New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-04

cause IL was white but only and always when IL was I'M
sound In this doctrine. His p,r has nsve- besn purely
black marty In fact or principle Tho solid biack Vote
Is only BY outside pressure solidned ABOUT pe'pc VI
American liberty which is ITSELF against sodty ana oe
stroys the political sody OF classes wherever IL mas ~
play But the solid white vote"-which Is not ''a pS
including alI whites but because no coioreo ma" con
tyuIv enter Its ranks much les its councils wtoue ao
ecn,,ny an solid white vote
IL solid not by outside pressure but by nnerehe prp
Solid twice first In each State from nhoere n"
OF self preservation solid In keeping the oh seVc c
by arbitrary classification, servle; and then so"u 's
10 tel, e,yue NJ Southern States around the assumed
right Of each state separately to postpone true anu com
pete emancipation as long as the fear remain. "' ~,
full American uJery- this aud no more-o all ahe, uo
freedman Would himself usurp the arbitrary ao''"'~'"
now held over him and plumber and destroy society
So then the Southern question at It's root Is simply
whether any real ground Sufficient 70 justly ~
fear and the attitude taken against IT, only remove ~
fear which rests majority OF the whoie "nvo oo
despite all iu splendid, well Proved courage ana inc au
ton Of right and in morals VIII vanish along WIZ"
the notion Of necessity
whoever attempts to remove this apprehension must
meet II In two forms First feor Ct hopeless wreck Oh
public government by complete supremacy OF inc V"'
mass and second fear OF yet moro drcaorui WYNN "
private society in a deuge Of social equality
Now, as to public government, the freedman ,s
may said to his mistakes has never sno"h Oh s'I.e
oil preference for anarchy. Had he such pen' h0
have betrayed something OF IL when our CIVIL war one
ma wide An opportnty for It's indulgence a. any millions III
bondage ever had He has shown at least as prompt e
for peace and order any lower million ever
The Vices said be his in inordnae degree are oy sun
as always with degradation and especially WIN VIC
GRADED STATING. and when Reconstruction years. ne
held power make and unmake laws AMID all MS uesi%
dation, all the efforts to coniine him stli 10 ai s'
serve status and all his vicious specai iegsia~o' W
never removed the penalties from anything that inc worm
n, large calls crime Neither did no ever show any
serious disposition establish race rule Inc whoo
spirit OF his emancipation and enfranchsement ano ms
whole struggle and is to put race rule OIL al 'o'
under foot and up the common rule or All. Inc ic
n, anarchy I'm the Southern states then, is only that per-
feetIy and largely excussbe fear that oose o
upper ranks society everywhere ana oio'h
tempts commit inequitaDle usuFpaIohs' anu '
fear of which amount of power or privilege eSof r'''
,hemtho fear that stupid, tho destitute ana the
v,eos Will combine AGAINST and rule by sheer weight
| of numbers .,
Majority rule is an unfortunate term In that It falsely
implies this very thing; It's mission in human d.
fairs f. TO remove precisely this DANGER In fact minority
always rules At IL always can All tho great n'a
orty ever strives is tho power TO choose by wha anu
what kind Of minority IL shall De ruled "na' 'NA'
choosing majority shall consist Of and hence the WISDOM
and public safety choice Will depend mainly upon inc
attitude Of those who hold against the power Of mere mum
bers greater powers OF Intelligence OF VS1' et
estimate an arbitrary right TO rule ana say no sha T y
the lower clements OF society VIII be bound togeer ~
lust sense OF grievance ana well grounded
dt.G tie b SG while I1s ss will be attended by
In uucuuntel enormous losses, moral ali ~
Seahy cnnan The courage American fathers to
claim all common political ar eq ~ aga M ree s
ercnco government by the consent oil an ao1enfv AM
reaei 70 Without respect OF persons then ignQraee ugo
tuition AMI vice VIII not combine 10 maH9 ve tb
Very principle Of dsntegra9n Without eEe o OpI Iast
lmg pr,yeTs OF cohesion The minority always may RUE.
