The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-16
@M 1emorrat- st.,
An USCOMFORTARIr -
what Sixty Years Of "R,,.
Has Effected. 1S"aHl


The suffrage in Barn'"
nnr1 IL !" e th"se who hold rsa IS con:
there is no dlslinei,on vi coune
IT, i. IT. Inc whites are on #, e"lGr ia
Oy The blacks, in actual Numbered
about two 10 one. I'm, bp"apulaliop,
non Tor voters gives the p ml'
very much the ADVANTAGE e !. whites
ing officers. The CO. IN elect.
U WemSa.( ,he latter a body " of s., and
Grown. The Lpsisln,i,, by The
Oly, which consists Of lh Assem-.
members, is elected by tho Io'f,y'si1
lied voters OF the iJsn'dle quail
years. The black men are "a" nnH SIX
T T,%ns TO Eave a share in tLi, IL,,,Gl'
Ihey Chose one member y"'s Oody,
1ney struck oIll for seyera erection n.
Ihey succeeded in chHosina, more
ont numLao making Their bros.
en- number two; but The wT its,
charge that they showed ~ WHITES
lack Of good faith in ,boi :" uller
nu', They made votes by b '"g,,,
lands and morlgaging IL So O" ihn:
though rominaliy posecs =, 10 o. mat nat,
q value -hese voters really bni IVO
ltiie more than S.. This !. "o ! a
tnral politicians dodge and a ma,
Tar from being a heinons ogona very Y
polltlclans' eyes. The whites ,r ~
preparing 10 pass a law wbi,b n "dg
make 1t impossible 10 bs d"n ~,
again. =" uohe
But there is nothing in fri,
account for The bitter race ap r,rn 70
hes which ! heard everywbera ar,
pressed. The whites realIv L a
,leve that The colored race will Hot
I'VE with them peacefully wilbout
The restraint of force. The momLo.
OF Parliament to whom | have 70,
Ierred above, a highly intelligent
man, a large property Owner ami
one who has till recently boap " ao'
ronnied a Trend Of the black,
SAID TO me seriously Eve sbonId
not be SAT-" for a day on This island
we're not for the presence Of the
ro0pS." you do not mean tba,
he colored men would rise and
massacre you?" said |. 81 do mean
ust that" he relorted they hale
WIN uhdylng haired" This seem.
ID almost absurd in our day. buI I
onnd The opinion confirmed by
III with whom | conyersed. 4
'rooi of il is Ia be found in lhe
act that white men are forming
Tile clubs and Target practice IS
he fashionable sport among lba
'omen. The white people will tell
on without reservation that they
o mol leel safe against the posi-
lie withdrawal of Troops from the
'land or the weakening of their
arris0n.
The white Bermudans declare
nat they will moi let The negIOes
Oiain any power in Legislation in
event. when that comes, if
ever DIES" said The member Of
arllamenl whom / have quoted,
We shall petition the mother
.nntry 10 take away the right Of
'li'government from us, and it
Ill readily see The need OF such
But how about The effects
education ~ | asked Of him.
hey do nol help the case a par
said he. "Ihe negro is made
IRE dangerous rather Than i'm
owed in his relations to us by
ncatIOn. We cannot get along
IN him because hs hates MS, and
does not keep faith with US.
Iucatlon does not effect his
itude on either CT these points,
t makes hlm a more dangerous
versary."
)f course, | set this down only
an observer. 1t was a novel
te OF afairs-to me, and | think
will prove 80 10 many of your
ders, IL is as a sign of the times
an Interesting topic that | have
ltured 10 chronicle il.