Smyrna times., 1881-03-09
For the Smyrna Times.
Shall We Have a Negro State2
BY REV. T. o. AYREs.

| with Jesus, which is called Christ ?" was |
not more troublesome to him than is
"Whnt shall we do with the negro?" to US.
| In Christs' case the divine and the human |
went on to do with himself, and if we are |
not mistaken in the signs of the times.
then God and the negro will do about all
that will be done in the Negro's case |
Meantime we hear many suggestions in |
the case of the negro, and some of them
not much unlike the suggestions that were
made in the case of Christ. In Christ's
case one Of the suggestions was to, "let
him &c" just release him as uacrimaal, and
let him go about his business. This plan
has besn tried with the negroes, and they
Jared about as Christ would have Jared if
he had been handed over to the passion.
cr"zed mob which surrounded him. If he
had been let 60 and turned out among
them unprotected by human or divine
power, his fate would have heen a sad one.
Wh"n the negroes were let go it was
soon found to be necessary to send cut
legal protection to 20 with them. Their
enemies had so hedged about their way
that their going was found to be in u circle
leading back to bondage that had grown
stronger by reason Of the little rest it had
had.
A second party in Christ's case were de.
sirous that he sh"uld not only he let 60,
hut that his claims should he acknowledged
and protection extended to him. So in
| IF
were, in the out set, in favor of acknowl.
edgng his rig"t to be included in the Dec.
laraton of Independence, as one who was
born free and the equal, politically, Of every
other man, hence entitled to the protec.
tion Of the law
third party in the case oF Christ said,
"Crucity Him." So in the case oE the
negro, there was and is a small party who
: are in favor of cruciIying him. If they
y cant use hm they want to kill him: such
y were the KuKIux.
! A fourth party told Christ that hi.
enemies were after Him, ''to get out and
60 away, for H"r0d would kill Him." So
Z some have advised the negroes to get out
= and to go away-to emigrate-g0 to Africa.
A nth party exists in the case of the
u Negro, and it is one that did not exist in
: the case Of Christ, and that is, the Danish.
" m"n', or colonization party. The schemes
OF this party are first, to send the Negroes
u to Africa, or second to put them into some
= one OF our territories on Preservation. y
=" Says the Methodist Episcopal Quarterly Rerie,g
u nf n. r
= ions that We have seen was given bv a
= Negro, DR.. Tanner, editor Of the Christian
Recorder, Philadelphia. The Doctor saws.
y" OF the exodus, That it will continue we
- have no doubt, and that it ought to con.
j." tinue we are of the same mind. There are
: altogether too many of US at the South.
ie Labor is too plentiful. Capital is too domi.
: neering. Scateraton should he the word
- Not to Kansas alone hut all over the
J" North, save its great cities. Agricultural
y in their capacities, let our brethren seek
J" the farming region Of the Great North and
J" greater West, and all will be we'll" And
u so says we.
!, The idea of putting the negroes inte a
" seperate State to live alone, is worse than
an idle dream. 1t would be an abridpe
:, ment Of their liberties, and a denial oil
rights. What right has one member of the
human family to say to another member oil
the same family, You live here or there p
=, What right has political State TO say t.
- its subjects " You stay here or go yonder? p
1t IS the God given right Of every man tC
20 or stay when and where he pleases, &C
so long as his movements do not hinder other
- men from an exercise Of like privilege
e The colonization scheme is only another
name for banishmea.
!. We believe that the true idea is expires
- Sed by DR.. Tanners "scatteration" Tn,
=, Negro is ignorant and poor, and black. The
: first and second. namPly-ignorance anC
poverty have done for him just what the,
have done for every other man who ha
hem passed by them-made him an in
~ frrior in the political and social circle
There is no use in denying the fact tha
n education and money will put its pessesso
in at the top, and ignoFance and poverty viii
:, put its possesssr at the bottom.
The Negro is ignorant and peOr and is a
the bottom and must stay there till he get
education and money, aud for these h.
will have to struggle leng and hard, just a
all others have done who have risen L
their possession. Meantime 1t is the dut
a.. of the Government to hold its strong righ
" hand Of protection over him not in sOor
only but In deed.
cal What should the PhIanthrepist do 70
mt HIM We answer, Help him, by shown
,ut him how to help himself. Our observation
rv has taught us that the Negro has conviC
as tion within himself as to what he ought I
v;ll do, and in most cases he will follow tina
conviction with little or no regard to tn
advice that he has received from hi
brother OF lighter skin. So often have W
", observed this, that we have about quit az
'"~ vising them. Who told them to make tn
w. exodus7 We have never seen the answe
v" in print, but we have seen a statement tha
= they had secret order among themselves, an
NV that none but themselves knew of il unit
W their plans were perfected and put int
my operation,
owe :,
al, We believe that "scatteration" should {
on until the negro is a voting minority
every State Then his vote would he