The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-04
WHITE vs.. NEGRO.

| NHIIE 10. NEbhV'
We are glad u sce that they have awaked IL
North Louisiana 10 the unfellablllty aud undcsirn
billy OF negro Immigrants number OF papon
lnNorth Louisiana woo quito enthusiastic owe
the negroes pouring ia there from Alabama nnt
Carolinn, ana the consequent increase Of the cotior
crop Now that the planters dnd that II Is easy Il
get them there, but dncult TO keep them after thcl
arrive. there IL notio much Enthusiasm over th'
imported hands ~ formerly.
We note. for instance that both the Ounchlla pa
pen aio now earnest advocates Of white immigrl
ton. aud ugc thclr parish To take some action 4
brlug In whltc settlers from Caru.ina.
until recently .O1lchlta was generally under.
stood 10 DO I'll for negro labor We arc glad TO SEQ
that II hos finally come In the conclusion that IA,
white man "a better after all than the negro. AMI
what Is true Of ouachiia Is equally true OF Moro
house which has hitherto placed too much rci
ance on tho negro, but Is now anxious for white
| settlers
| The Nd'chRoclp ReridS warns these parishes that
they cannot run white aud negro immigration at
the same time they must choose between the two
nces. and says ON thl, subject
| OF one thing wo eau rest assured. there never
! viii come the time when white cmlgutiOn will
! seek ncpru ucghbOfhoods no matter how rich the
| lands. how genial the cllmc-ncyuf
Louisiana must now make her select ON. she
! VIII Dc thoroughly African or thoroughly white,
| aud We iuar that mans cupldity will determine
that IN the former condition ihcre Il the more
spot cash ior the present hOldcm oi the lands Of
We quito agrcc with m Rriop that Loulslani
must make her selection whether she will DO a
white ora negro State. but we DO not accept ~
melancholy view Of the future. There arr many
persons In Louisiana who would like 10 nll IL with
negroes, but them arr morc who aru opposed 10
these Aifioanirlng methods. aud Tie Rcrop will
note that In a great many parishes where the
- A. -. A.. IA a..
the more cotton and the greater prosperity, tho
unrcllabllity Of the colorcd hands Is convincing
the people that white labor 4 better, after ALL In
the couue Of time we may rSpnabiy hope that
this Idea will b. universally vccognzcd through.
ont the State and that Louisiana will become a
white staic.-Nce 0rloaRi 'hHo- Donoc'at
We incline 10 agree with The Naichiiochci
Rcueir that the cupidity Of the white man
is above all considerations OF race, OF State
growth or social necessity. When men
are possessed Of the money craze. like any
other form Of demcnta, Il monopolizc'
their sleeping aa we'll as waking moments
aud self and scli.aggrandizomcnt become
the paramount considerations. lIonc'
this immigration Of negroes TO Nortl
Louisiana, TO tho Iazoo Delta aud TO Ar
kansas, where the growth Of the ncgr,
population has been such ~ 20 scriousl,
alarm the politicians who have to dca
directly with the race question at election
times. Thc Tim0 Democrat In proof OF th
QUOTES from Thc N0r HiuisspDian. which
takes a melancholy Wow Of the negro ma
joriiy in that State aud believes that II Is
increasing more rapidly than ever. Thor,
was. Il points out, an excess OF G1,5ll
negroes In 1870 and Of III, 500 in 1880 I
the two races have increased at the sam,
rate, Mississippi will have by next year
census $50, SIS negroes aud COS, 267 whites
or n negro majority oi Sj0,02l In tola
population Of l.563 1856. With the high
= birth rate OF the negroes and colorcd poo
pie pouring into tho delta from Alabama
Georgia aud North aud South Carolina
) Mississippi, In ten years more, tho No
Mi,,isiippion declares, will present a con
; dition OF affairs difficult 10 contemplate o
oven imagine Mississippi, Il thinks, vii
bo thoroughly Airicanizod aud progress
J In It be thus made impossible. Ncgroc
, are leaving Louisiana iur Mississippi, an
4 South Carolina has been steadily empty
ing her negro population int
Z that State and into Arkansas Tn
, planter only knows his necossitic
o Tor labor, and he knows only one kind {
G labor Whoa planting time Is close q
1 hand Il he feels the need Of morc labor h
4 applies AZ oncc to the labor agent VIII
j proceeds 10 South Carolina, Georgia or A
Q ALBANIA for a supply, aud thus increas,
! the negro vote and at tho same time Ia
= crcascs the difficulties Of the politicians
2 leading to race conflicts, appeals TO N
o Federal Government by the Rcpublica
d leaders aud to complications such as are
a have an airing In Congress next Decombo
. TO the neglect Of the general interests
+ the county. Thus Il is that cupidity
n fastening some Of the Southern States TO
y crisis