The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-19

south IS wei SaiisHeu 'h"' o'"'''' -
over. The attitude OF the South to-
ward the negro. therefore, cannot be
connected With any hostility to his be-
ing freeman. The grounds for the
attitude. then, must be sought for else
where.
The South il no more cruel or coid-
blooded or savage than the North. She
IA Of the same blood. Hath not a
Southerner hands organs, dimensions.
affections. passions; fed with the same
food, hurt with the same weapons, sub
iect 10 the same diseases. healed by the
same means, warmed and cooled by the
same winter and summer az North
erner is. IF you prick us do we not
bleed, If you tickle US do we not laugh
If YOU poison us do We not die a..
Then when outrages occur Is 1t not
worth while. instead of heaPing exc
Grafton upon the South. IL IT not about
time to cast about and see IL there Is
not some deeper cause for the attitude
Of the South towards the negro-an at
utude 10 different from that. 1t
bears to the rest of the world-than
that of mere brutality;
The proper comprehension of the true
status of the case is a matter of as vital
interest to the North as to the South,
though il may not be quite SO imme-
date. In twenty years the negro has
multiplied over fifty per cent. The rate
Of natural increase is more than double
that Of the white.
Already large sections Of the South
are almost abandoned to them. The
truost well-wisher of the negrorace
must, if he knows anything of the sub
ject. admit that this isan alarming fact
Twenty years Of earnest education and
millions and millions Of money have
not produced a perceptible effect upon
the great mass of the blacks in the
South: and Hayti. with its travcsty on
government and its human butcheres'
IS not so far of that it does not furnish
food for thought. The time will come
when the North will have the veil tom
Of. and will find itself confronted with
the grim spectre which starcs the South
in the face.
A common error is for men to com
pare a thing With different standards
md then fall out because the results
are different. The North. with few
negroes. who are borne up by the vast
ma iority Of the whites as children in
crowd. are caught up and held on the
shoulders. says TO the South: See
" hat we make of item \ man may
train one pig until be is an educated
ZIG. but if he have whole herd OF
wine he would find it hope.
less task. Tho few negroes in the
Northern cities, who, by constant
uplifting and supporting. attain
fair degree OF education and coun-
terieit Of polished manners, and the
equally rare members Of the race in tue
southern cities who by contact with
whites and from friendly association
I'D their domestic or other relations ac-
Quire information and a good address.
are no more fair representatives. OF the
African race than the trained pig on
which his master has spent years Of
labor. Is a fair representative of the
wild hogs of the forests or marshes.
No one but a Southerner who lives
face to face with it knows the gravity
If the present situation. The negro
under authority is tractable. docile and
amiabe: freed from authority and
excited by any passion such as rage,
fear or lust, no Is a savage as brutal as
when he came from the Congo
beast rather than a human.
Under proper regulation he Is a good
laborer aud a fair citizen; give him
control and he VIII bankrupt a STATE.
No woman can to-day venture TO
walk mile alone in any
part Of the South, and no man
can hear the echoes from a political
haransuo without thinking instructive
Is of the torch. These are some of the
reasons why occasional outrages occur.