Telegram-herald., 1890-02-18
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The work ana TAX ., the ns~ ton-
gress. sasrlly alter tbs opening, .noi-
esssd thss one of tie questions % e
vigorously discussed this session is ths
relation % the white ana c0l0rea rsces
IA ths soath.
Bills have alrszdy been introd aced "a
70 both Houses toaSnlng tse SUBJECT
senator Gibson. % Louisiana has pre-
sentsd joint resolution looking 70 the
setting apart OF = terrltorf Of the
Rited States for the exclusive Use Of
negroes. aAd encouraging ana assisting
their settlement therein. senator
Morgan seeks TO reopen intercourse
with the free state Of Congo, IN Africa,
preparatory 70 smissbls deportation Of
blacks
senator Butler has come 90 the front
with ihe most fss-reaching of these
measures bill providing that the
United States Government shall trans
port al colored people '' from any of
the Southern states 20 any other place
whittier they may desire 70 60 81 its
own expense. and appropFia'ing i've
million dollars 10 enable quartermss-
ters 70 furnish such means OF travel
called on Senator Butler the other
day. ana ne talked freely about the
measure and the reason for 1t
There are more negroes in South
Carolina and several other states than
are equired. ne said. and their pres
ence and conduct serve 10 iTritate and
excite TO violence the worst classes OF
whites It is fruitless 20 speculate on
where "a lay the blame. No reputable
white man approves esorexeuses the recent
terrible massacre OF blacks by whites in
my own state; but it may truthfully bs
pleaded that the blacks were the first
aggressors and that the affair VAS spor-
adic-just such an isolated crime as
might occur in any community under
like conditions. Ii is every way 10 be
condemned and deplored.
My bill is intended as a safety
that way is opened by whi.h they can
escape IL they want 10. the reputable
and peaceful ones will not want 10.
Some others Will. and such can he
spared. 1t is said that there are $50.
600 more blacks than whites in my
state. n this is an accurate estimate |
think that 500, 900 could be spared as
we'll as not. Although majority, they
have not possession OF the government,
an apparent solecism in politics which
the people OF the North find much diff
Guilty in understanding the reason of,
unless they come and live among us.
Yet ! do not find the people of New
York State eleoting their colored fell
low-citizens 10 Office. The fact is, that
where two ride horse one must ride
behind, and when a white man and
black man encounters each other the
black man must get out OF the way"
called on Senator Platt, of Con-
necticut, and asked what he thought
about it.
The negroes are here" he said,
and I have no doubC they are here
TO stay. Their eXeatriation is out of
the question, and tneir wholesale trans
portation FOR long distances is equal
ly out OF the question. The policy OF
giving them the right TO vote is
not now of profitable discus
sion. They have the right guar
anteed to them by constitution
a. law. The best way 10 settle
the so-called race troubles OF the
South is do exact justice to all; and
to enforce the law"
found writing in his committee
room Senator Jones, of Arkansas.
always a good man to interview, not
given to Conversational oratory, but
witty torry-teller, and always sufii-
ciently urbane and responsive
"One remedy" he said. would be 20
distribute the darkeys throughout all
the States pro rata This would turn
about le5, 900 loose into Massachusetts,
an addition TO the regular population.
This would ena BILE the folks OF the Puri-
tan and the Dutch Commonwealths to
get some glimpses of the situation in
the South. But such remedy might
he considered too cruel
"A tremendous responsibility lies on
the sonl OF the Christian Church. IL
has supported thousands OF missionaries
in China. Japan and the Pacific islands
to convert the heathen, but it has left
the colored heather untaught- About
the only preaching the darkeys OF the
South ever hear is that OF other dark
eyes as ignorant and superstitious as
The negroes OF my dis
trict listen to the weekly sermons OF
four hundred black preachers and TO not
one white preacher, as far as I know.
These black ministers are grossly ig-
norant and many OF them are criminals.
And they hold and iuculcstc the widest
superstitions. unheard OF at the North
a sort OF revision 20 tho traits and
barbarian fears OF their African an
cestors tell you the thing the church
both North and South ought TO do is 20
send missionaries 20 civiiize these
people"
Would white missionaries sent from
the North be treated sell by your folks.
SENATOR
certainly ;hey would. unless they
frsterni1ed With The darkeys and in
famed their disconteut To associate
with our whites they would have 70 hold
them selves above the dsrkeys II they
went and lived 18th the dsrkeys. and
sse and slept with them and treated
them as equals, they would be ostrscised
BY the whites that Is. they Voald be
left wholly - their choice
What az. the superstitions Jon al
lude 70. Senator