The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-02

In the January number Of the Gen.
fury magazine, Mr.. George w. Cable,
the emmihent novelist and essayisi,
published an article on the negro
question. His admirers, and there
are few mon men in the country fa-
miliar with the best current litera-
ture who are not his admirers, were
shocked to see him take position on
that question totally at variance with
that of the people for whom he as
sumed to speak. Yielding to senii-
mentalism and swept on by the tide
of his own exuberant fancy and grace
full eloquence, Mr.. Cable took stand
far in advance even of the most radi-
cal of the New England school of sem
timentalists. Indeed he was so car
ried away by his advocacy of the
cause OF the ex-slave that he plainly
charged bis fellow-citizens of the
south with concerted effort to de-
prive the negro of his social aud civil
rights, by such frauds as violence and
evasion of the laws. Having bolster
ed this statement by the unfair cita.
| ton of few Isolated cases of gross
injustice, such, as We are panied tc
admit, do happen now and then, Mr..
Cable proceeded to suggest his rene
dy. Had 1t been his intention to pro.
pose remedy unfriendly to the ne.
gro, certain Of rejection and impossi
bic of execution, he could moi
have succeeded better. His prop
osition was nothing short o
the abolition of the coloi
alignment which now distin
gnishes the entire social fabric of the
south. lie would throw down th,
barriers that now divide the races
mix them in schools, theaters, etc.
and invite anew the attempt to fore,
tho social mingling which proved Sc
signal failure during the days of re-
construction. Mr.. Cable WAS not a
all frightened by the logical ultima
tum of his ideas-miscegcnation. Hi
imagination SO practicod in the inven
ton of beautiful romanccs had evi
IDENTIFY gotten the better of his judge
ment, for he professcd a belief tha
sooner or later there would be gen
eral adoption of his views.
Revolving and in monstrous viola
ton of the spirit of our most cherish
ed institutions, the publication of Mr.
Cables article was met with an earn.
est protest from all quarters of the
south. In the current number of the
same magazine Mr.. Henry Grady, OF
the Atlanta Constitution, makes O
calm and argumentative reply, which
we cordially commend to all readers
of the EXAMINER. The eloquent
pleading and warped sentiments OF
the novelist are more than matched
by the logic of the journal.
ist who by training and talent
is vastly more fit to deal understand
ingly with such questions. To give
an idea of Mr.. Grady's views upon
the vexed problem we extract the
following. Referring to the race in
stinct that forbids social intermin-
Cling and finally. miscegenation, Mr..
Grady said; at is the pledge of the
integrity of each race, and of peace
between the.races. without it there
might be breaking down of all lines
ofdivision and thorough intcrmin-
Cling of whites and blacks. This once
accomplished, the lower and weaker
elements ofthe races would begin to
fuse and the process of amalgamation
would have begun. This would mean
the Reorganization of society. An
internecine war would be precipitat-
ed. The whites al auy cost and at
any hazard would maintain the clear
integrity and dominance of the An.
glo-Saxon blood. They understand
perfectly that the debasement of their
own race would not profit the hum
BILE and sincere race with which their
lot is cast, and that the hybrid would
not gam what either race lost. Even
If the yigor and the volumcn of the
Anglo-Saxon blood would enable il
to absorb the African current and
after many generations recover its
own strength and purity, not all the
powers of the earth could control the
unspeakable horrors that would wait
upon the slow process OF clariilca-
tion.p