The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-07-31
WHITES AND BLACKS.
Effect Of the Lodge Bill...The Measure, IL
Enacted and Enforced, VIII Cause Tr0u-
bic in tho South.

| Effect of the Lodge Bill...Tho Measure, IL
Enacted and Enforced, VIII Cause Trou-
| bic in tho South.
New YORK, July 24.-Whcn asked
for his views of the probable effect on
tho industries of the South of tho
passage of the Lodge bill, General
Roger A. Pryor said My opinion is
that the enforcement of the bill, if
enacted, will invitably provoke collis-
! ions of violence in the Southern States,
;>e:l consequently capital will be with
| drawn from the South, OF atall events
! it will no Longer De s"nt ihithcr. Re
| las ,OnS betwceN tlv !lc>',i Ill the South
| arc at present perfectly pacific and
| satisfactory to both, but any attempt
| of tho federal government to iniiu-
cncc the electoral franchise in the
South and SO to disturb the equilibrium
of the races Will provoke resentment
and intlamc passions inconsistent
with public order and tranquility.
No man, whatever his political opin-
ions, can travel in the South without
being favorably impressed by the
contentment and prosperity pervad-
ing colored communities.
''It is to the peaceful relations be-
tween the races and their cordial CO.
operation in industrial development
that the present extraordinary pro-
grcss is attributable. TO set the two
classes in hostility, as this bill would
do, would infallibly arrest the course
OF Southern prosperity. 1t is a nota-
bic fact that collisions between the
races i'll the South have invariably
and exclusively been caused by politi-
cal controversies. On every ether sub
lcct the harmony between the races
is complet>, At present there is
nothing in the political contests of
the South to cXaspcratc one race
against the other. But this bill will
undoubtedly array the factions in i'm
placablo antagonism.
1t may as we'll be understood, once
tor all, that the whites of the South
do not intend that the blacks shall
acquire the ascendency, and in SO far
as this bill tends to the accomplish
ment Of that ascondcncy it will chal-
lenge resistance. If the races be left
free from Federal Intervention, they
will work out their pacific and in ear-
nest cooperation, not only to the
benefit of the South, but to the wei
fare Of the entire country. 1t is Ia
mentablc at this jmcture, when every
thing is SO quiet and prosperous in
the South, that measure should be
introduced which cannot but result
in discord and disaster
Hon. j. Simms, president Of the
Fourth National Bank, took q differ
ent view. He thought the South
would acquiesce in the operation Of
the bill if it was made law.
The -bellum days. he said,
''are not the days We live in. The
South is law-abiding; so that while
there may be some resentment it
will not occasion any serious disturb
ances. / don't believe in the bill. l
am not apprehensive of any violence
on the part Of the South in case it
should be enforced. Of course mil
lions and millions ofNorthcrn money
have gone South for orinvestment in the
last few years, and that very connec-
ton will be an influence tending to
control any outbreak that would en-
danger the enterprises that Northern
capital has built up