The Greenville times., 1897-08-14

SATURDAY. AUGUST "A, 1897.
A SPABE 4 SPADE.

Ia tie matter OF speaking the csudi
truth and saying what it means with
out any euphemsms or verbal EN-
broidery the New OrIeaas States Ger
tOluly takes the prize In au edltoria
concerning the suffrage clsuse pro
posed by Mr. u II. Farrsr for the new
constitution It says;
"The plan seems to Us TO be wei
calculated to accomplish the chief enc
in view, the exclusion of the mass o.
tho uCgrOe8 from he electorate. The
negro mast be excluded from our
elections, aud we must see to it that
he ceases utterly to be n tacDot in
Louisiana politics, Uuiil this end is
accomplished there can be no pure
aud hea.thfuI politics in The State.
Every evil, vice, or wrong that Is prac-
ticed in Louisiana politics was the in.
veuliou of the Republican party, and
hiss been forced spon the white people
by The negro element of our popuIa
lion. From 1868 to 1878 we had 10
politics aud 40 elections, properly s..
called, We were iu q state OF revolu
tloD, Of revolt against negro carpet.
bog rule under the protection Of Fed.
eral Layouets; aud every election, 80
called was civil battle, accompanied
by more or less violence, intimidation,
aud often Bloodehed'
There is no gliding or veueeriug
about this. There is 10 preteDse about
ao educational qualification or sug-
gestion that the effect will be to spur
the negro to further efforts 10 lit him
'elf for The dulles and responsibilities
Of citizenship. The object plainly,
boldly uncompromsingly stated, Is to
get rid of him entirely. After all.
what is the advantage of miuclug the
truth Z A generation of honest effort
hiss bccu wasted in the attempt to fit
The negro race for The exercise of the
art of government, and al its close the
necessity for State protection against
the dangers Of suffrage in his bands is
just as great as ever 1t is folly as
dangerous IS fire for play-thIug in
the bands Of children or edge tools in |
those Of an Insane man. Left to them
selves after nearly forty years of edu-
cation and many more of christianiz-
log, how long would it take the race
to Sink back into utter barbsrisIn ? |
Nothing rcstrains them from it but the
fear of law,-the law made by willie |
men to protect the negroes from them
selves and the whites from the iuerad- |
ieabie aavsgery which no time, educa.
ton, or ciVlliziug influence seems 10
have power 10 affect.
1t is with feeling of reluctance
that The short comings and failures of
these unfortunate people are dwcIt
upon and Notwithstanding of a
feeling that it is uumanly to charge a
weak and helpless race with its weak
ness aud iuferiority, but it is neces-
ssry Ihat lneF limitations should be
made plain TO those who cannot un-
delsiand our need for self protection
by just such means as are proposed
by The outrage clauses of the consti.
'utons now being generally adopted
IN the south, The fault lies primarily
not with The negro, but with the mis-
guided Philanthropy mingled with
fanatic hate, which would have at
once wrcaked vengeance Oh the south
aud rel tho negro in place which he
was no better qualified TO fill than a
lower type of animals, Thirty-odd
years of paueut endurance has at last
taught the world the truth, and, lard
as il may be, here viii never be for
Tie negro a place in the government
Of nation controlled by people Of
anglo Saxon blood. What his future d
may De is problem for coming years
'od generations 10 solve. Sufficient !
into ibe day is tbc evIl thereof