The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-10-11

VIC uCSLO HAiA O'SA-SOP S>
man in this country; that in 1890
; at the present rate of increase Of
each race, the two will stand 190,'
! 100000 blacks and 160,0Q0,00C
whites. The Irishman comes here
with shilalah and soon lays it down
for the shovel and the hoe. The
Frenchman comes with police Lit.
erature. They all have something
to bring. But they change and be.
come Americans. The great ques.
! tion is how to make Americans
stand out in bold relief. l like the
Americans. l like the sturdy tramp
of the German. A good deal is
said of him, but the German keeps
on taking sourkraut and succeed
ing. l like the Cinnamon with his
whing, whang, Whung. i like the
negro, for he makes the cotton and
the sugar if you please. You could
not have made the Englishmen do.
cile-and Paddy would have turn
ed the field upside down if you had
tried to make q slave of him.
The redeeming quality in the ne.
gro character is his love of the
right. You do not know one negro
who struck his mistress during the
war. Yet the slaves knew as much
about the problem ss did General
Lee. They knew that the whites
were fighting to keep them in
slavery. I thank God to-day that
my race were so true to their
trusts.
The negro is coming in the
South. He is becoming wealthy,
refined, philosopher. He has not
yet called into question the exis-
tence of God. He is not so big a
fool. He has had a practical dem
onstration of His existence, He
knew nowhere to go. If he looked
to the right there was but a lash,
to the left a rod. The old lady who
sung, "Come near, dear chariot"
hoped to ride away from slavery in
that chariot. 1t was her only hope,
anything to get away.
TIE NEGRo's DESTINY.
The negro has a destiny as
far.reachlng, as deep-sounding, and
up as high as any other race of
men. The money spent in our ed
ucation and for US is simply the
restoration of some money stolen
from US. The negro must educate
himself. The white man cannot
educate the negro. To educate
you must get down into the social
structure. The negro has not be-
gun to think for himself. He is
fiddling away and dancing away
and picnicing, and some of them
don't own the sand in their shoes.
We throw away our money. We
have not got to go where we under
stand relationships. The negro
dresses himself, puts q cigar in his
mouth, and stands on the corner,
arms akimba, thinking he is fine
gentleman, and perhaps has four
weeks unpaid board bill.
You complain that you don't
have a chance. III wanted to be
reporter, I would not ask these men
for a chance. I would 60 down to
that table and write. I don't think
our black faces a hindrance. The
cars 60 just the same. The negro
must cope and sustain his position
in the body social, in the body
polite. | am alarmed at the in
crease Of the negro population my.
self. There isn't a log cabin in the
South but can turn out seven, some
fifteen, all rollicking, sassy" The
whites don't know how to stop it.
1t can't be stopped. God has for
the negro race a destiny. He is to
occupy all the tropics. The white
can't stand it down there. When
the sun goes down he goes out.
We must educate, and when the
negro problem is solved the negro
will take his place among the ma
tions of the world, knowing he has
solved the problem himself.