The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-11-28
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annoyed and looked upon with contempt
be Is restless, pceviSh, and sometimes
mourns, and is very uuhannH.
II is this restltssncss aud d.>""nirni
ment and longing desire :" fierce thn
which he never can force. from "hl"f
springs all the social uonblc hctNeet
these two elements at the South. Let tht
colored man turn from all Of his inagin
ary social happiness Of mingling witt
another race of people, VIII" show IN every
conceivable way that they do not wlsf
his company and get to work earnestly IL
acquiring the more permanent and sub
stantial things Of life, and the great
problem is at once solved. The colorcd
| people want new teachers down here
teachers and leaders who will point ou'
| and instruct them in the "ay OF peace,
prosperity and happiness; teachers WHIT
will disabuse their minds OF this political
vanity, farce and humbug that are last
leading them blindfoIdcd into an indo-
lent shiftlessncSs, the result o! which is
| now being manifested by every crimlual
courts record. And now, in the name
of humanity, ask those who arc stand
ing at a convenient distance 10 dcslst
from their diabolical attempt to incltc
defenceless people to undertake thcir
own destruction.
John r. Shuflen.
Orlando, Fla,
An English opinion.
The London Spectator, October 26,
has an article on the relations Of the
"Whites and Blacks in America" based
on statements by the New York cores
pondent of the Manchester Examiner,
showing that not only are Southern
outrages" perpetrated on tho negro, but
that in the Northern and Western States
equal social rights are denied the blacks
by the whitess. The Fred Douglass in'
cident connected with the nav. Is given
as an example of the feeling OF the coun-
ty. Boston retail dealers are instanced
as having refused to employ colored as
sintauts in their shops; Christian asso-
Citations and congregations as refusing
negroes membership; President Harrison
as having dismissed black servants from
the White House; Chicago laborers as
opposing the employment Of negroes,
and New York Irishmen as boycotting
them. The Spectator says in this cou-
nection: "The gentlemen from Cork
will brook no interference or competition
on the part of the 'nigger.' Many in
stances are cited in the Western States
where negroes have been denied the or
dinary privileges of everyday life in
restaurants and shops and hotels" And
the articles 60 on to cite evidences OF an
intention TO expel and exterminatc the
race. A Georgia Senator is quoted as
having said: There is no room in this
country for the negro and the Yankee. l
care not what course the courts mag
take. But when the white man strikes
for home and fireside am with him."
Gen. Sherman is quoted as having ex-
pressed himself az Cincinnati meeting
of the G. A. r. as "prepared to admit
the disfranchisement Of the negro, pro-
yided that the congressional representa-.
ton of the South was reduced in proper
tion to the number of colored persons de-
prived of the vote"
On these statements the Spectator says
Though at first sight the expressions of
such opinions by NS.herners may seem
incomprehensible, trust that the En-
glishmen will not rtS Sway with the no.
ton that the NortherhV yes of dis
enfranchisement mnst necessarily be go
ing back from their old principles. In
the first place. it must be remembered
that the Northernars did not fight to give
the blacks the vote, but to save the
Union and put an end to slavery, and
with it the domination of a slave owning
slave-breeding slave. driving aEistocracy.'
If the aboition;sts had been allowed to
free the blacks by peaceful means, they
would almost certainly, as in the case of
the Indians and Chnease,SSye refused
the them franchise. ut of the
comforting of the full citizenship on the
blacks has shown th this policy would
have been the trre@. In the South,
ern States the negroes have, as a rule
been practically deprived of all political
power and are the mere tools in the
hands of the whites" The Spectator con-
cludes tnat the whole question bristles
with difficulties, but expresses confidence
that the trouble will be weathercd because
the people of the United States are En-
glshmen and do not succumb to any
political troubles however great. In
justice to the American people, The Spec
tator says that while outrages and lyuch-
ings of negroes are abominable and not
to be condoned, eve must not forget
that in many parts of the South no white
woman can 60 out alone without re.
volver." The Spectator concludes the
article as follows: "UnGuestionably a
portion of the negroes of the Gulf States
are still licentious savages, not yet eman-
eipated from the hdeous denominations
of the Obeah, nor from the persistent
inclination towards evil always existing
in uncivilized mankind. If we lived
within sight, as it were. of a population
whose grandparents were Guinea svagcs,
we should find it no easy task to think
and act calmly and justly in regard TO
the negroes"
Private Dnizcll Snysilis Sny
I'm ramused to see how the able
edito eI xplain the recent Republican
disasters and leave Hamlet out of the