THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , , MAY 28 , ISM-TWENTY PAGES , 13
mm IDE SECRO
I _
Eii-Bonator Ingalla Sees but Oao Way to
Bottle the Baoo Problem.
NO HOPE FOR THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA
tfo BaHof from a Bondage Forced by the
Tyranny of Nature.
ABANDONED TO HIS FATE BY REPUBLICANS
His Political Prostration Complete and Only
tbo Eight of Domicile Remains.
EXPATRIATION THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE
i In Africa the One Itajr at
Which I'enolrnlm the Apparently
Dark Future of the Unco In
Die United Stnten.
For twonty-flvc
ycnrs the people of
tlio north have been
dealing with the
negro question In the
United States upon a
political theory. Wo
hnvo treated It as a
prohlem In logic to bo
demonstrated by syl
logism. Wo have re
Rsnrdcd it as a moral abstraction and
Slcuiandcd the rigid application of the
J precepts of the dlvino law to Its consldcra-
Other subjects , domestic and foreign ,
jhavo been viewed from the standpoint of ex-
[ jtyodlcncy nnd selfishness , but In this wo have
Iboen altruistic. Smitten with penitence for
jnational - > ln we have been making contrl-
buttons to the conscience fund. Wo
jhavo Juggled ami Jockeyed with the
i finances , bullied the Chinese , despoiled the
| Indians , played fast and loose with the pen-
1 planers , said ono thing In our platforms and
( done another in our practice , but to the
Jncgro wo have hitherto been just. Organ-
J Izod benevolence has made vast contrlbu-
tions for education and religion , nnd In our
I/statutes wo have recognized the Injunction
Jto do unto others as wo would that they
f ohould do unto us. Disregarding the die-
( [ .tales of history , the prejudices of the van-
( qulshcd nnd the ordinances of nature , wo
Phavc endeavored to adjust the social and po-
Flltlcal relations of the whlto and colored
races In the forum of conscience rather than
'
( on the basis of reason , and to Inquire what
I was right rather than what was practicable
'
within the limitations of human conduct.
_ , In the thirteenth , fourteenth and fifteenth
| amendments to the constitution are incor-
'
'porated the Dual results of the war of tha
i rebellion. They are its summary. These'
f few paragraphs are the treaty between the
f belligerents. In them are the trophies of
| . the victors. Waged ostensibly to maintain
the integrity of the union and in denial of
the dogma of state sovereignty , the future
historian will not fall to note that the three
amendments are silent upon this subject , and
that two of them relate exclusively , and the
other principally , to the freedom , citizenship
and suffrage of the negro race. Tlio right of
secession , If It over existed , exists now , so
far as"1 'any declaration In our organic law is
concerned. It has not been renounced , nor
is the supremacy of the nation affirmed in its
charter.
This olrilsslon Is more remarkable from
the fact that at the outset the abolition of
slavery was not avowedly contemplated.
Lincoln was not on abolitionist. The re
publican party repudiated the assertion that
it Intended to Interfere with the oxlst-
enco of slavery iu the states. Had the pur
pose to destroy slavery boon declared , the
border states would have been Irrevocably
lost and the issue made more perilous nnd
uncertain. Compensated emancipation
could undoubtedly have boon carried through
congress long of torjtho war began , aud the
overthrow of the servile system was only
decreed at last as an act of military neces
sity , upon which the president invoked the
favor of God and the considerate Judgment
of , mankind ,
Ilepuhllcnn Ojiponltlou to Ncjrro Huffrage.
When the thirteenth amendment was proposed -
| posed In 1805 , the dominant party In congress
( indicated no purpose to Interfere with the
gcoutrol of citizenship and suffrage in the
states. Republican loaders wore openly
{ hostile to negro suffrage , especially In the
Bwcst , where citizenship was confined to free
{ white mules by constitutional declarations.
Tholr reluctance was slowly overcome by the
inadequate protection afforded the negro by
Itbe laws and.usugcaof the rebellious states.
Kind by the disinclination of the north that the
Twlltlcal power of the south should bo in-
iTrcoscd by the emancipation of their slaves ,
and the fourteenth amendment was pro-
Iposed In 1807. By this , citizenship and equal
Jivll aud political rights wcro conferred'on
Echo negro. It appealed to the self-interest
lof the southern states to voluntarily extend
{ suffrage to him by reducing congressional
{ representation in proportion to the fraction
lie whom the right of voting was denied.
As this amendment was not promptly rail-
I ilod , it was succeeded by the reconstruction
I net of 180T and by the Ilfteenth amendment
I In 1870 , declaring that "tho right of citizens
[ of the United States to vote shall not be
r denied or abridged by the United States or
I by any state on account of race , color , or
| previous condition of servitude. "
The right to vote Is conferred upon no one
iy the constitution or Its amendments. The
I power of the states to limit suffrage by
| nativity , sex , property , Illiteracy or nonpay-
I ment of taxes is absolute now , as it has been
from thu Iwglnnlug. Thu only limitation
I of this power Is that no discrimination or
deprivation shall ha madu ugnlnst citizens of
the United States solely because they nro of
African descent , are black , and have bcon
1 davca , The states can prescribe property
lor educational qualifications for sufTrugo , but
I these must apply to black and white alike.
J Mr. Wicklitto , nn eminent member of the
New Orleans bur aud a prominent leader of
advanced thought in Louisiana , asserts in a
recent paper iu the Forum that negro suf
frage has been a failure. Ho sots forth with
I oreat power the disastrous consequences of
i bulldozing , ballot box stuffing und other
1 evil practices against the rights of the negro ,
to soclaty. As u solution of the difficulty ho
suggests thn repeal of the fifteenth amend-
j ment and the remission of the entire subject
I of suffrage to thu states. In other words ,
that the Idea of impartial citizenship shall
bet abandoned by the nation und the advan
tage of the increment of political represen
tation shall ho relinquished by the south.
