The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-16

by our conduct and by our law help to patS p which @ leads upward, but % % that % we or anyone else should carry him there is impossible. The very expectations that have been created in the negro by special conditions. pr special law, have been his curse, and the sooner as a people, whether North or South. they these things, the better 1t will be for them and the better 1t will white friends.
 In Alabama there is not one negro in twenty who pays any tax whatever. in- clrding poll tax. The poll taxes are negroes of Jefferson County, the larg- est County in the State. and In which the negro is largely employed at good wages. less than fifty. pay poll taxes. to sustain the schools to which they send their children Is paid by the whites; they pay very small part to- wards the support and maintenancc of the government. He Is an exception to the race who deliberately sets about to accumulate and make an independ- eent citizen. There are many farm lands in Alabama in what is known as the Black Belt. meaning by that, that section of the State where the negro constitutes the larger bulk of titc in- habitants These lands are compara. hSy thiSeiy cheap; The negro can best
 
 respect worthy of citizenship. if. as either tenant or purchaser, he would make those lands bear fruit as we'll worked lands will do anywhere. will call the negros attention to the fact that any section of this State which Is turned over to them, Is on the retrograde, that any section where the whit white man works Is on the advance. tainly have nothing to do with this eondition--it is because the negro has not taken advantage Of his opportuni- ties and made the best of them. As Governor Of tho State, If can add one word of encouragement to them, will cheerfully do so. The forty-one years of their freedom has not proven a great have not, and I will advise them u take d new hold on the better ways of life and make strong and long pull towards maintaining within themselves could do 1t, and should do it.. They must themselves stamp out vagrancy and crime within their own ranks Carrying concealed weapons and yag- rancy have become habitual with many of the race. Homicides and criminal assaults of the most brutal Character are committed by members of the race. and when an indignant and outraged public take the law into their own hands and administer punishment the sympathetic element of the country is tried to be aroused In favor of the brute who has committed the outrage, worse on his victim than death. divert ing from tho victim of his lust even that kindly attention to which she Ia entitled. This Is a misdirected sym pathy. The race should firmly set It's face against such outrages. thereby striking at the root Of the evil. and in this most effectuaI way, aid the author- itisD and the State In preventing this deplorable resort to violence as a means of punishing this crime. I want to say as their friend that want them to help the whites of this land to stop this fearful lynch law business. de- structive as 1t is. of every civilization, by seeing that these criminal assaults are stopped. Teach 1t from their pul- pits, teach 1t in their family life, quit crying against the white man, cry against the criminals and vagrants of their own race, make them worthy and | will guarantee the conduct of the white people of Alabama. Our preju- dices are not against them, they are for them; we are taxing ourselves to
 ourselves to give them the proteotion and care of our government; we ask them to inculcate within themselves the absolute folly of securing from the laws. either Federal or State, an un- derbolsterinS of conditions that their merits as people or q race will not sustain And we pray all, both white and black. to cultivate ,forbearance and patience; to practice good disposition one to the other until the enlightenins and softening processes of time have
 exerted their powerful influences in es. tablishing. that kindly relation and without friction. which condition should exist with two races living in the saml State. The contrary of this will brins
 hurt to both. destruction to one.
 The Confederate Soldier. Our State in it's poverty has not dont a very great deal to alleviate the con dition of the old soldiers. It Is more
 than two. score years since they lalt
 down their arms and commenced the practically unable to earn living and Prom the very nature Of the case, un- less the State holds out helping hand men. the last days of many of them
 will be spent in poverty and want
 The regular assessment for pensions last year was ssAS,2o1 06. To this wat 900, and to this will further be added $50. 900, their share of the increased tax valuation Of $50. .000, ,000 made last year, making total of $523,2 06. I ad- | making $s23.201. .06. and if the assess-
 ments Increase $75.000,0o0, as l think
 they should, it will further increase it to $S9S, .06-thts in addition to the l care of the Home at Mountain Creek. I will only add that they have not
 many more years with us, and it is but right that we should extend the kindly n0iplIiB Huuu anu fflakS them as. COn-
 fortable as the economy of the State
 will admit.
 Moumtain Creek Home.
 The Home at Mouhtain Creek is a necessity, because many of the old sol. diers are incapable on account Of their l inflrmities and the want of proper kin ship to take care of themselves even with the pension stipend. This Home l Is intended to give the guardianshiI and kindness of the State. a warm fire | side, q we'll kept table and comfortable | lodging. This Home has so far beer an experiment. and of course many de | fleets in management have naturally been made; experience and proper cart will tend to correct these.
 submit the report of the command. ant and suggestions made by hims al | of which is subject to your tuVestiSa- | tion and decision. l. | Alabama Insane Asylum.
 The Alabama Insane Asylum Is ont of the largest benevolent institutions | in the State and should be kept in first class condition. both as to the none, l necessary to run 1t and keep 1t in re pair. and also as to necessary enlarge ments of every description as may b. | necessary to meet the requirements o | the State. Dr. Searcy, the superinten | dnt. in his report has made quite { | few suggestions for your consideration which l refer to you and suggest suet l necessary legislation as you may deem | hest to secure the economic reouire' ! ments and correct development of thi! great institution.
 Education.
 will divide our schools into sever classes. the rural and common schools | of the village and country, the Norma | bama School for the Deaf. Dumb ant Blind at Talladega the Girls Indus.