The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05
INGALLS, ON TmE NEGRO.
The Negroes Growing BIacker and the
whites Whittier.

Washington Special to the Atlanta Constitution.
Senator Ingalls,. whose position rs Presi.
dent Of the Senate gives his uilerances the
greater weight. has authorized the follow
ing interview with the Constitutions CORE.
spondent:
"What effect will the election have upon
the Southern question:"
"The race question at the South remains
Us II has always been, and for the next gem
Grafton, at least, will continue 10 DO the
most important and formidable In our poll
ilics. The change from slavery 10 freedom,
from subordination TO legal equality, has
complicated instead Of simpliGed the situa-
ton. So iar from solving the fatal problem,
il has added new elements OF difficulty and
danger"
"Is any immediate adjustment proba-
ble2'
"Unless history Is false teacher, Il Is
not possible for two distinct races, not
homogeneous, that l.. which cannot assim-
late by intcrmarriage and The mingling OF
blood, 10 exist upon terms OF practical POI
litical equality under the same government
one or the other must go.to the wall"
"Do you consider the two races homo.
gcncous3'
whether the Anglo-Saxon and the
negro race are homogeneous, | do not
pretend 10 say, but the evidence Is clear
that the mulatiocs are disappearing In the
South. The blacks are growing blacker.
The whites are growing whittier. This
shows that tho connection between the
races, while the blacks wcro cnslayed,
was not volunteer ON their part, aud Is
Ccasing with their freedom. Neither u II
disputed that the mixed race came from
thc union OF black mothers with white
fathers. aud not between white mothers
aud black fathers. The chronological In
ference from this u irresistible. The
black race Is not only growing blacacr,
but Il u increasing numerically much
more rapidly than the white race. This
IL fact Of omnous significance and adds
10 the gravity Of the issue. No intelligent
man prctcnds longer 10 deny that the
blacks are not permitted 20 vote Ia many
States south OF the Ohio aud Potomac,
whore they are the majority, or II they
vote their ballots are not counted. IL Is
admitted that, for eome mason OF other,
they would, 10 rule, vote against the
whites II left 10 their own impulses.
Whether this Ia the race aniagonium Of
which have spoken, or casual and ten.
p0mry, ! 40 not know. ! suspect how.
ever. that Il h permanent condition.
THE pwicNt upon which suffrage u
denied 10 tho blacks In the South j. that
the race u not capable Of scli.goycnmcnt,
and that their supremacy would result IN
tho degradation aud destruction oi society
and the state. | don't disirugt the sin.
ccrty ~ canl0r Of the Southern whites.
They probably believe What they affirm,
hut | have no doubt that they have dc.
libcraioly determined 10 eliminate the
negro from their politics, and upon the
ground, they rcason, Of their superior In
iclligcncc, wealth and morality, the white.
must remain supreme"
"what Is tho feeling In tho NorthY
'fIhcrc Ia no malcyolcncc nor hatred
toward the South among the northern
people. ~ far M | have heard or know,
On account OF the war II that sentiment
ever existed. Il has disappeared. On the
contrary, there is much sympathy, and
The feeling Of amily u strong. Many IN.
tClligunt norihufnvrr, even among the r..
pubIicans. appreciate the motives which
impol the suppression Of the cOlorcd vote,
ani admit that under similar circum.
stances thcywould bc strongly moved In
the same direction. IL was ON this nc'
count that the sectional appeal lest ~
iorc in the North, add the public ear ap
pacntly became dull aud deal 10 thcn.
As rule also, immortality Ia politics
never beyomcs unpopular till u bccomei
unpfoliiablo, and had the North no, be-
bccomo suddenly aroused 10 the
danger that threatened their cyili
gauon and their industries by ihcss
spurious and manufactured maipr
tiles IN Congress aud N IN,
Electoral COLLEGE, tho Democratic part,
might have succctlcdin November. Their
il NO disposition 20 interfere IN local Of
state government in tho SOUTH. bot they