Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-12

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: Uncle Tom his cabin willingly, to be
= come subjects of any OF the .'ringed
nose" man eating" and breech -clou
wearing African kings? No, sir, Ton
seq would rather 'jist grow up" IN til
, South without fsther or mother. an,
Uncfe Tom would prefer 10 remain il
!, his cabin, eating hoe cake, 'possun
and sweet potatoes.
The above ideas belong to the elias
Of facts which are stranger than fiction
They are hard to believe, but, never
theless, true. 1t is an ill wind that
blows nobody good. "Biessed are Y,
when men persecute you wrongfuliy.'
j. {. Calhoun, Jr., Of Arkansas, (Mr
Calhoun is a grandson of the States
man, ]. c. Calhoun, formerly of Soutf
Carolina testified in New York, befor,
the Blair Committee, that it was hi.
opinion that the negroes were capabl.
of receiving and ought TO have com.
| mon school education. In proportion
as the negro is Intelligent his contracts
become sacred. A negro who cannot
read contract or sign his name does
not feeel under any particular obliga-
ion to keep them. The negro as class
is capable with fair chance to become
useful and competent to discharge the
duties of citizenship, but it will take
several years of training.
j. NJ. Langston, presid idcnt of the
State University of Virginia, establish
ed for the educa ton of her negro youths,
(Langston holds his appointment from
Governor Lee1 writes as follows: Il
am surprised st the material progress
the negroes have made since the eman-
cipation. / have travelled in the West
Indies, [ have seen the emancipated
English, Spanish and French negroes,
but / have seen no emancipated negro
any where who haa made the progress
at all comparable with the colored peo-
pie of the United States"
Thomas Fortune of New York says,
in his book on the Al merican questions,
"Black and White" "That it is time
that the colored voter leave his power
less protectors ard take care of him.
self. Let there be no aim to solidify
the colOred voter; the massing of the
blacks means the massing of the whites
by contrast. The negro" he further
argues, "must make themselves part
Of the people. Until this is done their
path will lie in darkness and, perhaps,
in blood. The best interests ofthe race
and the best interests of the country
will be conserved, by building up a
bond OF union between the white peo-
pie and the negroes of the South. The
Interests of the whites aud the interests
of blacks are one, and the same"
In speaking of the material progress
of the negroes of the South the same
author says that the most of the brick
laying, the plastering, the blacks mith-
ing and the carpenter work of the
South are done by negroes, especially
in the sugar districts. Negroes pay
taxes on $50, 900, 100 in Louisiana; they
own in the cotton growing states ESQ.,
the negroes of the South is put al 5, ,600.-
900 acres. The men who hold titles to
the above mentioned real estate got
them by following the legitimate pur-
suits of life for which, I will venture to
say, that no negro or any other man
has or will ever be disturbed.
Have you ever heard of negro be-
ing whipped or killed for trying to buy
a home, for paying an honest debt, or
for trying to make living for his fam
lily? After considerable study of the
various phrases of the subject, / have
arrived at the following concl usions:
First: The negro is native of the
South and is there factor of the re-
spective communities in which he lives;
hence he caDnot be Cancelled without
lesseniug the value of the
body polite,
Second: The negro, as a negro, must |
lose his identity, lay aside his clanish-
ness, and identify himself with the
common interests of the community. |
Dy 81 dciuS lie Will iBCuE Tue la fbI duO
get the protection of those who have a
interest in the community, /
and the welfare OF the citiz ms at heart.
Third: He must, for the time being,
leave the management of the affairs of
state to those who are the best qualifi
ed to handle them, or vote, if he votes
at all, so as to conserve his own inter-
est best, if voting for one of bis own
race, for a carpet bagger, or even for a
will not do it, then he must
and ought to vote for the other fellow.
Self-preser vation is said to be one of
the first laws of nature.
Fourth: During the lifetime of the
former slave-owners and their slaves,
it will be impossible to reach desir-
able or proper solution of the prob
lem. Heoce the final adjustment must
ne left to the succeeding generations.
Time will make ali things straight.
Let us not resent but wait.
-Four: In the meantime, by industry
and frugality, the negroes born since
the war must put in his time forming
character, building up reputation and /,
intelligence and wealth, so
.hat their chiiden will be thoroughly
prepared to compete with the superior
ace in all the departments of life.