The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-09-26

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What Shall We Do with the Negro.
There are too many colored people in
the Southern States, and their number
is multiplying every year. 1t is estima.
ted that the.next census will show that
there are ten million negroes in the
United States, and that fully eight mil
lion of this number live in the South.
The census of 1900 will doubtless show
still further increase, and within twenty
years it is probable there will be at least
twenty million negroes in this country,
more than three fourths of whom, unless
some plan shall be adopted for the distri-
button OF deportation of the race, will be
living in the South. The question for
present consideration is, what shall we
do with the negro? If he remains here
he will ruin himselfa fand the South. The
civilization of bis section ofthe country
is in peril: the future prosperity of the
negro himself is involved in the issue.
Intelligent and thoughtful colored men,
who have given the subject the. slightest
study, are impressed with the momentous
consequences of the situation. White
supremacy must be maintained in the
South, and 1t will be maintained
by. fair means OF By unfair means.
Congress cannot settle the question by
the enactment of unconstitutional laws !;
standing army in the South could not
drive the white people of this section
into submission to negro domination.
The Southern whites and the Southern
blacks know full we'll that the white man
will never surrender his right to rule, and
the sooner this fact is recognized by the
lawmakers the sooner shall We have peace
and harmoney between the races.
During the last few months quite q
number of Southern journals have been
discussing the subject in its practical
bearings upon the political life and
material development of the South.
These journals have not accepted the
views of Cape Cod philanthropists, or
suffered local interests to blind their eyes
to the situation as it is in the South.
The only hope for the South is in the
dispersion or distribution of the excess
ofour colored population. The exodus
of emancipation ofhalfthe colored people
in the South would be best for them and
best for us. They should not be sent
out to hunt for homes, but some proper
provision should be made by the Govern
ment for their settlement upon Govern
meDt lands and under conditions which
would insure to their benefit. The Gov.
ernment owns vast tracts of fertile lands
which should be set apart for colored
emigrants from the South.
The Greenville Meaus has calculated the
cost of the migration of one million col
ored families, representing five millions
of population. It would have the Gov.
ernment grant to each Of these colored
families forty acres of land, and to
furnish to each emigrant family mule.
The land would cost the Government
nothing, the mules would cost s3O,O00,.
600. The cost Of TRANSPORTING five mil
lions of emigrants would be s25,000,000,
and the appropriation of 500 apiece for
each family, for the purchase of farm
and other equipments and provisions
would be s10O,ooo,oOo. The total cost to
the Government for carrying out this
plan would be in round numbers S155,.
100000. The Nevs says: "Ne could
spare the land from surplus territory
now available, and hardly miss it
There is nearly enough surplus now in
the treasury to supply the funds for 6t'
ting the nations wards up handsomely
in their proposed new homes"
It would pay the Government tc
attempt to solve the race question in thii
way. Il would relieve the South from s
constant source of trouble, and it woulG
give the negro o new start in life under
the most promising conditions. Thought
full colored men are not unmindful of tht
difficulties of the situation in the South
In an address before the colored Baptis
Convention at Indianapolis, On Wednes
day last, the Rev L. T. Huffman, o
Tennessee, said: II am sick of th'
South. and ! wish there was an opening
somewhere for our people to find refug
out of it," There are colored minister
in South Carolina who admit that j
would be best for the State if there coult
be thinning out Of our colored popula
lation. There are hundreds of whit
men everywhere throughout the Soutl
who are impressed with the necessity o
removing the excess of negroes. Soone
or later they will have to 60 or the whit
people will have. to 60. Which shall
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