Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-03

unequaled by any people OH the face Of
the earth. 'fbo white man of tho South
knows and appreciates this. It is the ne
gro mainly who tills the large cotton
and rice fields. There are many dis
triots, some even in our own State, where
heat and malaria make it well-nigh i'm
possible for the white man to live and
labor. In these the negro thrives. BY
The labor Of his hands our great lines Of
railroad have been constructed. He is
by nature ahewer of wood and drawer
of water. BY patience with his faults,
aid fa:;' treatment, the white man can
mako him in tho future, as in the past,
tho best Of laborers.
Ho serves tho South to-day in another
respect: He stands as barrier between
us and tho hordes Of anarchists. social
lists, communists and nihilists, who arc
flooding tho Northern and Western
States, and menacing their welfare and
perpetuity. Woro tho negro removed
our genial climate would attract these
dangerous foreigners in great numbers.
The North and West to-day have to deal
with thousands of these vicious classes,
who are averso to existing American in
stitutions. Where in all the alleged race
conflicts of the South has thore boen on
tho part Of the negro such wicked de-
struction Of property and deadly at
tempts to take human life as that of tho
anarchists in Chicago and elsewhere with
their dynamite bombs? The like has
novor occurred, s.N5 noyer will, Il the ne
gro is fairly treated.
But it is said thcre will be race war,
and in the near future the issue will be
colonization or determination. No such
thing; it cannot be. Should few bla-
tant idiots among tho whites and blacks
seek redress Of their grievances in shot
and shell, in less than n fortnight the ar-
mics of tho Republic would appear on
the scene and tho would-bc belligeronts
would hio them to their homes. Tho
Government cannot afford, and it never
will permit, the people of any section,
bo they white, black or rcd, to go to wal
with each other for any cause or pretcxt.
So we need not give ourselves much con-
Germ along this line of possible race
war. We shall mover smell tho smoke OF
any such war. The thing will never be,
the prophecy of Mr.. Calhoun to tho con-
trary Notwithstanding. To somo it will
doubtless DO n sore disappointment that
they crnnot unfurl the banner Oh such Il
battlefield. 3ut doomed to disappoint-
mont thcy surely arc, SO long as the
'Star Spangled Banner waves over the
homes of tho 'free and land of the
bravo''-so long as this great govoln
mont is able to fulfill it's guarantee of
protection to the humblcst American citi-
zen Of his life and limb, regardless of
race, color or previous condition.
But you may ask, what then are wo to
do with tho ncgrop What is tho sol,l-
tion of this problemP Truly, it is not
ours to say, further than the faithful dis.
charge of duty and responsibility, the
ono to tho othcr 'Duties arc ours,
events arc Gods" "Rosponsibility,"
said Edward Bulwcr Uord Lytton), that
heauiest word in all our language"
'Duty," said Robert E. Leo, in still
| higher strain, "that noblest word in all
our language" And while, as tho supc-
| rior race, it is ours to carry in peace and
| honor, tho inferior, let lis preserve the
consciousness OF having done our whole
duty, leaving the result to Him who do
eth all things we'll. We concur with the
Wow of Rev. G. Il. Galloway, D. D., OF
Mississippi, Bishop of the M. f. Church
| ,outh, rs expressed in recent inter,
Wow at Memphis, Tenn, OH tho Grace
question" IIc said:
81 regard the race difficulties as exag-
gerated. There have been some unfortu-
nate conflicts, but in most cases they
have been precipitated by the worthless
classes Of both races and undor tho i'll
tlucnce of liquor. Last year I spent
three months in the discharge of my Off
cial duties on the Pacific coast and I had
the opportunity to study tho Chinese
problem. l came to the conclusion that
the negroes are far moro valuable as IL
borers, and add more to tho wealth, mo-
rails and general prosperity of the coun-
try than tho Chinese. l believe that tho
school house and the church-the Bible
and tho spelling book are Tho most po-
tent factors in tho Southern problem
Whatever imm" late relief may be 81 :
cured by legisl' non, the final solution of
the question must como of education and
Christianity"