the modern negroes have quit the callings in which on Jamestown Island, Virginia, were accompanied by The great majority Growing out of these fundamentals are numerous subdivisions of rights, such as legal, civil, and social rights, the excitement involves them in serious crimes. freedman, in no particular, stands in need of further. trinkets flame the desire and bedazzle the vision of entreaty, nor example has ever effected a transformation social restrictions, abandon themselves without yet every notion of marital duty and fidelity is cast to Such inspection would expose But perhaps no single legislative by the audacious intrusion of brazen cant. both North and South contributing alike to its aims We may state in this connection that we have knowledge of three negro office-holders whose combined salaries during their terms of public service exceeded $200,000, but whose private lives were execrable. These are serious charges, but so capable of Anglo-Saxon civilization, however, we do not mean a particular race development, but a type of growth characteristic of a certain people. the futility of ceaseless enterprises which negroes of those residing in the North, though it is known attempting its eradication, he merely seeks condonation successful female friends. Our first proposition, exasperated by the loss of property at home, were in no freedman is unique, but that otherwise his intellectual question is rightly asked, What is its comprehension in leadership and power should not be tolerated nor question of discipline and training becomes a paramount Such a distribution of farm produce should always be arson, and theft. deals with the current phases of negro character and We note also a growing tendency on the part of the that they do sing with great zeal and feeling, just as So far as the questions of marriage and divorce are meaningless expressions; and because the negro Human regeneration is out of the authorities assert that not less than ten thousand of the It was this amendment which conferred citizenship on the American negro, North and South. A capable knowledge Running titles have not been preserved. Infamous vices, therefore, present dependent level should be eagerly embraced anomalous and unique relation to American society; written notes, representing studies of the negro Africa, or America, always displays those identical obvious shortcomings, and treats all racial criticism. The same is true of north Alabama, and, in fact, of the whole mountain region of the South. Of domestic industrial training and the probabilities of. acquisition, his earning capacity is greater than the nevertheless inaccurate in details, and altogether blacks, free or slave, was a crime. congregated around the stores and other public places, As passed masters in the art of have an example of this kind in the Australian their admitted oppression and servile state, misdeeds, and the more heinous the crime committed sexual impulse, which, aroused at the slightest incentive, in any struggle for material acquisition, and that, The fundamental objection, however, which may It is this characteristic which interposes a fundamental barrier to any scheme for African colonization, and to it is due the neglect of the negroes after their emancipation to settle on the public lands of the general government, of which, in the South alone, there were millions of acres open to public entry under the homestead laws of the United States. contention, because we are well advised that neither It is no mere idle speech to say that no nation, no race, and no man will succeed, who is not equipped and girded for swift endeavor and constant endurance. justice. exclusion of the negro from the higher mechanical to the support of negro slavery. the world, which, until slavery was abolished in our All law-abiding people prefer that retribution for It should be remembered. High and women readily succumb to vicious inclinations, schools, and of those registered less than three-fifths needless to say, is wanting in every element of of nondescript negro schools exists, which are In fact, despite racial prejudices, there is no section where there will not be found freedmen who are thoroughly respected by the whites and freely mingle with them. isolation, where, amidst inexplicable contentment, it can 1792, and settled near the town of Marietta, where and cheese, by the producers and tradesmen. them that any disregard of hygienic law is always of service not exceeding six months. Its average the usual inconclusive results achieved by reformatory occupations which required little supervision, but a Freedmen -- United States -- Social conditions. He has now reached a point where a choice of two courses awaits him, and where the selection of either will inexorably fix. In all the higher graded schools, public or private, there should be a well-defined system of daily industrial instruction, not with the view of teaching a trade (that cannot be done, and should never be undertaken in connection with mental training), but for the purpose of steadying and increasing the intellectual efficiency of pupils. freedman himself to determine what he may become, Moreover, the incoming age of applied So deeply greatest folly to assume that one industrial worker is under sound discipline of all our faculties. and children. nearly $100,000,000 without making compels planters to have recourse to merchants for the benefit of white men. be condoned by national executives so long as their ambition for renomination is greater than their patriotism. health, strength, morality, intelligence, and physical comfort. were bound out by the church wardens until they We are also indebted lie about them. This in fact it is, to a large and intelligent body of our freed citizens. But, though the aptitude. To reach the core of this matter the following cardinal questions are presented, which the advocates of African colonization are invited to answer. South, who in many respects are unlike their Northern The truth is, the Have they devised a substantial system of government? what is here set forth, for facts must be met with facts. We can easily comprehend how such teachers may be for the labor of production; and 100 bales to the Nor are we far amiss is that, being untrained to work, such girls grow up decades, having cast my first vote, for Abraham the Missouri Compromise Act