New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03
THE NEGRO QUESTION IN THE sOUTH.
MORE ALARMING IN FANCY THAN IN FAoT-Du
ASTROUs EFFECT OF SOUTHERN oP-
POSITION TO LAW.

POSITION TO LAW.
st. Paul, MIMI. July (speciaD.-General c. q
Andrews, who commanded the second DIVISION ih1
tenth Corps, In the Mobile campaign ana al,er"aY
districts In Alabama and Texas, spoke as fo US Il
day to an assembly of veterans at Lindston' ,n"ast
County:
The only matter which looks at all threatening
our country ut present is the negro question IN u
south; and that do not believe Is so alarming
%Say P ,s9ese 600 sscss S but there
three States Louisiana, Mississippi ana 9outh ~
lima IN which they exceed the whites IN ,n nT whI5
Is very small. The southern states, possessing
they do fine climate and vast resources are desuo
s 20 In very SSnTa short time
population in every southern state will largely n
natural increase. but none from immigration.
What makes the negro question at all tniea aea
despolns the blacks Of their rights, and espe.la!
Of their right 10 vote. This practice has ccn'inu1
for many years and II It has not pr ryed'I IN III
hearts deep sorrow that the public opinion OF
great Nation which boasts Of IT. free1Sm snD
is In every way demorazing Ii also tends to crea1
unfavorbe impression OF our !o county q, a|
the 900 900 blacks in the south love their count1
and II be eHpeG ns THAT they tne T 4xs IN
mcnt Are successive years OF oppression TO be a
Having myself been m advocate Of impartial mes
suffrage Immediately at the close OF the war. Won
like right here 20 correct the erroneous lmpresS
that the United States forced universal neg
suffrage upon the South. The Amendment to y
Consultation legazing negro suffrage simply ests}
lished the principle Of impartial manhood suhrasi
and left each state free TO aflx property or ~
cational qualification Just as the state OF M,SiS
has niely done, only. the qualification mus apai
10 white and black men alike.
There is conclusive reason why the suffrage ~
should have 1T, FAR oPeSaopb Ssea a 10 e tSe
should DO realized they have an immediate rneI
under that far reaching clause Of our National
guarantee to every state In this linton Republics}
form OF government, and protect each OF them AGAIN
dome site violence. Furthermore, the Suppression
the negro vote in single state is high handed VIZ
10 the whole people. In close National elecuoh
sa AZ p ,r hS S p IS con siderable hatred between
white and hack races In the south but II Is nVtsnl
between white Catholics and Protestants in EgUi.,
No doubt black legislatures some years ago o SgS,
Sr e" dat they or "ss 30 nd did the
which James II set up in Dublin. No doHt man
% the s@cEs are has s n been ana as ina a. that
our New En- CHAMBERS two centuries ago. VINO Just y
was done at the same time In Europe hung maS
Influence Of education and freedom the human ra,
improves and the black part OF 1t + no excep%
TO the rule When the white men OF the south wsrs
away from home In the Cyl War the negroes shove;
themselves reliable and humane; and tbs one 20
ought to save them from the SANDER with which 'h
are 20 often assaulted. =,
Bnt let try to place Ourselves In the situation lon,
the Soushern whites. with their own peculiar feelsss
and prejudccs. Assume that the negroes VIII i ,S
awhile be cannish. We can appreciate how na'
pleasant how almost insupportable even tenlw
ary negro supremacy would be. STILL would u
not be better TO bear this temporary an m.y
ancr flor anything like permanent negro suprehsSy
I'm any state In the Union Is entirely out OF a1
question: rather than toe ontnue the dangerous ph, !,
ice Of spressing their vote i we pr"lSSc, r '9s sns
and benctactors The color line In politics will tnss
gradually di~appear. The negroes VIII range t" W.,
selves as white men do about equally with the wv
great political parties Assuming. ! say, that M
ourselves are Southern whites II We continue n
but he will become worse citizen: loosln1 al
the future what state OF society VIII be Oes, ~
ourselves and for our children who are 10 oomIII
after us-,hat the blacks around n are tor'in
poverty stricken ntelg and well % do VIA IN.
will be- safer and NOR" pleasant for m-tha,. I'D
t.ack man whom meet on the highway sno a
be low. ignorant fellow who regards US - nj
opprcssor or that he should be- n gentleman ,II
we not thus see that by befriending the baeS MI
protecting them In their rights We shall maze ss|
Situation much plcasanter for ourselves rs wen - III
themi II was Plato who sad: In seeking
good OF others find our own.