To what extent Mr. Wickllflo speaks for the
touthorn people does not appear , but the
opinions ho represents undoubtedly nro cur
rent among thoughtful aud and patriotic
men iu all parts of the country and will
sooner or later demand a dispassionate ver-
Xltot.
KvlU I'oflotTlui ; Uecouitructlon ,
Sufficient time has now elapsed to allow
unbiased judgment of the effects of recon
struction and the fifteenth amendment. It
should provoke no resentment to affirm that
the anticipations of the authors and sup
porters of these measures have not bcon
realized. The calumnious and malignant
aspersion that they were devised to retain
republican supremacy in the south requires
no comment , but had this purpose been thu
motive its inevitable failure could have been
predicted. The experiment of negro suffrage
has been disastrous , both to the whites and
the blacks. Upheld for a while by the inter
vention pf national authority , without
friendly co-operation by the whiles , it re-
nutted to episodes that cannot bu couteni-
pluUxl without humiliation nnd regret , fol
lowed , when nrmcd protection was with
drawn , by an c [ > och of rlolonco nnd
hlood thnt has loft nn Indelible
stigma upon our clvllliatlon. The
attempt to reorganize society by the re
version nnd mot.rnstnglii of its sediment mis-
carried. The submersion of brains , political
experience , landowncrshlp nnd hnbtta of
domination by Ignorant members could have
but ono Issue. The morality of reconstruc
tion and the fifteenth amendment was unim
peachable , but their wisdom has not bcon
approved by events. After n stupendous con
vulsion the unnatural political fabric fell
nnd great WAS the fall thereof. The founda
tions of society wore shaken and the Institu
tions of liberty and self-government seemed
engulfed In an abyss. When the state *
finally emerged the political prostration
of the negro was complete. Caucasian
supremacy was restored nnd the last
shred and vestige of reconstruction hnd
disappeared. .It wan a subterranean
revolution. The organic law remained , but
negro vote was practically suppressed. It ( s
tolerated now only so far as to insure the
unlfactlon of the whlto vote In congressional
and presidential elections.
Condemned as the guilty methods by
which the end was attained must bo in the
court of morals , the people of the north are
not justified in casting the first stone. They
nro not without s'n. History , does not war
rant their assumption of superior morality ,
nor will It exempt them from equal responsi
bility for the presence of the African race
nnd the existence of African slavery upon
this continent. The conscience of the north
was not abnormally sensitive to the In
iquities of slavery so long as servile labor
was profitable In Now England , nnd the sys
tem would still exist had its threatened ex
tension not menaced their cupidity and their
ambition.
AbhorrcncB of tlio NcRro Taint.
As wo nro all accountable , share and
share alike , for the race problem , so none
are exempt from the burdens of Its solution.
Because the mass of the negroes are In the
southern states this does not exonerate the
people of the north from active patlclpatlon
in all measures for the settlement of ques
tions whoso gravity has not boon surpassed ,
nnd which seem likely to increase rather
than diminish in difficulty nnd danger.
Frederick Douglass is perhaps the widest
known and most distinguished representa
tive of the negro race. Ho Is an eloquent ,
accomplished and dignified gentleman. His
father was a whlto man nnd his mother a
slave. It Is perhaps not Invidious nor un
civil to afllrm that the distinction of Doug'
lass Is not on account of his African blood ,
but in spite of it. The intellectual traits ,
qualities and characteristics which have
Riven him renown are duo to his Anglo
Saxon reinforcement. Ho once said
to mo that ho believed the social
antipathy between the white nnd black
races was not Inherent , but casual , a tem
porary prejudice that would bo obliterated ,
so that they would eventually coalesce and
thu race question thus bo effaced and disap
pear. There arc no indications at present
that this prophecy will bo verified. InsteaO
of vanishing , the repugnance appears to bo
moro distinct und emphatic. Mr. Douglass
bravely acted upon his theory , out his ex
ample has not been followed nor seriously
approved. Whether justly or unjustly ,
African blood Is regarded by the Caucasian
ns a taint to bo abhored. The discovery oi
an unsuspected negro strain by the heroine ,
Is the tragic motive of one of illowell's mosl
powerful novels. Whether this sense of
degradation Is peculiar to American ,
and due to slavery is disputed. Cer
tainly the revulsion In Europe is not
so marked as here , but In the most
cosmopolitan capitals the negro is not per
sona grata. Black is not a budge of inferi
ority , because Cubans , Brazilians , Spaniards
and Hindoos are of dusky hue , but "
African Is not considered an equal . _
kindred raco. No white man over wanted
to bo a negro. Probably every educated and
Intelligent negro would prefer to bo whlto.
No IIopo for Release.
That the condition of the African has been
Improved In many respects by freedom anc
education needs no arguments , but his prog
ress has boon toward segregation. The
great egulf lixcd between the races has
widened and deepened since emancipation
As dependants and. subordinates , the blacks
were associates of the whites. As political
equals they are strangers. Their children
are no longer playmates. They are taught
in separate schools , they worship In scpa
rate churches , they nro buried in separate
cemeteries. If possible the barrier is moro
insuperable at the north than at the south ,
and the proscription more contemptuous one
Intolerant. Wherever the negro appears in
considerable numbers the Irritation is vie
lent. Their settlement In any locality depresses
presses the value of real estate and repels
white occupation. Immigrants avoid con
tact with them and shun the south us an in
footed region. Places of trust , honor ani
emolument are shut against them in
exorably. With confessed majorl
tics in many districts and the
balance of power In others , they have no
positions of high rank In the state or na
tioual governments. Although moro than
200,000 enlisted in the union armies , no full
blooded negro holds a commission In thi
army or navy , and in the militia their organ
izatlo'n is distinct. The learned professions
business , commerce and manufactures an
open to all , but except with his own peoph
the African has no function. His occupa
lions are mental , In their employments hi
finds toleration and is content. The rlghu
nnd immunities conferred by the three con
stitutional amendments have given him n <
protection against the stronger edicts o
public opinion. Surrounded by opportunl
ties which ho cannot share and by ad
vantages from which ho is excluded , th
future offers no prospect of release from a
bondage whoso imperceptible manacles ar
forged and riveted by the tyranny of nature
In the high career of enterprise and courag
ho has no competition. From the ennoblin
fraternity which unites the brunches of th
Aryan race , ho is exiled by nn iuoxorabi
decree.
