The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-02-06

been said that every time you educate q
negro you spoil good field hand. There
is good deal of truth in this declaration.
Every year it becomes harder and harder
to control the negro labor and the result
is that it is worthless.
The troubles that have occurred among
the white people and negroes in the
South generally are due more to whiskey
than anything else. When the colored
man gets too much liquor be loses his
usual respectfulness and politeness and
then results difficulty.
Of course the passage Of the bill will
not rid the South of all the negroes, but
only the malcontents will go, and We can
we'll do without them, and then both the
whites and blacks will get on better
together.
Most of the colored people in this
section are prosperous, and especially is
this true of the older families. But they
are not training their children to work,
and consequently they will be Of very
little service, because this section will
never yield to the colored mans claim
far social equality. And as the colcred
race comes more and more in competi-
tion with the white population in the
different callings and occupations Of life,
and especially the niger callings, the
race issue will become more and more
serious. Therefore it is thought by our
people to be the better policy to give
them an opportunity to go where they
will have ample opportunity to display
their ability to govern themselves and
others. Just now 1t would be great
hardship to rid this section of the negro,
for our planters have learned to look to
him in q large measure for labor to work
the farm and do menial service generally,
but as it would take several years to effect
the population by the provisions of the
bill ourIpeople would come gradually to
learn to do without the negro. And this
once done it is the prevailing opinion
that the white race would be better of.
One other thing that mikes the white
people favor the bill is the amalgama-
tion of the two races. There are now
very few real negroes in this section.
Most of them are mulattoes, ranging
from ginger.cake color to white. And
it is against this in future generations
that the white man would now provide
in the Butler.Morgan bill.
The situation at Aiken.
AIKEN, s. O., January 9.-The recent
unlawful occurrences in Barnwell Coun-
ty, which resulted in the lynching of
eight negroes by whites at one time and
one at another, coming as they do on the
heels Of the proposition to send the ne.
groes to the Congo, are causing discus
sion by all classes Of our people. Opin-
ion is very much divided, but I think
the majority of our farmers are opposed
to the scheme. They argue that the
negro as laborer is peculiarly adapted
to the South; that he understands our
ways, is easily satisfied and can be con-
trolled. Not SO of the great majority
of poor white immigrants who are flock.
ing to this country from Europe. They
would be harder to manage, and come
with their minds already poisoned with
their ideas of Anarchism, Nihilism and
Socialism. Still there are many of our
people who would like to see the negro
20. He is bone Of contention, and as
long as he remains here he will cause
trouble.
The prevailing opinion seems to be
that the project OF. sending the negro to
Africa is impracticable. 1t was thought
by some that If ever such an opportunity
was afforded the negro to leave that the
better class would probably take advan.
tage of the opportunity, while the
worthless class would remain on our
hands, and consequently the whites would
be the losers. Others still think the
South could easily spare quarter of q
million negroes without labor being
interfered with the least.
Educate them," said one gentleman,
who went on to cite that in the olden
times the clergy and people who we're
learned enough to read and write we're
exempt from severe punishment for
crime. he thought that our people
should adhere more to this old Law than
they do (said Law was abolished by Con.
gress in the year 179O) and educate the
ignorent darky and keep him at home, so
that he may help build up our country'a
industries.
Major F. B. Henderson, who is con-
nected with the mercantile firm OF
Henderson. Gardner G Petty, and who
is also president of the Bank of Aiken,
said he would be in favor Of the PROPOSE
tion if he thought it would have ten
dency to draw off the worthless element.
He Vas afraid, however, that the better
class would go also. he wa9 in favor
ofcolonizing them somewhere in Ameri-
ca.
Mr.. q. B. Burckhalter, one of Aiken
County's most successful farmers, said he
favored Buffers bill. He thought that
if the negroes wished to leave they should
be given an opportunity to do SO. He
didn't think the Woodworking negroes
would let such inducements have any
effect on them, while on the other hand
the surplus negroes would take adyan-
tage Of the opportunity.
Mr. TT, Gonrtnev of tha-firm of