The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

be voted on and passed, he will be con-
vinced of the fact and will gladly
accept home in the West and a free
pass to it.
AS proof of this aud as showing my
plan will work, refer 10 a press dis
patch OF September q, from Raleigh
y. c., which says that on that day
five bundled negro families left that
State for Southern points, and also
stating that the exodus will continue
till the first of next January from all
over the State. Now offer them the
inducements I propose and see if they
will not jump at them. The negro has
/ commenced to emigrate let as help
him on. fE'.
When the abolition of slavery was
first undertaken it looked more inn
practical and less probable than does
now the deportation of the Il, gro from
the South. Every thing has to have a
beginning, and great and complicated
questions affecting ten millions of peo-
pie cannot spring up and be settled in
day. 1t requires time and patience.
By the freedom of the negro, the South
lost enough money to pay for his de-
portation. 1t would be, now, simple
justice for our national government to-
square accounts with US by aiding in
the deportation of the negro. Since
we are in actual danger in many re-
spects on account of his presence here.
See what the Charleston NeaUs and
Courier says:
1.-The question for present considera-
ton is, what shall we do with the me-
gro? If he remain here he will ruin
himself and the South. The ciyiIiza-
ton of this section of the country is in
peril the future prosperity of the ne
gro himself is involved in the issue,
Intelligent and thoughtful colored
men, who have given the subject the
slightest study, ale impressed with the
momentous consequences of the situa.
tion. White supremacy must be
maintained in the South, and it will be
maintained by fair means or by unfair
means. Congress cannot settle the
question by the enactment of uncon.
sLitutional laws; standing army in
the South could not drive the white
people of this section into submission
to negro domination"
| That is the the way talk is sounding
over the South, and if quiet solution Of
this question in some manner as propos-
ed by me is not adopted, an extermina-
ton settlement will be adpoted.
Make your selection now before it is
too late. Try at least to adopt my
plan. We can lose nothing by doing
so, and may gain untold blessings.
We cannot afford to wait until the
orro plof hanoy,,as foo ,,,,.S. -.
Gus for us to handle it, and until their
number will drive the, white man
from the South. IT is probable that
in twenty-five years the negro popula-
!, ton of the South will reach twenty,
millions, while there is not much
prospect for great increase of the
white population. The negro popula-
ton will certainly increase more rapid
ly than the white. Take into consid-
Grafton the present increase of the
negro population and figure out to
what numbers it will reach in one
hundred years from now, and then ask
the question and answer it, if at the
end OF that time there will be any
lo0ni heie iOr the white man.
In this connection it must be borne
LII ii''AAO 'diV t'iS bSSlo VIII CNCl hCCp
white Immigrants from coming
among Us.
Whether my plan be practical or not,
it il the solemn duty of every white
man at the South to consider this mat
ter seriously and to at least urge the
New Mexico idea until another plan
more practical can be suggested. !
The real object now is to open the
eyes Of the people Of the United
States to the real situation. We must
consider the past and the present and
from these draw conclusions Of what
the future will be. Seeing what the
future will be, we must prepare for it.
The South and its civilization must be,
saved at any cost. We can and we
must do it.
When the South asks for the public
lands of New Mexico and free passage,
for the negro it is not asking too much.
1t is simply asking to be relieved from
situation that will in the end, if no,
relief is afforded, be worse than war,
pestilence and famine combined, and
that, too, not in the distant, but near
future. WIN. p. CALHOUN.