H. need meyer rug o Dy Se. Of the Revolution
community in America ina. has oI1 sluaie'y anu 0"'
hs is asserted With all the terrible mlsrule OF Recon- oI
strueu1n hstorv came not by reign Of equal rights
ani ma orty rule huI through an attempt TO Establish snv
region involved held sincerely seadfasty ana despeI
a nr ye sgas and class domination The Reccnstueon
party even with all It's taxing, ste3ng anu as dereey
against it, principles against IT'S bad practices
aud i,erate Of both races welcomed and cherished The
them still both systems with ,he master class conysed
belief In their use and necessity me history OF M
construction dspsslonatey viewed Is ii' tiupAi n
proof that all our American scheme needs 70 MAE" ~
hna ar b neople Win one common and be-
tween high 1ife and low combine. in civil matters
1ga% sar fna vice the Ines n race % any
private RANK or o SGus,nds in tho Southern States
would promptly coneede all this IN theory eSy ana b
practice nus Tor .nS secIht Ot rnpson Of the races in
private society followed by and mG G Ss s0 be
shown to empty fear, our Southern problem cannot
CIvIr. EQUALITY AND SOCIAL EQUALITY.
Tho nero ambiguity Of here has cost much loss
Tho double meaning OF the words soeiar ana society
seems been real drawback on the progress u
political Ideas among the white people OF he sou'n'
clear and definite term civil equality they have made
svnonymous with the very vague and Indefinite term
social equality and then turned and totally msapped IL
to the secret domains of private society III the idea OF
civil equality had rightly such application their nor
would certainly be Just 10 torced prlVd,o So ,t
quality the rest world has the same aversion but
IL knows and feels such thing is as impossible In
fact as It in thought Americans In gen.
| bv
makes no such proposal bears no such results ihey
know that public socetyciv socety-comprises one as
tinct group mutual relations and private society en-
tlrev another that 1t Is simply and only eVil TO con-
fso the two They see that public society comprises all
those relations impersonal unseectlVe ana III
which all men, OF whatever personal Inequality, shouu
stand equal They recognize that private society Is .'
opposte hemisphere that is personal seectVe dssor
Two ignores civil equality without violating IT, and forms
itself entirely upon mutual private preferences ana ann
tiles They agree that civil status has OF right no specs
value in private society," and that their private soca'
status rightly special value In their puDc soca-
o their merely authorizations. Even the Southern
freedman perfectly clear on these points ana Nor.herh
minds are often puzzled know why the whites OF our
Southern States almost alone should be beset by con-
fusion ideas that costs them all the tremendous ocr-
ences spiritual and material between state OF truce
and state Of peace 80
But the matter very natural explanation Slavery
was both public and private. domestic well a CIVIL By
the plantation system the members or tho master class
were ant constantly brought into closer contact "lth
slaves than with their social equals The defensive Inc
OF prvae society in Its upper ranks was an achuaeo
one hence constant, well grounuen rear 's
social confuson-for we may cast asce the term soca
oouov- as preposerous-ba social confusion would Dc
wrought by tie powerful temptation OF close ana conhua
contact between two she upper powerful and bold
the under helpless and sensual and neither one socially
responsible to other either publicly or privately
had already brought the confusion Of race and
corruption society in the West Indies and In Mexico
and the only escape from similar fate seemed To ou
Southern to be to annhiiate and forget the
boundaries between public right and private choice aS
| treat tho appea.dnce anywhere Of any vlslDy o
African tncture and visiby servant as an assaul
upon purity OF private society to be repealed on th
instant without question Of law authority as one wout
fight Now under slavery though conicssedy lnale
quate. this ser all the only way ana an thst th
Southern States have overlooked Is that TN
conditions changed and that this policy has becoin
unspakaby than useless They point To sor!sty