New-York tribune., 1884-11-28

thsn 4 wss upon the day WHOM emancipation took
enoot. This tendency toward separate hars
tiou of Interest feeling and action as We navV
already must IN oil economic ana socia,
aspects grow stronger aud more marked with eacn
suceeel,nc year The relation OF master ana T asr-
want is rapidly becoming thing Of the past Inc
son of the slave sas nothing of the feeling OF prvy
aud Familiarity with the sol OF ths nasier wncn
ex lated betwaen master aud slave. Mafso ON
SON has little or none Of the feeling for" the pey
Jobus" child which his father had Tor John n't'i- I'M
self; and when another generation comes on @ WIS
relation of confidence and dependence VIII )econo
almost entirely obterated, and fne I
slave will have sort of confidential of ian,ilar iaa
relation with the grandson of the MASTER H. indeeu'
DIVISION of sentlincut. independent religious or
ganizations, separate schools, no mutual com, com,
munlty of interest, and ths lmpa'Sagh,e them-,sii
those Influences act upon every nav iuu"i
Of each race. and 10 Is ~ reasonable 10 expect
butterfly to make hoadway asanst, ns South
will pass the celor-nc. Ihe issues wnlvn ",.i ~
parties may apparently have no connec."m, T," ION
tho question OF color. race or previous o9nai,'oi.
hut tho intellectual development oil the indis %
the contrasting races has beon s9en tnav u, & .no
main each Will agree with quo ass G oi ta of iaht
inherited prejudice tho sentinent geheiia.'u 'i 10y us & @
oo-occupancy tho soil by unassiuiiaoi9 races arc
morally certain to produce this result fOntician'
NAV scheme and thoorizc and lis ~ much ~ they
choose: tho fact will remain and must remain is II
has for too last twenty Years. snrp,Se " tho in
hueuces of the past element In shaping the
future destiny OF these States
In Wow of all the facts that have been presented
IL must be evident even to "A chds comprehension
that tho political contest between the wh.e .;a anu
colured races at the South instead ot being tnin9
of the past. has only just begun. ne negro. 'hsca'
Of having boon forever banlsied from na'lohai poll
ties has only just entered there as po.oh VI hnn
important factor. 1t matters not how cenpio.e
may be his present exclusion from participation VI
public affairs. the tlno must come when bne hioI"
preponderamco of numbers must overpower the pres,
80 nt all
1t NAV 90. In five OF the states this the
cannot Ion be deferred. In three more II Ia almost
certain to come within "a quarter or century
Shall these forces be hd5m0ntzcfor continue W ahuyon
ism Shall Ms oac9n3 b. peasfM o. vsOseat' ""a
ritl our myid i-minded Cesar decree Y
The element Of Southern life the study Oh which
6s the author with feelings Of depression, Is the
literacy OF the people of both races. He demon
stratos by the census tables that these masses OF
population which nature aud wonderful sequence
of events have arrayed against each other In seeli-
ipcly unavoidable antagonisn are likely to be pre-
cipitsted into conhct by the folly and incoh-
sderat prejudice Of vast bodies OF the Ignorant anu
reckless OF both races. lie says
Even with population entirely honoeenleonI,,
without any distinction OF race or On 'e W nisuip
the pij'ip peace uf sueiai hartDhy, sheh pretphi
nance uf ignorance IA Ia found IA these states wvnhh
bp an element uT the utnost danger 40 any iepnplc.
Ia thjs "a "a however, W. have thass ni ainfhn'e
anio0HtlDs ia Az per cent ~ the whule pop lttuh
uver tan yeats old, eiapusea LARGELY ~ hnt'uns
recently eAanepi.ed Iieh slavery, liNima u'i% we
traditions Ut ipfpflufitY snlleet ~ al Tie asAaVa
lion an insult which aIaea botstfh OF lts slph.ie
Ity wouid naturally 0nef Ana aide Nv siHe WIN
this wa ayn u uiass OF Ignorance lust 40 olist til
lar more hopeless hecause tho spui ~ ahhitpn nae
long snoe been buntei ~ their natules,,-thp en''.
rani whites of the south. amounting Ia 70 per cont
of the adult white population IN many o the tates
Ietweou these two masses oil lgn0fanee ths innate
hostility of race and caste exists Win an ihtohslty
that no Northern man can measure Ihey arc wv"
great clouds upon the horizon OF our clvililatio'
ch.Sged with electric forces, ready TO hash iorth
and destroy each other at any moment when some
unfortunate occasion may bring them into hostile
collision.
The possibility of educating these mssses OF lsno-
rance white as well black, and in that way dis
arming prejudice and organizing political opinion
gives hun the strongest hope of the future of the
South.