The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-08
i .NEGRO VIEW OF TT.
CCLONIZATIO. URGED rs THE
ONLY HOPE o.. THE t,.GE.

ONLY HOPE o. 'rII!G ;,.GE.
.,- i;.v. :. =. .rs ',.'''''r",i"n Hay
speech q, Charleston He Declares the
White ii:.m II sitnrr >rciinm or i'arti
!; vain :i"p"---'icw Tie Negro Can
Es,ahli-h i.i, Independence and VAL
The colorcd people o;'Ch"::!eston &c
lebrated emancipation day with street
parade and speech making. The ora>
ton Of the day WAS delivered by the
Rev. J. 5. Lee, L prominent colcred
m;uister. Alluding TO the emaucipa-
ton and enfraacismeut OF ;.he uesro
race the speaker said: ''rne new or
der of things so suddenly bursting
upon us, found us in no way prepared
to meet the q. maod5 thatat once con-
ironteG US and yet we were aS once
placed in the scales Of human pro-
gress and in the light of Amirican pre-
judice, weighed and found wanting.
Have we made mistakes? Have we
committed great bluuders?: Have we
been betrayed iuto paths CT sin and
folly and almost destroyed? Alas;
this is all true, sadly true. Buc were
it not marvel had we acted other
l,n /.i~n ,.f. IN
deed We must have been super-human
to have acted otherwise. Clothed with
| the privileges srd charged with the
| duties and responsibilities of American
citizens without knowledge of or abils
ity to discharge these duties or to ap-
propriate to ourselves.the benefits &C
cruing therefrom, we stood bcwildered
not knowing where to turn our
thoughts tor instruction or our hands
for help
Abiding tc the recent race riots in
the South the speaker said: Il believe
| that the ultimate solution of the so :,
called race problem will be immigra-
tion 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 peoples 50 distinct from each
other in their physical structure and
between whom there are such barriers
naturally to develope in seperate and
| distinct lives is about as reasonable as
| to suppose that two kings can reign
| on the same Throne at one and the
same time. Outrages, such as lynch
irg negroes, compelling them to ride
in smoking cars amp refusing them ho-
| tel accommodations are evidences
strong aud convincing that we will
never attain full manhood here. These
are the shadows Of coming events.
To approach the white American for
Justice, lite and liberty is simply to re-
main where we are, as beggars who
must NOS be choosers but must take
what is given and ase as long as wedo
not displease the giver or his interests
do not require him 10 withdraw the
Gift. Should either prove to be the
case they will be withdrawn and we
have no power to prevent their doing
so, and ali that Will remain is to come
up begging once more. We make a
great mistake when We suppose that
the Anglo Saxon gave US our enfran-
chisemcn5 for the love he hid for Us.
| | deny that he did it for philanthropic
reasons. He did il because ne thought
he could use US. Whenever the white
man does anything for us, be it North
erner or Southerner, msrk-faE--Wo1d, q,
it is only because he thinks he can use
US as his tool. 1t is a mistaken idea
for US to knee1 down to the whites
The Anglo Saxon and the colored man
cannot work together; one or the other
IRnl have to leave and l am somewhat
believer in the tale about the Lord 5
fire. The fire Will not burn the peo-
pie but it will be so warm that our peo,
| pie will have to move on or get burned
and I rather believe that they will
move on.
"No more faith can be put in the
| Republicans than in the Democrats
They are both Anglo-Saxons and dc
nothing for Us unless it is 10 their adj
vantage to do SO, and will throw us
overheard as did Uncle Ben in John
sons story as soon as they find US toe
heavy. We must show cur indepen-
dence and the sooner we do this the
better. Let some ofus leave. Go tc
Africa if necessary. Show that we car
| get along without the Anglo-Saxon
and by this spirit Of independence
make them learn and appreciate oul
value. Independence ana immigration
are in my opinion the only solutions
to this great question"