The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-04
The whites and Hacks Down
south-Sennior Gordon OF Geor-
"a, an Their Relations,

The existence OF TWO races IN TUG 1Outu
makes II an absolute, If not necessity, an
absolute certainty, that one or The other
will be the dominantrace. God has SO
arranged Il; we cannot help it. ! don't
mean dominant in any offensive sense. l
don't mean dominant in any sense that
would deprive any human being Of any
rights which the laws Of the land or the
promptiugs Of humanity would give, but
what / do mean Ia this, that brains and
capital, and nerve and courage, and those
elements which make up the Anglo-Sax.
on manhood will always command the re.
spect Of another race. Now, it is not worth
while for us to say that that is wrong to
the black man. Not at all; not at all.
WHY, Won may as we'll tell me that God
made a mistake when he created four
footed beasts with two eyes and ears, and
teeth like the lion, and yet did not make
them equal TO the lion. You may as well
tell me that he blundered, the Architect
of the Universe, when he permitted the
eagle to scour the earth and sky in search
of his prey. It does not mean anything
wrong. You cannot obliterate grades even
in white society. All We want in this
country is this: That the law, as enacted
BY governments, whether they be general
government or state governments-and
that lie .ll anybody wants In this coun-
try, II he Is patriotic and sensible-that
the law shall make it possible for every
man beneath the flag TO secure every
right that every other citizen has. Why,
gentlemen, my colleague, the colored SEN
ator from Mississippi, in the Senate an
nounced the same truth the other day,
when he said that government had done
for him all that could be done for his
race, and, II they didn't succeed, il was
their own fault, and not the fault OF the
government. II is true that when you
have made law for all men the superior
will use that law, not to Cypress the infe'
rior, but to build up the superior. This
principle will apply at the South just as
at 1.-THE North.
Knight say this right here, believe
that II the right OF the negro TO vote il
ever questioned it will not be by the
South. II Governor Rice were 10 lead a
party tomorrow TO take the franchise
away from the Colored men and reduce
our representation In Congress, we shoult
meet him on the threshold Of that ques
tion. We would say, mo sir, give III
the black voter and our representation
10 Congress" Ia that not the truth, my
Southern brethren2 1.-THE Southern gen
tlemen all nodded assent We are no
only the negro's friend, but we are giving
the beat evidence OF Il to-day. What arr
we doing in Georgia? We are paying
fifteen sixteenths oil the taxes in my State
the white men are. OF course we are
because we have the property. The black
man ia gradually aecumulating property
all through the State. Some seven oil
eight millions Of city property belong to
the black men, and large number Of
millions In the country districts, all &C.
auired since the war. But the whites pay
fifteen sixteenths Of the taxes for school
purposes. That fund Is divided between
iheraces precisely in proportion to the
population OF the two races in my State
dollar for dollarl Moreover, the Legis-
lature OF my State, composed almost en-.
tirely OF white men-some 200 white men
and 10 or 10 colored men-appropiiates
year by year the same number Of dollars
10 the colored institution in my town,
built by philanthropists Of this city and
other Northern States and cities since the
war 10 the city Of Atlanta, that it gives
TO the old university Of the State, the
child Of the State, belonging to the State,
fostered by the State, at which the States
sons have all been graduated for genera
lions since she was colony. We pay the
same number Of dollars, year by year, 10
this colored college that we pay TO that
old Institution OF Georgia.
I say this, not because we are doing
any more than our duly,-we are not;
but because want 10 show that there il
not one particle Of hostility to The black
men. This race is there, it is getting
these advantages, but il still is not equal,
! think, to that race which God Almighty
selected to inclose the incarnated divinity
Of his Son in. l do not think II is. think
tits race the most docile, the most al.
iectionate, the most tractable, ofany race
under the sun. believe there Is more
Of genuine contentment 10 the race than
In any other. They are full Of kindness,
full Of sympathy, aud II wanted TO be
befriended to-day in my State in mat.
ter that would give great trouble and
great concern, don't know anybody
would turn 10 sooner than to some OF the
colored men Of Georgia. They are fond
Of me and am OF them. On the records
Of my State, among my earliest utter.
ances, when had laid down my sword to
nv friend Gov. Rice and others, among
the earliest things ! said, published in
the papers in Georgia In 1866, were that
this black race ought 10 be educated; and,
from the little pittanee had left, ] con.
tributed my share TO build school house
and church, long, long before they were
eniranchised or anybody thought Of en-
franchising them.
Now | mention these little things
simply to show you that l have got no
dishonesty In what am saying. The
white race ! think the superior. | know
1t isnow. | don't mean 10 say natural.
ly; / am not going into that question.
The white race, Of course, in the South,
has had the superior advantages, Just as
intelligence here gives superior adyant-
ages. Wealth gives you education, and
therefore 1t gives you superior adyant.
ages over the humber citizens. Now,
the very fact that there are two races--a
distinction In color-mAkes line Of de.
mArcation over which neither side goes
for certain purposes. The power Of or.
ganiEation, the power OF leadership, Is
mot In the black race. The power OF
original suggestion is not there. They
are full OF limitations. They can learn
with greater rapidly than white men
can-to imitate-but they do not origi.
nate, There Il that difference between
the two races. The white race, having
been dominant will remain 80 for vast
number OF years. Now, without the
least depression, I mean without the least
deprivation Of one shadow OF right
you can plainly see that in all oil these
Industrial elements that race will occupy
entirely another sphere. But the two
together, and this is the great truth !
wish TO announce, the two together blend
in an industrial harmony that works for
the advantage Of 'both races, and secures
both races agaiust the possibility Of
disturbance in the future,