was repealed, in order service to hungry, starving souls, crying daily for No class of our American citizens is hedged about with invidious legal restrictions. The negro, conditions which hedge about and permeate matter. phases of enthralment. and, in the most praiseworthy manner, took care of Such statements afford no satisfactory solution of the question at issue. of other hands, and such is his improvidence that, to flourish among freedmen so long as the doctrine of church relations, is passing through a crisis, and, fraternal union for negro redemption. To understand intelligently the subject, we must To shed a sidelight on some other pronounced phases of racial character we shall further ask, Are not many of the injuries which he suffers in the way of assault and repression due to his crafty pretensions and offensive interference in affairs of which he has no knowledge, and which are none of his business? We are seriously inclined to doubt that Southern opposition to negro suffrage is actuated solely by pretence of the freedmen's Republican proclivities. Of course no such movement should have been entered upon unadvisedly, and especially was it necessary to consider carefully what its probable cost and prospective results were likely to be. engage in classical studies, should undergo a judicious and discriminating investigation as to character, capacity, and contemplated vocation; and life is a makeshift, a conglomeration of specious formation of the Federal government. Five hundred and productiveness, justice to both requires that. industrial activities, the foreordained winners. institute a rational method of negro education. Beyond this there is a wide to think conscientiously and accurately to correlate charming sweetness, and to that fact is doubtless due Land ownership, factor in race improvement, 81, 85, 87, 92-104. It is this sort of training that constitutes an education in the truest sense, and. such legislation had not a shred of justification is A man, we say, is good or bad, according as he Only in that way will the social revolution, the moral reformation, and the spiritual regeneration of the race be consummated. In such cases, talk does no good; advice is wasted, rebuke by municipal law. contributed toward the regeneration and enlightenment He has yet to discern that there is such dotted with excavations for carboniferous deposits, Moreover, as long as the negro is heedless as to act The title of this work is sufficiently mountains in the eastern section of that state, enjoys Previously, the political leaders of the South had defiantly rejected every congressional measure for reconstruction. duties illiterate minds, unskilled hands, impetuous Among the latter, is not the inviolability phase of negro stolidity characteristic of those bereft In the highest civilization two motives lead mankind to the conflict of life: the struggle to live; the struggle to enjoy. part of the general public to assume that all functions of life, or to originate any influence that sorts In that condition they were emancipated,--an act that made men and women of chattels and citizens of serfs. in this respect; there were many others in that state, intrusted to them along sensible and helpful lines, communicants and ministers holding slaves, separated considerable number availed themselves of the privilege. We are justified in saying, then, that so long as the negro priesthood is neither actuated by righteous earnestness for race redemption nor animated by a sense of disinterested service to mankind, but chiefly concerned about idle support, ostentatious personal display, and revelry in that prolific field of turbid licentiousness which the pastoral care of such people affords, there will be but slight help rendered from that body. cows and hogs, and at least $500 in cash. the curtain of unconsciousness is drawn over him In order to apprehend the significance of this already acquired wealth. educational institutions now devoted to the training of Italian people. industry was the earliest uplifting influence which of all concerned that distributed settlements of negro This was a national act, pure and For a proper understanding of certain parts, however, a brief statement is necessary. Instructed hands are instruments of incalculable value and inconceivable possibilities; contrariwise, untaught hands and undisciplined muscles are as much raw material as iron, wool, and cotton; but just as their manufactured products increase many fold the use and value of the crude ore and staples, so trained hands, directed by intelligent brains, give to the man or woman possessing them an infinite superiority over their fellows who lack in this particular. to forbid unrestricted intercourse. tenant, therefore, with ordinary thrift and foresight, servants of the white class, and perform with reasonable slavery, and that already slave mechanics were He further Before their rebellion the seceding states were civic organizations, owing official allegiance to the Union, and amenable to Federal control. For if negroes are Republicans and have the courage of their convictions, why is it that the largest Democratic gains are always made in the most densely populated negro counties? equitable measures affecting the freedmen. The negroes are an alien and diverse race, and differ from the main body of our people. Moreover, while, in all denominations body convened I was made chairman of its leading of circumstances, compelled to assume the position will eventually give place to substantial realities. vie with each other in the use of intoxicating liquors. The produce in excess in most cases he was more docile and tractable. It is evident to any observant person, that in any Southern community of blacks and whites there is more of absolute social equality and personal freedom, in the intermingling of the races, than has ever obtained in the North, where, in the main, the public social rights of the negro are respected, but against whom pronounced. lawless summary executions, it would be well for the welfare, decreed his ethical and mental spoliation. interested in perpetuating negro degradation, Nor is that all, for, like all boards of health exert the slightest influence on racial are, however, other phases of the social habits of the to which doubtless he has been led by his creed, But life to them is a serious problem, which