The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-12-07

In looking for the ISOLATION OF these
race evils We say ut tic outset that II
calls for the same s0lutlon-tbat OF
white suprcmacy-t!lat has followed
throughout the w"rd's history. The
superiority Of the white, the lnferlorlty
Of the black. is principle recognized
hv soc;olosists. which no mere sentl-
mental utterance can obscure. 1t has
been exhibited in a ! ages. and the in
stances which Egypt gcve in early days
are today repeated in the advance of
Anelo-Saxon civilization under the
banners of the Sirdar and the driving
back Of the black hordes at khar-
toum.
The right Of the Caucasian to rule
comes from God Where he is found
he governs. 1t is in his blood. His
commission is printed on his brow by
the hand of the Almighty. and the re-
cord of his race is marked IN all the
histories of the past in all the countries
of the earth. Anelo-Saxon civilization
in North Carolina will never retreat IN
the face Of conflict with an inferior
race.
Every State in the South has had
the same ordeal to 60 through. but IN
every struggle our civilization has been
maintained and in every conflict it has
ultimately triumphed. The constltu,,
tons of South Carolina, Mississippi and
Louisiana tell the story.
1t has been fortunate for the Caroll-
mas. for the South and for the country
at large that the recent demand for
federal bayonets to sustain negro doml-
nation was not carried out. President
Mckinley is a good man. He is better
and stronger than some Of his advisers.
He has been very conservative in his
South Carolina appointments, and l
hone he will not he Influenced by un-
wise counsels in the future. He should
defer to the sentiment of white supre-
macy prevailing ln the South, because
such supremacy does not necessarily
involve any hostility to the Negroes:
Time alone can solve the complex
problem. A certain period Of quiesc-
ence must elapse during which the pub
mind will have time to recover from
the violence of reconstruction and Ne.
gro domination. as recently witnessed
in North Carolina. The Negro will be-
come more generally diffused over the
entire country and the haunting terror
of his domination thus become less. In
the meantime he is developing morally
and industrially by contact with the
whites; he is we'll qualified for the ac-
ouirement Of an initiative civilization;
all that he has came in that way. BY
nature he is peaceful, and only danger
Gus from his emotional and superstltl-
Gus nature, which makes him the prey
Of bad white men. 1t is pity that he
has to suffer for it; the white man at
his back is responsible more than he.
All look with sorrow and regret upon
these racial outbreaks. Things remain
quiet for years, perhaps. These are ag-
gressions, small troubles, In every com
munity, until there is an accumulation,
like the gases in some mine; suddenly
and unexpectedly match is struck and
the explosion comes. The outside
world sees only the immediate cause
and holds up it's hands In horror;
They know uought Of the long train OF
events leading up to a catastrophe that
makes the soul shudder. Men lose
,bo;r raason and become frenzied.
Take the recent trouble in South Caro-:
lima with the Tolberts. The people OF
Greenwood are as quiet, as peacable
and as law abiding as in any New Eng
land community.
The riots we're the spontaneous com
bustion Of accumulated wrath. De-
plorable as they are, their causes are
even more 50, for while one involves
loss of a few lives the other means loss
Of principle-of whole and their pos
teritv. John McLaurin.