brought about by COM
mon schools. The lecturer said that or
m average the school houses are from
seven to ten miles apart, and even
these are not kept open more thar
three months in q year. 1t will scarce
~ be disputed that the Blair education
bill, or some other bill equally poten.
tial Is needed for Mississippi. How
we'll qualified teachers are for theil
duties may be imagined, for nobody
who could make q decent living ct any
thing else would think of resorting 4
teaching for living, where the pay Il
small and with only three or foul
months employment in year.
The principal evil, however, SEEM
70 be the pauoity of educational f.
-ciiities. Some parts of the South ar
thickly populated, and the school fa
ciiities are not suffi cient to accommo
date one-half the school population
Under these circumstances half tn
young people are compelled to d.
without any schooling ct all, while tn
other half learn little else than tn
interest rudiments of an education
The great body OF the colo-ed race /
progressing very slowly. They ar
still at the beck and nod Of their forme
masters, dependent upon them for tn
land they cultivate, the supplies RI
Quired to maintain them, and whateve
else their dependent condition requires
This Is the picture presented ate
more than twenty years Of persons
freedoml Surely, thought the speaker
there is something wrong In all this
and In that opinion all intelligent pei
sons will agree. Where the wrong lie
d not hard to ascertain, in fact there |
but one answer aud that answer is q
well known and aSkno wledged q
scarcely to require q repetition. IL
simply the determination of the ruin
white element In the South to keep th
negroes where they have always bee
kept-in q state Of complete depel
dency, constitutional amendments
the contrary. This spirit was fully d
mOnstrated some three weeks ago
the massacre Of seventeen innoceI
negroes in cold blood in the Oarrollto
court house, ut the foot of tina yer
pedestal OF Justice, the apology for
being that 1t was necessary to keep th
negroes under. The lecturer though
the time would come when this wi
become one OF the great issues
the country, indeed 1t was so alread
bat few people recognize 1t as sucl
IL will como to the front with great
force year by year until 1t Is remedie
That day, the speaker thought, W
very near at hand, but 1t will come,
said, even though the country is aga
shaken TO its very foundation.