Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-13

! that they consider whether record
might net be kept in each bREeau- in. all
tlose clements that are covered by the
4 terms safalIh5ulness and efficiency and a
I f1Elng5 made showing. she relative. merits
oI.ttee clerks Of each class, this rating to.
/. ge,zfegaFQed IS q test Of meriung promo
ton
nave. also suggested to the POSTMASTER
geHeEa41C6at he adept one plan. by which
be can, upon. the basis OF the REPORTS to
the department, and Of frequent jnspec-
5long indicate the relative merit of post
masters OF each. class. these to be .apprG-
pT1alely indicated IN the Official register
ana report OF the. departments That q
great stimulus EY0nld thus be given to the
whole service, Z do not doubt, and such a
record would be. the best defence against
removals from office -
EDUCAFI0E.
Inc. interest of the general government
IN the education the people. found an
early expression not only. in the thought
E41and sometimes sWaEning utteFances of
our a24esE statesmen bat lnzi liberal APP
preparations from the common resources
Tor the support. of education in the new
states. So.One, viii deny thai. it is one of
the grandest national concerns that those
VINO hold the uttImate, control OF al. pub
lie affairs, should have the necessary in
belllgence to wisely direct and determine
them. National attention to education
al affairs has, heretofore, taken
the form Of land grants and. In that form
me constitutional power Of congress to
promote the education of. the people. is
not seriously questioned. I Go not think
It can be successfully questioned, when
the form Is changed to that of asdireCt
grant OF money from the public treasury
such. aid should be as is always has. been.
suggested by some exceptional conditions.
The sudden emancipation of slaves,
the best0Wa1 Of the suffrage
which soon followed and the
impairment of the ability of the states.
where these new citizens were chiefly
found to adequately provide educational
facilities, presented not only exceptional
but uReXampled conditions. That the
situation has been much ameGOFated
there is no doubt. Already ability. and
Interest OF the states have. increased, but
a great work remains. to be- done and /
think the general government should
lend its aid. AS the suggestion Of a ma
tiOnal grant In aid Of education grows
chiefly out of the conditions and needs
of the emancipated slave and his de
scendants, the relation should as far as
possible while necessarily proceeding
upon some general lines, be applied to the.
need that suggested it, It is essential, if
much good is to be accomplished, that the
sympathy and active interested the peO-
pie of the states should be enlisted and
that the methods adopted should be such
as to stimulate and not to supptant local
taxation for school purposes. AS one
congress cannot bind succeeding one in
such a case, and the effort must in some
degree be experimental, / recommend
that any appropriation made for this
purpose be so limited ia annual
amount, and, as to the time over which it
is to extend, it will on the one hand give
the local authorities opportunity to make
the use of the first years allowance, and
on the other deliver them from the temp
tatiOn to unduly- postpone the assump-
ton of the whole burden themselves.
THE RACE PROBLEM,
The co10red people did not intrude
themselves upon us They We're brought
here in chains and held in the cOmmuni-
ties where they are now chiefly
found by a cruel slave code,
Happily for both races 49,. thew
are now free. They have from a stand
point of ignorance and poverty which
was orr shame, not theirs, made remark
able advances IN. education and in the &C
QUESTION Of property. They have as a
people shown themselves to be friendly
and faithful towards the white race under
temptations of tremendous strength. They
have their representatives in the national
cemeteries where a grateful government
has gathered the ashes of those who died
IN its defense. They have furnishedto our
regulaTarmyreg iments that have won high
praise from their commanding officers for
their courage and sOldierly qualities, and
for fidelity to the enlistment and the oath
in civil life They are the toilers Of their
communities, making their full contrib
utiOns to the widening streams Of pros
peritY which the communities are receiv-
rrr1T Il
stop production, and bring disorder on the
household generally. They do not desire
to cult their homes and their employers,
resent the interference OF the emigration
agent. who seeks to stimulate such a.desire
but Notwithstanding all this in many
parts of our country, where the colOred
population is large, the people OF that
race are by various devices, deprived OF
any effective exercise OF their political
rights and Of many Of their civil rights.
The wrong does not eXpeud Itself. upon
those whose votes are suppressed Every
constituency in the union is WrOnged- IL
has been. the hope of every. patriot that q
sense of Justice and Of respect for the
law would work q gradual cure OF these
fragrant evils. Surely no one suppOses
that the present can be accepted
as q permanent condition. If it is
said that these communities must work
out this problem for themselves, We have
right to ask whether they are at work
upon it. Do they suggest any solution
when and under what condition is the
black man to have a free ballotI When IS.
he in fact to have those full civil rights
which have so long been his in laW2
When is that equality Of influence, which
our. government was intended to secure
for the electors to be restOreGt This gen
Grafton should eourageOusly face these
grave questions and not leave them as
heritage of woe to the next, The consul
tation should proceed with capdcrs calm
ness and great patience upon the lines. OF
Justice and humanity, not of prejudice
and cruelty. No question in our country
can be at rest save upon the firm base Of