The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-25
A WALL FOR THE CAUCASIAN.
Southern Religious Paper Takes Drleful
View of the Future of the Whites.

RICHMOND, Va, July 2i.-A startling
editorial appeared in the last Issue of the
Richmond Christian Advocate. the leading
Methodist organ in the south, on the
negro question. written by j. j. Lafferty.
Among other things. be says:
The Northern people. during the war.
were drawn towards the plantation leas.
antry of the south. The lot Of the fat aud
fun-loving negro-the happIest working
class on e8rth-was, for years. pictured
as bitter bondage; the slave was
during the war pray ing through the nights
for the coming of the national troops. These
moving, though mistaken fancies. and
much more of the sort stirred the philan-
thropic heart of the cotton thread
mIllionaires and the rich army contractors
turned yirtuOns. great sum was sent
South for the education Of the negro. Its
expenditure. In the main. helped the ne
gro. - was wisely directed that
these donations should have practical
turn. What. was the oatcomef We find In
nearly eTery Southern State the negro boys
OF the brighter sort In training schools.
In the meantime the negro was re-
ported IN the census as growing rapidly
as cAi;zcn, with home and decent
lncome-a thrifty member of society.
Moreover. the Southern common wealth be-
gan, after the war, to tax the white prop
erty holders heavily to educate the sons
laborer received m9ch money for his
coarse work as the ex-soldier of Lee. The
white man consumed more of his earnings
in house ront, clothing and food. hence be
could not spare his son at the school lie
needed the boy at the plow to aid In
bringing up the family. The negro
boy first learned In these technical
free schools to read and write. then he
make shoes. buGgies, saddles. etc. The
newspapers recently reported that
the private secretary TO Hon. MIR.
Blount, of Georgia. representing
the United States in the Hawaiian
Islands, would shortly marry the daughter
of q rich Chinamsn of Honolulu. This ed
ucated yOung gentleman and of social
standing seeks an alliance with an ex-
SNGI's %i dare pssysd ssy that pasap pbe olive
the bright mulattoes. the heIresses of
wealthy men of mixed blood, will not be
sought in the next century by impecuni.
GUS. thr,ftless and idle young mon of
women of high degree in the
North. Where into will this growi Con-
slider the future of the frIendless and
South. Can he pay $500 to attend the
Stevens Institute In New York;
Can he command money for board
and raiment while student at
any State scnool with small annex of
tools and shop9 He has not money
enough to buy even a railroad ticket
to such q college. The grandchildren
of war-iike men with historic
names who made the Southern army syn
Onym of dauntless courage are drifting to-
wards the helotic class. and In the century
dawning there Will come to pass q social
condition that would stir the corpses in the
jackets of the greg.
mo man has seen the harvest from the
sowing after AppOmattox. The states
men among robbed the ex-
soldier OF Lee to educate black COM
petItors of his children. Then Northern
million aires, in hatred of tho parolled citi-
zens. have endowed colleges of tools and
machines To equip the ex-slave to
snrpass and subjugate the sons of
the cOnfederates in the struggle for
best pay and skill in the trades. 1t is con.
dition and not theory that confronts u.s.
Thoughtful men do not contest the fact"