The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-05
THE RACE PROBLEM.
wba, Governor Loe rhlns. on the Subject

what Governor Ioe Thinas on the Subject
Extract from Interview III the \. Y.Her1ld.'
Il remarked that since the election of
General Harrison the race question scent
ed To- have come into prominence. ana
that Northern people were talking OF %
with considerable interest.
ACks AND WHITES lN VIRGINIA
"Tue. said the Governor "but lhe
discussion of the matter down here ante
dates the election The question of races
has heen earnestly canyassed for years.
but more especially dnrinI thc last few
months And iis knotty point Us solu-
r0n viii tax the best minds OF the cOun-
trv. ltcant Doe solved by Federal power
on authority, though many cOlOrcd peO-
ple imagine General Harrison viii be able
10 solve Fl. We have am anamalOus condi-
ton things There is bother country IN
the world wherein two distinct races
races that can never assimilute. that can
have but few interests i'm cOmmOn-are
made politically equal by law. II You
look abroad-in Europe. for instance
YOU win find that similar peo-
ples only come under one general
government. Germans are governed
by Germans, French by Frenchmen,
5praniards by Spanish and even
Poles hy P0landers, though under
pressure of Russian officials Ireland
NAV in some measure be cited As an eX-
ception; but though British laws may be
uniustlv enforced, there is not so wide "a
difference between the average intelll-
rence Of the two peoples. Imagine Spain
again governed by the MOOrs, and il viii
NOT seem 50 strange as absolute dOmi-
nation of the south by the freedmen.
To talk OF tho majority being in control
In this respect IS TO accept theory Whlch
cannot be put i'm practice. Look at the
teeming millions of blacks in India Are
they not i'm majority that Is over
Whelmincg Yet they are governed by
laws made for them in London in which
thev have no participation There is no
thought OF putting the Asiatics ON par
POLITICALLY with the whites. But here in
his great democracy, and the only
place i'm the universe, the national con-
stitutiOn declares whites and blacks are
politically on equal terms
n Lhk AuL UANNLA ~
Suppose the col0red people should
seek 10 have this constitutional privilege
carried 0ut TO the fullest extent Cover
nor. what would happen ~
Il think they won't seek TO do any
thing of the kind ii left TO themselves. II
they should, however, there must neces'
sarily he trouble Personally l am on
good terms with cOlored people A short
time ago. on invitation, | rode out TO re-
view body of cOi0red troops at a mill
tary encampment, and finally ended by
making them a little speech. For
this u deputatiOn waited on me
and declared that the colored
men of the State had determined 10 send
me here for another term-'Gwan ter
send YOU up agin, a. they put it-not'
withstanding the State constitution
makes me ineligible for a second term.
had pleased them, and they were desi-
rous Of showing their appreciation OF my
slight service by re-electlng me-a gene
rous impulse Characteristic OF the race,
perhaps. though 10 DO so would be in
violation OF the fundamental law OF the
state They never once stopped TO con
slider that.
PERPLENING QUESTION.
But Goyernor," l said, "the colored
man Is here TO stay lie Is tact How
DO YOU propose to treat himt
Questions easily asked, not easily
answered As he is now, labOrlng ana
assisting in the Development OF The States
he is all right. Leave him alone and he
will thrive proportionally with the rest
of ms. Upset him, nh his head with false
and pernicious notions OF assimilation
and social equality, and you destroy hi'
usefulness rs an integer.
UARRIsON's TROUBLESOME PLEDGE.
"How. then" asked, do You suppose
General Harrison can carry out his all
legged pledge to the colored people OF the
SOUTH
simply by leaving them alone" was
the Generals quick reply lie cannol
DO anything TO hurt us that VIII
not at the same time hurl
YOU. Northern capital is here help
ing us, not perhaps because the
capitalists love us 80 much as that they
need profitable investments and hno
them here. But in helping Themselves
they help US, and we are naturally glad
fo nave them here The time for ami
mosities has gone forever. When | tell
YOU that such men, as Morton, Bliss 4
Co.. Brown Brothers s. Co., the Wander
bits. John j. Astor and others of equa
prominence in finance and trade ore in
yesting in Southern enterprises You ma,
rest assured that Republicans. as many
ofthom are grenot going to sanction any
policy or course That will create disturb
ance-. upset values, and destroy conn
dence, which any dragooning' woul'
quickly do
MOntreRls Ice Carnival.
MONTREAL. February 1.-The ice car
niyal opened to-day with great ecla'
/ The Governor General and party opene'
the ice palace at $50 =. NJ. There wer