The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-06

vrnxesnce. Il wns cfsen directed against
those nsi2efshke hirstingS Who came among
., =, .<Sr an the basess passions Of the In
ernxed sasves. Fortunately when their
bexira noxxh ward became N aseEred fact.
resce. ecod order and prosperity retained.
ana TIE South. - Is wns slow 70 welcome.
- souick 20 SPEED the parting guest
Their angry croskings may still Be beard
from thedr distant retreats, but il will wake
no responsive echoes, saye in their own
corrupt hearts
Mr.. smith makes the goed point that
society, In iss hess regulated state, Il often
shocked q marvellous displays OF wicked
ness, which il IL poweriess 70 prevent
The vh1se community IL responsible TO the
extent OF vigorous enforcement Of Law, but
when that Is done IL stands acquitted as
the bar Of pubic opinion The masses IN
the south are Iaw-abiding and earnestly in
favor Of IN impartial enforcement OF the
isw. without respect to race, color or pre-
vious condition
Than be throws down the gauntlet 70 the
virtuous North and hurts iis charges back
In its teeth.
Waving the suggestion that IL comes
with poor grace from men who are the wit
nesses Of the fraud and corruption, In
limitation and coercion daily pracsieed st
the North. from men who made blocks
OF I'VE" the wstchword OF . national cam
paign: who stole the presidency IN
1875 BY . fraud so open and notorious
that il amazed ind shocked The
civilized world and threatened the integ-
rity of our system, IL it true that there Is
now. or ever has been, any concerted
movement to deprive the eoiored man OF
his vote? II will not do to cite exceptional
cases OF violence and intimidation ~ the
polls. These have, no doubt. occurred and
may occur again. They are TO be depre-
Gated. They have occurred at the North
But We submit, the exception does not
make the rule. The good people OF Illinois
cannot be held responsible for the open de-
fianse of the Law By the anarchists, nor are
other sections TO be charged with the
crimes Of the White Caps. For every sin
gle voter intimidated at the south, We
pledge ourselves 10 show double the num-
Der at the North. led or driven to the polls
and forced 70 vote against their convic-
tons, at the peril Of losing their daily
bread.
But the most telling point he makes
and il Is the unanswerable argument which
the negros themselves have furnished--is
in his reference TO negro emigration
How is IL that the colored population
of the South does not fly to the arms open
TO receive them at the NORTH
why Is il and how is 1t that the few
who live North among their protested
friends are discontinued and thriftless, and
are worse of than the poorest Of their race
in the SOUTH Why Is ii that the stream
OF immigration flows to Mississippi. Louis
lana and Texas, where, according 70 the
charges made, there is no place for the
negrog Why does the colored man love
the hand that smites him? Why is that
no spot on earth Is as dear to him as the
sunny South? The answer is plain. He
knows her people. He loves them. They
are his best friends and real protectors,
and neither threats nor Establishments can
drive him from his domiciie. The men
who keep up this agitation can see no So
luton Of the race problem, simply because
thsy do not wish TO see 1t solved. Ii would
take awav the last prop under their sink
ing political fortunes"
In regard to colonization Mr. Smith pre-
sents the difficulties of that solution In q
few words well worth considering:
'Supposing this difficulty out Of the way.
will the coiored population voluntarily go
into exile or shall they be forced? The
answer Is plain. They win not leave OF
their own volition nor will they be driven.
The negro is an American citizen, and to
force him to leave his country implies the
right TO force any other citizen"
Then he comes to . sensible conclusion
of the whole matter:
After ell, the shortest way to q practi-
cal solution of the question. is TO let IL
alone. The negro Is in the South to stay,
for . thousand years. at least. Beyond
that. We need not seek to penetrate the
veil