Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
THE CRITIC.
An Appeal to Pharaoh on a Proposed Exodus
of the Negro-The Revenue Tax on
whisky Would Pay His Fare to Africa
Uncle Remus Ought TO stay-The Two


whisky would Pay His Fare to Africa
Uncle Remus Ought TO Stay-The Two
Ruuaways and Other Darkey Stories
Roland Country Comedy.
The negro-some are told-must go. Asaslave
he was brought over to this country In tne nrst
mace. AS a slave, and only as slave, has he
baen suffered to remain here. And now that
slavery has been put away there is only one
reasonable thing left for the negro to do and |
that is to go back whence ne came. |
And there is only one auequa.e
solution of this negro problem, wnlcn is
everv day. in State and church. clamoring |
more approximately for solving, and tnat Is 70
send the negro back, to '1et the people go"
This is the answer to the negro quesuon
which is proposed by the author OF An appeal
to Pharaoh (Fords, Howard and Hubert: h.
s. Davis & Coz The negro is an alien race, ne
saws. And he quotes with approval this SEN
tence from General Harrison's letter accepting
his nomination to the Presidency: we are
| clearly under duty to defend our CIVILIZATION
| by excluding alien races whose ultimate assini-
| lation with our people is neither possible nor
desirable.u General Harrison probably had
his face turned toward the West when he wrote
that But the words touch the Sonth also.
The negro must CO. And he must go back TO
Africa Can we afford to send himf The reve-
| nue. tax on WHISKY duu bOudOOo Ava ~
will nav all costs. viii he gof The author
thinks that he will be glad to go. He quotes
from various newspapers evidencing the rest
lessness of the negroes in the South, and the vel
| come which they give to schemes for emigra-
| ton. whether into the West or even into Soutn
| America. He believes that an offer made OF
national help to an exodus into the great
Congo Valley would be accepted gladly ana
speedily
.yTbe nation suffered in the War OF the Re
belliou because it would not listen to the words
of warning and would not obey the laws which
must govern every associated community.
Peoples have been swept off the face Oh the
earth for a disregard of natural laws OF lar
less Importance than those with which we trinea.
Year after year the danger grew. 1ear
after wear our trade and commerce
clamored angrily against those who told
the truth. which we wore forced 10
learn when it was written in blood. 1t was
only procrastination indecision, that made the
problem of African slavery in the United
States one of overwhelming danger. 1t IS the
came inclination to trife with the danger
which lies before us that makes the problem Oh
the African in the United States terrible one
to-day"
Thus wrote Judge Tourgee several years ago
in his "Appeal to Caesar" But we still have
an idea that everything will quietly grow wright
somehow. In the meantime, however, every
thing in this connection seems to be growing
quietly wrong.
This writer has proposed radical solution.
He has advanced his arguments in clear,
strong and readable paragraphs. The style Is
forcible. and the spirit of the book temperate,
reasonable and Christian. Everybody who is
interested in this great matter-and VINO Is
! not?-should read this book.
, We have not yet heard, however, from the
one man whose opinion we are most Interested
to know, What does the negro think about MS
. future? The conference of colored clergymen
I in New York, the other day, made some COM
: ments. not without goodreason upon the make
! ND of commission to consider work among the
oolored people, composed exclusively OF white
5 men, The negro himself can help us more than
: all the politicians or philosophers.
!, sxx
T UNow. l des tell you wat honey" said Uncle
: Remus to the little boy, 'if you want ter year
! dish year tale right straight thro', widout any
D balkin' or stallin, you'll des halter quit maxim
any fuss. Now, den, you des set right whal
Q YOU is en- stop you behavishness. Kaze de fus
!, time you wink loud you got ter elt right up or
: de bed-pos' dar en- ride straddle. So, den
3 Well one time Brer Mink en- Brer Coon, Ell
r Brer Polecat all live tergeer in de same settle
Q ment.r And then follows another Of thos'
u inimitabe stories which nobody can tell as Joe
a Chandler Harris can.
q If the negro problem does ever get solved &C
h cording to the ideas of the author of "Al
t, Appeal to Pharaoh" it is to be hoped tha
Uncle Remus will not leave us and tell hi
q stories thereafter along the banks of the Uppe
+, Congo where we shall never hear them. On
SO of the interesting things about these stories
% however, is the probability that they came il
T. the first place from the upper Congo. Thes
are genuine myths. They are as attractive t
the scholar as they were to "the little boy.
Brer Rabbit and Reynard the Fox belong tt
pether. The fables of Esop and the fables Q
Pilpay find counterparts the world over, fror
n Kamschatka to Australia, and from the vale
OF the Congo to the valley of the Yukon. CT
r1ously enough the rabbit who is the hero
On these negro myths, is hero also in many storie
which have come down in the memories {
I'D many tribes of American Indians. An Oman
er Tnvtb tells how the rabbit caught the sun in
or trap.
in The "Brer Rabbit of Uncle Remus is quit
nd capable of entrapping the sun and all the IKE
rs stars. He has lost none of his cunning in NJ
de Harris last book Daddy Jake, the Rundt0d
er and Other Stories, by Uncle Renus. (Tf
'o' Century Company; 81. Watts q co., Wld
~ clear pages pictured cover, colored edges ar
he excellent illustrations add to the charm
nd these quaint stories.
So
,er The little colored baby has place among Il
re. Babes of the Nations. (Frederlck A. stokes
al. Bro; H. Watts & co., Indeed, the little dar
on complexioned baby is the prettiest of the le
to except, perhaps, the quaint little maiden fro
Do. the land of the Dutch. There are IL babies
the book. each representing nation and
month. Each baby has full page for its pl
ture with no lack of bright colors, and a
nd other page of rhymes and jingles. The illr
traitor is Maud Humphrey, and the versifier
Edith M, Thomas The result is book whi,
will make the ewes of some small children full
leo as big as the eyes Of these plump babies
~. 10 which is saying great deal.
= So
red Nor are we done with the negro yet. For he
cts he is in the story which gives Its name to H;
the ry stillwell Edwards book, Ttco Runa,0a
min and Other Stories (the Century Co.. H. Wat
nd. A. COY These studies in Southern life are O
an favorites for the most part, having appeared
he several of the magazines. The pictures, me
of which are equally familiar, are by E. '
q; Kemble.
III ~ There were several pictures by Mr.. Kemt
md in the Exposition Art Gallery. Among
de- drawings in the Century exhibit one especial
and will be remembered by many who have seen
ice; - tho lost few weeks. The title of it "
A'N' I'm the Quarters" Two little biack-faced a
bricht-eyed pickaninnies are having gre
ride in a soap box which is mounted on t
dangerous wheels and made to serve for a CHI
lot The lOyear-old sister acts as horse. T
Old father and mother lean over the fence. I
little heads peep over the edge OF the soap b
age The little black fingers hold on with q tie