Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-01-13

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the Philadelphia Times, Col.
Mcclure says
"The South has one supreme
desire and that is for peace-to
be let alone. And it is not
merely the desire of the whites;
it is as much the desire Of the
blacks. l have met scores Of
the most intelligent colored
men in every state and all OF
them out of Office expressed the
same wish to be let alone.
The problem of race is solved
in the south and no federal pow
er or political device can change
it. The white man will domin-
ate without regard to the occaS-
ional numerical preponderance
of the blacks, simply because
superior intelligence and a DOM
nation that the memory ofman
runneth not to the contrary,
can not be reversed without cha
os. The black man has tried it,
and he is conscious of his fail
ure to protect himself. He can
not lead and those who most
successfully lead him appeal to
his baser passions and tempt
him to his own degradation and
sorrow. He is not the victim
of violence now, but he has wad-
ed through violence to escape
from his own incompetent self
rule, and he has given up the
unequal contest, not for a day
or for year, but for the present
and after generations. This is
the plain truth in regard to race
domination in the south, as it
is the plain truth of the race in
the north"
The writer of the above is a
northern man who has lately
made an extensive tour through
the south, he is a close observer,
and the truth of what he says
must be apparent to every fair
minded man who will give the
matter a moments thought. 1t
is also worthy of the careful con-
sideration of the colored men of
this locality, some of whom have
put themselves forward as Office
seekers disaStrously; as was
proved by the result of the cleo
ton last fall. Many of the more
thoughtful and intelligent col
ored men voted for the white
candidates in preference to the
colored ones, knowing that the
white men were by far the most
competent. The whites are al
most universally fair and hon
orable in their dealings with COL
ored people; especially isthis the
with the case farming communi-
ty, who either employ directly
or rent land to by far the larg-
err portion of the colored people
of this county. The colored
man is universally treated with
kindness throughout the south
and his best friends are the
whites: if he is in trouble or
distress he never applies to them
in vain, they are ever ready and
willing to assist, but in return
for this kindness it has been the
universal practice of the color
ed man to vote directly opposite
to his white friend and neigh
Dor; this he has done because
he is told to do so by designing
men who to use him for their self
aggradisement, or more proper
ly speaking for the purpose of
getting into offices that the in
telligent tax paying people
would not elect them to. Hap
PLY for the southern people the
colored population as a mass
have lost the controlling power
so far as applies to state affairs,
and in local affairs the same
changes must inevitably occur.
1t is only question Of time.
The government of the United
States is a white mans govern
ment and it will be the same in
all states, counties, cities and
towns. The white race will rule;
it is destined that it should be
sp