The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-17
BUTLER'S PANACEA.
His Plan for Solving the Race
Problem.
AMERICA ONLY FOB WHITE MEN,
Blair stiSmatisss the Proposal 20 Send
ceiorea People 60 AfrlrA as Un3uss
and Absurd.

quire the superintendent OF census 70 as
certain what percentages Of the people own
their farms. the number OF farms under
movssge. and the amount thereof.
Merriam. from the finance committee,
reported concurrent resolution request
ing the secretary Of the freass>ry not 70
make anew lease Of the islands Of st. Paul
and st George. in Alaska, for the purpose
of taking fur seals thereircm. 10 postpone
all action in relation thereto until after the
20th Of February; ii was passed.
Among bills reported from committees
and placed on the calendar were the fol-
lowing: Establishing customs cOllsction
district 10 consist OF the states Of North
and south Dakota; for removal of Indian
prisoners in the East: Geronialo's band 10
Fort Hill. Indian territory.
The Senate then took up the bin intro
duced by Butler 10 provide for the ernigra-
ton of persons OF color from Southern
states, and Butler proceeded TO address the
Senate
This, he said, was too grave subject to
be distorted hy PARTY considerations or
confined within the narrow boundaries and
limits OF party lines. Some persohs Who
had 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 aceomp plishment O: a great
purpose in the other hemisphere. Events
appeared to he shaping themselves IN
manner TO jastifv such conclusion.
The race question raised by the changed
attitude OF the two races toward each other
was not confined 10 any locality, seclion
orparty. What was 10 become OF tue an.0e0
Indians in this country and of 10000 Chr
u. Il
profound inquiry applied directly TO the
pending bill and that was. what was 10 be
the fate of the six or eight million negroes
in this country? They were citizens. they
had the ballot, they had all the civil and
political rights which white men had and
which were denied 10 other colured races.
Butter referred TO the ahSenct OF colored
people from all high positions In this cong-
try and saw in that fact proof Of unrelent-
ing unforgiving incarable race preiadices.
l: anybody, he said, had predicted. be-
fore the war. that the Southern states
would within few years be represented in
both houses OF congress by men who were
then slaves. he would h3ve been laughed
at II anyone predicted today that within
half century not n fuIl-blooied genuine
negro would be found In the United states
be would not be believed, yet there we're
men who expected that very thing.
The bill, he said. contemplated the grad
uai orderly, voluntary movement of col
ored people out OF the Southern
states. and provided by the gov
ernment 10 enable them TO do So
While the aegroes remain in large masses
and exceeded in numbers their white
neighbors, not only did the negroes not ad.
vance in the scale OF civilization but &C.
tually relrogated. Such, at least. had
been his experience. On the other hand
observation and experiences had convince
him that where the white race was largely
| in the majority. the white man was better
of and the negro was better Off so that no
| friend OF the negroes would oppose the
| bill because IL would be hursful 90 the ne
| gro. He believed that II the government
| would do its duty by the Negro, instead Of
coaching hlm and confusing him with civil
| rights and empty statutes. il il would rem
! der him substantial assistance In his
| travail for Regeneration and his toll for
| freedom he would illumine the dark con-
tinsnt 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 saperahundanse of
cheap labor. there would be such an imui-
| grafton Of white. intelligent and progress
i've citizens that the prosperity Of the south
| during the last decade would pale into ia-
significance as compared with rs future
progress.
| Mr. Hoar replied 20 Better thatit seemed
I TO him this proposition was the most as
/ foBishing thar had ever been heard IN the
/ Legislative history OF any free. civilized and
i pros porous people. From al chimes under
/ The sun laborere were ghronginr aii one
way Their eager desire was 10 share IN
/ the harvest Of our national prosperity and
national glory. and vet. in the Senate OF
/ the United States q proposition was made
/ that hy force Of the nation, aided BY its
/ treasury, s.0oa0o Of laborers. born on
/ American soii--eyefy one of them-en-
/ titled to every right, were 90 be dep0ffed TO
/ What the senator bad justly styled ihssdafk
region Of dark continent ard. in SPITE Of
1 recent explorations. whose lliustrions eiti-
I Eens aere less known 10 the readers Of his
] tory today than when their historians AZ
/ tempted a description of II 30 years be.
/ fore the birth oF Christ.
/ Blair spoke against the bglI lie thought
that Il instead Of exporting eight million
colored people there were ten thosand white
/ peoris exported 20 Africa and kept there
| the whole oi the difficulty would be settled.
The difficulties Of the race problem
/ existed Ia the excited maginstions and in
/ eradIcahie prejndioes o. few white men
/ and not between the races themselves. As
/ 70 tie idea Of the Senator from Alabama
/ faofgan1 that the choice was between muF
! dersng negroes and marrying them. be-
/ tween killing them or sssimiiating them,
/ he thought shat course Of lectures on
/ the 6th ard Tth commandments would set
/ tle tne Nhoie thiug and that no more would
be heard Of q doctrine that waa an absurd
isv ana an insulf 10 humanity.
The bill went over sIth0us action
Teller presented the credentials Of Sam
a<ys and Poser as senator's elect from
I Montana. They were referred 10 the COM
/ uigtse on privileges ard elections.
The senate It'll 70 amend artistic I03 OF
rules on articles Of waF TN relation 70 de-
.srters1. vas taken from the calendar and
passed.
Alter IA executive session the Senate sd
ioarne6 until Monday.
SIX MES HUNG.