The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-03-15
me Negro Question.

Special to the Courier Journal.
WAaH1sGror. March 6.-senaaor George 81
Mississippi, closed his speech on the anti-Chit
nese bin today with III following words re-
gardingthe possibilities Of the race trouble in
Ind South
The time may. il is not here nav. when the
relations OF an lther race to am rIcan citfzen-
ship must be- Is ali other qassti,ls ought 4,
Be. discussed in the like spIri4. In the mean
time, Will diseha- glng our futy freely IN ed
ucating hat race into q proper discharge Of
their duties as American citizens. advancing
them to their full capacity, il viii also be our
duty to observe with care and impartiali:y
/ the experiments OF African citizenship. No
maa shalt strive harder than | will 70 make
the experiment susc ssfui. and no man viii be
more rejOieed Ii find in the end ii shall be all
that those who ini4iaeed if--shaIl b. sincere.
Ali that | ask for the white people of the South
on this snbieet is what am willing 10 grant
and believe majority Of this body is willir :
20 grant The waite people OF the Pacific
States, that their testimony, their experien :
/ aud their Judgment shall not be disreg4F
in a matter deeply affecting their welfare
| The Constitution was ordained and established
/ BY white men as they themselves declared in
lis preamble 70 secure the blessing of liberty
to ourselves and 10 our posterity. and | can
| not doubt that tais great pledge thus solemn
/ Is given, will be as fully redeemed in favor OF
the white people Of the South. Shoull occa-
sion for action arise. and as / stanI on my
part and on their behalf to redeem this day in
| favor Of the white people Of the Pacific States
/ by my votes 10 project them gainss degrad-
| ing and destructive association with the Infe-
rior race now threatening o oYerrun Them.
Below present several extr acts from the
speech of Senator Jones (Rep) of Nevada, in
which he undertook to explain the relations
between the white and the black races in the
South, andthe effect of the latter upon the pro-
gress Of the former:
Mr.. Jones spoke of Whist he called the
deartn of intellectual activity in tbs South in
every department but one-that Of politics.
This was because OF the presence of the seryile
race there. The absence of Southern names
in the Patent Office is an illustration. We
would not welcome Africans here. Their
presence was not blessing to US, but an i'm
pediment in our way. The relations of the
white and colored races of the South were now
no nearer adjustment than they were years
ago. lie would prophecy thar the African
race would never be permitted io dominate
any State Of the South. The experiment to
that end had been a dismal failure failure.
not because we have not tried to make it a
success, but because laws away above human
laws have placed one race superior to and far
above the other. We clothed the African in
Union blue and the belief that he was Que day
to be free from the can1le-light in his SOU.
But it is one thing to aspire TO be free aud au-
other thing to have intelligence and sterling
qualities OF character that can maintain
free government. Mr.. Jones here expressed
his belief thar, If left alone TO maintain gov
eminent, the negro would gradually retro
grade and 90 back to the methods of his ances-
tors. This, he added may be heresy but be-
lieve it to be true. It, when the FIRST shpload
OF African slaves came to this country the be-
lief had spread that they would be the cause
of political agitation and civil war, and the
future had been foresaen would they have
been allowed to land How much Of this coun-
try woulI now be worth preserving if the
North had been covered by the Africans. as is
South Carolina to-day. In view of their non
assimlative character. the wisest policy would
have been to exclude them at the outset.