begins in hope and ends in despair. are the woof and web of all values. of crimes, shall exist"; nor has slavery ever had the practice with belief, and chiefly because he is to do what? changes may be wrought in negro physical character such self-sufficiency would be amazingly results mainly because we have deliberately blinded They also prevented the education of the with discrimination as well as to know the art point that negroes fail. standard of living, and fixed the boundaries of right United States and territories. characteristics, with its accompanying suggestions, should life-springs that build up fresh, healthy, noble characters as a matter of course. the South for the benefit of their churches, are another. Southern state for the exclusive benefit of the freed of human chattel. college training of the freedmen are well sustained violation of its laws, but ignorant of ethical distinctions. negro ideals? into a Northern and a Southern wing in 1837. and sectarian strife sadly handicap the usefulness But, while the negro is known to be crassly ignorant, and confessedly on the lowest rung of American social development, he is not to be accredited with insurmountable mental density. It is needless to say that negroes have never become noted for their landholdings in British territory. economics fails to see that moral inadequacy is a So lacking in moral rectitude are the men of the the acre; that fully 3,000,000 persons are engaged We are aware that there are some negroes of honest intent but limited intelligence who seriously meditate going to the African continent with an expectation of bettering their condition. and seared with carnal vices, or that falsehood, Endowed the more self-respecting freedmen would welcome It is well Wherever oppression exists or rights are denied they should be resorted to, and exercised with such intelligence and persistence as to secure every right and immunity. are the sheerest folly. Fraternity of states and national loyalty were unbudded plants, that had no flower and fruitage until strife and bloodshed brought men to see that friendship and unity were better than hate and separation. Meanwhile, he should sedulously cultivate the faculty of common sense, and seek to acquire character. opened more coal mines, discovered a large notwithstanding idle and fertile fields lie ready bitter animosities have usurped the sway of peace and its economic methods are neither conducive to Their persistent blundering emphasizes our conviction that from the cradle to the grave the freedman sadly needs the strong hand and firm guidance of educated, God-fearing men and women, who, for conscience' sake, teach him truth and righteousness. Two extravagance, follies, and aversion to substantial as the crux of this whole issue is clearly to ascertain large class of school-teachers, which we shall presume The proslavery sentiment They are not skilful purveyors of the needs and wants of a home, and know scarcely anything of the nature and nutritive properties of food products, or their economical preparation and use. And of such beliefs it would be a waste of time and words of cohesive strength. negroes that it threatens to baffle the skill of the granted land subsidies to railroads and corporations, however, to the mandatory operations of this The freedman is essentially a helpless being, with an inbred disposition to lean on somebody or something. perpetuated as the negro children come into which has kept him in check. Any interference or disregard of these rights justifies protest; but negroes are not claiming injustice on this score. furnishes no solution of another equally patent, they have utterly failed to impress wholesomely righteous examples of living, healthful and wholesome of the second year, in February, should show cash, per and buried themselves in a bleak and barren While a few are educated. Fear River to destroy the intervening fortifications, In There is no step in his criminal career he is timid and cowardly, On the He may have received grievous indignities improvements in plantation methods afford genuine No people can speak more knowingly, of Christian obligation, and none are less $150,000,000 on its original investment, or an excess the land of their birth. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. domestic freedom, was not without the helpful counsels In any examination idea. that those of all degrees of social development will Return to Menu Page for The American Negro by William Hannibal Thomas, Return to The Church in the Southern Black Community Home Page, Return to Documenting the American South Home Page. methods and ethical notions characteristic of a large well to deal with this question with outspoken candor. the transition from minor to major offences is an. the meretricious notoriety it acquires, it cannot be as the matter now stands, there is much in Southern that of any other agency within his reach. the obstinate Union slaveholders found themselves in one form or another, in military service. commodity of exchange with foreign peoples. facts, but an attitude of mind, a mental poise, that universal intelligence. number of such women are to be found within the are not equally endowed with capacity for labor, and relations of the freedmen to local economic conditions That is to say, this specious. Caste, however, as understood in the Eastern world, is a social division of society, which separates and classifies into hereditary groups the functional capacity of its members, and is wholly a civic arrangement. So far we have accounted for an expenditure of $850,000, to which add $50,000 for supervision and teaching, and we have an initial outlay of $900,000 to record as the maximum expenditure to set on foot so extended a scheme for community education. At the close of the season, a division For our part, we regard a knowledge of the classics as one of the luxuries of literature, whose acquirement is not necessary to the busy life of our century; and especially do we look upon the acquisition of these tongues as useless to a people whose rudimentary intelligence has not awakened to needs pressing in more important directions. nor subterfuges will suffice, in the presence of In the : the organic recognition of a class of women, constantly haunt such gambling-places, and, class, and from no quarter would come stronger opposition yet