The Dawson journal., 1883-03-22
The Negro PrOmlem.

'sprIng of woes unnumbered. Our |
civil war, with its attendent horrors,
and long dark train of consequent
tia, evils was waged fer him. On his |
account billions uf dollars have been
expended. thousands Of lives la g been
sacrificed, and countless nj Ions of
tears havs been shed. It was indeed
bla"k lav in the annals nf this country
when the first : ave- ship touched our
shores. On that fatecil day wer
wn the seeds of harvest Of woe
whose magnitude We canuot measure II
compete.
At this late day it Is seldom denied
hat slavery was the real and saosts,n-
tal cause of tie war between the
States When the Repubican 1arty
came into pow in S6i, the South
seeded upon the alleged ground TIA,
that party, in defiance of The coustitu-
ton, was threatening to encroath up
on the ''r served righ's' of the States.
This euphonious and high sounding wa,
of stating the case did rot, and rannot,
disguise the real issue The Repnb-
Ecan party threatened only one right
claimed by the cll izens Of the seeding
States. That was the right 10 own
slaves The Son;he,n leaders saw
that the time had lily come, or was
near at hand. whel they must decide
betw ea the advant yes of slavery on
the one hand aud the advantage OF
Union on The other f'hoy chose the
latter alternative and that choice
plunged the nation in war
Had tqe troubles traceable to the
negro ceased with the wr, would
have been bad enough in all cons cience
But the war merely emancip ted the
negro. it did nos remove y IN from oar
midst On his account. therefore, the
nation wa, made 10 pass Though that
shameful period Of confusip4 ,orrnp
tion aud lawles-ne~s known ani dis
tnguishrd AS he rccoa NC ion era. ,
1lFbf : h'u"t w S+ttitbVN dtl bF6l tlC
country for his protection. and the
bail Z beg mus. b surrounded with
hayouets for his benefit.
But the end is not yet. After the
lapse of twenty years Of freedom. the
problems growing out of me- 70 ci izen-
ship are still unsolved More than
TIL let TIE most ooarp-sieh'ed peer
never So tar into the future aud he can
see no solution Of thes" p'ob,ems
The negro population is a perpetual
Incubus upou the progress aud devel-
opmert of the South. In her every
effort to rise he hangs npon her neck
with the depressing weight OF mill
stone. His presence among US com
plicates aud corrupts our politics, de
grades labor and deranges car iadus
triai system, and in the remote future
threaten our social order with the hor-
ror ST miscegenation.
The BaturaI conclusion from what
preced $ is, that as the negrJ las cans
ell so much tror BILE Id the past and
promises so much in the future, ihe
safest c0uiSe and the only course that
will work complete relief is % let him
depart IN peace Itsis needless to tenn
porl or experiment with half way
measures. In surgery ampuiatiou is
alwa thing of the last esort, but
severe as it is and repGenant as it is, it
is better 10 lop off diseased member
than to expose the whole bod to gan
creme and death The lncalculahie
evil and bluoder of bringi = the negro
here can only be rcmed;ed and undone
By taking him away. Let the nation
provide the negro a suitable home in
the United States or elsewhere, furnish
Enn with transportation tnither aud f.
fer him every reasonable encourage
meDt and iBducen, Mt for going. How
ever costly such course my he, iu
'he end it will prove to be tie cheap
est and the best.
Many humane and Sentimental peo
pie will doubtless denouuce this nro-
position as being unjust to the poor
negre himself 1t is 20 be o. served
that do not advocate the fufcibl. ex-
pnlsion of the negro race They were
brought here against their viii and
' without any fault on their part; and
so long as they desi to remain they
should be permitted to do so in peace.
But beliving as / do, that making
tiem full feJged citizens in the midst
Of / white race is contrary to the order
of nature and Providence, am com
PEELED to think that this uuastural state
Of things is against the true inter
ests Of ali parties concerned, and
the sooner this monstYous uaion is dis
solved the better. 1t is a van at
tempt to unite what God has clearly
put asunder.
" hat has :he negro to look forward
10 as a citizen Of his country! There
is considerable zeal in certain ar.clg
now to educate him. But the more
intelligent he becomes the more keenly
will he fe> the humiiation Of h4 con-
ditlon "a condition of nomina "quai.y
but real 8ubordna;ion. He must
erpetually be brought into competition
with those who are his anpcriors and
who viii regard his upward pre-! !ress
with Jealous opposition. He is per
mltte0 TO vote bot not 10 be elected
1t will require a century of progress
and achievement on his part to efFace
the memory Of the fact that he was
ouco slave. Better far for him that