ere
so far from desiring or prizing the blessing conferred on them that they
esteemed the interest taken in their freedom to be a mere decree on the
part of the proprietors to get rid of what they called "head or harigold
money" payable to them when a female of their number, by bearing a
child, made an addition to the live stock of their master's property."

If the fitness for liberty is the measure of persecution sustained in an
effort for its enjoyment, of that disciplinary process the freedmen have
not been deprived, for ever since his maiden attempt to exercise the
right of an American citizen he has encountered intense opposition and
physical outrage, all of which has been met by non-resistance and manly
appeal to the American conscience for protection; first from the "Ku
Klux band" of murderers, and subsequently against the vicious practices
to deprive him of his political rights, should establish his claim.
Nevertheless, after a third of a century of successful endeavor,
educationally and materially, efforts are being made in Southern States
for his disfranchisement and the curtailment of his education. On this
attempt George C. Lorimer, a noted divine and writer, in a late article
in "The Watchman," under the head of "The Educational Solution of Race
Problems," has this to say:

"But may it not be that this reactionary movement rather
expresses a fear of education than a serious doubt of its
power? We must remember that conditions are peculiar in the
South, and, in some quarters, there exists a not unnatural
apprehension that Negro supremacy may prevail. To avert this
political catastrophe, extraordinary measures have been
adopted. To the difficulties that beset the Southern people we
cannot be indifferent, and neither should we assume that we
would act very differently, were we similarly situated. But we
think, in view of all the circumstances, that their position on
this subject exposes them to the suspicion that it is the
success of education they fear, and not its failure. This
apparent misgiving reasonably awakens distrust in the soundness
of their contention."

It is assumed by many who oppose the educational solution that inferior
races are unassimilable in their nature to the higher civilization.
Proof is sought for in the alleged decadence or disappearance of the
Turanian people of Europe, the natives of South America, and the West