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Editor GAZETTE. The Article OF Prof. !
Alex Hogg 10 yourissue Of the lo,h, head.
ed as above, calls for serious consider
alton by those who have the legislation
and education Of our common govern
mept in charge; aye, II goes farther, II
demands that we should put II Ia such
shape before the mass of voters OF the
government that they may instruct their
representatives at Washington how TO
acc on this grave constitutional question
whether or not the government can under
the general "wclfare clauee,n or as Prof.
Hogg puts 1t, under sthe preamble In
the constitution OF the United States,n
"to secure the blessings Of liberty 20 our
selves and our posterlty.n But
whether under one or the other,
we can not avoid the patent
truth that the South under the bnr.
dens cast upon her OF educating double
amount Of Ignorance with twentieth
part Of the power to pay for It than 9th.
er sections which are without the shadow
Of the black man, must eventually break
down and give way, aud the government,
under some such clause of necessity, as
Mr. Lincoln found when he gave the
pen, will have 10 take this matter OF the
education of the masses in hand.
Now see Ia my mind as plainly as |
see any event In the future that the South
is bound to decay under this heavy load;
| do not mesn Texas, for she Is the new
South, mean the old slave states, where
now the blacks and whites are doing all
they can In peace and good will to work
out this destiny OF the new order OF
things by themselves, but they cannot &C
complish impossbillties. They cannot
with the old-fsshioned labor keep up
with the march OF new ideas.
The white population Ia drifting away
from the old landmarks and migrating to
this new land in the great West. They
leave behind the negro In his primitive
/ simplicity, the old men and women and
the children that cannot leave They are
receiving comparatively no new labor
from abroad, The county or state on
this side OF the great waters that is not
being augmented by immigration cannot
stand still or advance. 1t must 30 back
ward. The old Southern states are going
backward from these burdens that are
cast upon them. Another quarter OF a
century will find either a wholly new pop.
ulation in those states or n regeneration
Va NhN HANfNhh PNBAAabN'h thllN ny uAu
from the general government The only
way the government can aid them Is
by schooling the iliterate made so by a
war measure. Mr.. Lincoln so denoml-
mated the emancipation proclamation
IL Is an act OF poetic Jus.
tice to the South TO do 1t. 1t is no
argument as far as the justice of the act
Is concerned for us 10 say that Texas
need not mind about II, as she IS beyond
It's need. This may do for local matters,
but when our representatives are in
Washington they are there for all the
states, and there are more than dozen
in the South that will require this aid in
order to rescue them from their appalling
ignorance, OF which Prof. Hogg writes.
They are going backward with no hope Of
q forward movement. This question
must be met IN some shape by congress
Let US see now how 1t may be done
think it may DO done by distribution
among the states of the funds according
to the Peabody plan of helping those who
help themselves, and those who do not,
do not help.
Above all let each state manage her
own distrlbutlve share as she pleases
government. II this be done no one
can legally object. The govern
ment feeds those starving from any great
calamity, aud no one doubts its power
to do SO. The bill as II passed the sen
ate gives the control Of the fund when
raised to the different states. Then on
wDat reasonable ground can 1t be OPP
posedp
Now we have thrown suddenly upon
the Southern states a horde OF hungry
children Starving for knowledge and en-
lightenment as TO how the machinery OF
the government Is run, so that they may
know how to cast their ballot In con-
trolling 1t. In these days of progress
and Improvement the man that Is not an
intelligent agent is not free agent; If
he is not free he Is under some one that
is. II you would rescue him from that
thraldom do 1t by all means, II 1t may be
done according TO law and Justice 1t is
not Just that the South should bear this
burden alone. The senate has passed
the bill by large majority, and we have
humane men up there that see our con-
dition and would help us. Let us see
that bill is passed that viii help our
people and not Interfere with the
right OF our local self-government In
the management OF the funds. II the
bill, however, has to be passed SO as to
| ehiON ~ AhNC WIZ vi VIC EONtiu-
ment, | AN opposed TO it. II can be
done without this. Therefore let us
pass 1t now, while 1t may be done with
out government Interference.
Another idea and | am done. There Is
now arising a strong force In this gov
eminent who are so set against corpora
tons that they would buy up all OF them,
| railroads, telegraphs, all Of public
character, and put them under the control
OF the government. II we do not take
hold of this matter in time--we Of the
Soulh--the school interest will be
swallowed up with this general cor.
porate control, Let us do this while we
may. G. G. CUMMINGS.
The Knights of Labor.
FORT WORTH, TEX, April l2,--Edltor
GAZETTE: OF course life is too short to
waste time in endeayoring to correct
false rumors, foolish speculations, mis-
underst landings, and Misrepresentation,
which are being constantly put In circu.
lation about the Knights OF Labor. Not