Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-24
THE CANDID WAY AND THE HYPU
CRITICAL

CRITICAL
Meyicans have a saying that IL is easy
TO salute 70 borrowed hat. and time cou-
firms the opinion that people In the
North frequently use the borrowed hat
Northern extremist, appear ready to
cenmre the treatment the negro receives
Ia the South aud nre prone To see In all
action in which he IS involved an ok
hibition of unfayorahlc discrimination
because Of mcc They are never willing
IN admit that the South * the better
judge of its own informal conditions and
that thorough knowledge of the churac-
terIsiic9 Of race which hns been
closely connected with It's material I'M
iercsts for more than three hundred
years has fitted lbs white citizens to
correctly determine the proper relations,
social and political, which win conserve
the best interests of the two races.
When the negro was given the right
of suffrage there was put into mcxpcr-
fenced hands nn immense power for
good or evil, und that there has been mo-
more dlcful results ~ due moro 10 The
nature of the easy-gong African tlnn
TO any particular Inherent or nernftcd
principle, or In fact than to amy want Of
/ Indictment from funatiral teachers.
In the South he has been persistcntly
refused social equality, and as persist.
entity barred from domination In politics.
but at the sumo time this section Inns
maintained good foith will the race
and always conceded TO It the right
which the constitution grants to an citI-
zcns. that of peacefully earning am hon
est living In NO country has that class.
represented In the South by the negro.
better opportunities to rise than In This
section, and one of the best proofs of
this is that he Is found Ia an trades and
in many of the professions. He may not
loo permitted 10 make one IN the socinl
gatherings of the white people, hut he
can sit by the white southcrner In leg
islative halls He may not be- granted
place ot white mans table, hut there
s no obstacle put in his way ia an Of
fort TO oarn the Same luxuros for him
self aud friends Of his own color. In
the shop at the same bench the two
races work, and the only distinction
known there Is the quality of the work.
and not the color of the wnrl NAN.
How Is il in the Nor,hy Is thc negro
any more generally received into society
there than here? There are individuals
in each section who believe in social
equality, but the unwrittcn code Of So
ciol law prevails about equally. The
wrong done the negro there Il not social.
it is moO vital than amy wrong OF
social nature could be; &c Is wrong
which prevents him, because OF race.
from making an honest living, and In
this way puts him IN a position In which
he ia likely TO become a criminal or a
pauper
A few days ago white dockmcn ut
New York struck because black lnborors
employed 60 unload cotton were trans
ferred 20 the vessels 20 assist white mon
in slowing Il away The strikers claimed
thar this change was made with view
20 ultimately substitute negro dockmon.
az had been done Ia the Southern cities.
So bitter and unyielding was this race
war; for II was nothing else. that the
owners Of the line (the Mallory NOS
only acceded to the demands and dis.
charged the negroes but has since de-
cided TO employ no more negroes.
Here Is an illustration OF the discrop-
ancy between mere sentimental utter
ances and actual belief One teaches
that the southerner ought 10 give The
negro place in social life, while the real
sentiment Is shown to De that northern
laborers ought 70 be allowed color
line Tho inconsistency of such creed
could hardly find hotter illustration. and
the action Of the New York dockmen
IS the legitimate outcropping Of a fanat-
icIsm which endeavors 20 regulate tho
affairs OF othors hy rules witch ia
teachers ignore, nor win the negro be
long ia learning which of the sections h
most friendly 70 his best interests.