, 1890-01-23
THE NEGRO PROBLEM
Buffers Bill Discussed in
the Senate.
TO AFRICA.
The Advantages to tho Race Set
Forth by the Author OF
the Bal.

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TO ascertain what percentage 0I people
own their iurms, tho number OF ffu7
under mortgage rnd the unou Mt thereof
MIR. Merriam from tho finance COM
mittce. reported back the concurrent
resolution requesting the secretary Of
the treasury not to make new lease OF
the islands ol st. Paul and ST. Georgc in
Alaska for the purpose OF taking tur
seals thcrofronl, and to postpone all ac-
| ton in relation thoroto until alter the
10Th of February, 1880; passed
Among tho bills reported from the
committee and placed on the calendar
were the following;
Establishing q customs collector dis
trict to consist of the states of North
and South Dakota.
| For the removal of the Indian prison
cr- In tho East (Geron.moz Daud) TO
! Fort kin, /. 4.
The scra then took mp thc bill intro
| durrd By Mr. Butler tp provide for the
! migration Of persons OF color nom the
/ southern states. and Mr. Butler pro-
/ cecdud to address tho senate. lhis, lie
said was too grand a subject to he dis
| tuftci by plrty considerations, or con-
| fined within narrow boundaries and rho
| limits Of party lines. some persons
| who held high rank In the intel
lcctuul world ncld that in ths history
| of tIe African race tuis country
was to he seen the hand Of God for the
accomplishment of great purpose IN
another hemisphere. Events appeared
/ to bo shaping themselves In the manner
to satisfy such - conclusion, The race
| question raised by changed attitude OF
] the two races tOwur! eaCh other was
evidence that tine issue was not confined
tl any locality, sCetiOu or party. What
WAS To become ot the HNOb Indians IN
this country ana the lUJ,OuJ Cinnamon
was q difficult problem, but the most
profound inquiry should be applied di.
rogtly to the question Of what was TO hc
! the tate of Tie GuU. 600 or 10000
negroes In this country. They were citi.
Ecus They had the ballot. They had
all the civil and political rights whicl,
the white man had and which were de-
MED To- the other yolOrud races
Mr.. Butler referred to the absence of
the colorcd people from all high posi-.
tions In the country, and saw IN shat
| tact proof Ot unrclculing uuiOrgivlug,
/ lucuraDle race prejudice. 10 anybody,
he said had predicted uCiOro tgc war
that the Southern states would within u
iOw years be represented IN both houses
OF congress by men who were then
slaves he would have been laughed at.
IT anyone predicted to-day that within
| q half century not tull-UluOdcd, gCnu-
inc negro would be found In the United
States, he would not be believed, and yet
there were men who expected that very
thing
The bill. he said, contemplated grad.
ual, orderly, voluntary movement of
the colorod people out Ot the Southern
states, and provided that the govern
mcut enable Them to DO 80. While the
/ negroes remained In large masses aud
| exceeded in numbers their white neigh
bors, not only did the negroes not ud-
. vance In tho scale Cf civilization, but
actually refrigerated. Such az least, had
been his experience. On tho other hand,
observation uud experience had con-
| viuCct him that where thu white race
| was largely in the majority, the white
man was .otter oil aud the negro
WIS better OIL, 30 that no friend
of the negro should oppose the bill,
because 1t would too hurtUI to the negro.
lie believed that 1t the government
would do it, duty 10y the negro instead
/ OF coaching him und confusing him with
| civil rights and empty stltutes. u II
would render him substantial assistance
IN his struggle for regeneration and real
freedom, hc would illumine the dark
continent ul hl- fathers with he light Of
. Christianity and law.
As to the effect on the Southern states
he said that II the south could be thus
relieved Of part, ut least, of its ~upcl -
abundant cheap labor, there would TO
such an immigration OF white intelli-
gent and progressive citizens that the
prosperity of the south during the last
decade would pale into iusiPuiiicanCe as
compared with It's future progress.
Mr HUar replied to Mr.. Butler. It
seemed TO him that this proposition was
the most astonishing that had ever
been heard IN tho legislative history ui
the senate or in the legislative history Ot
ag,rtHIgntN
pie. From all climes under the sun la.
borcrs were throngng all one way in
their eager desire to share tuc harvest OF
national property and national glory,
and yet in the senate Of the United
States proposition was made that by
the force OF the nation, aided BY its
treasurer 5000, coo OF laAOrcrs, born ON
American soil, every onn Of them,
and entitled to every right,
were to DO deported to what
the senator had justly styled "the dark
r1gon OF the dark continent and
which, in spite of the recent cSplora-
tons OF illustnous men, was less known
to the readers OF history to-day than II
was when history attempted the de-
scription Of It 800 years beloro the birth
OF Christ.
MIR. Blair spoke against the bill He
thought that, II, instead OF ex porting the
100000 colored people there were 10,
90 white people exported To Africa and
kept there the whole difficulty would be
settled. The difficulties Of tho race
problem existed in the excited imagina.
lion and ineradioable preiudices of q
few white men, not between the races
them selves
As to the idea of the senator from Ala.
bama (Morgan) that the choice was be
tween numbering thenegroesor marry ing
them, between killing them or ussifnil-
ating them he thought that q course OF
lectures on the sixth and seventh COM
mnndments would settle the whole
thing, and that no more would be heard
of this doctrine, which was an absurd
ity and an insult to humanity
Il The bill went over without action.
Mr.. Teller presented the credentials OF
Mcssrs Sanders and Power as senator's
elect from Montana. They were re-
ferTed TO tue committee on privileges
ana elections.
The senate bill to amend article 103 OF
the rules on the articles OF war in rela-
ton TO deseriers was taken from the
calendar and passed,
Alter an executive session, the senate
adjourned until Monday.
Senate Combinations
Civil service commissioners-The
doru Roosevelt, OF New York, aud Hugh
5. Thompson, OF South Carolina
Solicitor OF internal re2enus-Al-
phonse l.. Hart, oi Ohio.
United States judees-Augustus j..
Kicks, district OF Northern Ohloi Alonzo
/ ]. Edgcrtoh, district of South Dakota
Chief justices OF territorial supreme
courts--Jamcs X. Beatty, OF Idahoi
Willis Won De Banter, ofWyoming.
United States attorueys-W William d..
mont Wood, district OF Idaho.
1 Collector OF internal revenue-William