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

general rule; it holds within itself
the germs of its own destruction.
The ideal civilization, which man
hopes to attain, is that in which war
will disappear and peace reign SUI
prere, in which poverty, pauperism,
crime, pestilence and disease will de.
crease, and human life will be pro-
longed.
The nearer this ideal is approach
ed, the faster population will multi
ply. Wise men will tell us that here
in Turk the dangers which threaten
an advancing civilization; that, as
man multiplies, what is termed the
struggle for existence increases and
grows fercer, causing silent, though
constant, cruel and relentless war
between individuals il which the
strong devours the weak, and the
tendency of which is towards the
destruction Of society itself. Civil
ization, to insure its safety, must in
some way limit and put under re-
straint the struggle for existence
must somehow modify and soften
the forces of competition.
This seems the end to be sought
Mr.. Huxley says: ut is the true rid
die OF the Sphinx; and every nation
that does not solve it will, sooner or
later, be deYoured by the monster
itself has generated.
OF the many serious problems be-
fore our nation, two may be singled
out for special emphasis;
THE RACE PROBLEM.
American civilization has forced
upon it the race problem, always
difficult and disturbing to the re-
pose of nations. After much delay
Chinese immigration has bee i stop
ped, and pauper immigration check
ed. Such measures are healthful.
and in the interestFof security. they
should be encouraged, until only the
moral and Industrious of other coun-
tries should be permitted to become
the guests of the Republic"
The Negro race in the South NUM-
bers about seven million, or more
than twice our number when the
Constitution vas adopted. It has
lnnltinliei ~ tines 81 century.
If the same increase is maii(tafnes
EfoF another century, Il will about
eQu4l Iih numb tiie present 5sFiIia.
ton of tie Emitted States. Il Is en-
c0uraging that The negro Is by ma
ture peaeeable, kind and religious,
respectful towards authority, obedi-
ent to law, and. purely American
The North has ten million foreign
ers. Voters born in Europe hold
the balance of power between the
two great political parties. The
negro race and the foreigners consti-
tute more than one fourth of our
population, These elements must
be tremendously absorbed and as
simulated, into the general body of
composite American civilization.
Though the race question. in the
South led to the great civil war, it
was not fully settled by it. The
negro gained freedom, and was ele-
waited from the degradation of being
a mere ehattel to the dignity of a
citizen. This was a great change to
be so suddenly wrought in the his
tory Of a race Of 1900, 900 people.
The great republic could make
the slave free and citizen, but
could not, at the same time, arm him
with the necessary intelligence and
experience that would enable him to
exercise the rights of a freeman and
a citizen IN contest with his former
master. This was not the fault of
the government, it was the misfor-
tune Of the negro.
The government did all it could
to aid its newly made citizen in his
helpless and almost hopeless condi-
ton. The negro, heir to thousands
of years of ignorance, savagery, and
barbarism, the only civilization he
ever knew finding him slave, and
his first duty to obey, was not pre-
pared to exercise his political rights
against his former master, who was
accustomed to control and govern,
and was entrenched behind power,
wealth, and education. The contest
was unequal There could be but
one result. Ignorance and poverty
had to go down before intelligence
and wealth, as il has always done
the world over.
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTH
SINCE THE WAR, NATURAL AND
LOGICAL.
The general condition of affairs In
the South since the war, has been
natural and logical.
The war left the two races il their
changed conditions on the same soil,
under the same skies, and in the
same homes and places. Neither
race could get relief By retiring. In
these new and trying circumstances,
for which neither was prepared, in
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