New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-08-07
Anostles Of Barbarism.

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negroes by the operation of law, to cul-
tivate anew the survivals in their blood
of the old savagery and superstition, and
| turn the Commonwealth into new land
of barbarism where small minority of
whites will be able to rule over an inert
black population as Arab traders and
| English adventures rule over the native
! races of Africa. The same end which
| was sought in the anti-bellum prohibi-
| ton against the teaching of slaves is now
to be accomplished by juggling with
school funds.
Irby proposes to apportion to white
schools the school moneys paid by
whites and to colored schools the money
paid by negroes. According to 1.-THE
Columbia State" such division would
deprive the negroes of from seven to
nine tenths of their present school facili-
ties, and would make, the pretence of
furnishing them common school 'edu-
cation mere absurdity. 1t would
mean the utter abandonment by the
State of all pretence OF belief in intelli-
gent citizenship as bulwark of c1viliza-
ton. frank confession of an intention
to reverse the policy followed from the
beginning by every State in the Union.
Such a law would announe South Caro-
lima to the world as the only republican
| government in existence which has de-
liberately set about to degrade the many
for the selfish interest of few. The
answer made to all complaints of the ne
gro and those who had regard for his
rights about his being disfranchised and
cheated has hitherto been that he was ig-
norant and unfit for the ballot which the
Federal Constitution conferred upon
him, and consequently the representa-
tives of the superior race we're reduced
to the unpleasant necessity of taking the
law into their own hands if they wished
to maintain the high standard of civil
zation which was handed down to them
by the fathers. That excuse for election
frauds and negro intimidation may have
been made in good faith by some men Of
past generation in South Carolina poll
tics who trembled at the thought of their
former untutored slaves having voice
in public affairs. But the Tillmanites
are under no such delusion of fear and
apprehension. They denounce the negro
for ignorance and unftness to take part
in the government, and then 90 to work
Systematically to deprive him of what
little chance he has of acquiring know
ledge and fitting hims to be safe
and worthy citizen.
This proposition is another revelation
of the unplincipled character of South
Carolina Populism. All Its much-her-
aided ''reforms" are devised purely for
the benefit of the reformers, not at all
for the advantage Of the State. The
Constitution is being revised with view
to insuring the continued ascendancy of
the present rulers of the State. Senator
! Irby must understand full we'll that to
deprive the negroes deliberately of edu-
cation and to attempt to degrade them
to the level of the old slave days would
bring upon his State the contempt of the
whole civilized world. Such proceed
ing would be not only a wrong to the
negro, but crime against humanity. 1t
would be a step backward IN the pro-
gcess of man. If continued, it would
mean the relapse of South Carolina into
barbarism. The whites would follow the
negroes in their downward course. But
Senator Irby does not mind anything like
that if for few years he and his fellows
can manage to make the States degrada-
ton advance their personal fortunes
! New York Tribune.
Electricity is relieving city horses of
drudgery, and the agricultural journals
are looking forward to the time when
electric feed wires will reach out to the
farms to do their pumping, threshing,
churning, chopping. lighting, and event.
ually the blowing and hoeing. Already
an electric piow has been tested in Ger
many and is found to perform its work
we'll, though not quite so cheaply, in
this first experiment: as man and hors-
es. The farmer in the course of time
will probably have the choice of getting
his electric power from central stations,
neighbOring streams or wind mills.