The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-06-25
e.THE SOUTHERN NEGRO"
A Tribute to the Whites OF the
South.

Under the quoted healing above,
"Parks" has been writing Il series
of letters to the Chicago Times,
detailing the results of his ohserva-
tious while travelling throughout
the South. In letter from New
Orleans dated May 2Sth, he inter-
estingly sums up as follows;
Now, having rejected all theories
so far proposed, you may say that l
ought to set forth what Will hnally
be the relations Of the whites and
blacks. To what condition Will the
Negro arrive in the time OF our
children : To all this the an
swer is easy Nobody knows.
Neither is 1T possible TO forecast
the future with any minutesness
from the present evidence. A Few
points / consider proved. Ii any
thing can be proved beyond doubt
by human testimony aud the agree
ment of all the facts and figures, l
set down the following as things
beyond dispute:
That the colored people OF the
South have progressed IN properly
education and morality that a
large part of this progress is simply
the result of imitation, being great
er where there is ii large and pro-
gressive white population, ana that
wherever the negroes have aoso-
lutte control are almost stationary.
That while the misccgenes ll9ht
enough for the Caucasion blood TO
he noticeable are not more than
one. fourth of the colored, they
certainly include three-fourths OF
the wealthy, talented and progFes-
slve. In other words the percen-
tage of talent for affairs is at least
ten times, and probably forty times
as great among those who nave
most Caucasian blood.
That the political power of the
coIOred race will never again be as
great as it was from 1870 to 1851
| II grows every year more dlthcult
TO bind blacks and miscegnes INTO
one solid mass, and still more dim'
emit to unite them against the
whites. Indeed, the present ten.
dency is to their complete social
and political separation.
That there will be 10 war OF
races. An occasional riot there
will be, no doubt, and in some
localities there may be feuds OF
long standing, but general move
ment of black against white Is an
imp0ssibillty. 80,
OF events barely possible but not
very probable we may mention
these the removal of all tue
wealthy aud intelligent mlscegnes
to Liberia or some other negroes
country: the growth Of IA wealthy
class of colored, who will acquire
social equality with their white
neighbors the establishment OF
two or three black States, with
black delegations in Congress, OF
the complete control of sections ol
other states. All these aud many
other nice things may come to pass
if the millennium holdS OIL Ions
enough. think it far more likely
however. that when the l0wland oI
black belt IS settled entirely by
negroes they will be of less politl
cal consequence than now, and tOa
, these sections will be governed
almost entirely By officials appolnt
ed bv the State, the whites retain
, ing complete control of such state
Indeed. that is substantially tn
; case now. As to the T0urge.
i srgument that the negroes VII
7 increase for another century a
fast as they are reported to hav'
increased from 1870 to 1881,
, seems TO me nonsense. No race cal
: increase faster than the TODD suppl.
\ warrants, and with each inereas
the difficulty of a further increas
is vastly augmented. Alread
, much of the black belt has all th
! uonulatlon it will sustain III CON
: fort. aud even the present tender
cy TO increase is checked by a
:, appalIing rate of infant mortality
= Ii the negroes gain in intelligenc
they will cease to multiply reckless
! ly; if they do not, they can No
\ then increase their present foo
supply, and tamine and pestilent
I will do the work for them. Lls
. other races. they must choo'
between preventive checks ali
positive checks to population. 4
~ present both are operating.
But though we can not know u
. future of our colored people, We
i know that freedom, justice an
+ education will aid to bring the be
results. Be the outcome good
: i'll. il will certainly have ia 1t mol
:, OF good, because of the gener
n education of the young negroe
5 And here / can lay aside CRITICS
- aud speak with instituted praise
II the action of the new men Of Il
N south. may challenge all histol
to show another instance whel
the ruling race voluntarily tax.
!. itself TO the tull extent OF
= capacity to educate peasantr
= = The universal sentiment OF q