This lamentable destiny scorns harsh am
tragic in its pathos , because the associntio :
of tlio two races was not voluntary. Th.
African came hero as a captive prisoner o
war nnd has been the helpless victim of un
speakable cruelty and nvnrico. Whether
capable of high mental development or not ,
ho Is susceptible of loyalty , affection and fi
delity. His instincts are friendly to civiliza
tion. His sensibility Is extreme. Ho en
dured the injustice of centuries without pro
test and submitted to Incredible oppression
without revenue.
Th Urontflxt 1'olltlcal J
Ineffectual as the fifteenth amendment has
been to abrogate tlio ordinances of nature
and to suppress the prejudices of instinct ,
its repeal would ha a criminal climax that
would shock the conscience of mankind. Con
trasted with such porildy Punlci faith would
bo white and luminous with integrity.
It would give national sanction und
approbation to tlio crimes by which suffrage
has been made iv mockery and the brother ,
hood of man a bloody and distempered
dream. Practically the fifteenth amend
ment has already been nullified In every
state where the negro vote threatens white
supremacy. Violence is no longer practiced ,
for fraud is simpler nnd easier. It is Joss *
troublesome to burn a ballot than to kill a
voter , and It excites less comment else where.
It has been reserved for Mississippi , fertile
in "plans , " to devise n method of cons tit u-
tlonal dlsfranctilsemont by the u > ntrlvanco
of an educational qualification that ad-
mils tlio whlto illltorato aud ox-
eludes the necro. In that paradise
of justice and repudiation , the elec
tor must "bo nblo to read any section of the
constitution" of the state : "or he shall bo
able to understand the same when read to
him , or give a reasonable interpretation
thereof , " Armed with discretionary powers
under a vague and olastlu provision like this ,
reinforced by complicated provisions
for registration and the payment of
poll taxes , the judges of election will bo at
fault if whlto supremacy Is not Indefinitely
maintained.
The south Is "solid" because of the negro ,
The north is silently sullen because or the
negro , The dead line of tiio ropubliu divides
thu sections as palpably now as in 1801 , bo-
causq of the negro. Democratic success
arouses Jealousy and distrust In the north ,
us republican success oxcltos terror and
trepidation in the south , because of the
negro. Slavery Is dead , secession Is dead ,
the union is restored , but in sentiment , iu
sympathy , iu vital national spirit , wo are
not a blended , assimilated , homogenous pee
le. Nationality is In the north. The south
s Isolated , because of the nogro.
Now Urn' * Lett to UU
Raffled aud thwarted by the failure of
their attempts to enfranchise tha slave , the
party that freed -him and enacted the flf-
toenth amendment has apparently aban
doned the strugulo and left the negro to his
fat * . TbU is the basis of the existing truce
SILKS SILKS SILKS
IJiitt Might ieitMovo of vth'oh ( liorc Is any rooord In the annnlaof commerce.
Jaaese Silks Lost
Black Poau do Solo , pure Iain full line of the latest styles which wo offer at thooxtraorrtlnnrlly Ion nrlfo of A very fine blnclt
silk ; the regular prlco At This Price At This Price Lost grain silk which would
on tills slllc is $1,2-5 , for in * * in bo n bargain ut $1 , ' ! < > ,
this sale , 07c yor The'Irnporter Loses /I Mr The Importer Loses /I Mi1 Twenty dollars this week wo soil ut
yard. [ You Gain. twW You Gain. "twU lars reward D5o n yard.
IWASH SILKS FOB. . MONDAY ONLY. will be pa
wilt sell thobixlaneo of ourstook of Wash Silks , to nlo o them out In ono ( lav.
by the Morse , OUR VOTING CONTEST.
>
. W. TILLOTSON , Per 49C Former price on these was 49c Per Yard Dry Goods Co ,
Letter Carrier , 900. for the return R. C. DAVIS ,
Wo will place on sale Monday morning ono lot of Hlnok Ores Orixln Sillc.tliixt Is really n mnrvol Every yard wo sell Is of a DIAMOND , LETTER CARRIER , '
' , and If It does not glvo satisfaction Iu every wur wo will ropluoo ororr yard sold. .
Leads This Week. FOR PER YARD J ZL-ZLS roilTnKIWBBK lost Irom a SECOND.
i - setting In our
iDRESS JBLA.GK. KA.ILKE1 RR.ANOA.ISEX. store last Fri
DRESS SHIELDS , At 81.25. 81.50 , 81.75. , , , A Phenomenal purchase
All market .
these silks are much Under the present valuo. day.
