The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-07
THE INSTITUTION WAS UNPRoF:
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n 4 EFiclAu4To THE NEGRO
5i 1T LIFTED HI a, Z,
FROM The LOVES PLANE
AMONG MEN TO A PLACE 4,
AMONG The MOST ~
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Ing event Of history ever could be-, 1t
was commenced within dozen years
after the first settlement was estab:
llshedt for the first cargo of slaves
brought to the Virginia Colonyiin 1915
was the origin of the whole trouble.
Slavery progressed slowly us tho col.
ontes settled. England found II to
her advantage to- encourage agrioul:
ture In Virginia and the Carollnas,
land that agriculture might be moro
productive. It forced the colonies to
patronize tho British slave ships.
Slavery was horrible legacy Inherit
ed by the South from English domln.
ionsand English cupidity. While 5sla.
VERY was gradually gaining a footing
ID the Southern Colonies, the forbid,
1 ding climate Of New England, which
precluded successful farming, COMPEL.
ed the settler there TO turn 10 some.
thing else than filling the soil. Manu-:
featuring forced itself on the New
Highlander, and In time his strenuous
struggle for existence brought him to
! the placeiwhere he was manufacturing
| the goods made from the cotton raised
in the South. The easy habits of tho
planter and the Indifferent habits OF
| the slave would not maintain life on
| the rigorous hills of the North .Atlun:
tic Slope. So slavery could not sue.
coed where men had to put on every
d possible ounce Of pressure to win.
4 slaveryiis not a driver. Necessity5anl
ambition arethe things that make
men work, IA
England forced slavery upon sucl
of3tllei Colonies as could use the slave
Those that found the system tolerable
contlnned u when English authority
had become less arbitrary. 4
England forbade tie printing press
in.the Virginia Colonles$that thespeo
pie might not becomeztoo forward and
pretentlols In their ways. 5-.ss
i For$the same, reason England dis,
couraeed schoolslin theaC Colonies. Re,
striction OF schools and iof the printing
press were the two substantial props
I oftslayery. Men were prevented from
reading and thinking. The English
purposeS@a to strengthen the hold
of3the British Crown on the Colonies.
4 Theiresplts were disappointing for the
Revolution was begun In. Virginia and
/ North Carolina long before It broke
ontEin% earnest in such a way. AZ. to
bring Independence. The Ssettlers OF
the Southern Colonies couldlbe kept
in comparative ignorance BY English
laws, but they could not be. made
materially different In character.
So when it5icame time for the
struggle With the Mother Country
the. biggest opposition was not con.
| fined to, the Northern Colonies. A race e
Of determined men had grown 5up&i
the Southern Colonies, and they. made
things uncomfortable for the British
armies. sent against them until the
. surrender of Cornwallls ,on5 Virginia
soil ended the war n < sjs
The intent OF the English plan with
The Colonies was to establish al, arts.
tocracy whichashould5 he the real force
In tie country. Willie some Of l the
Nlrsinians Of the5ReyolutIon. wltf$Jef.
fersotl as the type; were ardent Dem.
ocrats Or Republicans, as they; called
themselves later, Others with Wash.
instoonls as Representative figure, were ar:
arristocrattc, Washington maintained
about Jim q miniature court,
quite as decisive lin its 4 x sy OF.
ganlzationNand Gpunctilious III its eli I'll.
qutettte as that ofthe Old World 4 CAPT cal il
When hestsmade his way from the
Executive Mansion in New ~ ok Ia
the capital he drove in style, wlthspo,s;.
tillions aud 35o',triders perfect imi.!
tation Of royalty. JEFFERSON, who was Vas
Waslilngton's first Secretary Il state
was ',s! q thorn in the administrative
family. which Included Alexander lst
Hamilton, thorough arlstocrat. The
alrl'lstocratic sentiment had its 9ii, iflt,
en tl In in perpetuating slavery. Theslife
OF The oil o'ld;t4imes planter was ideal III
many respects; The signs Al, e still still
visible stsil' throughout the South. He Was
q man g q affairs III his community:
not g. extremel wealthy. but With d
p rlssF 81 & al the things that we're
2 He had slaves IL: do Ills wish.
horses g carry him to His nesighbors
| |'9 q town meat In his smok shoases
| sss1 ginS the bin. potatoes in the ceis|
l lal;, E neigh bors to visit with, hounds
~ hunt unit foxes, and Just enough 81 res|
|spenslbi ltty to Keep him happily en-.
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