Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-26
DIR. LAFFERTY TALKS
GROUNDS UPON WHICH He BASED
HIS EDITORIAL ON THE NEGRO.
Cases Cited Where Engiishmen Of Good
Birth Hsys Married Women of Afri-
can Descent-The Remedy

Rev. DR.. J. J. Laferty, whose recent
editorial in tho Richmond Christidn Adro-
cate on the negro question has provoked
q great deal of comment and been tele-
graphed to and copied in many OF the
daily papers of the large cities, was seen
by DISPATCH reporter last night and
asked the grounds of his opinion as to the
future of the rich negro and the white
field hand"
The Doctor said that it was not the
sturdy son Of toll that would become the
son.in-law of the black and thrifty freed
man. but the lazy gentleman" The
SOUTH no continued, has had but a
quarter OF century of the two races side
by side and equality before the law. Inc
relation of the races as slave ald master
and conquest as the cause OF monumlsSon,
have held apart the white ana negro So
cIslly. not to mention other repulsions'
The CONDITION IN OTHER LANDS.
do you know" asked the Doctor,
"bow It works in the British possessions,
where the African and Anglo-SaNon nave
been for century touching elbows
The reporter confessed he was not posted
on the point,
The Doctor answered his own question.
"The highest grade of the octoroon ana
ouadroon have found matrimonial mates
in Englishmen of pure blood. A gentle
man, a large planter, thorough Briton,
who visited this city. admitted that ne
and his family made and returned calls OF
high tunctionary (who was a SIR or
negro extraction. This stalwart English.
man, with some hesitation, also admitted
that the younger members or dscayed
though historic families of Great Britain,
registering fellows, did form legal alliances
with the offspring of Africans II there
was ten TO twenty thousand 'puns III her
own right aud in sight of his eager
eyes. And II has come To pass that tue
best blood of old England Is mingling
year by year with the great-granddaugh-
ters of slaves Of ebOn hue"
EFFECT or THEIR EDUCATION.
"How about the handicraft education2"
was asked.
The South has blundered here" DIR.
Iaflerty replied, The land is gorged
with masters of arts and PHI DIS. A gen.
teman told me that be paid his carriage
| driver higher salary than the university
graduate who taught his son. and his COOK
! cost more than hls gOyerness with music
aud three language The people who
are pushing the negroes to the front give
! the go-by to the genitlve case They Mt
| the negro for vocation not full. lhe
| mar htI-p place IL EOb WIN lN''
mllwrights. bIacksmiths, wheelwrights,
| etc. With all the drawbacks the negro Is
surely gaining in shekels. As long as
/ man IS man gold is a krupp gun that
! knocks hole through every wall"
ONE or TWO REMEDIES.
Well. Doctor, what is the remedy2
The disease Is dreadful malady. A
! mongrel race in this fair land is q hideous
vision. How TO ward it OF One prescrip.
! ton IS to teach bread-winniDg skill TO our
: boys. But begin by bending every one
with a fancy bel, around him across bar
rel ard utilize the leather. Subtract the
/ foolishnesa at the start. The next remedy
J might lead 20 discussion. sIde-track sill
yer and so leave the editors who have
! loaded up with financial learning the tedl.
ous task of drawing the shot by twisting q
ramrod in tho barrel. A fellow-feeling,
| etc.
"Bnt pleasantly aside The negro pro.
! blem IS the gravest before the American
people. No race with the history Of the
Army OF Northern Virginia Will bear the
! daily reports OF ravishIng of sisters, daugh.
ters, and mothers by aliens and brutes
Nor will they permit African or Mongoliar
to compete with sons for the best Things
| The negro must cross the Rio Grande
While going let him not outstrip oui boys.