The Greenville times., 1889-06-08
A NOTABLE ADDRESS.

. National Soldiers Cemetery. Ane au-
I;snee consisted Of less than hundred
wbi,es and over 1000 negroes;
A eomrade who occupies this stand
an occasions like this, speaks for the
lad As well as the liuing. There is no
nlsce more appropriate for the discus
siou of the patriotic purposes that ami
mated our comrades than among their
raves. They gave up their lives that
sbe freedom which was bequeathed to
us by the fathers of the republic might
he transmitted by Us through our chill
dren to remote generations.
As we reason together let us unite
our voices with the voices that come
nom these tombs, and let us see what
the harvest shall be from the blood and
treasure that was poured during the
war. a
A little attention TO statistics will
show the wonderful fecundity of the
negro race, and it will give us atimely
warning of the dangers of the Ethio-
mean fetch. Some twenty-five years
ago an ehterprising citizen Of Memphis
brought from Central Park, New York,
A pair OF English sparrows. The city
is now filled with millions of the pesky
little creatures, and they have driven
out all the other birds.
Some twenty-five years ago an en-
terprlsing Englishman transported a
pair OF rabbits to Australia. Rab-
bits have become SO numerous
there that they devour the crops that
are planted as soon as they begin to
grow. They devour the grass even so
that the sheep have nothing to subsist
on. All the wisdom of the English
people has been set at naught in their
efforts to rid Australia of its rabbits.
The negro in America is acquiring O
distinction similar to the rabbit in
Australia. From the first colonization
of this country on down to the date Of
the abolition of the slave trade only
about 100000 negroes were imported
and none have been brought to our
shores since. They increase in geo.
metrical ratio. The mind does moi
readily conceive how this ratio, with
such small beginnings, could so soon
reach such large results. A single
dollar loaned for twenty years ON the
stipulation that at the end of each
year the sum was to be doubled, and
so on, would require a payment oi
oyer a million of dollars for the last
payment. Population, in obedience to
this law, attains vast proportions with.
in a single century.
The condition Of slavery was not Sc
favorable to the rapid propagation Of
the negro race as the condition of free
dom has proven to be. There are
those who believe that the negro in q
state of freedom aud self-dependence
would share the fate of the Indian
Like the Indian, it was thought that
he would gradually disappear from th,
face of the country as the whites mul
tiplied. The reverse has proven to bt
the case, and the grave question con
fronts us. Will the white man disap
pear from the face of the country Al
the negro multiplies!
The census of 1880 gave Mississippi
a white population of 100000 and I
negro population of 100000. II gave
South Carolina a white population o.
391, 900 and a negro population O.
100000, or about two to one. IL gave
Louisiana $4,000 white population
and 4s3,000 negro population. Th'
census of 1890 will probably show tba
the negro population outnumbers th'
whites in Alabama, Georgia and Flor
ida. Ten years later, or the year 1900
viii find Virginia, Arkansas and Nortl
Carolina with negro population tina
outnumbers the whites.
Listen attcntively for the faintcs
whisper that comes from these grave
and you will hear no syllable of ap
probation of this overthrow Of th
white race and the destruction of al
It's dearest aspirations and hopes. lie
US prove ourselves worthy survivor
of our brave and chivalrous comrades
aud let us demand of the politician
that we shall have voice In the set
tlomcnt of these problems which wer'
so hastily acted upon when the ma
passions of the war were at fever heal
Let us unite our voices with the voice
from these tombs, and thus united le
us demand of politicians of all partie
that we shall formulate basis of sci
tlement of these questions that shall b
accepted and respected, and become
part of tho platform of all political Of
CARNATIONS, and speedily a part of til
organic law of the land.
The right of suffrage has proved
curse to the negro rather than u blossinI
Any modification of his rights shoul
be of such character as to impres
him with the dignity and honor
American citizenship. The rigl
should be so limited and adjusted as
leave the white race dominant.
Il took centuries of freedom an
culture to fit the small fraction of Il
white race, that can now safely exc
else the right of self-government.
required the inspiration of a ne
country, a land where the seal of de
potism was unknown. II required a
atmosphere that was untainted by Il
breath of kings. The ex-slavc was M
fitted for the exercise of polite
power SO soon as his shackles fell 0
Moreover, the two races can never m
and become one; one or the other mu
rule. Under the enforced conditio
of slavery the black race was constan
ly becoming whittier. Under free co
ditions the black race continually ,
comes blacker, and race prejudl
decpcns with the color of his skin.
expands with the development of !
intellect and strengthens with t
increments of his political pow'
That man is color-blind who can sec
race controversy.
THE CRIME OF THE AGE.
There is an irrepressible conflict
tween white suffrage and neg
suffrage. All dreams of dividing I
colored vote are utopian. This yt
Is now and always will be race yo
The negro never can attain to tll