Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-13

homes tramps of any character who have become foot-sore and hungry.
 Without going into the constitutional question of governmental relief for indi- vidual tramps of whatever color, it Is well to consider any plea that may be offered for the salutary deportation of colored people, The time may come when their separation from the whites and their departure from the south may be better for both races.
 The writer in the negro magazine is of the opinion that the negro should leave the United States where his social position must always be subordinate and where his field of labor must necessarily be more or less debased.
 He says: "The question of congress making an appropriation to remove lO.- O0O. 900 negroes from America and guard ing them against privation in Africa, or to attempt by appeal to race sympathy to induce any appreciable number to go there for the purpose of Christianlzing that country is, to my mind, figuratively speaking, like an endeavor to carry Wa ter up hill-hard, difficult, requiring an expenditure of force and energy every moment I believe the end may be &C., complished easier; in fact, l doubt the possibility of the plans of Bishop Fur ner; There is not the slightest probabll- ity that congress will ever make an ap- propriation for the purpose, notwlth- standing the American people would De glad to be rid of the negroes at any cost Congress may, however, enact a bill that would accomplish the desired end With out the expenditure of force or persua- sion and allow the water, as 1t were, 10 flow by the simple law of graVitatlon' precisely as we established desired trade relations, by offering sufficient induce ment.
 .I,et congress but enact that all agri- cultural products and all manufactures of the West Indies, Cuba, Hayti, St. Do- minpo. Mexico, Central America. South America, Hawaii and Africa, the proo- ucts of the labor of negroes who are at the time of the passage of the Dill, citl- zens of the United States, or their chil- dren subsequently, born, shall be admit ted. duty free, to the markets or me Tinted States for fifty years after the passage of the act. believe that at the end of that time there would be hardly enough negroes left in the United States 10 supply the museums.
 stTo illustrate: Suppose planter III the West Indies to be cultivating fifty acres of coffee or tobacco. Let us decide upon the quantity of coffee or toDacco that is represented by one mans lapor. Suppose one mans labor to be equal to the product of an acre of tobacco. sup pose. also, that the planter above re- ferred to could show to an American consul that he had been steadily employ ing fifty properly registered American negroes. then the whole of the planters tobacco or coffee would be admitted free of duty to the United States; and the right should hold good whether the planter had employed the said American negroes in the capacity of laborers, over seers or clerks, or even domestic ser wants; for the assumed object of the bill would be to carry the negroes out Of the country, and so long as the negroes re- mained elsewhere the United States should pay the price, l. e., the estimated product of his labor should be admitted free of duty to the American markets.
 what a powerful inducement this would be to the planters of those south ern countries, where negroes are treated as men, and where they can take the so- cial place that their abilities entitle them to, to employ American negro labor; and what an inducement to the negro him. self to become a planter or manufac- turer.
 'I trust I have written sufficient to convey an idea of my plan to bring relief to the American negro from his semi freedom, from caste prejudice. race prejudice which bars his advancement and causes him constantly to drink of the bitter cup of humiliation and degrada- tion.
 "Constantly pointing to Africa as the final refuge of the negroes of the United States serves to hold their attention from the easily accessible countries nearer home, where already is established trade relations, quick communication with the United States and countries south of here where the climate is of a desirable character The British West Indies just off our southern coast, but sparsely pop ulated: St. Domingo and Hayti affording room for all to live and prosper, where all may be men and capable of rising to mans highest estate, and the equal of every other man. All that is needed is the inducement of sure and profitable employment and freedom to return if dissatisfied, at but small expense, and movement would soon be at high tide that would entirely relieve the white Americans of a terrible bugaboo, and gain for the American negro real free dom and the enjoyment of that equality which has hitherto been denied him in life. The negro loves freedom and equal ity; but if it is only to be had by going to Africa, very few will ever enjoy it. The cost, the labor, the possibilities of suffering and death make it very unin- viting. and he will suffer the ills he has rather than rush to those he knows not off"
 There is much in the above reason ing that must commend itself to the at- tention of congress. It is very certain that no such thing as forcible deporta- ton will ever be resorted to. and it is equally certain that voluntary emigra- ton to the Congo will not solve the pug gle.
 IS IT PEACE, JEHUP
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