Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-27
DR.. LaTerty Talks.

Rev. DR.. ]. J. Lafferty, whose recent
editorial in the Richmond Christian i'd
cocate on the negro question has pro-
voked q great deal of comment and
been telegraphed to and copied in many
of the daily papers of the large cities,
was seen by Dipatch reporter last
night and asked the grounds of his
opinion as to the future of the rich ne
gro and the white "ficld 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
freedman, but the lazy gentleman"
The South" he continued, 'has had
but quarter Of a century Of the two
races side by side and equality before
the law. The relation of the races as
slave and master, and conquest as the
cause of manumission, have held apart
the white and negro socially, not to
mention other repulsons.
"Do you Know" asked the Doctor,
'how it works in the British posses
sions, where the African and Anglo
Saxon have been for century touch
my elbows 2"
The reporter confessed he was not
posted on the point.
The doctor answered his own ques-
ton. "The highest grade of the octo-
room and quadroon have found matri-
monial mates in Englishmen of pure
blood \ gentleman, Il large planter,
thorough Briton, who visited this
city, admitted thst he and his family
made and returned calls of high
functionary (who was 'Sir) of negro
extraction. This stalwart Englishman,
with some hesitation, also admitted
that the younger members of decayed
though historic families of Great Brit
ain, registering fellows, did form legal
alliances with the offspring of Africans
If there were ten to twenty thousand
'puns' in her own right and in sight of
his eager eyes. And it has come to
pass that the best blood of old England
is mingling year by year with the
great-granddaughters of slaves of ebon
hue"
"How about the handcraft educa-
tion ?' was asked.
"The South has blundered here
DR.. Lafftrty replied. "The land is
gorged with masters Of arts and PHI.
DIS A gentleman told me that he
paid his clrriagedrv-r higher salary
than the university graduate who
taught his son, and his cook cost more
than his governess with music and three
languages The people who are push
ing the negroes to the front give the 60
by to the 'geni,ive case They fit the
negro for Il vocation not full. The
market-place is not crammed with idle
inillwrigh blacksmiths, ,wheelwrights,
etc. With all the drawbscks the negro
is surely gaining in shekels. AS long as
uan is man gold is a Krupp gun that
knocks hole through every wall"
Well. Doctor, what is the remedy?
"The disease is a dreadful malady
\ monsrel race in this fair land is a
hileouS vision. How to ward it of? :?
One prescription is to teach bread-win-
ming skill to our boys. But begin by
bending every one with faucy belt
around him across barrel and utilize
the leather. Subtract the ioolishness
at the start. The next remedy might
lead to discussion, side-track silver
and so leave the editors who have load
ed up with financial learning the tedi-
Gus task of drawing the shot by twist
ing ramrod in the barrel. "A fellow
feeling, etc.
But pleasantly aside. The negro
problem is the gravest before the Amer
ican people. No race with the history
of the Army of Northern Virginia will
bear the daily reports of ravishing of
sisters, daughters, and mothers by
aliens and brutes. Nor will they per-
NIT African or Mongolian to compete
with sons for the best things. The
negro must cross the Rio Grande. While
going let him not outstrip our boys. y
Richmond Dispatch.