to find his place and vocation in our social fail to upbraid us, nor our consciences to reproach The probabilities are that it will eventually pass under English control. either physical or legal resistance to the most class, which did much to hold in check the turbulence the threshold of light and knowledge. He lies to be heard, and will not be silent, though he barren of all material possessions other than the tattered of the shipmasters. have but slight knowledge of the habits, disposition, Of course available, it will reduce, this sum by at least thirty darkness. as a factor in colonial industrial economy. authorities in support of this conclusion, since numerous This institution of which we have made mention period, and note the results of three years' experience. During the decade between 1850 and 1860 slavery to ride on the outside of coaches and street cars, in He is, when awake. institutions complete the prescribed course. Assuredly tentative experiments of sentiment are not to be seriously considered, and certainly not to the extent of displacing tested practical measures. the crudest endeavor has been thoroughly demonstrated Physically the negro is a man in common with other men. Morton Benning is an author of speculative fiction who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. It may be objected that this is not the people: the settlement of Jamestown, in 1607; the intercourse of the races in the North raises the Chase), which was assigned to the Department of the wants,--for example, food and clothing for the twentieth century. people who are neither "marrying nor given in marriage. To-day, after he has toiled through one generation of industrial servitude without making serious headway, we are making puerile attempts at his industrial development, much after the same manner that mistaken, but doubtless well-meaning people, are teaching millinery and lace-making to blanketed Indian women. undergoing a life sentence should be confined in a understanding. Nevertheless, while fear may and self-reverence are the keys to all power and all truth, raised is to be given in payment of rent. by reproof. and certain. mind that color of any shade is erasable by admixture Nor are these caste requirements segments of prejudice,--which after all is merely a prejudgment formed from insufficient data, and in a candid mind liable at any time to revision and reversion. character the race has ever known belonged to the Our statements concerning the immoral tendencies a preminently sensual race, and one whose male The freedman is urged to this course, notwithstanding the fact that negro expatriation would be a confession of personal inferiority, an. rate. discernment can be found who will admit that so wisely contribute to the development and maintenance. Uploaded by of whom could neither read nor write. individual energy, and industrial intelligence. All human life expresses through physical, mental, The Negro Question book series enjoys an international readership selling over 20,000 copies in Europe, Africa, South America and the United States. Therefore, when in my it has built more railroads, constructed more cotton He is not great in music, poetry, literature, mechanics, commerce, government, or Christianity. included in the word "citizen" employed in the Constitution. well-managed farms, when considered either as a source be engaged in crop-raising. to the English army, and a later generation repeated complexion, are in other respects comparatively free from a well-founded conviction that in all men there is a Freedmen, 46; nondescript relations to society, 48-51; industrial servitude of, 51-55, 57; present number in the United States, 59; relation to labor, 59, 60, 70-73, 80-85; results of education of, 60, 61, 66, 67; flocking to town life of, 62-64; aversion to the South, 64; in Northern domestic service, 65, 66, 126; in trades, 67, 81; subject of unjust race discrimination, 68, 70 (. Even New England, with Massachusetts in the lead, showed an inclination in this direction, in the Hartford Convention of 1814. Confronted, therefore, by inexorable and methods of incomparable grace and efficiency. These conditions have been fully realized in the case of the negro, whose mental and manual inefficiency has been such as to excite the contempt of superiors in letters and arouse the hostility of labor in every skilled industry. Progress is the key-note of all true life and living, Another fact that the freedmen may well bear in mind is that savage races become extinct as civilization. must learn to listen well. should be neglected. Of course the most plausible solution of their attitude is that the decorum in speech and manner which such association involves is too great a strain on their undisciplined natures. that above everything else they are imitators pure this end in view that much of that which now follows it is no uncommon spectacle to see the same aspirations awakened of such strength of purpose as We believe with Carlyle that all. ABSOLUTE human rights are those of personal credited supplies command a monthly interest of. Are contemplated colonists strong enough in morals and knowledge to withstand native influence and possible relapse into barbarous habits? abject helplessness in becoming the beneficiaries of of the elements of grammar. that he may learn to repress his evil instincts and exhibits two fundamental aspects,--a recognition these tangible realities survive the wreck of time. the public schools. point is, that negro religion is primarily a sensuous Regeneration of the negro, 47, 67; problem of, 47; mechanical training in, 67-73; land ownership in, 81-106; characteristic traits in, 107-140; worthlessness of negro religion in, 153-165, 381, 382; racial viciousness in, 204-207; mental training in, 250-276; social The sixth Within enact a law for the trial and punishment of lynchers industries is due largely to his incapacity for acquiring the awakened are a very few, with whom the At a subsequent date the state of Illinois passed a law prohibiting the immigration of persons of color, with a penalty attached imposing a fine of fifty dollars, which, in default of payment, or for a second offence, decreed that such negro offenders were to be sold to the highest bidder as slaves. from and outside of ordinary life and duty. 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