The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-09
4 NEGRO VIEW OE II.
Colonization Urged rs the Only Hope OF
the Race.
{: pecial to the Greenville News.

aEzARLESTON, Jan. 1.-The cO!Ured
people celebrated emancipation day
here with street parade and speech
making, The Grafton Of the day was
delivered by the Rev. }. ). Lee: a prom
inent colored minister. Abiding to
the emancipation and enfranchisement
of The negro race the speaker said:
This new order otthings so suddenly
bursting upon us, found us in no way
prepared to meet the demands that at
once confronted us and yet we were at
once placed in the scales Of human pro-
gress and in the light of American pre-
iudice, weighed and found wanting.
Have we made mistakes? Have we
committed great blunders? Have we
been betrayed into paths Of sin and
folly and almost destroyed? Alas; this
is all true, sadly true. But were it not
4 marvel had weacted otherwise under
the circumstances? Indeed we must
have been super human to have acted
otherwise. Clothed with the privilege
and charged with the duties and respon-
sibilities Of American citizens without
knowledge of or ability to discharge
these duties or to appropriate to our
selves the benefit accruing therefrom,
we stood bewildered not knowing
where to turn our thoughts for instruc-
ton or our hands for help"
Abiding to the recent race riots in
the South the speaker said: II believe
that the ultimate solution of the So
called race problem will beimmigration
from necessity if not from choice.
Amalgamation is neither possible nor
desirable. TO obtain our rights and
maintain them by force we are unable
For two people so distinct from each
other in their physical structure and
between whom there are such barriers
naturally to develop in separate and
distinct lives is about as reasonable as
tosuppose that two kings can reign on
the same throne at one and the same
time. Outrages, such as lynching ne
groes, compelling them to ride in smok-
ing cars and refusing them hotel
| accommodations are evidences strong
and convincing that We will never
attain full manhood here These are
| the shadows Of coming events. TO
| approach the white American for
justice, life and liberty is simply to re-
main where we are, us beggars who
must not be choosers but must take
what is given and Use as long as we do
not displease the giver or his interests
do not require him to withdraw the
gift. Should etler prove to be the case
they will be withdrawn aad we have
no power to prevent their doing so, and
all that will remain is to come up
begging again, and so a life Of begging
| is the result. We make Il great mistake
when we suppose that the Anglo Saxon
gave us our entrauchiSenent for the
| love he had for us. ! deny that he did
it for philanthropic reasons. He did it
| because he thought he could use us.
| Whenever the white man does any
thing for us, be it Nortnerner or South
erner, mark my word, it is only be-
| cause he thinks he can use Us as his
tool. 1t is Il mistaken idea for US to
kneel down to the whites. The Anglo
Saxon and the colUred man cannot
work together; one or the other will
have to leave and ! am somewhat a
believer in the tale about the Lords
fire. The fire will not burn the people
but it will be SO warm that our people
will have to move on or get burned
and l rather believe that they will
move on.
"No more faith can he put iii the
Republican than in the Democrat
They are both Anglo-SaXons and do
nothing for us unless it is to their
advantage to do so, and will throw Us
overheard us did Uncle Ben in John.
sons story as soon they find us toG
heavy. We must show our indepen-
dcnce and the sooner we do this the
better. Let SOME of us leave. Go to
Africa if necessary. Show that we can
get along without the An9lO-S Saxon,