The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-07-31
WHITES AND BLACKS.
Effect of the Lods BiIl...The Measure, If
Enacted and Enforced, VIII Cause Trou-
bic in tho South.

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Effect of the Lodge Bil..The Measure, If
Enacted and Enforced, VIII Cause Trou-
| bic in tho South.
New YORK, July 24.-When asked
for his views of the probable effect on
the industries of the South of the
passage of the Lodge bill, General
Roger A. Pryor said: My opinion is
that the enforcement of the bill, if
enacted, will invitably provoke collis-
ions of violencein the Southern, States,
and consequently capital will be with
drawn from the South, OF atall events
it will no longer be sent thither. Re
lations botween tllt races in the South
are at present perfectlT pacific and
satisfactory to both, but any, att"mpt
of the federal government to intlu-
ence the electoral franchise in the
South and SO to distcWbthe equilibrium
Of the races will provoke resentment
and mtlame passions inconsistent
with public order and tranquility.
No man, whatever his political opin-
ions, can travel in the South without
being favorably impressed by the
contentment and prosperity pervad-
ing colored communities.
"It is to the peaceful relations be
tween the races and their cordial CO.
operation III industrial development
that the present extraordinary pro-
gross is attributable. TO set the two
classes i'll hostility, as this bill would
do, would infallibly arrest the course
OF Southern prosperity. 1t is a nota-
BILE fact that collisions between the
races in the South have invariably
and exclusively been caused by politi-
cal controversies. On every ether sub
ject the harmony between the races
is complete, At present there is
nothing in the political contests of
the South to exasperate one race
against the other But this bill will
undoubtedly array the factions in i'm
placable antagonism.
1t may as well be understood, once
tor oil, that tho whites Of the South
do not intend that the blacks shall
acquire the ascendency, and in so far
as this bill tends to the accomplish
ment Cf that ascondency it VIII cha!-
lenge resistance. If the races be left
free from Federal intervention, they
will worl, out their pacific and III ear
nest cO-ol Grafton, not only to- the
benefit Of The South, but to the vel
fare Of tho .ntire country. 1t is la
mentable at this junctue, when every
thing is so quiet and prosperous in
the South, that measure should be
introduced which cannot but result
in discord and disaster
Hon. j. Simms, president of the
Fourth National Bank, took differ
ent view. He thought the South
would acquiesce in the operation Of
the bill if it was made law.
The ante e-bellum days." he said,
"are not the days we live in. The
South is law abiding; so that while
there may be some resentment it
will not occasion any serious disturb
ancos. [ don't believe in the bill. 1
am not apprehensive Of any violence
on the part Of the South in case it
should be enforced. Of course mil
lions and millions of Northern money
have gone South forinvestment in the
last few years, and that very connec-
ton will be an influence tending to
control any outbreak that would en-
danger the enterprises that Northern
capital has built up.