1079

Cleveland Morning Leader, 7 January 1864 (ed; 12 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1079 - L Jan. 7; ed:2/1 - In a recent issue the New York NEWS says
that Ohio, the greatest abolition state, has more white citizens that can
neither read nor write their own name than the five southern states of
Arkansas, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and Mississippi. As a matter
of fact, in Ohio's population of 1,955,050 whites, the number unable to
read or write is 61,030. The combined population of the five states men-
tioned is 933,707 whites, and 60,292 of them can neither read nor write.
"These facts establish a positive mis-statement of the case. An-
other fact is this: In the state of Ohio, the party which affects to be
Democratic, received four-fifths of all the votes cast by men unabie to
read or write.... When the Woods organ attempts another plea for barbarism
in the South, and defeat at home, let it be a little more honest and can-
did in its statements." (12)

Illiteracy

Index terms:

Arkansas; Florida; *Illiteracy; Mississippi; New York city; North Carolina; South; Texas