The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-16

tie black man was to be It's political slave ~
completely - be had been the physical slave
Of the master from which he was taken.
On the other tide were the people among
whom he WAS born, whose country was his
country, With whom be must live and among
whom he must die. A people whore highest
interests demanded. during the educational
period through which thoif former slaves
must pass before they could Intelligent exer-
elsa the elective franchise, that they should
influence, II not control their political ac-
tioDs-wbo saw In the untutored domination
of this ignorant race a. It then existed, the
Downfall OF their own institut.ons-the de.
steucti0u Of their homes, and devastation OF
. country they inherited from their fathers.
Fear maAnincd their dangers and lent en-
cry TO all their efforts. BY every means In
their power they undertook to avert the ca
tAstFophy they thought they foresaw Il the
negro. ins:ead OF their own race. should be.
como the controlling political power In their
states.
And this 10 the impending conflict Of the
present hour. Upon one side 1t 10 the effort
Of political party to retain power BY retain
Ing control ofths coloreA vote Of the south:
upon the other the desperate struggle Of
f1ghtened men 70 save to themselves and
thelf children counsry which they must rule
0so.
with al my heart pray that 1t may yet be
demonstrated that Thomas Jefferson was
wrong when he declared that tho two races
s'bslng equally free cannt live In the same
government But applied 20 tho present
condition Of the south never did truer words
fall from the lips Of man. Until the merge 10
~ y IN ~ n n Vny
ernment be must lean upon the arm OF an-
ether, b led oy an intelligence superior to
bic own, or getting control OF the politics or
HE state be will pull down the pillars OF the
semple IN which he lives and bury AL be neath
Il In . common ruin.
Considering their situation, meyer did .
people on this earth enter % heroicaliy upon
the work Of civilixisg ana christianizipg a
racs - have the white people Of the south
Iihce the close OF the war In their efforts to
educate their former slaves. In the state OF
Mississippi, where the negro population OF
the south IL most dense, no less than eight
hundred school houses were built during the
ysars 1888 and 1852. and these With al other
schools ARE distributed equally among black
this state raised from direct taxes and ap-
piled 70 tho support OF her schools almost
two millions OF dollars over and above that
received from her permanent school fund,
and the oumber Of her scholarslenroiied was
2:0,7l4.
have called attention to this state because
It II charged that here the colored race 10
subjected 10 greater wrongs 1t the hands Of
the whites than In any other.
1--WE turn from the schools OF the south to
the great channels of business and observe
the progress Of the negro from the position OF
abject dependence upon q master towards \
self-supporting and self-reliant n enoer OF
society she outlook 10 equally encouraging.
No fair man can compare his condition today
with that Of quarter OF . century ago with
out admitting that his progress has been all
that the NOS sanguine had q right to expect,
and ret no one In his senses with anything
like N accurate knowledge OF his present
condition could Afarm that the masses OF tho
oolorel race In the south Are now capable OF
self government.
The very purpose OF the bill or which
have spoken 10 q conc,u sive admission OF this
fact BY the men who connected 1t.
In no northern state 10 there any necessity
far such . measure 70 secure to any IN IN
therein his political rights. In no southern
state would there be such necessity II the
mon IL is designed 10 protect we're capable Of
exercising such rights Without the support OF
otAerS.
Il 10 because Of this, that ambitious politic-
ians propose 70 supply agents selected BY
tf4bunAle - partisan 9 themselves to take
shGrEo Of elections In the south, and thereby
fuKnlsh to negro the Aid he must have from
some source 70 toll him how 70 vote.
il b because the white population OF that
SECTION know that With this election under
the control Of strangers. irresponsiblsto them,
the nass Of tho negro vote viii practically be
cast By lhsse strangers. that they rise up as
one man against this measure.
In Ito least dangerous phase 1t Is question
Of whether tho paid omiSsAries OF . sectional
pelltical party, backeA BY : force sufficient to
overcome ill resistance, shall In the present
condition OF the colorcd race control It's vote,
or whether the white men OF the south with
whom tkeee people live and must continue to
live shall do so.
Let no man shut his eyes to the Importance
Of this controversy. 1t involves q question
Altogether new In the practical acministra-
tion of the affairs Of this nation. lt brings
to the front with startling emphasis the old
question Of the rights OF the states xrd their
relation 70 the general government
Il 10 true that they axe separate and indie
pendent sovereignties possessing the essential
right 70 control By tae.r own people, whether
under etate or national rcgu aticns, the cleo
ton Of their own representatives n
congress-, or are they dependent prov
inces Of . central power that being
once IN authority may perpetLate its
existence, not only by prescribing regulations
the states the right to carry these regulations
into eject through the aid OF their own Of
f1cers.
II We grant the latter, who can foresee
where this precedent may lead US.
when the stAtss OF the south have been
shorn OF Their right to control their cleo lions,
suppose some dominant political party 1T
Washington feels that IL IL necessary to
invade those OF the north to continue
its hold upon power. Is 1t to be
supposed that under such circumstances
ambitious men, backed by partisan con-
grass and president, will be unable 10 find an
excuse for such act, IL under any cireum.
stances the net itself Il justified by our
people?
Il considering this question we ought not
20 divide on party lines. u is one that ap-
peals TO our Judgment rs patriots instead OF
partisAns.
II % love this government asi 10, we should
seand By it - our fathers made it.
We cannot atd il the overthrow Of the lib
erti9e OF other states and remain safe In the
possession OF those Of our own.
This tall ~ must defend tho rights Of ali the
stasss q such. or establish . precedent that,
followed to its logical result will end In the
overthrow OF the llbertie OF each
LE6IsLAfING AGAINST silver
Gold for the Rich -stlver for the Poor
The silver law recently enacted by
congress has In II provision that The
oliver certificate issued uader 1t shall be
legal tender in payment Of all d, bis.
public and private. except where otner.
wise expressly stipulated in the con.
tract"
We have said that the creditor classes
would be quick to take advantage OF
this exception. and to require payments
made to them In othor kind Of money.
II illustration Of this We pIist below Z
cspy 81 . blank prolnissory note. drown
unlef the new !a0, fer the usc Of one OF