Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-10-17
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Gen. =. ID. L-e's Letter In the Ed.
tor OF the Atlanta Consultation.
my Dear Sir-I think there 4
40 doTbt 1T the proposed exosius ri
nsgroes from North Carolina into
the Delta sections of Missis~iptM
That organized aud Intelligent
committee Of negroes visited this
section aud, after careful exannaa-
tion, advised the movement, u no
doubt true. The drifting ~ negroes
10 anu fro ~ changing locall' irs /,
usual and q trait of the race THIS,
60 general extent, Is fore 4 90
them irOm an ecOnomie IRE -sap, Tor
~ The small marEia ~ ptua nav
seCruing IN agricultural pursuits.
owing to th- depressed conditIan IT
farming, u Is nrerssiiN tor thi.
population to get on the richer
lands accessible 90 them. Theii
tiiciencS a. iarm labo.sTs u con.
stsnlly decreasing, because A fesrr
number every year ate engaged at
hard work. Ouly small naml,rr
OF women woIk regularly, ant the
greater nuta 'rr splsno,lically al
stated I'riiDds Tbr Younger gen.
Grafton II mrn arr iaienor To the
older ones a. Ieliable employees
Ihis tact y becoming mote apI,sr-
eat every year, anal to such az IN
tent thar any average uumb.T ~
lards, male or female. Baw prtisrm
bot little more than one-lhird 1t the
productive lst,oT witch was per
tuImri by the same uumb whru
saves ThiS fact prevents ycram-
ulsiinu ~ vcsltn o. hvit hsnds
Hnd . tugeiHg gradually The idea ~
ths n~Cs~sltA tut sJne pronounced
mos eaxnl ~ chan - ia lh'i, l,Eal-
"a 4 lslloa. Thi. mo,rm-ut
'rT5H IL z6frr lands 90 the 'lrllrr
y guiA< - evrty here AM the
Nmth tatalIna Bavrmrut - bat
an rnl ,rgcmrnr al the cbndlliaa
aud all hs followed t. ,imilar
movement from the el'l.r S.sg h~ta
stat 20 the newer aurs, Ia Ing
Iicher lands Tit. movement, to-.
= bvihg ha-teael NV ano,heT tact.
I Is p.siniul rral.E alton that the
race autagpuism lrtwrrn the tuuag
II hath races !. tar gTtatrr than
h-twrrn the oidrI nuvs, VITO wrrr
associated ~ master and slave
This ahtagrni-m j. ooasi intly 10.
crrasing. The movement h eau.
ing s~Iious apprehension hsir, aad
"a doubt will lead Co Legislation O.
prevent such massiag Of urgrb~s
a. indicated hy the North CaTuliaa
rAosius Tue wt-sst and best OF
our statesman stand appalled, before
the gryat Iabblrm thrust upoB the
South. The complication i b'.ing
increa-sd Ia tie Kind 81 education
being given to the Hsgtoes. The
educated negr@- are not good Ia.
huers. aud there y 40 tivld ioT the
"a. Of their education, which m tkrs
them dissatisfied va their craBp
surroundings. Tits i evident
hen thr white Labor Organization
~ the Moth exclude nrgroe. from
almost rNrry paying occupation 80
aSSoci ate lil,oTers. IL wiil rvquIfe
The most i-ld reinforcement OF the
Law 10 pirveat ,iroablr IN the G Jndi
linn II affairs OF the South esp.el-
ally where the argTocs outnnmber
The bites. The worst element Ut
whites and llacks will constantly
pr~eipitatr issues bIiagiug out race
autagon.sm, Involving all 10 thrir
viciuity A. TO the ultimste adj
iasimeui, thsr j. little d"abt. 1
an not enc ~ those who believe la
the more rapil increase ~ negross.
Their birth rate j. 40 doubt greater
than that oi lh. whites. bat ihslT
incFeH.e death rate about cosupen-
safes faT the excess. In a cDuRlry
With the rriauye difference II Isol'>
ulstian h~twe~u white and black,
aud eoasl ant addition by immigta-
ion ~ whites, the issue will s,nn h.
stil.si 10 iaSoT 81 white population
ever, where. Ia M jadgemeu. out
STATESMEN shoald l'Iovtsir n~w ter
iitsfy IL which Ia lemove aud locaIe
To. excesx 81 negro population, so
a. TO remeve I'll hear of negro SUP
rvmsry. Tits ~ the inevitable
ss'latloa ct the question Wuh
this yisw the Saath should oifsr
iRaaerR~nt to Industrial drvvlol-
nent. While ~migran,. shouhi b-
invited. A the waite isopalsti q
Increases the n.gre dlsalhishss, the
n~arvt the ssiuiia ~ the l,robl~.n
l'-cam~s, Until ansliy The negro wlll
oea~r to have l"aglng fsr rslislssl
and ~Of'ia. aa vabcrmsnt 10 coml,e-
tit.on wilh the white rac~ as q
Fser, and hls vote, u casi, val lie
slssoid u raes prjadic~. ! don't
t's'lirse a mai atty OF the negroes
wlll leave. bat ! veald like ~ ea-
caaraes all ~ho want 90 80 10 MOI .
20 lhs Territories, where lhsy wlll
have fall scope 20 develop their
hsasss of sslf-goyernmcnl. Here,
Al The S0uth, the race problem - a
tact, not lh~oFs. We kEow mors
al'out the negroes that aaseas else
fhege /. . arm resolve here We
tnlsssd - whites o. rnie. and pre-
s1<sa and traasmit nninpaired -