The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-20
CEN BLAIR IND TIE NEGRo.


CEN BLAIR AND THE NEGRO.
We call the especial attention OF our
readers to the essay, in another column, OF
Gen. Frank S. Blair, Of Wythevile, Va,
who is a candidate for the position of So
licitor. General under President llarrison's
Administration, II will be seen that, TO
use vulgar phrase, the General goes the
whole hog" lie would open the public
schools TO white and black children alike
and the hotels, churches and thcaters TO
negro men and women in common with
the white. Gen. Blair would thus force
upon the race which he proposes TO repre-.
sent the close and intimate contact which
il everywhere expresses It's repugnance
TO and protests against and which
would inevitably lead to miscegenation
and amagamation and the degradation Of
the white race without any special benefit
10 the negroes Gen. Blair writes not as a
statesman, but M a partisan zealot, who
would purchase u present peace at the cost
OF future woe, the measure Of which is
full Of horrors An cx-Conicderato SOL
dier, the General has put the principles
for which he fought long way behind
him, and il as radical in ono extreme as
he was in 1861 to 1866 in the other. lie
has aligned himself with Fred Douglas,
and II only remains for him TO invite the
white women OF the South to initiate the
example Of the white woman who, rs his
legal wife, shares the bed Of the octogona-
ran ox-slavo 10 complete his plan. The
death Of the race, lis utter extinction,
would be far preferable TO this. Such an
alternative is what the instinct Of the
race teaches, and-uch il is that forces the
white man on the Pacific Coast TO protest
against the Mougoiin race, much mora
progressive one, by the way, than the
negro race. Such II il that makes the
commonest English soldier dcride even
his brother Aryan in India as "a Niger"
and such II il that makes tho white
mechanics Of the North and the West 10
protest against working side by side with
''tho niger" What Gen. Blair says MS
10 the negro riding in street cars does not
fairly encourage his suit. II is altogether
beside the matter. Thus far we have
gone, and We have conferred minor offices
upon negroes, appointed them teachers in
our public colored schools aud hare
opened ways ior them 10 mechanical
rs well rs merely mcnial cmploymcnis.
But farther than this We dare not 20 with.
out endangcring the whole race fabric and
bringing II down about our ears Better
than lil,ir's solution Of tie negro problem
and cheaper is that offered by the colorcd
editor Of Florida, Mr.. Mcnard, by the
wholesale deportation Of the negroes from
the South. even though II cntailed another
national debt And now, perhaps, our
readers will desire 10 know moro about
Gen. Blair. who and what manner Of man
he Is who thus coolly aud deliberately
proposes the sacrifice OF the white race TO
advantage the black. Well, The KnorrRe
journal, which knows him well, says
lac h an East TenneAcean who
has been resident Of Virginia
for many ychrs, Of which State he wm
Acknowledgement ior five ycan, dischars.
ing "thc duties Of the Office with decided
ability. lie Is one Of the ablcst lawyers
col the Old Dominion. lie is also Re.
publican from the ground up from the
top ~ his head to the socs Of his feet.
Gle is not nero passive Republican
"ci,hcr, by any means. lie Is always at
'lhc front, in the thickcst Of tho fight,
with his whole armor on. and goes In
"likc q man who hns confidence In his
cause and has courage 10 stand by his
"dag." Aud ne Journal adds that he
"has many friends in this section who
would feel great pleasure in his promo
zion 10 the oilico mentioned solicitor
General Of the United Statcsl knowing
that in the discharge OF la duties he
"would give satisfaction 10 the country
"and acquit himself with credit"