St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
NEEDS OF THE NEGRO.
The Same Old Chestnut about
Sr,,pasS ion of Southern Votes.


s191ress ion of Southern Votes.
The sudden emancipation of the slaves. the
bestowal of the suffrage. which soon followed,
and the impairment of the ability
of the states where the new citizens
where chiefly found to be adequately pro-
vided with educational facilities presented
not only excentional, but unexampled con-
ditions. That the stratfon has been much
amel'oratad there is no dnrht. The ability
and interest of the states hove hapnilv in
creased. Int great work remains TO De zone
and 7 think the general government should
lend its aid. As the succession OF national
grant in aid of education grows chiefly
ont of conditions and needs of the
emanoipated slave and his DESIGNS.
the relief shonld be as far as possible. while
ranessarilv proceeding nron some general
lines. he annlind to the need that supoestAd
it. 1T is essential if much rood is to he ae-
enmnlished. that the svmDathv and active m
terest IF the neonle of the states shon'd ne
enlisted. and that the methods adon'ed
shnuld he such as to stimnlate- ana ro' 10
supplant local taxation for school pnrnosns.
AS one CONGRESS cannot bind p succeeding
onetin such q ease and as the effort mnst in
some daoree. he exDerimental I.ree0mnend
that any apprnDria ION for this nIlrposa be so
limited in animal amount ana &c to the
time over which II is r. extend. as will on the
neihand rive the local school authorities
onr,nrtunitv to make tho best rSe of the first
vear's allowance. and. on the other.
to deliver them from the termination
If the whole burden themselves.
After exnatiatire npon the remarFahle adj
yances in education and a"nu1eition nj nrnp'
ertv made nv the negroes the president saws:
Rnt Notwithstanding an this. in manviparts
IF nrr country. where the colored popnlation
Is laroe. the naonle Of that raen are nv vari-
ons davices deprived Of anv eject of their
political RIGHTS and Of manv of Their civil
RIGHTS THE wrong does not exnend itsoif
mon those whose votes are suppressed.
Every constituency in the Union is wronoed.
II has hnan the hone Of every natriot that a
sense If justice ard IF respect for the law
would work a gradual cnre Of these fa"rant
evils. Surely no one supnnses thst the nrns
eut can be accented as q permanent condi-
ton. If il is said hat these communities
must work out this problem Tor
themselves. we have right to
ask whether thew are at wnrS
and under what conditions il the black man
tn have frnA hellot9 When is no. in fact to
have those frll civil ri"htS which have 50
lonp baan his in law? When ia that equality
of Influence which our form of government
was Intended to secure tn the electors to he
restored? This generation shnnld COURAGE
OnSlv tace these crave Questions. and not
leave them as HERITAGE Of woe to the next.
The constitution should nroceed npon lines
of iustire and humanitv not of prejudice
and cruelty No nuestion in onr country
can he at rest exoent upon the firm base Of
instire and of the law earnestly invoke
the attention of cOn~raSs tn the cOnsldnra-
ton of such measures within tie wellde-
fined constitutional powers as will secnre
to all orr neorie q free exercise ut the ri"ht
of suffraoe and every other civil -ri"ht
under the constitution and laws Of the
United Staies No evil. however daplorabin
can Justify the assnmntion. either on the mart
OF the executive or of CONGRESS of powers
not Granted. Int both will he hi"hlv h'om-
able If all the mowers Granted are not w'Nnlv
hut firmly nsed to correct these evils The
mower tn takp the whole diraotion end onn-
troll Of the elaction Of members of the hnnse
of representatives is clearlv pivnn to the oen-
eral GOVERNMENT martial and nualiHnd s'i-
narvision of these elections is now nr"vid"d
for hy law and in nv oninion. the law NAV
he so strengthened and extended as to Sc
p,1rn. on the whole hnrter -esnlts than can he
attained hra law taking oil the processes 1T
such election into federal control. The col
ornd man shonId ne protected in all If his
rnlationS to the federal government whether
as lti~ant Juror or witness in orr cOnrts. as
an elantor of members Of CONGRESS-, or as
peaceful traveller on our interstate railways.