The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-11-11
Rec Relations in the South.
From the Mobile Register. ]


IL View vi the mutual prejudices
and antagOnisms which are found
to exist between the two races I'D
the South to-day, the question ma
turally presents itself as TO what
Just grounds there naturally are
affairs, or, III fact, for the existence
of such u diversity OF interest at
nil. II Is 4 fact within the know
ledge Of all lhat the complications
which CONSTANTLY grow out oil the
! hostile relation IF The two races IN
all questions OF tie mos. grievu;.s
| Ills which have beiaiien their III
mon country
Living together III close aud
familiar assoclatiun that would
seeln tn render unanimiiy at sell
timent aLj action natural and ne-
cessar, then attitude Is, effective
| ~. that of the an'Ipo'ies. their
Opinions az aniIthesis. he hand
of the blpck man is n he'd against
| the white man; ills So,e IL record
ed, not III support vi bis con'ic-
/ tiOns, hut III opposition ~ those
of tire white man; what one Will
no the Other wall not, and the r..
suit Is permanent esiran.eneht,
aud sometimes a,.arciis and blooi-
shed. Is 1t then, i.nposslEie thai
these differences aiio..id ever be
finally adjusted, and the Efforts
and energies vi the Iaces uni,ed
and dliecttd to comu,un AIMS for
their mutual good? Ia theur, 1t
would seem MOI, and yet the his
tory Of the past ten years teaches
that every effort that way has
pro, Ell worse than useless. What
Is the nature of tins deep seated
antipathy, and where are the head
waters vi this tide which flows
brna,ily and nnbrldged between
these races? Is the ne,ros aver.
sion instructive, aud does 1t arise
from the SORENESS producei by the
memory 81 the old relationship of
master and slave? Soafpr then,
Whatever may he said, Tie negro
and the white man AZ rule dwelt
together IN perfect unity, ard now
the ex- slave habituaily refers To
that period with satisfaction as
time OF peace and plenty. What.
ever antagopisln exists has grown
up since. Or Is II, p. b Us, that
the white man still suiarIs tii,d,l
tine violent and extraordinary
means ma,te use of to wrest from
b IN what he considered his abso-
late property, and proudly refns. =
~ affiliate with an inferior race
and share their views and design
This can scarcely be true, for it Is
familiar knowledge that the white,
have steadily sought to conciiiate
the black population. and prevail
upon it 10 go with them hund III
hand IL the construction and
carrying ont of measures in fur
therance of the interests OF both.
1t is unfair and illogical to cite IN
TINS connectlon individual or local
instances ut variance with this
statement. Il is the policy of the
white race, rs a continuous whole.
with references tn the blacks that
must be looked to, and we claim
that Il just estimate of 1t viii eS
tabilsa the TT, ia Of oar propus.-
ton. No pnblic or private righ;
c.aiined by the negro under the
Consultation aud iaws Of the coun.
try his been deme.i him. or, If
denied, withheld 10y the courss of
law. All legislation by ID, mncr,-
tic Houses iias- been f.ariy within
the constitutional a.iiel,i.nents,
und their intention has been ac-
qiiesceL III and carried oat. 1t
mas beeh Conceded that tue negr. >
present legal stains is s;lcn rs TO
entitie hbn To snare IN the repre-
sentation and government OF mis-
State, sibjeci, however, To the
same test oi qualifications rs IL
white man.
Scanning, then. upon u fair and
equal footing w.th Tue white man,
living together, iib,ring together,
1t Is surely To be honestly depior, Il
that THESE ahiaguiiisins, where
cause there IL none, caiuot he at
least Ia some measure recJnc.iet.
Inc true secret of tie whole mat
ter Is, that the negro, If left to his
own instihcts, would speedily iiar-
monlLe with the White ilsn. Hy
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