The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1888-06-12

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dear, the white man brooded over
his losses. He determined that his
humiliation should not be deepened
by allowing his former slave to be
his social and political equal, and
aid in making laws for his govern
ment He resisted by force in some
cases; BY threats and indirectlon iii
others; and often BY State laws pass
ed in his own interest Federal laws
were unavailing. Even where there
was FEDERAL Or State law that
might favor the black man and was
sustained by the courts, there was
no public sentiment behind either
that could enforce it There IS
whole empire Of questions in our do
mestic concerns that statute law
cannot reach, and where natural
laws are supreme and govern. In
the fercest civil war, ID the long
night of battle and blood which
hung over the land, when the liberty
of the negro was in the balance, his
conduct was marked by no act of
violence or revenge, and he remained
the true, tried, and trusted friend of
his master and his family, who were
fighting to hold him in slavery.
There is nothing in all history equal
to this example3of affection, forbear-
ance, and charity, on the part Of
whole race. This splendid fact
should stand out as a bond between
the two races, and It's hoped, in
time, will be gentle memory that
withdraw them closer together. The
two races have known each other for
two hundred years. The South
needs the black man. The white
man lid the South could not get Oh
we'll without him. They understand
each other, and generally agree 81
all but social and political ques
tions' Already there is bitter
feeling between the races. The ne.
negro is making substantial progress
in education and lin the accumiIlk-
ton Of property.
The negro, not equal in intelli
gence and education to the white
man, being constantly associated
with him, looking to him for guild
ance in local concerns, seeing n him
The model after which ~ 4 "a shfp6
his own adEon1eucnt generally
obliged To rely upon him for employ
ment and the. means 81 gaining
snbDibfeI e u Is " "a .A8 me-
goes Qn, that he should be largely
influenced BY the white man, even ID
matters of nnlical eoncefne
There should be the same law over
both South and North. Violation
of both the rights Of citizenship,
suppression of votes, frauds in cleo.
tions, are dangerous to liberty and
free government. and should be pun
1shed everywhere. Any section that
countenances and ipholds these
wrongs is its own worst enemy, and
sooner or later retribution in some
form will follow.
RACES SHOULD DIVIDE ON ECONOMIC
QUESTIONS.
In theory and practice, in the
interest of the healthful progress and
puriety of free government, of its
safety and preservation, every citi.
zen should be allowed to vote as he
desires, and his vote should be count
ed as cast. This cannot be denied.
But to attempt TO change the situa-
ton in the South by Federal law has
not succeeded; to try to effect it in
the interest of the black man by out
side agitation has proven useless.
SO long as political parties are di-
vided in the South on the lines they
are, and the people, both black and
white, are made to believe everything
depends on the whites being in one
party and the blacks in another; so
long as prejudice, passion, hate and
revenge shall shall be encouraged by
selfish leaders for their own aggrafi
dizement, the situation between the
races in the Sout will remain un-
changed.
The true solution of this question
will come when both races divide ON
economic and industrial issues and
distribute themselves between the
two great parties. The black man
will then have the sympathy and
support Of his white neighbor and
get all his rights under the law.
APPEAL FOR GOODWIN BETWEEN ALL
z Z
When hostile guns were Trained
upon the capitol Of the republic, with
his life threatened and in danger.
Lincoln said to- the Southern people:
I'VE are not enemies, but friends.
Continued ~ Supplements.
Honor to the B0ys.
Hon. B. S. Morcan eaid to our re-