The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-09-13
The Negro Question.
Gov Fowle's Opinion of our States Needs

Mountain Park Hotel, Hot Springs, N.
c., Sept. 4.-Governor Daniel g. Eowle
of this State has been spending a number
of days at this hotel enjoying, what he
says is the pleasantest summer resort in
the South. la conversation with your
correspondent the Governor gave utter
ance to his opinion concerning the negro
exodus from North Carolina, and said
that his opinion was the opinion of the
people OF the State generally. 1t is, 10
the effect, that the quicker North Carolina
gets rid of the negro population, just SO
soon will she be able to. induce hardy
white men from the North, West aud
other sections OF the union to come in here
and settle. But SO long as SOC, 900 TO 6OO,-
900 negroes live here, outside white men
will not come in to any great extent. The
Northern man does not like the negro as
a neighbor, competitor in labor or 10
business. In fact, be thought that the
Southerners like the colored man even
better than do the people at the North.
"We know" the Governor continued,
"that negro will work as little as he pos
sibly can. He has no desire to accumu-
late money. Brain work is his last ambi-
tion. To develop our resource we must
have men of energy and thrift. Though
the Anglo-Saxon race has some of the
meanest characteristics humanity is heir
to, it also has some of the noblest traits.
Its energy is unquestioned and from our
mountains this energy can wrest the valu
able elements to the betterment aud Zurich
menL Of the commonwealth. I should not
care to see the negro population leave in
a body. The present looked for exodus is
about 1000 year, and during my ad-
ministration, shall give the negro every
facility in my power TO travel to other
States. OF course, shall not want this
to occur to the detriment OF any particular
sections. North Carolina Is the white
mans country. The negro does not thrive
in it's mountains and bracing air. He is
better fitted for work in the lowlauds,
whore the climate 10 warmer than in these
parts"
Speaking of the coming of the Northern
man TO the South the Governor said: ga
great deal of ignorance exists in the North
not only about the resource down this way
but about the attitude of the Southern
people toward Northern men who come
here. The narrow prejudices suppo sed to
have been produced in the minds of South.
erners by the war, against the people of
the North, and popularly believed to still
exist, despite the volnrns which have been
spoken and written to the contrary, may
be the means of retarding larger influx
of Northerners. But I am positive :hat
no prtjudicial telling does exist in the
mind Of any true Southerner. | know
that the Northern men who come here are
received cordially and are welcomed upon
the same plane socially and in business
way as they would be welcomed in the
North. People from the North are sur
prised at our resource aud they are pleased
with the cordiality they find on every
hand among the Southern people,"
The conversation here drifted to the
question of civil service reform, and Gov
| ernor Fowle said that he regarded the
so-called reform grand humbug, which
would do more to ruin an efficient public
| service than it would to benefit it. The
very idea on which the system is based
! would produce y set OF sneaks and hypo-
| critics. He believe that the Republican
ought to have set Of Republicans when
they 60 into power and ths' Democrats
| should appoint Democrats when their turn
| came. The idea OF having Democratic
| official under Republican administration
was mistaken idea in his opinion. AZ he
| could not see how one man could serve
two masters iaithfullY-AsheoiNe Citizen.