The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-01
WHITES AND BLACKS.
Effect of the Lodge Bill...The Measure, IL
Enacted and Enforced, VIII Cause Trou-
BILE In the South.

| Effect of the Lod SO BilI...The Measure, 1
Enacted and Enforced, VIII Cause Trou
BILE In the South.
NEW YORK, July 24-When asked
for his views of the probable effect OF
the Industries of the South of tn,
passage of the Lodge bill, Genera
Roger A. Pryor said: My opinion il
| that the enforcement of the bill, i
enacted, will invitably provoke coils
ions of violence III the Southern States
and consequently capital will be with
! drawn from the South, or at all event:
/, will no longer be sent thithcr. Re
latiOns between the races in the Soutl
are at present perfectly pacific and
satisfactory to both, but any attempt
of the federal government to influ
ence the electoral franchise in the
South and so to disturb the equilibrium
of the races will provoke resentment
and intiame PASSIONS rlnconsistent
with public order ana tranquility
No man. whatever his political opin
ions, can travel in the South without
being favorably impressed by the
contentlnent and prosperity pervad-
ing colored communities.
1T is to the peaceful relations be-
tween the races and their cordial co
operation in industrial development
that the present extraordinary pro
gress is attributable. 10 set the two
classes in hostility, as this bill would
do, would infallibly arrest the course
of Southern prosperity. 1t is nota-
bic fact that collisions between the
races in the South have invariably
and exclusively been caused by politi-
cal controversies. On every ether sub
iect the harmony between the races
is complete, At present there is
nothing in the political contests of
the South to GXasperate one race
against the other But this bill will
undoubtedly array tho factions in i'm
placable antagonism.
1t may as well be understood, once
Tor all, that the whites of the South
10 not intend that the blacks shall
acquire the ascendency, and i'll SO far
as this bill tends to the accomplish
ment of that ascendency it will chal-
lengc resistance. If the races be left
free from Federal intervention, they
will work out their pacific and III ear,
nest co operation, not only to the
benefit Of the South, but to the wei
fare of the entire country. 1t is la
mentable at this iuncture, when every
thing is SO quiet and prosperous in
the South, that measure should be
introduced which cannot but result
III discord and disaster"
Hon. j. Simns, president of the
Fourth National Bank, took differ
ent view. He thought the South
would acquicsce in the operation Of
the bill if it was lnUGc law.
s'ThA-a"tA-hel DAYS he said.
.'arc not the days we1 M. efnt
South is law-abiding; SO that while
there may be some resentment it
will not occasion any serious disturb:
anccs I don't believe in the bill. ]
am not apprehensive of any violence
Oh the part of the South in case il
should be enforced OF course mil
lions and millions of Northern money
have gone South forinvestment i'll the
last few years, and that very conncc
ton will he an influence tending tC
control Any outbreak that would ell
danger The enterprises that Northern
capital has built up