That sell for from S -or
k to 40c a pair nro nil put Tho'first 100 candidates in our World's Fair contest. It is Rotting
i in at the ono prlco o.xcltlnrr. Will your friend ha the winner ? You have a vote with CAPES Lace and Chenille Curtains
OUR
15c. An extra line LISLE every SJoo purchase. Vote early and often. ,
VEST , silk tape , low lloucht hyotir mnnncnr In Now Vorklast
A full line of Indies'\ lock , sloovolesralso 1. D. W. Tlllotson , o 61. Chnrfos Bloom , p AND JACKETS wook. loiiltiko no rUknit thotiualltr ,
' flue LISLE PANTS , 2. R. C. Davis , c 62. G. Kloffnor , o as wo hnndln no seconds. Wo place thorn
L scolloped and hemstitched' " cnco length , 8. Kov. T. J. Mackey , m 63. Rov. R Wheeler , m Are Roing fast. Only a on sale Monday mornliu at
\handUorchiofs , with cm- at' 5Oc 4. lloso Brady , t 61. N. A. Lundbory , c fovv loft. Now is your HALF THEIR REAL VALUE.
\\3roldory , all now goods , , 5. Alfred Clark , o 55. Mr. Drummy , p time to buy. They are
worth from $7.60 to $10. It will ho to your Interact to visit our
C. - .
May He-Ran , t 50. Father Janott , m department Monday luurnlnj onrly nud
JOc , 15c , 25c. 7. Hov. S. M. Franklin , m 67. Rev. P. Mathews , m got your urstnluk.
8. Anna Pees , t 68. Rov. J. W. Wilson , m Jl. 00 curtains for COc.
SPECIAL SALE , ( Vn excellent im 9. Rev. P. Crane , m 69. Rov. Savnjro. m MOO curtains for Jl.M.
perial lisle hose 10. M. 00. Ed Fisher ANOTHER LOT OF
ColToy , o , o JI.OO curtains for $2.00
LUCESAND EMBROIDERY ; in black , tan , 11. Rev. J. P. D. Loyd , m 61. J. Cook. ' c SHIRT WAISTS ? " > .00 ciirtnlns tor SIM.
k3 to 8inches wide , in whito\\ gray and boot 12. Edw Hampshire , f 02. Koto Hungcrford , t H 00 curtains forH.flO.
cream ec.ru aid black , al pattern , opera 13. Miss M.Lohmor. t 03. Dean Gardner , in That wo will soil JIO. 00 uurtalns fur , iW ) .
i poods , , ut length , at. . . . . . 14. Miss K. A. Alexander , t 04. Rov. R Poster , m this week at. . . . $12.00 uiirtnlns for $0.00.
15. Mr. Anderson , o 05. Rov. Father Fitzpatrick , m Try and match them $15.00 curtains for 17.50.
19c a yard. 10. P. J. Corcoran , o 00. J. W. Muhor , o for 8oc. $ .1100 curtains for 110.00.
17. Ada Hopper , t 07. Miss O. Tool , t JivOO curtains forJ12.HO.
kRoynior Celebrated 18. J. R Stoiti , o 68. J. Diiiloy , f ( .10.00 curtains fur $17.50.
Gloves , The finest in the city 19. Julia Nowcomb. t 09. H. C. Cook , p HO.OO curtains for * Jiv > 0.
and just the hose for 20. Rev. S. W. Butler , m 70. .T. M. Stafford , o This week wo will sell I50.00 curtnliu for WT.flO.
traveling , THE PAN- 21. J. Cook , c 71. T. W. ScholliiiRton , o Indies' Eton serge J7'i.OO cnrulns forlo,00.
Every pair guaranteed. * TEM..A . , fast black , 22. Rev. J. Williams , m 72. Kd Kelly , c suits , thnt cannot bo $100.00 curtains for J50.00.
Kid gloves mended and 23. Father McCarthy , m 73. P. F. Hnrvoy , p matched for loss than
cleaned. $1,50 $2.00 24. Rev. Turkic , m 74. Bishop Worthlngton , m $10.00 for
,
, , A BIG
25. Thomas Croft , c 75. Rov. H. Sharply , m EFFORT
L LADIES' SUMMER VESTS ! $2.25 , $3.00. 26. Rev. T. E. Cramblott , m 70. Rov. J. T. Ross , m $7.5O.
A lot of vesta 27. Rev. W. P. Helling , m 77. Haltio Crane , t - ON -
auminor
28. P. . 78. J. Michiiolson
F. Hanson , c , c
will Iner. bo commencing sold Monday morn- at 9 29. Mary Alter , t 79. Agnes McDonald , t DINNER SETS
' 30. Rev. S. M. Ware , m 80. Chas. Remillard , o
k o'clock , and until ono A LOT OF Boys' all wool lone
\vs sold 31. Clara Elder , t 81. Charles Ulrd , f In our llasomont wo have hundreds af
, ASSORTED GOWNS 82. .1. Woodruff , c 82. Rov. D. K. Tindal , m pant suits in line Dinner nets that must KO , mid lhat at
33. Rev. Paslco. in 83. Rov. .T. Gordon , in cnsiimoro chovlols , once. Ulancn nt our IGth street bhow
34. Rov. 84. Miss B. Burkott t that sell any w Hero
made offinqinUbUn.with Murray , m , window and sootboHots weofTor.
LADIES' yoke of insertion , tuck 35. II. C. Gunner , c 85. Miss E. Carnoy , t for $10.00 to $15.00 ,
PLAIN BALBIUGG&H VESTS.1 and embroidery , 50c. 30. Miss A. Witmtin , t 80. Alice Fawcott , t Monday price , AT An yluco KiiRllsli " incr Sot. 1'orcolaln 100-
k Try and match then 37. T. .Torgonsen , c 87. Miss S 1J. Pitman , t $5.98. S56 49
L Low neck , sleevelessworth' for 76c. " , 38. Misa L. M. Brunner , t 88. Miss F. Buttorflola. t '
Hlditowuy's lloynl Uluo 101-
\'j5c , forthis sale 17c. 39. M. C. Tracy , c 89. Emma Whitmoro , t .pleco Dinner Wet ; they would -
40. Charles Wilson , c. ' ' 90. Rov. Dotwoller. m 'uo cheap at lit ) .
17c. CORSET COVERS. 41. J , Stone , o , 91. Rov. T. J. Hlllman , m ' ' '
Mellor , & .
