, 1874-07-09
Com7no''.I Preferred

The mIagoyurnmeut of tho Sou th cannot con-
tinue forever. a1Iegovernmant rneaus plundor,
insecurity Of life, liberty, hoalth, property, aud
reputation. It means anarchy. It means bar
barisrn. Whon We aay, than, that tho mlsgov-
ernment Of the South canuot last till doomsday,
wo .4leau hlMply TINT the Southern paopla viii
hot submit forever to tho p1eaeut condition OF
property, health. education, refinement, Oh
mucn aa othor people IN other quartors Of tho
world. They are as we'll fitted by nature to Gu
joy them. They will robsl against the dopriya-
lion Of them as any other raco will. We may DO
sure. then, that they will by some meuns bring
the rc,gu Of corruption and robbery to al end
before it brlnga itself to d close by reducing tile
Southern States to the condition OF Mexico and
the Central American Republica.
When we ask how tho misgovornmont Of the
South is going to ceaae, NC lud ourselves faco to
face with an alarming problem. Whero tho
South is nisgovorned, negroes abound, aud, be-
tween their predominanco In certain StateB aud
the nisgoyernmont thora, there is undoubtedly
tAo A1ARs1OA u %00aC Al4A 0AtGt. k3uEu EtH[16
cannot bo helped to q better government by
peaceable means from within. Good govern
mont, thon. surpoaes negro cooperation to Co.
tabllsl It. Dutsuch cooperation cannot be ration-
ally expected. Tho negro race lns no Inherited
ability for self-goverpment. and has not had tino
to acquire It, 1t has Inherited ability ouly to be
govosned,-t DO 1od. 1t Is aa natural for the
American negro to be led AZ Il is Tor tho Ameri-
can Anglo-8uxon to lead. Nor can 1t bo OK
pected that tic Ethiopian skin shn]l be changed
Immediately by education. Can tho South afford
to wait till tho negroes ars educato12. 10 fur az
help from within, tben. Is concerned, the South
il In this position; It needs, to do anything
towards giving itEclf better government tho
cooperation OF the negroes, aud the co-opera-
tion OF tho negroes it canuot obtain. eau 1t OBJ
thin any help from outside? Tho General Gov.
ornnaont cannot, under tho Constitution. legiti'
matoly rosolvo itself into Q protcctorate over
tho houth. though 1t eau do much by the
| forco OF example aud by moral influence.
/ Shall this force OF example, this moral
influence, be exercised II not, tLon
1t will roma!n for the South to remedy the
evils 1t is suffering from without negro Cooper
alton aud without aid from outsido. This 1t oau
| do only by aoma kind Of revolution. Wa arc fa,
from counseliny thia method Of procedure. We
aro Of opinion that it ia, considered as a remedy
no bettor than tho dlaease. We rotor to il
simply as tho remedy which cortain pooplo in tue
South aeem to consider tho outy praatio'
| able ono. Tho question Of race nak
been raised III the Southern ssatea. II
haa boon raised by tho negroes tao1nuelyea.
They hayo boon drawing the lines. Thoy have
under tue land Of tho carpot-9aggerH. enoroach
cd On the psoporty-rights Of tho Southern poo.
| plo, till In Louisiana, as QoY. McEnery saiG
lately, in al add1eas delivered at Monroe In thai
State, unoas tlloir insolonco Is ondod, the day
OF the irroprossible conflict wlll como whct
physical force will solyo tho problem, In LoulsiAus
| pol,tlos," Aud ho continues,
Tho only tnpaus ut AYerag this calamity lsaa In th,
unoa af sha htss of o slato, sspssssutlue I'd tie,