The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-02-05

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made TO their ignorance, to their preju
dices, to their cupidity, to all their base
qua litIes, not as ambitious politicians d,
In the North. and there is grave DANCE
"' thus inaugnrating general sweep al
no'itical decentralization in both races
The Southern people possess just the
same human nature that any other people
possess. They are likely TO be just q,
ampili"us aud as mean in promoting
mean ambition AS the average American
F"iitlc'an i'll every section nf the coun
try, and with an immense colored vote
nearly equalling the whites in all the
States, and superior in numbers IN South
Carolina and Mississippi, and in the
lowest strata of ignorance, idiencss and
superstition. what must he the harvest oi
the obliteraIion Of the race liae in Snu,h
ern politics? This il the most serious
race problem the Srui;. has ever attempt.
ed To solve, anG >hnre the arprclen
sion of the more intelligent Southern
people that the last stage Of the race
issue will be vastly worse than any OF
the past.
THE NEGRO NORTH AND SOUTH.
There is much unreasonable miscon-
cepton in the North of the relative
condition of the blacks in the North and
IN the South. The prejudice of caste is
Just equally strong in both sections of
the country. The black man can no
more sit at the table of the most blntant
Republican in the North than he can sit
ut the table of his old master in the
South. The same social laws govern all
peoples. and they are inimutable. Poll.
ticlans theorize differently in election
campaigns, but there their theory ends.
The prejudice of race is tive fold stronger
IN the North than i'm the South. The
Northern people have no love for the
black man, and even thnae who bnttied
for his freedom and enfranchisement. as
rule, cheri.h vastly mure profound
prejudice of race than do the Southern
people. While the North maintains its
deep prejudice of race, the people of the
South have general and strong sympa.
thy for the negro. Nearly all of them
have played with the negro in childhond,
have been nursed by the black "mama,"
AMI have grown up with more or les.
affection for them. Classify it in yba,
type of affection you may, it is none the
less an affection that tempers the hard,
unyielding prejudice nf race that prevails
80 s'' As"eh. nc ulSlIHCttju UetWPPn
the Northern and Southern people on
the race question will prepare the public
mind i'll the North for the dissipation of
another unfounded sectional r judice that
is deeply rooted there. The educational
facilities for the blacks are better in the
South to day than they are in the North.
in proportion to. the facilities prnffere,l
to all. South. Carolina employs and pays
out OF the State Treasury more black
teachers than are employed in all the
States of the North, and Alabama EN-
pihys ,lCO colnred male teachers and
500 cnlored female teachers. And they
provide the best means for fitting the
c"lnred people for teaching. The nor
NAL schonls for whites and blacks in both
Alabama and South Carolina are exactly
equal, and The treasury Of State is large.
ly drawn upon to qualify the colored race
for teaching itself. North Carolins,
G' orgia Mississippi and indeed most ni
the old slave States. each sustain more
colleges for the bucks than d, Pennsyl.
vania or Massachusetts and Just az
ednt a,i"nn facilities have increased for
the whites, whether in common or normal
schools or in colleges, they have heen
equally increased tor the blacks 20 fur rs
Slaie appropriations l.nve aided them.
In Georgia The co'nred University ranks
with the white University. and even in
Mississippi, presumably the most Bur.
bon Of Snu,htrn States, the Siate does
much more iuv the collegiate education,
nf the black race than does Pennsylvania.
! have heard Southern men complain ni
many features o: their local governments,
but have yet to hear the first one 10
complain OF the equal education Of the
two races. And what is true in the
matter of education is equally true of
the rccogniticn Of the black race in
Southern politics. ] found fur colOred
Democratic members in lhe South Car"
lima Legislature, nominated and elected
mainly by white vOies, and in Mobile
and New Orleans the black policeman.
appointed by Democratic authority, il
met on every street, and has worn the
Insignia Of police power fni years before
a Democratic mayor in Phi.ac elphia first
recognized the colored voter as eh,itled
To wenr the star and blue. In South
Carolina alone there are more black
Democrats in representative .tfices than
there are black OF all parties in all the
States Of the North. Pennsylvania and
Philadelphia, where the black voters
hold the balance OF power in both city
aud State, could not elect colored man
10 the Legislature ar to any other honor
able or lucrative office, in the stronges,
Republican district but South Carolina
Democrats elect him to office, with all
the lingering prejudices nf the relation
Of master ard slave. The in;a.Iigemi
and dispasSionate Northerner who closely
observes the relations os the two race.
North and South, is forced to confess tha,
with all our hUasted superior devotion to
the black race, and with aii eur ns-aii';s
upon The South for the oppression of the
blacks, the negro ia better treuted by the
South than by the North. regret to
make such confession; but it Is the
plain truth that we theorize about the
elevation of The black race with little
practice in accord with our teaching,
while the South theories little on the
subject and practices more than it :eaci,
es in tho considerate care Of the enamel
pated slaves.-Letter Of Col 4. X. Nc.
Cure to Philadelphia Times.
Dying In Strange Positions.