The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-17

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poems well is expensive. and then it
Is SO discOuraging. One master told
me Of his efforts TO educate the child
ren. and of the selfshness Of the par
ents. who could not understand why
their children should not I've at work
aiding in the maintenance of the
family. One by one the children
wera withdrawn from the school, and
in few months the experiment had
to be abandoned and the teacher sent
away.
In somo of the states. where servl-
tn,ie for debt is common. the authOri-
tics are bestirring themselves to pre-
pare the way for the abolition Of a
system so unjust and behind the age.
There can he no doubt that were the
poems gradually elevated intellectual
iy. morally, and physically, they
would become intelligent co operators
In the plans of their masters for the
improvement Of the estates. The sys
TEN IS a vicious one The peOn does
not do the amount Of work that might
be expected Of him were he we'll fed
and were his brain cultivated The
federal government seeks to level up
the Indians By insisting on education
and even in such remote states as
Sonora and Durango, up in the min
ing hamlets. there are public schools.
maintained by the local government
The federal government aids IN this
education work by every means in its
power, and in several states there are
very creditable normal schools for the
training of teachers. \ much travel
ed English observer, recently here,
SAID to me:
The lower classes are not degener-
ate or stupid. They resemble fairly
we'll the lowest grade Italians, from,
say, Sicily. The question is how to
awaken their dormant Intelligence
and 50 multiply their wants. | had
heard before coming here that these
Indians werc degenerate and good
for nothing bnt extinction. 1t IS not
81. They are good class. but their
brains are benumbed. They will
come forward fast under the stimulus
of higher wages and kind treatment.
MexicO's greatest problem is the
education Of the MASSES of her popu
lation, the conversion Of 100000 of
uneducated people into citizens fit to
exercise their constitutional right to
vote. TO give them that right now
would be to burlesQue free instltu-
tons. But the worl, that the govern
ment Is doing is directly in this line.
The new railways. encouraged by the
federal authorities. bring IN light
everywhere The locomotive is a
missionary, teacher, and a mental
emancipation. 1t is wonderful how
instinctivoly the Indians seem to vel
come the great machine. They know
that it means much for them.
\ very cultivated and progressive
man of purest Indian blood, who
speaks several languages and has
travelled, SAID to me:
Our people will vet dominate mere.
The Indian will not be kept down.
We have no liking for the Spaniard,
or for his descendants. or for any of
his works When we become enhght
ened. we ask: What DO our conquer
ers believeH and then we Instructive
" reject IT, We have been hardly
dealt with, onr minds have been or
shaved, and we are, as a race, just be
ginning to have ambition. 1t is a
source OF pride to Us that so many OF
our race are occupying high places in
the nation. 1t means that we already
can furnish our quota Of talent, and
by the aid Of the common schools
which President DilZ is everywhere
establishing, and which he will pro
tect to the utmost, we shall soon de-
velope deal Of intelligence now dor
mant. | am very 'American.' i know
your country and admire yOur wonder
ful provision for education. Our Mex
leo, the Mexico OF the educated and
enfranchised Indian, viii not he con
tent to follow IN the beaten path. The
civilization imposed upon rs is not
ours; we have neither act nor part in
it. In religion we shall Gc independ
ent Investigators, following where
science and our own good sense die
tate. Be sure it will not be the be
liefs of descendant race that shall
dominate us in the future The best
that the white race may give Us will
be none too good; hence we turn to-
ward America, and are happy that SO
broad a statesman as DiaZ Iulcs here
for he Is OF lis and knows us, and be
lieyes IN the native race and It's cap
acity. OF which he himself. us was
JuareZ, a triumphant proof and illus
tration.
An Indian Of different intelellec-
tnal level, poor man. without in
struction. said to me:
They tell me that the machines
that draw the railway cars come from
your country; you must be a great
people mp there, and we like you.
Iour people help rs TO rise in the
world. The railroad IS a great
thing"
The next presidential term of Gen.
Diaz will be signalized by the work
he will do for popular education. The
remarkable ruler daily receives his
visitors in a vast apartment hung with
red silk. covered with imperial crowns
and the eagles Of Mexico The tran
STORY Maximillian was Il failure, al
though he had behind him all the
traditions Of the house of Hapsburg:
but this man sprung from the soll,
a Mexican OF Mexicans. with the
Indian blood in his veins, is every
inch Il ruler He lives wholly for his
beloved country. None OF the abuses
which have been cited in this letter
have his approval; he is a civilizing
and reforming force in this land. and
already he has performed wonders
The Mexico of today and that of
twenty years ago are two different
countries. Now the path Is open TO
talent; the poorest Indian may aspire
to highest post
Il say, captain, sad young Eng
lishman on board an American clip
per, that flag of yonrs has not hoated
/ IN every breeze and over every sea for