New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
=. soJTuERN VIEW OF THE RACE PROBLEM

Coming from an ex SeccSSon'S'' IN" '' III
president Of "A tme-honorcd ANA I"n"',' ii
erp college tthe Methodist Episcopal C"u"'" '''."
fopndrd Emorv College ut ONi"rh' ''''-,'
1897. This is a somewhat renai KAN" WIN :.
I,~,..,,,r. v;.v,. are shared by even rNiTc'a'Ie
fraction of the educated classes "t The S""h '"'
great sections of this country that were "l\ ''e' v:
sIa,ery may vet hope to lee united in moral ~hu-
-, ond patriotic duty. The North las soile'lI.'H
almost dcspairrd Of any such rcc"ncila'I"n' ~
old f.ud was 80 bitter. and The wonhd' 81 '"' MI
. were so deep and the conquered were sue" -
md sensitive people, and the N"r'h ~
was 50 prosperous and impatient 'h' I"'""I ="
such things 20 the healing has been mon i"i' ."
a. nost fifteen wears than the conduct 81 S""lh'i"
no,;,;rians has led men at the North I" "'H'>'
rp,is volume certainly offers great encouragement"
,,,t tbo ouestion will be seriously asked: HOW
large class in the South docs President ll"NNoou
renresenti He publishes book, iuiI Oh 'H' sr'"
of reconciliation complete i'll its recognition u '
dutjcs of the whites To the coloIed iIc'u"'"' W
vent in its belief that the South was III tie NI""H
md that il owes most of rs Subsequent "i"'l"
10 n discplining Providence. nj the very u'' "".n
NJ Jefferson Davis the exponent OF southern M
tcrness and unforgctting hate, puts ior'h a o'"N
with the purpose Of justliying ana @Ioih! n1 '"'
9lost cousr" The reception given b, the Sodth 10
@bo VOICE of DE- Haygood and the voice ot MI.
Davis WILL by comparison, indicate the SI'ns'" "a
the formers following .
pofor, noniring into Or Haygoods theories re-
,arl;uy the freedmen. it will b" instructive 10
anime his attitude toward the " lost CAUSE an" l''
motives partly religious ana parity P".ii''.'
naoJ;ro forth his book. He is impressed with the
fact that the freedmen are at the South 10 S''H
that their fortunes are incXtrcably mixed up VIII"
.hose of tho whites; that the only hope oil INC
whites il 10 educate and make capable. indcp'h-
5nt citizens of the blacks: that If We OF Tie Soulh
cannot get on with the negro; II the negro 'an"''
get on with us. then we two peoples cannot E'' y"
Mt all" "Croaking" he says. Is lnGra'ltu"'' IL -
treason y; If we cannot 60 fast we must =" >'o"'
Int we must go -" if for any reason Whatever WI
of fhc South refuse 10 do or fail 10 do our part "l
this work there will be loss all round ne SOUTH
ern whites lose. the negro loses, the world loses
Rut I am dccply impressed that there Is diiier-
ence The ,rorId can get on wthoat The South, m"cf
hotter than the South can get Irhout the word ms
may not he a brilliant discovery; but goouIy num-
Der have not yet made IT,"
As il addressing Mr. Jefferson DAVIS, he says
Gwen slavery is entitled to its grave In that
grave for it is very deep, both parties Shon| bury
their quarrel without resurrection" HIS own
views have changed: d" do not claim to have he'h
among those who never believed in slavery. Time
was when did believe in it thoroughly. and when
defended it To the best of my ability. make no
analogy for having believed III It, was taught 10
believe in 1t. / grew up in the midst OF II. saw
its very best aspects in my fathers house Ills
slaves loved me and | loved them; and we love
each other to-day. Nor do | make any apology Tor
saving | do not now believe in slavery. ! have
changed my opnions rather new and purer hSht
has changed them" But will not dcnouncc the
.old masters | will not dcnouncc slavery. 1t IA
Infinitely more import mt To this generation thai
we discuss the IL, grO's freedom. And IT Is
moro difficult subject than slavery II Il III hun
dred WAYS involved and complicated lie thinks
the South will he divided many times in the future
and will never he solid" again. " Free man and
citizen our coorcd brother is and 80 he will remain
He will never he rc-cnslaved; he VIII never he DIS
franchscd 1t may about some day that the
South will be exceedingly Jealous in defending hls
right TO vote and that the North viii realize III
ways not agreeable the tremendous power of the
black mans ballot. May great grace he given to
onr brethren of the North whCn the trial OF their
faith comes They will need il rs the South has
needed it' lie calls upon the people OF the South
to read with profit the life and labors of Nehemiah
and to turn deaf ears TO TObah and Sanhallat.
GThe South has heard this Sanballat voice many
fines since AppOmattox And Sanballat has had 10
helm him class of Southern mon as greedy as vul-
tures and as rcmol>clcSs as death, who have done
nothing to rebuild broken walls and our burned
gates who have used their power and opportunity
o,,lv 10 hold faster the poor and the helpless OF
their own brethren" "AN over the SOUTH he
SAYS "the name of Abraham Lincoln Is to the
negroes the name of saint and martyr OF GOd
They are in singular Ignorance Of the men ana
women who nObly fought their battles. Garrison
Sumner Seward and Greeley are names that to the
mass of them are unknown. But the name of
Abraham Lincoln is engraved on all their hearts.
7 would not diminish their gratitude to Mr..
Lincoln or to the party he represented; | would be
glad if could deepen their gratitude to God"
He has something to say to the people Of the
North: There has been since 1860 Il great folly
and n great heat on both sides. The North has
gone too fast. the South too Slow Northern i'm
patience has very largely increased Southern re-
iur,auce Our Northern feilow-citizens never
mt themselves in our place. cannot blame them
they could not Ii is feat impossible even 10 the
imagination. But they could at least have made
The attempt with moro panstaklng care And
again:
But there is a lesson the Northern people have
never fully mastered. and 1t ~ very important to
all parties that they should learn It: II the best
results are TO follow the efforts many Northern PEG
ME are making To elevate the negro, they must
realize as they never have done, absolute ncces
sity of Southern cooperation. Would God this
might bc.lcarncd by all sides to this question before
If is too late! Millions of money poured forth and
thousands of precious lives eNhausted upon tins prob
lem will not avail for lis tull ana right solution
1xitRout Southern cooperation. Many Of the North
have had glmpses of this truth, but they seem not
to understand IT fully; else surely they would
help they need and that We only can give. Many
in the South have had gmpses also but few OF us;
~ any have had the clear wisdom OF our duty and
our opportunity; else. surely. We wonld have been
more ready To help IN every gO0d WORD ana WORK
Heaven pardon our blindness but there has been
80 much smoke of powder and other things that we
could not always see our way. Can anything III the
world be palmer! candy shop cannot succeed III
o hostile community. Much less can school or q
hot nf all no