Year: 1879

History does not afford much ground for faith in
the capacity of the black race to develop cvliza-
ton Of ts own. The negro is initiative and readily
adopts the manners and morals of the white
race. but he has never, when left to
himself. attained high grade in the
social SCALE 1t may he, however, that the most in
telligent of the colored people in the United
States have got 80 firm hold on the rounds OF the
ladder of progress that if given scope for exertion
without the dscouragemh of white prejudice and
competition they would climb still higher instead
of falling back. They have never had a chance TO
found communities by themselves in this
country. Western emigration has been practically
barred TO them by climatic obstacles. because there
is no region further south than Kansas where fer
fila land lies open to homestead settlement.
The Government owns 10 land In Texas,
and between Texas and Kansas stretches
the Indian Territory. which is hermetically
sealed By absurd treaties recOgnzing the tribes as
semndepenient natons Kansas IS essentially
Northern State and the negro will not thrive there.
1t may be that he would prosper in the rich soil and
under the warm skies of the Indian Territory,
The Indians now occupying that beautiful region
scarcely use a hundrodth part OF it. Thousands of
square miles of as good farming Land as the sun
shines upon lie idle. It would be an interest
ing experiment to a portion of this
MAGNIFICENT domain from the tribes which have
need of it, and set it apart for cOored colonization
Only the more enterprising and industrious blacks
would be likely TO 90 there They might not build
up highly civilized communities, but they would be
certain 10 make much better use of the country
than do the Choctaws. Chickasaws and Comanches.
The negro will work; tue Indian will not, unless
the only alternative il starvation. In the Territory
the blacks could raise the crops to which they
are accustomsd-co.t ton and corn and relieved
from the hand of prescription anl injustice under
which they labor in ths Southern States, they
could IN few years show what ara the capacities
of Their race, when it has fair chance. In any
case. we should correct the manifest injus-
tics OF reserying for few thousand savages n re-
gion nearly twice as large as the State OF Ohio.
while shutting ont the patient, industrious, loyal
negro from the only Territory suitable for him to
emigrate to.


Senator Mcdonald evidently calculated that it
wonld be light job TO investigate SO small a State
as Rhode Island. He will probably discover his
mistake before Mr. Blaine gets weary of obsructiDg
his path with those sharpcOrnered election statistics
from the Congressional Directory. Yesterday Mr..
Blaine once more made himself very disagreeable
to Mr.. Mcdonald and the BrIgaders by offering
pertinent amendment to the Rhode Island nvesti-
eating resolution when it emerged in regu-
lar order. Equitable representation is worth
striving for. but when senators lay judg-
ment TO the line in New-England they
should not neglect to place righteousness to
the plumnet in the Solid South. BY all means lot
the country know where all these rotten Districts
arc.


The Democrats ought not to grumblo because the
President has become stalwart. They were stupid