Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-02-19

| apalnS all tue VISION ana 1OrC0 or the
British throne. George Washington will
always stand as one of the finest human
spectacles in all history. DAVID SWING.
The Negro Mast Help Himself.
| VIEWS OF Ex-MINIsTER TAYLOR ON THE
WORK OF THE RECENT CONVENTION AND
| ON THE RACE QUESTION GENERALLY.
[From the Washington Post.]
ssThe colored convention was a misera-
negro is incapable of self government, !"
said ex Minister to Liberia, G. II. J. Tay-
lor, to Post reporter yesterday morning.
The assertion came from a colored man
who has held high official positions. and
who is one of the three negroes who enjoys
the distinction of being member of The
bar Of the United States supreme court.
81 came to Washington" continued Mr..
Taylor, sstO report the negro convention
for number of influential daily papers of
the South"
ga Southern paper employ a colored
man as correspondence
Eyes; and in that line 1 have, all the
work can do"
"And you think the convention failure?'
Il do. First, it was called the most
representative body of colored men which
has ever met outside of the church.
Second, many of the meu present ought to
have been at home. They only acted the
part of obstructionists. This class was
made up of federal appointees under Har-
risou, who desired to make themselves
solid by having the administration endorsed,
and of an element that wanted to be smart
and get their names into public print -
,1otru nd
prevented the earnest and able men of the
convention from doing the work for which
the convention was called. Nothing was
accomplshed, the convention was a gi-
gantic failure, holding up the negro to the
scorn and ridicule of the sober and intelli-
gent minds of that race which we desire to
impress with our i'm mportance and signifcanc
sDo you mean that the press has given
unfair reports?"
81 certainly do not The members of
the press have been exceedingly lenient in
their reports"
4'Does the negro need more law?'
"No, sir. No special laws should be
asked which represent class favoritism -
The true way to solve the negro problem is
for each head of family to purchase a
piece of land aud build house upon it; to
educate ourselves and our children, re-
membering that there is distinction be-
tween book-learning and intelligence. The
negro race should strive to make it utterly
impossible for any man to sell his vote, and
be who sells bis vote should be forever dis
franchised, and he who buys that vote
should be disqualified from holding office,
AID no nice sentiment should prevent the
punishment of those who try to turn suf-
| frage out of its natural course.
The negro must help own this country
in order to help control it. The books in
the school-roOms have white men for
| authors; 1.-The railroads, banks and other
large corporations are owned by Cau-
casians, while the management of the
entire government depends upon the An
| glo- Saxons, they being in charge. I must
confess that expect to see banded intelli
gence and banded wealth always control
banded poverty and banded ignorance
This is right. The man who has nothing
and knows nothing shonld not be called
upon to decide what is to be done with the
interest of the man who has something and
who is intelligent. Republics anticipate
enlightened citizens who are able to exer-
else their suffrage without dictation and
outside interference"
"What would you have the negro do?'
"The negroes by proper department and
conduct must educate sentiment in the
country which will grant to them without
the asking all to which they are entitled
In fact the negroes of the South get nearly
all they merit. Nv race are new citizens,
and as such must be patient, and remember
that it takes time to remove the marks of
slavery. Force will do no good The
negroes must be conservative, and they
must divide in politics. They must dis
continue to believe the Republican party
the ship and all else the sea. I, for one,
love democracy, and while / am not SO fool
ish as to talk politics to them, still 1 90
down on the record as saying that no per-
manent peace will come to the two great
races until in the South political parties are
known by something else than color.
CAT present The Republican party South
is composed of negroes. while the Demo.
cratic party is just the opposite"
"Did you hear the speeches delivered al
the couvention2"
"Yes; and l regret the tone of many oil
them. / think nothing incendiary, revolu-
t,onary, and bordering on anarchy should
be said by us. We are IN the minority in
every depa, tment in this land, and as such
we must persuade the majority instead OF
attempting to brnwbeat them into conces-
sions by Wholesale abuse. The people OF
white men of the South denounce and de-
plore the outrages occurring among them.
If the intelligent colored men South would
strengthen the arms of their Southern
friends who want to stop these outrages,
instead of abusing them, peaceable con-
dition would obtain. There are as many
outrages North as South. There are fifty
| outbreaks between men of each race in
this country to one between the races
The men who take part in the outrages
South are the lowest elements of both
races as rule, who fall out and 6ght
while filled with mean whisky Colored
men must accept friendship from the men
among whom they live. Sensational and
blOod-curdiipg speeches delivered to men,
bers of our conventions will injure rather
than help. If one white man can run eight
negroes, it is conclusive proof that the
eight negroes are inferior 10 some way to
the race to which that man belongs who
runs them. The United States Senator
from Kansas who is pleased to call men of
my political faith, with black faces, mon.
strosities. in his speech few days ago in
jured my race rather than helped them
I love my race as l love my life. I also
love my country.
"The negroes will not leave this country
en- masse. A few may go, but very few.-
Liberia is failure. and Hayti is flied with
prejudice. Let the negro and the white
man go to work, keep sober, travel each in
his own distinct path, bidding God-speed
to each. There must be no amalgamation,
there must be peace, and there will be
| Justice. 1 do not endorse any doctrine
which encourages physical conflict.
.sThe great heart of the South, when
properly approached, will graot all which
equity and good conscience Demands
| Brains, Drawn, and bank accounts must
| settle the race question: