Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-09-12
Of negro rule in our State Govern

In alengthy and well considered
article on tho race problem the At
lanta Constitution, Of the Sthinstant,
says truly and well:
Tho South has a problem to solve,
the like of which 10 people ever had
before. 1T is hers to carry two races,
of radically different types, nearly
equal in numbers md equal in civil
and political rights, side by side, in
peace and honor. That is D problem
without parallel or precedent. Many
believe that it cannot be solvcd--but
that, in spite of patience and mutual
forbcaranco and tho uttermost wis
dom, chaos and war must come.
One Of tho Mis"st aid best OF mon
said: 81 sec but three possible ways
out Of it--Colonization, amalgama-
tion, and determination. The first
is wcll-nigh impossible; tho second,
hidcous; the third, appalling"
What is the duty OF the South?
How can she best settle this problem,
beset with such diilicrlties2
She must maintain jhc political, as
well as the social, integrity Of the
white race. She must keep it COM
pactcd. She must sacrifice every
political or economic difference,
rather than divide its solid ranks.
She must determine that, at all
hazards, she will prevent the domina-
ton of tho black race, that was once
put in domination over us. That
the white race shall control, and that
neither through division in our ranks,
not through the power of money of
others, shall the control of the blacks
be established. Let us make it
plain that it l.; not iiio nope OF do
minion or power, but an abiding ne
ccssity-not spoils or patronage, but
plain sclf-prcscrvation that holds the
white people of the South together.
That it is not sectional prejudice,
but sectional problem, that holds
us compactcd.
There is another duty that is press
ing. We must hold the friendship
and the confidence of the negro.
We must convince him that he, most
dependent on the bounty and pro-
lection of government, will find that
most fully guaranteed, when the
property and intelligence of the South
are in full control. We must make
him known that his best friends arc
the people with whom his lot is cast,
and whose peace and prosperity dc
pcnd absolutely on his contcntmcnt
and cooperation. We must give
him Justice, measured in that !uilncss,
which the strong should always give
to the weak. We must win not only
his confidence and friendship, but
the approving verdict of the world
that at last must help us and Judge
us. In appealing for the patient toll
crancc of mankind, and especially Of
our brothers Of the North, while we
deal with this problem, we must
show that we deserve what we ask for,
and without which our very best cf
forts will be weakened and our vim
dication postponed.
X
Never did the South need more
sorcly than to-day wise and prudcnv
leaders, and patient and conscrva-
tive hearts. Not that q single right
that is essential, or single scnti-
mcnt that is precious, should be
compromise" or surrendered. At
any SacrihcS' ana IN al, uesp'tr' we
mus. "ric'd w'l'' 'l'o''uS ,,S our S"cia,
an" po'lical integrity ms we WI!
90, is we nave dohe Tor 'wGnty-hVc
years ne lesson she sho"'" learn
III 'h'' cr'llcai no"r IS no'-co"ra%c,
!or '''ac runs WIN n%cr % p'oo1' pMI IL
lS-l".'ehcc ahu se'l cohtrol ihHse
Sile 81 mus. % le;'rh sh;. sne may sun the
.; r;s,nS Tempe, ol 'no I',ck ah' pas
sio''"Ic--,'''l sio''",Ic,,'';'l S'ic may Pu"'S' '''ose
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