Taylnr Co.'a I'ro-
Boys' AT -
LADIES' 42. E. L. Hoaff , c 92. Chief Galllganf i
In th'o lot are COJTJ 43. Rov. C. N. Dawson , m 93. Charles Dowliiier , f KOOU.S in n do. would boAT f
JERSEY RIBBED PAHTS. sot Covers that auo 44. C. Rose , o 94. Miss A. Hanson , t TWO-PIECE SUITS. 1
worth from $1.60 to $2. 45. H. H. Reed , o 95. Anna Withrow , t All wool , all of our $5.00 AT A beautiful Clilna Dlnnor'Sot
, A good quality at They are soiled ant 46. William Owens , c 90. Rev , Conway , m suits for $21.57 c' utjn'uo01 ' * ' Positively worth
odd sizes. Your 47. Rov. W. E. ffimbnll , m 97. Rov. Treden , in
25C. choice for 4& Ed Bowles , c 9a L. Godola , p $3.48. AT _ A Gurinnn-li'ronch 101-pleco
. 49. Miss E. M. Hartman , t 99. Rev. Chas. E. Taylor , m ' > land's Uinnur Roods Hut. : Ofiuul our prloo to llavl- him
50. Miss Street , t 100. Mr. Marlin , c boon , horotoforo. JX > for this
301.
Agenti for Dp. Jac ( > i 's Underwear. Buttoriok's Patterns. Mail Orders that ore sent to u reolevo prompt attention.
between the north and south. Lot the south
deal with the negro as it pleases is the
protocol. "Wo have bought peace b.v the
surrender of the civil and political rights of
the froodmau and by consenting to the prac
tical abrogation of all the constitutional
amendments. No ono doubts that the de
mand for the recognition of the political
equality of the negro , and of h's ' right to
have hlsyoto fairly and freely cast and hon
estly counted , would bo followed by an out
break of sectionalism as violent as any that
raged duriug the period which closed with
the capitulation of Hayes In 1B77. Whether
the north will permanently acquiesce in this
condition remains to bo ascertained here
after. But even should no "force bill" be
presented , the cause of alienation will continuo -
tinuo so long as this unassimllated and in
ferior race constitutes a great fraction of
the southern population.
For 270 years history on this continent has
concerned Itself with the nogro. The politics
of the United States have turned upon the
race question. In the convention of 1787 Mr.
Madison said the states were divided not by
area or climate , but by the effects of having
or not having slaves. The slaves have been
freed , they have been made citizens , they
have been deprived of their rights and re
duced to practical serfdom again. We have
omitted to test euro criterion , nnd the
African question Is as far from safe , satis
factory , permanent settlement as at any
former stage of its consideration. The
ghost or our victim rises at every feast. It
will not down at our bidding.
llnntahment the Knee's Only Hope.
One unprecedented alternative remains
untried ; one method of extrication from the
desperate dilemmaonoavcnuoof escape from
perils that may bo greater than any yet en
countered ; banishment , exile , expatriation.
The horrors of Siberia , the atrocities of
Russian edicts against the Jews , the brutal
mob violence toward the Chinese , nave pro
voked Indignant protest ( but they are sur
passed in human barbarity by
the increasing crimes against the
negro in all parts of ttio United
States. The north Is disgraced by occa
sional lynchings and mob law , but publjp
opinion demands the punishment of the par
ticipants. Iti the south scarcely a day
passes without the record of the death by
torture of some "negro brute'1 at the hands
of an infuriated populace. By what de
moniac possession this patiant , docile and
tlmlil race , who were safely loft In charge
of the women and children and cs tatcs of
their masters during four years of war , have
been transformed Into Heads devoted to
rape , arson and murder Is not disclosed.
But such is the trepidation , or the truculence -
lonco of an element in the south that to accuse -
cuso a negro is to condemn him to death at
the state without exculpation or appeal.
No one could read the ghastly and
repulsive details of the recent burn
ing of the negro in Texas , the
mutilation , the thrusting of hot irons into
the oycs. the aggravation of agony , without
compassionate lucrodullty. It was a revolu
tion of inconceivable depravity. The crime
of which the victim was accused was Inex
piable , but the vengeance was equally Infer
nal. And today comas the report of the
uiurdorof I'otorson , by some of the "best
citizens" of Denmark , with the alleged com
plicity of the authorities of the state.
Send Them Hack to Africa.
If this condition is the Inevitable consequence
quence of the contact of the two races , Depu
ration , voluntary or compulsory , at what
ever cost , is the dictate of wisdom , morality
and national safety. If reconciliation upon
the basis of Justice and equal rights
Is impossible , then migration to
Africa should bo the policy of the
future. To that fertile continent
from whence they came they would return ,
not an aliens and strangers , but to the manor
born. To their savage kindred who still
swarm In its solitudes they would bring the
alphabet , the Declaration of Independence
and the bible. Emancipated from the tradi
tions of bondage , from the habit of obedl-
once and imitation , from the knowledge of
Its vices , which is the only instruction of a
strong race to a weaker , the African might
develop along his own axis of growth and
Ethiopia strutoh out her hands 10 God. .
Ho might not want to go. He is a native.
He is a cititun. lie has the right to stay. So
ho has the right to vote. Ho has the right
to life , liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. Ha 1ms bcon deprived
of thorn all. Only the right of domi
cile remains. Ho could , perhaps , submit to
the loss of this with thu same resignation ,
vrhlcu has accomplished hU surrender of the
rest. There are vague indications of cleav
age. In seine regions the inertia is holng
overcome. Communities are pervaded by
aimless agitations like thosa which preceded
tbo illght of thoTnrtou tribe across the
desert. The "oxodus" is an Intimation ol
what may follow.
