Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-13
HIS DESTINY.
Eni Arp ON the Cscs and Ends Of the Ne
gro.

Eni Arp ON the Uses and Ends of the Me-
gro.
Cartersville, Ga, January l0.-I
don't know anything for certain about
the origin of man or the unity of the
human race, hut do know for certain
that there Is not very much unity now,
II all the folks In the world did spring
from one man and his wife, they have
split up and vnriegated alarmingly,
and il takes n power of faith TO believe
In that sort Of doctrine. Ii Is more
reasonable 10 belive that when the
white man was created so was the ne
gro and the Indian and the heather
Chinee, and perhaps dozen more
varieties Of the same genus, and they
all ect into multiplying and filling up
the territory, and the white race got
ahead because ii was the snartest
10y nature, and the Niger kept behind
because be was the biggest fool There
seems to be just ~ much difference bc-
tween the races OF men AZ in the races
OF dogs or sheep or cattle or birds or
any other animals.
The darkey Is "a curious problem
with us down south. We know him
and understand him, but the conun.
10 become OF him. His state OF slavery
didn't solve IL, and sixteen years OF
freedom has thrown no light upon il.
The experiment Of educating him has
been fairly tried and Is failure.
Before the war there were l40
whites in the Georgia peniten-
tiHry and only 40 negroes; now there
are $50 whites aud li00 negroes. and
the records show that over 100 of
them are under 30 years OF age and
more than half Of them can read and
write. Nearly oil the old negroes who
were trained 10 industry and good
morals are still law.abiding citizens and
give us no trouble, but the next gen.
Grafton, 10 whom freedom came In
their early youth, have relapsed into
all the vices Of their forcfnthers In AT
rica, and are fast becoming a curse
upon our land Negroes have their
traits aud instincts as well defined as
the Indians or the Esquimaux or the
heather Chinee. The Indian
loves .he woods and has graf
itnde aud revenge largely developed,
but the negro has neither. He will
Fear You and respect you, but he will
never bo grateful 10 you, not will he
seek revenge for any mnltrcatment
lie Is lazy and indolent by nature and
does not concern himself about to-
morrow If lac has enough TO eat to-day
lie spends all he gets for the veries
triiles aud always enjoys what hoget,
for his money. He lays upnothnl
for u rainy day, or for old ago, or lol
his children. lfhois too lazy To work
or can't get employment, he has nc
hesitation about stealing enough tc
Ia II L.. III
nature To steal and Ii,
can't help ii, They will &C
TO meeting and sing and shout and
pray and sweat till L. O'clock on Sat
urday night, and steal enough before
day 10 do them all day Sunday. Steal
ing neither violates their conscience
nor their religion. but the negro will
not steal any big thing. He would
not rob n bank. IT he found pocket.
book full of money he would take Il "a
some white man and give IL up, but h,
will take u half dollar from the
drawer, or melon from the patch, or q
chicken from the roost with perfect
impunity. He will buy all YOU will
sell him on n credit. When not under
the restraint OF fear he will CRAFTY
his iusts nj any cost, and since his
freedom his commission of the name
Less crime has increased n hundred
fold. lie has Il more wholesome fen,
at y whipping than OF the chuin-ganp
or the Jail, or even the gallows, nnG
there are numerous instances of hi.
committing theft within week afte,
serving out his time In the coal mine,
for u similar oilense,
THESE are some of the traits OF th,
negro, but they are more strongl,
marked In the black, thick-lip
ped, ilat-nosed negro than in til,
congo or coppor-colored type o
the race, The latter are nior
Intelligent and more reliable. On,
tllihg we nave long observed NJ In,
South The nearer la contact the nerr
tsbrought 10 the white man the bette,
citizen he is. The immediate intiu
cncc of the white race Is better for him
than all the laws or the terror of them
In fact II Is his best protection, and il
isall that will save him from utter de
struction as race. He naturally lean,
upon the white man for protection and
advice, and Is never so happy as when
IN his employ and under his domin.
ion ana the richer his employer tn,
more respectable he feels, for he has 4
supreme disgust for what he ALWAYS
terms the poor white trnshi
Of the country. BY "close contact
we mean that relation to the whit,
man which is partially confidential
and brings them to;cthger almost con.
tnually, such rs exists between our
honsehould and domestic servants,
the stable boy snd carriage driver, the
dnymen OF the cities and towns and
the walters at the hotels. The tenants
ana iaoorers ON our farms are ON this