Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-02

We would that every intelligent northern
or could read sir. BWucEs boot, entitled
"The Plantation Negro ~ Freeman All
the statesmen and editors Of that section in
writing Of the negro wrte 10 i-n0-
rance. They do not know him. They
start out with the assumption that
he i4 governed by the same mo-
tiyes which influence the conduct Of white
men. At the same time we must admit that
the most intelligent classes 10 the North,
leaving out educated uarrow.minded bigots
have learned much concerning the southern
situation which thew did not know twenty
wears AGO. IL would bc impossible to secure
at tins time the ratification OF such an
amendment a. the fifteenth. The fourteenth
would hardly be ratified. Hsrper's Weekly
for this week has an editorial on d" The
Question Of Race" which shows that The
editor OF that widely-circulalcd paper has,
20 use very expressive bit OF SLANG. beard
something drop lie mentonstbAi in a re-
cent speech 10 the senate Mr.. MORGAN, Of
Alabama, said that il he could eXpel every
negro from The state be would gladly do 1t.
regarding tbe colored race as burden and
incubus. ana holding it 10 bee impossible that
II should ever supply tae thrifty, intelligent,
aud effective Industry which the Develop
meat Of the state demands. II quotes The
birmingham Ago-lierald as confirming tins
statement. ana saving that "the south E"
want. every kinl Of white immigration, but
&, want. mo negio emigration. And then the
Weekly goes on 70 say:
The southern problem is not free vote
and a fair count. hut the establishment Of
tba, relation Of thc races which makes a free
vote and a fair count possible. 10 say tbai
sil that is necessary L. general obedience 90
the laws does not advance the solution, uu.
less u be also shown how such obedience can
he secured. senator EysrtS's report recom>
mends the revision oi the election iaHs win
aVieW TO surh security. But neither the
Senator nor any one else has vet intms'cd
the way IN which. under the circumstance.
Il can be douc. The question isof agraNity
which entirely trauscerds party schemes and
passions. 10 J, 10y up means local question
Ia It's effects. Without caOr,s Tor ts soiu>
tlOn 10 remains a constant and dangerous
menace, aud tbe very uTst step towards u
solution seems % Us 10 lie IN tue local cult
vstiOn by white citizens Of such relations
with the cOlOIcd race As would naturally
produce a normal distribution aud division
Of their VOTES"
This last remark shows that the Weekly
does not know the southern negro nor what
the southern problem IL. How can the whites
cultivate such relations with the negroes rs
will induce them 10 DIVIDE their votes be-
tween the two partiesf suppose that the
white leaders we've TO bid for the negro
vote: can't the Weekly see that the white
race would be losls They could not bid
high enough. The unprincipled whites
would outbid the respectable whites. We
don't mean that the whites who are Repub-
leans would oner the negroes social
equality, but that once the bidding
were commenced by men Of high standing
there would be found unprlneipled white
men ia both parties to underbid them. The
southern whites cannot afford TO enter upon
such race for popularity as would be In.
VOWED Ia an attempt 10 "cultIyate" "sueh