The foanlbllity of this colonization Of
Africa , the cost and conditions of a tnlcrq-
ilon so prodigious , its effect upon the civiliza-
rloa of the two continents and the destiny of
the two racss , are subjects too vast and
momentous for consideration hero.
May 18,1&I3.
TKVST THE Vllir.UltEX.
New Yiirls Ledger.
Tnmt the children ! Novordouht thorn !
Ilulkl u wall of love about them ,
After sowiiiR seeds of duty ,
Trust them for thu ( lowers of beauty.
Trust the children ! Don't suspect them 1
Lot your conlUlencc direct tlioin.
At the henrth , or In the wild wood ,
Meet them on the piano of childhood.
Trust thu little ones ! Komuiuhor
May l.s not IIleu chill December.
Lot not words of rune or mildness
Check thulr happy notes of gladness.
Trust the little onon ! Yet guide thorn !
And , above all. ne'er deride them ,
Should they trip , or should they blunder ,
Lost you simp love's cords asunder.
Trust the children ! Lot thorn treasure
Mother's faith In boundless measure :
Father's love In thorn confiding ;
Then no secrets they'll bu hiding.
Trust the children Just as lie did ,
Who for "such" once sweetly pleaded ,
Trust nnd culdo , but novuraoubt them ;
Build a wall of love about them.
There are nearly 13,000 Methodists in the
Southern California conference.
The Southern Presbyterian Oonor.il assem
bly has admitted a woman delegate.
There are 183 Congregational churches in
California with n membership of 14,0113.
In the Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts
women are now allowed to vote at parish
meetings.
The receipts of the American Baptist
Homo Mission society for the year ending
with April were * 473,8C5.S'J.
The floating debt of $110,000 on the famous
Brooklyn tabernacle was cancelled last Sun
day , much to the relief of Dr. Talmage.
Taney county , Missouri , is said by the
Kansas City Times to bo absolutely church-
less. It is the homo of family feuds which
would do credit to Sicily.
During the last year the board of foreign
missions of the Presbyterian church ex
pended over S'JOO.OOO upon the heathen in
foreign lands and only $5000 In the homo
department.
Thirty-one head of corn fed cattle , 5,000
loaves of hrcau , and pies , potatoes and other
interior stimulants were provided for the
mass convention of Dunkards ut Muncic ,
Ind. , last Sunday.fj
Hov. Mark ForscultjOf the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints , stationed at St ,
Joe , Mo. , has boon apllolhted missionary to
thaSandwlch Islands mud loft for his now
post of duty last weokj y
Uov. Father Daniel McDermott of St.
Mary's , Philadelphia , last Sunday celebrated
the silver anniversary * of his ordination ,
Father MoDormott Ujjycjl known in Omaha ,
having been pastor of St. Phllomona's cathe
dral In 1878--J. "
The largest congregation In the United
States Is said to ho'j tjUul of the Itornan
Catholic church of Preqlous Blood In Now
York. It was founded'for Italians a few
years ago , and 25,000 Ofuthat nationality be
long to its parish. ( r (
Ulshon Randolph S.'Jfojter of the Metho
dist Episcopal church 6t Boston , and Rev.
Dr. A. II. Leonard , ccVrWspondtng secretary
of the missionary society of the church ,
have started on a tour of. Inspection of the
Chinese , Japanese and Corean missions.
The Gould family has arranged plans for a
memorial Presbyterian church for the late
Jay Gould. The church , which will have
seating capacity for 800 persons , will be
built this season at Hoxbury , Delaware
county , Mr. Gould's birthplace.
The American Homo Missionary society
has bad the most successful year since Us
organization , sixty-seven years ago. Its
total receipts from all sources , up to April 1.
wore $7a9,8U.39. This sura is 177.053.11 In
excess of the receipts of the p recoiling year
and frees the society from dobt.
Bishop Whipplo of the Protestant Euisco-
pal church Is critically 111 , and U is not im
probable that the busy life of this useful
roan "SlralKht Tongue , " as the Indians
called their friend is nearly finished. For
thirty-three years ho has been bishop of
Minnesota and his hand has been in every
pullantltroplo and noble civio movement la
that state during all this timo.
COLOU.IUU xoirtf.
Soiuo of tlio Interesting Features of the
City of Storllu .
STEUUSO , Colo. , May 37. [ Special to
THE BEB. ] Probably uo state of the
union is moro generally and more favorably
known than Colorado , from the fact that it
holds within its borders everything which Is
required to make-it strong and prosperous ,
ogother with a people who are progressive ,
udustrious and ambitious. Mining , stock
raising and agriculture are their principal
ndustrles , and this county in particular is
very fortunate In the two latter pursuits.
Logan county , of which Sterling Is the
county scat , Is situate in the northeast part
of the state. It contains about 1,000,000
acres of land , of which nearly one-third is
under cultivation , aud when it Is understood
that nearly every acre of this thrifty county
can he cultivated it will be seen that there
are grand opportunities for thousands of en
terprising , industrious home seekers. At
least 500,000 acres of this county lie under
ditches already constructed and subject to
Irrigation , making a harvest as
certain as the planting is done ,
juogan county Is traversed by four
main ditches , givingithcm about K0 miles ,
and are all fed from the South Platte river ,
whoso resource Is unfailing. Being a moun
tain river its supply Is as sure us the fall of
the saow in the Rockies and thnt the sun
will shine iu the summer time and reduce
the glittering flakes which lie in beds many
fcot in thickness upon the the tops and sides
of these mountain peaks , into liquid form.
