The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-20

TEXTl-"GoD HATH MADE on ONE lLppp
An NATIONS oF MIN ron 20 DWELL on
All THE FAoH on THE hAHlii'"-l Ach
XVII, ~,
Ins hrst question suggested by the text
and which must bp considered 10 "a hrlrh'
unc discussion of the race problem ~ lle
euneriorlty Of tho white over the hhck
rnee. There are some who would Hllrihu'e
the neqro's degraded position 70 mere
lack OF opportunity and wneheNpl =
Southencr claims that the While rNt9 N
suneriOr 10 the black he N at once hhlu ln
hsinfueueed by southern pride aud pref
udloe, Hut appeal from the American
Negro Ia the native African, since lhe
great dlscoyerieh Of Livingston, stanley
and other explorers, II can no longer DO
maintained that Africa " an unihnhbila-
ble desert and wild, for II IN seen l9beo on9
OF tho liucHt countries on the glnnu, hlv
there is no more reason IN the nature OF
his surroundinga why the African should
moi have prnpresaed than there h why lle
neonle of India, China or Japan should
moi have mude progress, liui while tnrnu
neoplea have put forth ayatema OF phlloh-
opby and religion and government Wlilch
are tho wonder Of tho European nina,
their dark-sklnned brethren hoIonh WV
Nile and around the great inland lhkeh or
Afrlcn are sunk in an abyss OF degreda-
lion TINT has won for their country the
name of tho ozark Continent History
aud seience alike declare the negro 10 be-
Inferior 10 the white man, ana he N no
renl friend of the Negro who iatterh him
with false words, but he VINO lrankly lellh
him what he thinks OF his inlel!oeluhll
aooinl. moral aud religious condition hnd
sets 10 work 20 better Il, h his true friend
Science shows that the physical organism
head, arms, skin, otc,l Tie menhl
constitution and the moral and religious
nature Of the native African arc inferior
40 thoae Of Of the white man, Aud when
we think OF what mankind has achieved,
theBe humble black races never enter our
heada, They have written no hihioryi
they have left nothing for history 10
record. Their thousands Of ycara out.
iIved Are silent and blank and dark. lf
Vo unrnvel the mystery OF their mlgfn'
lions, their origin or their nillnitlea II Ia
only through the atudca of the white
race. They have put forth no systems or
science, philosophy or religion. For AL
thoy have done, thia globe would have re-
mnlned In the ruggcdnehH and wildneah OF
nature, And yot We are graycly told "t
IA useless 10 dscuaa tho question OF the
white mans superiority over the negro"
IA ID of tremendous Importance, and no
Legislation which Ignores the fact vii bo
either lust or conducive 70 the welfare OF
either race, But II this fact be accepted,
very important consequence follow
IA
OF tho two races IL settled, and although
aome may fancy that II " useless 10 dis
cuaa this question, Il ia by no means 30
absurd aa II at first sight appears For
not only do many eminent witnesses Ad.
vocnte .nmnlgnmntiun ~ the solution OF
tho race problem, but what ia moro ap'
mailing N the fact that umnlgamaton IN
nctnnlly going Oh In our midst, illegit-
imntoly, Il ia true, but none The less CiiCCt'
unlly. Thus good authority tells ug that
Nhnrdly ten in "a thousand Of the Colorrd
pooplo Of the United States, II thoir pcdi-
proes wcro traced, would be unable TO
ehow some strains Of white blood, In
deed, Il may hc doubled u, taken drop
for drop. there ~ not pretty nearly nH
much white hH colorod blood Ia the veins
Of those ranked ns negroes In this coun.
try lutprmurritpC between whites and
blacks b. forbidden in most StntcH, north
az wUll ns south yet iu mono OF thCm Ia
the Illicit rcutioua ol the white man with
thn colorcd female specially prohibited
What ia tho rosult' j. The negro elevated,
or IA the white man degraded and the
negro killed hy this intcrmingling Of dis
tinct racra9 IL iH the testimony ol OK.
ports that tho ollaprings ot such Illegal
aud unnatural unions iH sickly yiCchlc, thin,
ncrouluuH, with % tendency 20 oil sorts
OF diucaHpB That the vlccs OF both races
and the virtues Of neither are propomtod
and honCC, that iH dCaih 10 both God bath
indood mndp of ono blood all nations ~
mon. We arc ull descended from ~ sin'
Gle pair Of parents, but evolution no loss
than the old philosophy teaches that there
are great dlvUrgoucoB now between AMI
malls which can not be- ignored, Tho troo
OF life has but ono root but II has many
branches, and whom these branches have
left the trunk and struck far out into SUR
rounding space Il IL impossible 10 unite
q L.. l..s. la
oan ho done Nv 20 Improve thom ag
branches. tlonco the illogtimntc anal.
gnmation Of the whites aud blacks should
bo prohibited by law aud popular idona
on the auhioct should be- so elevated by
the pulpit, the press and the legislative
hall, that person who violated this law
would become social outcast, mother Of
which really dcsirO 10 Nmagamntc,
n, thon, umalgamotion is wrong and
impossible, shall We advocate the Cmi-
grafton Of the negroes TO Liberia or some
othor country Such u proposition ~ fool.
iah. The negro 10 here 10 stay, and not
all the oloquonce and power of the United
Stntes SOnntc can persuade him 60 nbnn.
don the homo Of hla BIRTH ! believe that
Joseph Cook Of Boston has suggested the
ultimate solution of this phase Of the race
problOm, In u recent lecture he asked
the apparently silly question: "lf thu
negroes are greatly IN the majority IN any
State, why not thc whites omigrutO2N
Lot us not smllO at this question, but
consider tho following facts, First, Tho
nogroea IN somo States, South Carolina,
Mississippi and Louisiana already out
number The whites, In others they equal
them IN numbers, and lhcro IA the start
ling fnOO, they incrcnHO TAR moro rapidly
than the whites do, Since 1890 thcy have
Increased bGi per cont, whilo IN the
nnmo period the whites have In.
cronaod only Bi8 per cent. Socond-Tho
South Il tho natural homo OF the negro
hO taltOa 20 a wnrm latitude az the duck
docs 10 water, while the whito man does
better I'm colder climntcs--and finally the
young whito mon OF the South show "a
strong tendency 70 emigrato thorClrom,
and northern immigration into the South
will not uountorbalnncC this. HOnce In
iimo tho whites will bo 30 far outnum.
bored by the blnolsB that they must oithor
migrate or submit 10 negro rule. The lat
tor alternative will novor bo accepted by
them; they will die before they VIII ao'
cent il aud II is vain 10 hope for a laying
aside Of race prciudicoB from coming gem
orhtlona, FOR Che children OF the Southaro
taught from the crndlo up 10 hato "the
nRRcr;n as he Ia Called and race-proju-
dice will doubtless grow stronger ne
the years 20 by, II the two races con-
tinuo mingled together IL would seem
therefore, that instead OF appropriatinR
millions az was recently proposed In the
Senate, either 10 ship the negroes 10 Africa,
or 10 buy them n territory ~ this country,
II would be far Visor 10 tako some action
which would onablo thom 10 buy homes
in tho south, and 10 induce the whites 70
sell out and 90 west and north. Such net
ion would be simply reparation OF the
injury done the Negro by freeing him
from bondage and turning him loose With
out money, education or that self conf
donce which IL enRondored by indcpend.
once, 10 shift for himself, while II would
certainly bc the best thing for tho whites.
This may sound strango from n South