The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-04-25
LET THE SOUTH ALONE
SENTIMENTS OF sOUrHkRN MrtN
ON THE RACE PROBLEM. SO

ON THE RACE PROBLEAG. 80
Opinions Of Governor Lee, Governor
Richardson, Governor Buckaer and
Other Representative southern Men.
The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes
interviews which it has collected with
prominent men and politicians Of the
Southern States. Only men we'll
known in their sections were applied
to, and to these the following qdese
tions were put: ,it9 14iAd % ~.
First What u the Southern ques.
tion m 80 1si - .3suaH f1bo;1
Second. How should it be met to
produce the greatest good 70 the
South sraf1 ss5fsl s1T-
The idea Of the lnqssires- was to OBJ
t,in the real views Of Southern lead
ers upon q subject which 10 becoming
very prominent. The responses near
ly all voiced the same sentiment
that the race problem is the great one
to be solved, and that the South
should be allowed to manage her own
affairs without Interference. Follow
ing is brief summary Of some of the
opinions:
Governor Richardson, Of South
Carolina, says that the Southern quesl
ton is the race problem-Shall the
African or Caucasian predominate ?
The solution 10 in the strict avoidance
by the general government Of any dis
tinctively Southern policy and in
leaving to the States themselves the
Al i
affairs. 4.als 1sisI .as7hlido ~
Gov. Fitzhugh Lee, Of Virginia,
says two distinct races are wrestling
with each other for political sopsema,
cy. The question Is, therefore, swheth
er the Southera States and cities shall
be retained in the hands of the white
man or whether there shall be . war
of races. The prosperity of both races
and that of the States in which they
live demands that each State should
be allowed to control its own internal
affairs without federal interference,
and to exercise those reserved rights
left with the great care to the States
by the representatives of those States
who framed the constitution in the
city of Philadelphia over 100 years
ago.
Governor Buckner, of Kentucky,
protests that there is no such ques-
tion. The 80 called Southern question
seems to be a hotbed plant of
Northern growth, All exotic which will
not flourish in Southern soil. Such
unpatriotic sectional agitations, wheth-
er originating in the North or South,
should not be encouraged by the Peo-
pie Of any section, and that injury re-
sulting from such agitati.ns to the
whole country would be reduced to a
minimum if the people Of each State
would continue to attend to their own
affairs in accordance with their local
constitutions and unite in supporting
the general government in its just ex-
ercise of all its legitimate powers.
A. ]. Russell, superintendent of
public instruction Of Florida, says as
the question is discussed in republican
journals he is led to suppose that
soma special legislation is to be in
ficted on the South, but the South
has no fear. If the question means
how can the Southern people pe made
republican, it cannot be doLe. The
truth is the 90 cslled Southern ques.
ton can best and wisest be answered
by letting the South alone in the en-
ioyment of her constitutional rights 9
Oscar III. Cooper, superintendent of
public instruction Of Texas, says the
difficulties of the adjustment of the re
1~k rE Ahn
met and overcome by common sense.
T. M. Miller. attorney-general of
Mississippi, says that the contrast be-
tween the negro aud white gsvern-
ments has been 90 decidedly in favor
of the latter that the white people are
determined there shall be no ,return
to the former. Indeed, military des-
potism would be preferred. If our
political dominion ut home u at all
questionable in its rightfulnees Of ORR
gin, let it be remembered that we
view government here a. matter of
business, not glory, and We protect
against interference because We know
that our State affain ara managed in
the interest of all. We say to tha re.
publicans, take your new 6txte5 and
keep control Of the sesaefal dPyern-
ment, if you choases keep - x9cheme
of taxation revolving to. jnsticea and
oppressive upon the, aRricNlsAfA1a Sec-
tions, aud We will submit -cheerfjlly;
but don't ~ ignorApce and sice to
rule over the South. Lastly, when
interest and judgqsnt instead oi
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