The county has about 105 miles of railroad
running in such a way as to make all parts
of the county accessible to railroad facili
ties.
ties.Wheat
Wheat , oats , barley , corn and broom corn
are grown here very successfully and in
largo quantities , and alfalfa pastures and
Holds are seen on every hand. Three crops
of this grass are cut each year , netting about
seven tons to the acre , and for pasturing
purposes it is far superior to the clover Holds
of the cast , both In nutriment und fat pro
ducing qualities , sheep and hogs both fatten
ing upon it in about one-half the time that
they do on clover ; besides It Is several weeks
in advance of other grasses and continues to
bo excellent pasturage all.winter.
The assessed valuation of this county will
exceed $2,000,000 , being about ono-lifth of
actual value , and casts IH)0 ) votes ; has nearly
fifty school houses , taxes are light and good
lands can bo bought from $5 to $33 per aero ,
owing to Improvements ind distance from
towns. A small amount of good government
land , can still bo secured , und quite a good
deal of Union Pacific railroad lands can yet
bo had ,
Uecently a colony of Hollanders purchased
! ! 2,000acrosof laud near the town of Crook , in
this county. This land Is all In one body and
cost them about $15 uu acre. They have al
ready erected twenty-five now buildings , and
will soon bo ono of the most prosperous
settlement * In this state.
Starling , tho'county s.oat of Logan county ,
is a prosperous young city of twelve yeais of
ago and contains 1,100 people. It is located
on the main line of the Union Pacjlio railroad
from Omaha to Denver , being 430 miles from
Omaha and 140 miles from Denver , und is
the largest and best low/ / } between Kearney
and Denver. Sterling is"'a division station of
the Union Pacific railroad , has ono of the
United States land ofllces , und Is the principal
trading point for the * farmers , stock raisers
and merchants of thu smaller towns In the
surrounding territory for from twenty to
seventy miles. The Union Pacific runs two
passenger and two freights trains each way
per day. Ono can also eo to Cheyenne or
Holdrego from hero over the I ) & M road ,
thus giving her people an outlet In four
different directions with the advantages of
the best markets la thu United States. Ono
can leave Omaha at 6,30 In the evening on
the fast mall Union Pacitlo and reach hero
the following mornlngut 4,45 without change
of cars , The city has two commodious
school buildings with an average attendance
of 400 children , who are looked after by six
teachers. The Methodist , Baptist , Presby
terian , Congregational and Catholic people
all have church buildings aud resident
pastors'together with their Sunday schools
and attendant meetings. The civic societies
are all in healthy condition and consist of
the Masonic , Odd Fellows Hohcocas , Modern
Woodmen and Grand Army in addition to
the Women's Christian Temperance uulon
and sqmo pther charitable social orders.
A commodious brick court houseis one of
the recent addition * to the city. Two good
hotels supply the inner wants of man , the
depot aud American house , the latter of
which Is well known to the traveling and
local trade , Mr , Taylor and lady , host and
hostess , keeping things in good shape aud
making it pleasant for all who seek their
hospitality. The town Is becoming quite
avorably kuown us a health resort to those
who are afflicted with rheumatic troubles ,
lung , asthmcttc or catarrhal dlQlculttes ,
there being several hero at present who
have received great relief , in fact , nearly
cured , after a stay of only a few weeks. Two
weekly newspapers flourish hero , a republi
can and a populist , of which the republican
seems to bo In the ascendancy. All classes
of trade are represented hero , and yet there
are opportunities to open up business hero
and do well , us the city Is rapidly building
up , and from the largo outside trade she is
receiving will soon double her population.
Being one of the important towns of the
state , situated in the grand valley of the
Platte , surrounded by the iinpst agricul
tural land of the country , on the main line
of the great Union Pacific railroad , enjoying
the flnost climate on earth , close to the
metropolis of the great west , populated with
educated people from the cast who have
brought with them their taste tor churches ,
schools and good society , it is no * wonder
that Sterling is forging ahead and will soon
develop now interests nnd enterprises
which will make some of Its would-be com
petitors green with envy , that they would
but could not.
Her real estate men nnd loading business
men are taking hold with a determination
and will to do something for their city , and
with that end in view are seeking now Holds
of light for the purpose of securing some
factories and to dispose of some of the va
cant lands adjoining their town to parties
who will work hand In hand with them
for the development of the surrounding
country and the upbuilding of their
city. Fine opportunities are now open for
the building of a canning factory and broomcorn -
corn factories. A starch factory would re
ceive favorable consideration by the citizens
of Logan county. Parties desiring to change
their location or enter business would do
well to Investigate this city and county.
Ono of Nebraska's prominent real estate
men has located here , and anv Inquiries ad
dressed to A. II , Boltln , Sterling , Colo. , will
receive careful attention. While these people
ple enjoy the certainty of crops , owing to
thnir irrigating ditches , they also receive
about as much rain as Is needed to mature
their crops. In 18UJ twenty-flvo inches of
rain fell. They have had several nice rains
and snow , and a couple of weeks since about
throe inches fell during twenty-four hours ,
thus assuring the winter and spring grains ,
which are already looking nice , and putting
their ground In good shape for corn. The
silver and centennial state of this mighty
union is proving herself the peer of many of
her older sisters , and will soon establish the
fact that she is not an arid region and even
now raises mom wheat and oats per acre than
Nebraska or Kansas , and Sterling , the mar
ket town of the eastern part of the state , is
keeping pace with the rapid development of
her agricultural und stock raising iuterests ,
Do not fall to visit Sterling In travullng
over the state , and get acquainted with some
of her wldo-awako , live business men ,
uirt.
Detroit Free Press : Newly arrived spirit
at the portal hands St. Peter his credentials.
