The Forrest City times., 1890-01-11

TtVTiTC. FHFy the whole race responsible for the acts of vio-
 lcnee of few la~ic individuals.
 The Democrat states fact not gen
 cralIy known. and very largely disbe l lieyed, by republicans of the north. If
 the northern yitnpeiative and splenic
 personages could bring themselves to understand the true condition and re- !ations of the white and black races of the south, much of the animadyersion
 would cease, for want of believing problem too complicated for solution ! by other means, hence we hold that 1 ignorance. prejudice, hate, and the ac-
 eompishment of personal benefits from 1 political maueuvers, is the direct causes | of the misrepresentati0ns and abuse heaped upon southern whites. The
 writer was born and reared in central
 Illinois. Ne know that the prejudices
 of the people make them easy tures to cunning deception. Tie republican press and the stamp-shoutcrs, are gen
 erally well-posted men, hence carry
 with them mucn Influence. But on this particular question they are either
 very ignorant, or very great lIars.
 However, we are satisfied that a
 great many honest men misrepresent tue people of the south. They have
 that faith in the press, (which ough, to tell the truth that any statement made by 1t, is too often mistaken for the truth. The press edueates the peo- pie; tue politicians impose apoa aud mislead the press. The condition of the black race, and the relations of tlic white race to it, iu social and business affairs cannot be fully understood and
 visited the south and who live i'll a
 community where tliere are bat two or three negro families. In sneh place
 there is no competition between the
 races. and the blacks do not figure in politics except to vote quietly. the whites are not subjected to the degrad. Ing influence of dominating ignorance,
 and there k no fear of negro ascen deacy On the other hand, the few that are scattered throughout the
 North are regarded, generally US hon.
 est, industrious, intelligent and worthy
 Of respect. The black man thus situ- ated, as observation teaches. realizes hts condition. and strives to deserve
 the honors bestowed upon him by the
 superior race. He. is polite, courteous,
 obliging. and unobstrusise. He does not seek office, and is never eneuur-
 aged to do so, As a rule, except in
 cities, the negro in the northern states. 1 is barber. No other avocation Is as popular, and comparatively speaking
 there are few exceptions to the general
 rule. This condition is reversed in the
 South. Here you find the negro in
 every avenue of trade, aud in all the 1 professions. You fad them all along | the line from the lowest to the highest, from the seayenger to the minister, | from thQ rag picker to the college pro 1 lessor. On every hand the southern
 whites are placed in unjust compesi-
 tion with the negro. The competitor is unjust because there is an unequal ex-
 pensc, unequal pride, unequal skill, un- equal remuneration, and inequality in
 all things. Regardless of all that has
 been done for the negro by the south
 efn whites, he is ever ready to join
 any opposition to their interests, any
 movement against their friends. tn-
 serupulous white men lead them to be-
 lieye they are capable of governing the
 whites, and We have negro domination.
 Nothing can be more humiliating or i aehaSing than the idea of all ignorant and inferior race governing the supe- l riof and most intelligent race of people
 on the face of the earth. We believe
 that absolute ignorance of tlier condi-
 ton, the root which sends forth the sprouts of sectional hatred in the l North.
 The Democrat further says:
 "bat supposlnE that these collisions between | whites anss black were really evidences of a race wat, arc they matter, that republican i papers can afford to make t display escry some ot shem occurred during the adnllnlstfa-
 tion ol President Arthur aud these of hi- pre- ! dee*asor.. several have uecarrsl ls the less I taau ycGf that General HarriNon has hecn { president None occurred anring th. four years that President Cleveland vas iu the { Whiso House. if there k any Farc war ahout these collisions it is | race war ghnt eaacur. only when Inc republicans are sn possession of the general goyclpment- If tho rcpuhlS. 1 cans sot up th. plea that uudsf \ democratic administration tbe negroes sild not dare resist | tue mcfeicss whites Il ts sufficiently disposed 1t ty the tacts that for the rass tasrt-en Or { tQuftecn years tue uatluuat administration. whNthef republican, ar dctnocrattc. has never l done ansthnR for the especial protection uf the eolceed peaplc; they have been absolutely
 under the Jurisdiction ot their states siaeo lssA or lsso. And in addition to this rvpssh. ! iisAn editor of politician can produce parts.
 ele of cvidenve that inc solcTsd psorle werp ' suppressed during the late adsninsstfat ton.
 heyuat the fa0t that tsleru were nonc of thcs1 { collisions trtsecn ss hise~ and blacks. and the ! rpiifscal significance of these lx the point under diseasssou. If the-e ptleEess acts af race warfare k1er any political significance at ulf I l, s shAs the erlrllBal and lawiess portions of
 the criptssss race are encouraged hy republican politicians, when thesc is a republican ptost- I dent. tn commit acts Of violence and su resist tho officers uf the law. not neaaslss the repnb- I itoaa lciisieians expect tbe president h infcF- tere. thunxh they ulaAe theiF dupes hessese sa hut hecsusc the republican, politicians neea 'suutrars aud rrAxe wars faf ls~e tn p<sissl. cal esmlatxus su the republican states. Thc uniy txplanaston that caa hc made nf the o<s-
 eulences in lesnp and HArmwviI under the re- publican administrations unty. t& that the
 xsushcTn fcpublicanx fnctse ssivh nseu ns
 Brewer tp commit crime and resist the ufftecfS of the Mw in the hops that conflict
 betwesn whisc aua eoavtxa iaxnf tst the