Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-09-27
Black or White.
rom tie Baltimore .Baptist

From the Baltimore Baptist
1t is one of tho significant signs Of the
times that politics in the South is becoming
more and more a question of race. From
the days oil emancipation the Anglo. Saxon
presence OF the negro Suddenly liberated,
poorly fitted to use his liberty wisely, and
open to the seductions of political trlcksters,
the freedman has been constant menace
to the Southern people. They witnessed
his enfranchiscment with misgiving, and
wondered what the end would be.
Nearly quarter OF century has passed
since the ballot was put into the negro's
hand. He has had ample time for such
sober thought as he is capable of. The white
people have educated him, and sought in
various ways TO form friendly political rela
tons with him. The result is bad enough
The negroes have combined to oppose and
upset all of the political plans OF the South :
ern people They oppose anything which
the white people propose. They have no
confidence in the white people, and so far as
they make up the South, are perfectly solid
in their antagonism to the AnglO.Saxon
race. They will have no white allies except
such as will join with them in fighting the
whites They will accept any leaders, no
matter how base or INSCRIPTIONS, who will
Join in their crusade against the people
among whom they live, and upon whom
they are largely dependent for labor and life.
The Northern people do not understand
the situation in the South. They do not
seem to desire to understand it-they talk
about the cruelty of the white people to the
negroes, and of Il war of the races. They
ought to know that the negro leads in the
social conflict. They hold position Of con
cta Mt nd inaynrahla hnotilttu In the hitp
people They draw the color line This
they have done from the beginning, and
they are becoming more and more relentless
What are the whites to do? Must they sit
still and let the negroes take possession of
the government. Are they required either
by patriotism or religion to allow an infe-
rior race to dominate them In the very ma.
ture of the case it is vain to expect any such
thing. The white people are in possession
OF the South. Their fathers purchased it
for them with treasures and blood, and it is
not to be supposed, that they will sit idly by
and submit 10 their own degradation and
ruin. The solid South is largely a local con
dition. 1t is not so much solidity against
the North as against the negroes.
Nor is this state of things likely to cease.
The race issue is growing sharper every day =.
The color line is growing into chasm which
it is to be feared will yet be a bloody chasm.
The white people of the South mean to rule,
and they will rule.
If the United States Government chooses
to Interfere it can do 80. 1t may send troops
into the South and re establish military
government. 1t can adopt such legislation
as will practically dislranchise the white
people. 1t can crush the Anglo-Saxon and
give the country to the negro. These are
some of the ways in which this social prob
lem can be disposed Of But if two races
are to live together, and the antagonlsm be
tween them is to continue, then be it known
unto all men, that the white man is going
| to rule.