St , Peter , looking over them , reads ; " 'Con
fidential clerk of employers never betrayed
their confidence scrupulously honest n
good neighbor nnd exemplary cltUon al
ways kind words and helping hand for the
distressed a loving liusbund and father a
regular church.gocr . and contributed liberally
toward Christian objects and enterprises. '
Urn ! a fair record , Mr. Houordlng Angel ,
will you turn to the "L's" and see what
was the condition of his affairs when Mr , D.
Llnquont loft the cartht
Recording Angel turns to the section In
question and reads : "Total sloknoss cx >
hausted all thu means not money enough
left to pay funeral expenses. Interesting
family loft helpless - "
St. Peter : "What ! No lite insurance ?
That settles it. How mnuy good souls al
most gain heaven aim fall through some sin
of omission like this ! "
*
Now Pastor Did you hear your father say
how he liked my sermon yesterday (
Little Johnny Ho said it was too short.
"Well , I declare. "
"Yes , sir ; pop hates to got waked up out
of a sound sleep. " "
Sunday School. Teacher You weren't here
last Sunday , Wlllio.
Willlo Blmson No'm , I was digging halt.
Teacher Dlitglng baltl How terrible 1
( Sternly ) . Did your parents know that you
were engaged In this sinful occupation )
Willie-Father did.
"What did the children of Israel do after
they came through thu Hod sea ? " asked aNew
Now York Sunday school teacher.
"Dried their clothes , I 'spaie , " replied
Tommy Amsterdam.
Deacon Jones Do you think It sinful to
marry for money ?
Parson Tium It never occurred tome so ;
on the contrary , sometimes I have thought
the fee was too small. v
T ir ron nn ; ISDIAX AQKXT. > .
OMAHA , May 25. To the Editor of Tn
BEE : 1 read in Tun BEB the other day some
rather bitter comments upon the oxtromd
slnfulncss of the Indian agent brought out
by a published interview with the governor
of Colorado in regard to the Navajo troubles'
The editorial utterances wore correct , had
the information of the governor boon accu
rate. But the governor talked ut random
and shot his words a long way from the
mark. The time has gone by when the In
dian agent can make money by surreptitious
methods. Ho is watched moro closely and
limited moro unreasonably than any other
public official , and even when ho Is a very
skillful knave and ; i remarkably clover all
round thief his stealings are insignificant.
Inspectors , army officers , educated Indians ,
disgruntled employes , Indian rights associa
tions and half a dozen other persons or asso
ciations have their eyes upon him and if ho
stops to ono side of the path of rectitude
somebody is sure to report him and an In
vestigation , secret or open , is fairly certain
to follow.
I believe the average Indian agent of today
does moro work , assumes moro risk and car
ries a heavier responsibility than any other
public official , and for a good deal less than
half what his services are reasonably worth.
The Indian agent of today Is almost never
discharged for appropriating public or tribal
funds or property. Ho Is not allowed to
trade with the Indians. Ho is not oven per
mitted to appoint the ugency store keeper ,
and all his appointments of assistants are
subject to the approval or rejection of tno
commissioner of Indian affairs. Drunken
ness , disorderly conduct , ubuso of authority
and incompotency are the dccapitators
of today. lOvon politics cut's
u very small figure , The Indian ugont who
holds his job In these days is forced by the
"imitations of his olllce and his surroundingd
, o bo a very decent sort of parson.
Governor Waitu's remarks , which are re-
> eatod throughout the country to discredit a
lardworking class of public servants , are
entirely without foundation , so far ns the
Navajo Indians are concerned. They re
ceive no rations and consequently the ugont
cannot oenullt by their fulling to call for
thorn. There are no furboaring animals of
any consequence in the Navajo country und
the Nnvnjos are not hunters , lienco , the
stary that the thrifty agent buys up the
skins of the ration-skippers is also badly
undermined , The Navajo reservation con
tains over 8,000,000 acres. It is larger tliun
any ono of the Now England mules , except
Maine. The uguncy is in the southeast cor *
nor , and hence the agent would llnd it very
difficult to chastise a buck In the farther
most corner of the reserve for wandering
across the lino. Finally the Indian agent on
the Navujo reservation is nn army officer
und not a civilian. The Nuvujos are peace
ably disposed , and efforts of cowboys and
others to Inclto thorn to Insurrection
have thus fur failed. They own largo hordu.of
horses , cattle nnd sheep ; they manufacture
silver from their own mines Into ornaments
and they weave very handsome blankets ,
They nro above the average In intolllgonco
as well as thrift und Industry und if not
driven to it by the mismanagement , oppres
sion nnd cupidity of tholr white neighbors
will get on very comfortably without taking
a single scalp or producing u Durango stam
pede.
I think the Indian agent Is abused too
much and 1 want to take hU part , because
ho Is charged with sins ho does not nnd can *
not commit unit because everybody has as
sumed the right to call him hard names.
T. W. BLACKUUUN.
A coatlmondl , a species of ant cater , which
Is owned by Joseph Wallace of Brunswick ,
Ga. , does not conllno itself to destroying
ants , but has committed several robberies
of jewelry , money and other articles of
value , All the articles , however , have boon
recovered In out of the woy places , where
the animal had hidden them. . ;
" '
"HOTHER'S
: FRIEND" .
is a scientifically prepared Liniment
and harmless ; every ingredient IB of
recognized valtto and in constant UBO
by tlio medical profession. It short
ens Labor , Lessens Pain , Diminishes
Danger to lifo of Mother and Child.
Book ' To Mothers" mailed free , containing -
taining valuable information and
voluntary testimonials.
Bent.ty expreig , charges prepaid , on . receipt
of price , $ * | * bottle.
BRADFIELO REGULATOR CO. , Atlttti , Bi.
Sold Vjr til drujgUtJ.
J