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been true forall time, that we canhnt mix the
whitcand black rnccs Eot only VIII The race
aniipat!y. iEcNi iinsnishablr as 1t Is, prevent
their mingling, but il iSan impossi5ility from
u purely practical and business point OF view.
The wants of tho white man are more numcr-
OuSand different from those of the negro. lie
work for the same wages, and therefore as q
daily lHborer he cannot compete with the nc
gro. We must have nll negro labor or none,
and if VIC come to the conclusion that nll
white labor is best, then what are we to do
with the negro? Return him to his native
land? which Is neither Christian nor practi.
cable. Educate him until hc is our equal
which is impossible. Or keep HIM as he Is?
These arc questions which the twentieth cell
tury will decide.
For this same reason, viz: because the
races will not mix and labor together as q
unit, immigration is withheld from the South
and many of our young men arc driven from
tn ir sunny homes. AS said before, immi-
grafton, If OF the right Kind, Is the hope OF
this vast country, but what ! complain OF Is
that we are too generous, and while we get
much that is good, we also make America tho
asylum Of all who are banishcd froEl
European countries, and thus inject
into our body polite much If;i.,,. of icy evil
grafton should be regulated and controlled
but even thcn, while we have the nc
gro, it will never come South. Nor is the OBJ
lection solely made by The white man. The
negro has n Scorn and contempt for the white
man who will come down to his level, speak
ing of him as "poOr buclra," "p0Or white
trash," and otherwise showing his entire lack
of respect for him.
That our land is crowded with deserving
young men, mcn of industry, energy and tall
cnt, who can barely make living, and many
OF whom must leave to do so, is undoubtedly
true The professions arc ovcrcrOWdCu. In
merchandise the numerous failures all over
the country show that the merchant who
weathClS the storm must have capital TO back
him. There is little demand for skilled labor,
"a Il nj f hn nrf
than are needed, tie surplus are consumers,
and not producers. G. o. Take my native
town where we have 50 lawyers and business
for about IL. If the business could be done by
II and is divided between -, the remaining II
are consumers and not producers, and the
non producers arc drOnes in business clogs To
society, and stumbling blocks to advance
mcnt and prosperity. The question then
dOy 1t would seem a simple question as sim
ply answered, viz: that there arc thousands OF
uncultivated acres, and all that our young
men have to do is To put thclr hands TO the
country would be strengthened by a vigorous
and prosperous yc0manry. But the trouble
is that our young men do not own the land,
and Us a mere hircliDg cannot compete with
the negro.
Our land is owned, comparatively, by few
who will not part with it except upon terms
that the average young man cannot afford.
On the contrary, to own land makes one
greedy for more. 1t Is 4 significant fact that
from time iinmemorial men have fought for
two things. Revcngcand Land, and men fight
for those things they love best. In former times
all disputes were settled by the arbitranent OF
arms. The tournay was their law court, and
the lance was their defence, the belief being
that God gave him the victory who was In the
right; and all nations from the beginning un.
I'll ncw, have fought for the acquisition OF ter
ritOry.
England, upon whose possessions the sun
never sets, has dyed with gallant blood her
pn whose
to-day beats quick and fast, is but waiting
her opportunity and the rise of another Cor
sican' TO wreak upon Germany the drcst
and bitterest revenge that the human heart
can nourish. In our law courts to-day, men
fight longer and harder for land than all else.
and the same spirit which ncrved the arm OF
the lcudal knight, now sharpcns the wit ana
tongue Of the legal advocatc. Ought our
Government 10 own all the land and parcel
it out? Or. rs Henry George says, ought land
to be as free as air to one and all? The future
must decide these questions.
Gladstone, that great EngliShman, who Is
not in the Pccrasc simply because lie has
no peer within tho borders of Britain, and
around whose untitled head a glory shines in
comparison with which the concentrated luS-
trc of all the crowns and cOroncts Of Europe
is but "tnsclcd gcw-gaw." Gladstone, tho
statesman OF modern times, has proposed q
solution of this question in the recent Land
Bill for ireland, which, as understand it, Is
FOR the Government to buy up all the land oil
ireland and then sell IL 10 the Irish in small
tracts, on reasonable terms and on long time.
His bill was lost, but IL may be The solution
and the forcrunncr Of things to come.
10 Il limited extent we have The curse ol
"LandlOrdism' i'm this country, and in Re
public whose boast is that all men are born
free and equal, the landed estates of tho En-
glsh nobility and the consequent subScrrirnl
tcnantry cannO! be expected nor will II be
toleralcd: but the ownership of large tracts
OF land borders dangerously near The chaSn
Thus our young men are forced to "So west
and we are left with the ubiquitous negro on
our hands.
The Negro as Il Striker.
All the recent writers and speakers on
these labor problems have congratulated
themselves and the country that the negro
never "Str:krS." In this think they are mis-
taken. 1t Is true We have been little troubled
in this way as yet. and so far as the native
negro character is concerned, they are right
but here again lie will not be let alone.
The negro is capable Of the most perfect or
ganiZatipn of any people upon earth, If skill
fully handled. lie is powcrlcSs To crganiZc
himself, but just so soon as the "knightS oi
Labor and other labor unions come South
and they arc beginning now-with their bold
and able leaders. the negro will be organized
to Il man and driven as unit. They do not
think Of consequences but will 90 solid. Sc
cret organizations have peculiar charm for
them, and the means they have Of transmit
ting their knowledge aud OF Keeping 1t inrio
late Is truly wonderful and il will bc but an
easy, and fear, inevitable stage, from labor
unions into politics.
II is amazing to inc that men who have
lived in the South during that awful decade
from from 'Gj To sc, and saw the perfect organ
Zalion Of the negro, how, regardless OF rca
son or consequence, they would go like dumb
driven cattle, as IL solid unit, In an 0rSaniz;l
ton so perfect tLat despite all efforts We
could neither break it up among them, nor
initiate it among ourselves. That men having
seen this can now fear no trouble from them
In this movement, l cannot understand. oar
only hope is that the negro iSa coward, but
anticipate trouble. -,
AS 10 social equality have little fear Tho
scntimrntaliStS may give trouble, hut the in
stinct, the race. antiphthy, cannot be uproot
cd, and as it has prevented amalgamation in
ages past, it il will protect the AnS Slo-SaXor
in ages to come.
Politically, the negro has becn failure In
the past, is II farce at present, and his future
Is IN enigma.
The great, st outrage of modern times, the
greatest poitica! crime that has ever dis
gr:tccd the policy OF any nation, at the time
and under the circumstances, was the eniran
chiScmont OF the negro. Vastly superior IN
numbers, immoral, Ignorant. degraded, III
one hour 10 have the ShacklCS Of slavery
thrown off, and be invested with supreme
political power; the inferior race put ovcl
the superior: ignorance ana vice railing IN
tcliisrncr and virtue; the slave made Master
Only those vino PASSED through that bitterly
hnmiliating decade Will ever know the hail
The dnuntlcs> courage, the devotion to duty
the heroic spirit of southern manhood upon
the field Of battle, has been the theme Of many
IN orator and far he 1t from III" tn dCtract
one iota from such Il priceless heritage.
"Traliion legend. tune and sang.
Shall many ah aye tn t wall pr"l"nS,
Still .r,.ln the size the son shall hear
or the stern strife AMI carnage drrar
OF FlU!drIS fatal field.
When shircrr,. WAS fair Scoland's spear
And broken WAS her shicll.n
while these memories are sacred treasure
ever 10 lic guarded still, the patience, the for
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