The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-18

The spsech o. Senator Bu-ls-. Of South
/ Carolina, on the racs question, synopsis
/ Of which appeared n our Dispatches yes
day, began a debate in the Sela-e which
may Be interesting, but will hardly Be profit
able. The senator's spesca was IN support
I OF his bin providing for 81 appropriation
[ Of 5000. 90 20 sssis. those Of the blacks II
the south who are dissatisfied with their
present surroundings and condition to emil
CRATE 70 the northern states or foreiga
/ countries Two OF the republican senator's, Mr.
Hoar Of Massachusetts,. and Mr.. BAR. OF
New Hampshire. aid ed the Senlte in
oppo itioa TO the ill., and Senator Inyals,
it Is announced, viii speak OF ths same sub
ject next Tuesday OF course ne will op-
pose the bill Indeed, it is probable that
al the republican and many Of the demo
cratic senator's are hostile to it. Senator
Vance, Of North Carolina, has already
stated in an interview that he does not
regard it as a wise measure.
Senator Buffers pre- 'entation Of the rscs
question will commend very general atten-
ton and may make friends for his bill The
presidents which he cited are sufficient, GER
tainly, to justify congress in appropriatIng
money TO assist the blacks 20 emigrata.
The main objection 70 Mr.. Buffers bill,
however, and all similar bills, is that the
blacks don't want TO leave the south The
MORNING News has pointed out many times
that no considerable number of the blacks
would leave their present homes unless they
were forced 70 do 50. and there is no dispo-
sition in the north or south to do that.
Tine blacks intend 70 remain where they
are and there can be no solution of the race
problem that does not take that fact into
consideration. If the means for emigratlng
were provided, NJ doubt emigration agents
would be numerous and active, and good
many blacks might be persuaded to go to
the northern states and 70 the C1ngo Free
State, but they would scarcely be missed.
No satisfactory solution Of the problem
has yet been offered, and theirs is no prospect
that any will be. Senator Vance says
that the races get along very well together,
and that there would be no serious trouble
between them if the blacks were let alone
by their alleged northern friends. He must
admit, however, that the blacks become
more aggressive as they become more
numerous. and that their aggressiveness
produces irritation that shows itself with
increasing frequency.
That there is Discrimination against the
blacks IN the north as well as in the south
is shown by the fact pointed out by Senator
Butler, and which seems to have escaped
notice This fact is that few years ago
there was quite number Of black men in
congress. but now there is none, although
this congress is a republican one. Notwith
standing that there are many thou
sands of black voters in each Of several of
the northern states no black mel are
chosen to represent the people in places of
responsibility and power. As the races are
crowded closer together, and the number OF
educated blacks increases, the struggle of
the blacks against this discrimination is
certain TO DO attended with conflicts more
or less serious. What thinking men see in
the future is what forces the race question
to the front and keeps it there