The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-12
THE RACE PROBLEM.

The TINES has maintained from the
first that there Is no race question If the
party In power will acknowledge The
rights OF the States. But the North, or
q part of the elements there, insist still
that q different rule shall be applied 10
the different sections. Still the wise
saw" holds that what Is sauce for the
goose Is sauce for the gander, and We
want to see our Southern statesmen, and
statesmen there are In the South leave OH
the push for Southern leadership and
push g policy for Southern safety
Why should We place the ambition OF
few big leaders and our own pride In
them above the fundamental and wise
principles that dictate a policy based on
Inevitable facts as strong as fate or
Providence
The Southern people have been over
run by war and conquered, but after
abrogatIng secession and slavery, they
have q principle on which TO erect their
future and that principle Is broad
American idea OF freedom which the
Northern people understand and which
they will maintain, for It applies TO them
Is to us.
The black race In the South has not
been educated 30 far as TO be trusted with
the entire rule Of the States where they
have large majorities.
Consequently, taking South Carollna
o. az instance, there are State laws TO
provide for an educational qualification
90 far as TO require the voter. white or
black, TO know at least what be is voting
for. Let us make the Issue on the night
of the State to pass such law and have
II executed.
II the country denies that right. you
had as we'll take down your governors
and legislatures and State courts. and put
up Federal provost marshals.
We do not mince the matter, and in
the discussion of 80 grave matter We
do implore the Southern people to conhne
the question to the issue-or perhaps 1t
would be more happily expressed 10 say
that we should broaden the issue, that 1t
may be understood North. West and
South.
We quote the following from North
ern journalist OF the most mature expe-
rience, an ex- Union soldier and patTi-
otto and thoughtful man
There Is an ugly rock on which We
once were nearly shipwrecked, upon
which We are again driving. The sec
tiouAl difference Of al have been stead
ily cultivated for selfish partisan ends,
and o-day the North is united, as far as
majority can unite. against solid
South. While recognizing the fact that
II Il only through a careful and Jealous
guardianship Of the home governments
found ia the States that this wide CONT
nent can be held under one control as a
nation, we have the dominant party
fatally bent on a Capitalization of power
IN the political structure at Washington.
The negro Is the Chinaman Of the South,
and while Congress excludes through
legal enactment the Mongolian from our
midst, that same Congress presses the
ignorant, vicious African upon the South.
This means not only subyersion OF po-
laical rights, but a social revolution that
will make San Domingo and an Ireland
of half our territorial limits. The South
cannot submit 10 this aud live"
This comes from Northern Democrat,
and when We reflect that nssrly one'halt
OF .tha North think the same way 1t Is an
esfument for the course we advise, which
Il 4 broad and patriotic Democratic pro-
test against the Republican idea of CEN
tralisatiou. We called attention some
time ago to the traditional antagonism
between the Federal and Democratic
ideas, and here we have It once again.
What we insist on Is square fight on
National issues instead OF allowing our
selves to be cornered on the Southern
question and the Southern race problem.
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