The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-17
THE NEGRO PROBLEM.
Senator Buffers Bill to Emil
crate the Colored Race.
A GOOD SUGGESTION BY BLAIR.
The Members Of the House on the Pro-
posed Worlds Fair Site.

WASHINGTON, Jan. is. Hale, from the
census committee, reported back adversely
the bill to require the SUPERINTENDENT OF
census to ascertain what per centage OF
the people own their own farms, the mum
Der of farms under mortgage and the
amount thereof.
Morrill,, from the finance committee. re
ported concurrent resolution requesting
the secretary of the treasury not to make {
new lease of the Islands of ST. Paul and
St, George. in Alaska, for the purpose oil
taking fur seals thereon, and to postpone
all action in relation thereto until after the
10th of February, 1890. Passed.
BILLS REPORTED.
Among the bills reported from the com
mittees and placed on the calendar were
the following: Establishing customs col
lection district, to consist of the states OF
North and South Dakota. For the removal
of Indian prisoners in East Geronimo tc
Fort Sill, Indian territory.
The Senate then took up the bill intro
duced by Butler, to provide for
THE EMIGRATION OF PERSONS OF COLOR
from the southern states, and Butler pro
| ceeded to address the Senate. This he
said, was too grave a subject to be dis
torted by party consideration or confined
within the narrow boundaries and limits
| of party lines. Some persons who held
high rank in the intellectual world held
| that in the history of the African race in
this country was to be seen the hand of
God, for the accomplishment of a great
purpose. In other hemispheres events an
peared to be shaping themselves in a man
ner to justify such conclusion. TIE race
question raised by the changed attitude of
the two races toward each other was
BURNING EVIDENCE
that the issue was not confined to anv H.
callty, section or party. What was to he.
come of the 100000 Indians in this country
| and of the 100000 Cinnamon was a dificnit
problem, but the most profound inouirv
applied directly to the pending bin. and
that was, what was to be the fate of the
SIX or eight million negroes in this coun-
ryE Ihey were citizens; they had a
ballot; they had all the civil and noIitica1
rights which the white men had. and which
were denied to other colored races.
Butler referred to the absence of colored
people from all high positions in this conn
try, and saw IN that fact proof of the IN
relenting, unforgiving
| 1NCURABLE: RACE PREJUDICE
IF anybody he said, chad predicted
| before the war that the southern states
would, within a few years, be represented
IN both houses of Congress by men who
were then slaves, he would have been
laughed at. If anyone predicted to-day
that within half a century, not full
| FLOODED, genuine 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, contem-
plated gradual, orderly, voluntary meye-
| ment OF the colored people out of the
southern states, and provided the govern
ment to enable them to do So While the
| negroes remain in large masses. and ex
ceeded in numbers their white neighbors.
not only did negroes not advance in the
scale OF civilization, but
ACTUALLY REFRIGERATED
Such, at least, had been his experience.
On the other hand his observation and ex
perlence had convinced him that where the
white race IS largely in the majority the
white man was better off and the negro
was better off; so that no friend of the
negroes would oppose the bill because if
would be hurtful to the negro. He be-
1eved II the government would do it's DUTY
by the negro, instead of coaching him and
l.
statutes; if it would render him substantial
assistance in his struggle for regeneration
and real freedom, he would illumine the
dark continent of his fathers with the light
of Christianity and law. AS to the effect
on the southern States he said if the south
could be thus relieved of part, at least. of
its superabundance of cheap labor. there
would be such an immigration of white in
| telligent, progressive citizens that the pros
perity of the south during the last decade
would pale into insignificance as compared
with its future progress.
| MR.. HoAR REPLIES.
| Mr. Hoar replied to Butler. It seemed
to him this proposition was the most aston
ishlng that had been heard in the legislative
| history OF the Senate or in the Legislative
history of any free, civilized and pros
porous people. From all climes under the
sun laborers were thronging all one wav.
| in their eager desire to share the harvest
of national prosperity and national glory
and yet in the Senate of the United States
a proposition was made that by the force of
the nation, aided by its treasury, 5000 600
of laborers, born on American soil. every
one of them entitled to every right. We're
to be deported to what the Senator had
justly styled the dark region of a dark
continent, and which in spite of the recent
exploration of their illustrious citizens
was less known to the readers of history
to-day than it was when their historians
attempted description of it 300 years be-
fore the birth of Christ.
SENATOR BLAIR's PLAN.
Blair spoke against the bill. He Thought
that if, instead of exporting eight million
colored people, there We're ten Thousand
white people exported to Africa and kent
there, the whole difficulty would be settled
The difficulties of the race problem existed
in the excited imaginations and incurahle
prejudices of few white men: not he
tween the races themselves. AS to the
idea OF the Senator from Alabama. (Mor.
gam that the choice was thrown of 1nur-
dering negroes or marrying them, between
killing them or asSimilating them. he
thought that course of lectures on the
Sixth and Seventh Commandments would
settle the whole thing, and that no more
would be heard of that doctrine. which
was an absurdity and az insult to our com
mon humanity. The bill went over with.
| out action.
THE MONTANA SENATOR'S
Teller presented the credentials of
Sanders and Power, as Senators elect
from the state of Montana They were
referred to the committee on privileges
and elections.
The Senate bill to amend article 1O3 of
rules and articles of war Tin relation to de
serters) was taken from the calendar and
passed
iourned till Monday
IN THE HOUSE.
| lively Discussion Ovar tho location 30 a.,