Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-11-17

the South. There is only one way in which
there can be change to a condition Of
things that viii satisfy these intense
fanatics on the question of the persecu.
ton Of the negro. And that is when his
intelligence Is equal to his self protection.
1t viii take years to do it, and with the freed
slave it may never come to pass, but his
children who are reapiEg the benefit of the
free school system of the South
will represent the necessary essentials of
intelligence to demand and command, not
only respect, but equal rights before their
white brethren in all that interests or con-
Germs them.
In commenting on this new agitation,
which is the apparent Outcropping of Re-
publican political disappointment, the
Richmond dispatch of Friday, in an article
headed, The Negroes of the South" states
the case fairly 1t SAYS:
1t seems to be almost impossible for
Northern man, however intelligent, who
has not spent some time in the South, to
understand the real relations existing be-
tween the whites and the blacks of this Sec
tion. The New York Times has no wish
to do injustice to Southern men, and vet in
its issue OF yesterday we read what here fol-
lows, to wit:
No doubt the negroes have been extern
Siyely assured that Democratic success in
the country at large would involve their dis
fraBchiSement if not their reinstatement"
I'VE are bound to say, however, that the
Gistrust of their white neighborS which the
blacks of the Sonth entertain, and which
such newspapers as those we cite are try
ing to emove, is feeling discreditable to
the whites, Its existence shows that the
stories that used to be told when slavery
still prevailed of the contentmei.t Of the
slaves and their affection for 'heir masters
were all untrue, and also that no successful
effort has been made by the whites since the
war 70 conciliate the negroes.
"AcCOrding to Southern newspapers, the
negro will take political advice from a
northern political adventurer much more
readily than from the white neighbors
among whom his life has been passed.
There is no ''diStrust OF their white neigh
borS' entertained by the blacks, except such
as results from ignorance. The kindliest
relations exist between the two races, with
rare exceptions. Of course there is about
election times more or less diStruSt shown
But whenever q negro desires to be- assisted
in any manner-wheGerCr he Is in trouble
of any ySort-whencyer he is threateue! with
1Ccuniary disaster, or with arrest Tor an OF,
fence against the law, he at once calls for
the help Of his ''old master. or OF some OF
the Younger members OF the family. In
many places the negroes still address the
whites as Mars Tom Mars vii" etc,
etc. Yet not one in o hundred Of these
very negroes will vote for Mars Tom or
Mars Will" Why not? Because their
late masters were rebels against the Gov
ernment which set them free, and they can
not diyest themselves of the fear thar Dem
Ocratic success might result in their re-en-
slavement 1t is 8 foolish apprehension
which they cannot rid themselves of, never
having recognized the difference between
the Republican party and the United States
Government, and being regularly assured
lust before every election, and by United
States officials in uniforms, that il the Dem
Ocrats elect their nominee for President OF
the United States (or other otices) the ne
groes will be remanded iuto slavery.
Another reason why the negroes will not
vote the Democratic ticket is that the pem-
ocrats candidly tell them that they cannot
and will not allow them to send their chill
drcn to the same schools with the white
children, whilst they are also told Oy Repub-
licau vote seekers that in Republican, States
Of the North, such as Massachusetts, negroes
and whites 90 to the same schools.
The Times may rest assured that the
Whites and the negroes Of the South will
have no troubles hereafter.